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/5267.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is great! I'm sure we are referring to the same Robert. I will email you with more information. I know where in Montana Phileat was .. at least part of the time. Maybe you can use the info to find Robert's birth certificate. That would give you Ruth's last name. Ruth also had to sign Phileat's death cert., but I bet she used the surname Gibson/Gipson on it. It would be worth checking out. Eleanor is the name of the second child that we have down as belonging to Phileat, but with a question mark. Was she a step-child? Adopted? Our older Gibson's didn't seem to know how she fit in the family. I'll email soon!! Mary