After many years of searching, seeking, e-mailing, and contacts with the Damon surname bulletin of rootsweb.com, I hit "pay dirt"- persistance, tenacity has paid off on a whole new venture with a Line to explore. At the bottom of this was my query, giving as much data as I had available to me, and directly below was the answer to my query which allows me to know the name of my Great Grandmother, now known to me as Joanna Gillett Damon whereas I only knew her as "Annie G. Damon" mother of my Grace Idella (nee Gibson) Clark, both of Leominster, MA but the later of Kent, WA. I want to share this on this bulletin to show my appreciation of the rootsweb.com system, but also to display surnames here who might possibly have a tie with any of the surnames mentioned. I own a copy of Gibson Family, a book about John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts and His Descendants 1634 - 1899 by Mehnitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson, 1900. Now, I hope to attain a copy of 'Richard A. Damon, Jr. book The Damon Family of Wayland, Massachusetts' which should enlighten information about this Damon Line which I have sought for so many years. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Damon" <richard@damon.name> To: "'Carroll Clark'" <w7iml@gte.net> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:45 PM Subject: RE: [DAMON] MASS. DAMON Query : Carrol, Richard A Damon, Jr in his book The Damon Family of Wayland, Massachusetts, in entry 1147 lists: JOANNA GILLET DAMON (William7, William B6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Ebenezer3, Thomas2, Thomas1) dau. Of William and Lucy (Byant) Damon b. Leominster Apr 23, 1850; d Nashua, N.H. Jan 10, 1881; mar in Leominster Jan 24, 1871 John Francis (J. Frank) Gibson son of John Alexander and Mary Samantha (Davis) Gibson b Salem Apr 21, 1849; he was of Leominster, Boston, and Kent, Washington; he mar (2) Feb 19, 1882 Clara Mary Stewart b. Port Medway, Nova Scotia May 1, 1859 Children of John Francis and Joanna Gillet (Damon) Gibson 1737 Ernest Almon b. Leominster Oct 29, 1871 1738 Grace Idella b. Leominster Dec 23, 1872; mar Apr 25, 1895 Irving C. Clark of Kent Wash, town clerk; one child, Cecil Irving Clark b Aug 21, 1896 While this is not an exact match (Birth dates differ by a week) it could be a good start. Richard in his book traces this line back to Thomas1 and then probable links back to England. He unfortunately does not cite his sources, but has proved reliable for me. Richard Damon -- rbrdamon@rcn,.com (Home) rdamon@beltronicsinc.com (Work) richard@damon.name (Genealogy) -----Original Message----- From: Carroll Clark [mailto:w7iml@gte.net] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:13 PM To: DAMON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DAMON] MASS. DAMON Query : Annie G. DAMON, b. Leominster, MASS. b. April 18, 1850; d. Nashua, N.H. Jan 10, 1881 at the home of her son Ernest Almon Gibson of Nashua, N.H. he was b. Leominster, Mass Oct 29, 1871; unmarried. Annie G. DAMON m. John Francis (J. Frank) GIBSON of Leominster and Boston, MASS. and later Kent, WAshington. They m. Jan 24,1871. J. Frank Gibson, later m. 2) Feb 19, 1882, Clara Mary STEWART, b. Port Medway, Nova Scotia, May 1, 1859. Can anyone provide information relating to Annie or Anna G. DAMON who was my Great Grandmother on my GIBSON/DAMON side? Thank you for any possible help you might provide for me. Carroll Clark in Snohomish, Washington w7iml@gte.net * * * 30 * * * ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237