I am most interested in Robert Gibson. I am related to him. Would you please contact me. Andy Harris [email protected] --- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: Gibson, Gipson, Prater > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.gibson/5267.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I have been looking for a Robert Gibson, son of > Phileat > Gibson for some time! Sounds like we just might have > a > match. My g-uncle Phileat did a lot of traveling. > Phileat > was the son of Verlin and Ellen Prater Gibson. > > > > > Phileat died in Philadelphia, PA. in March 1918, but > was > shipped home for burial. > > I do have copies of the telegrams Ruth sent to > Verlin and > Ellen letting them know of his death. In the > telegram, she > does talk about the son Robert, but doesn't say > anything > about another child. The older Gibson's in the > family > seemed to think there was another child. From what I > understand, Phileat met Ruth away from here and the > family > never said where she was from ... if they knew. Ruth > never > contacted the family after she went back to > Philadelphia. > Let me know if any of this matches up. I do have > some more > infomation and pictures of Phileat, one taken in > Montana. > Thanks! Oh.. my Phileat's full name was Dolphus > Phileatus > Blunt Gipson (Gibson). > > To post a message to the list, send it to > [email protected] > Quote only the specific message to which you are > replying, removing the rest of any other messages > from your reply. > CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE to the content of your > reply. > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Links to search and browse the archives, or > unsub/sub, are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/GIBSON.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com