Celebrating the 125th Birthday of Elizabeth Young Gibson Rowe, 1891-1956
Known as ‘Nan’, Elizabeth Gibson was born March 13, 1891 in Corstorphine, Scotland, just outside of Edinburgh. Her parents operated the Oak Inn there, which was a road house and tavern that is still in full operation today. She immigrated with her family to the United States around 1912, with Ellis Island in New York Harbor as her first stop. The Gibson family headed west to San Francisco where Nan married Thomas Joseph Rowe, also an immigrant from Scotland. Tom and Nan made their home in Oakland, California and had three sons, Harrison, Jack and Tom. Nan worked as a comptometrist, becoming quite skilled at operating the machine that would be the precursor to the modern day calculator. She died of colon cancer at the age of 65 at Peralta Hospital in Oakland, California on October 4, 1956 and is buried next to her husband at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Hayward, California. Please share your memories of ‘Grandma Rowe’ in the comment section below as we celebrate her life during the month of March.
Hi,
Have you a YDNA test on any of your male Gibsons, with the last name of Gibson – direct male descendants? I have with our male Gibsons and we are melungeons, out of Jamestown but I believe related to John Gibson of Cambridge, Mass.
Elizabeth is lovely and has the long chin of my Gibson male ancestors. Her little boy on her left, with the big ears, is definitely descended from my same Gibsons. We have ENORMOUS ears, just like that. The long chin and LARGE fly away ears are very, very distinct in my family as are the extraordinary handsome looks of the males. Many of us also have a lazy eye that skips a generation or two. Elizabeth resembles my great aunt, Lizzie Gibson, born in WV in 1893. Lizzie had much Native and some black blood, so, she didn’t look quite entirely British.
My Gibsons came over to Jamestown way prior to 1640 and I believe, and am still working on documenting, that Thomas Gibson of the Second Supply Ship to Jamestown, 1608, is my First Emigrant. He lived among the Pamunkey-Mattaponi in the winter of 1608/09 and my family was pretty much Indian by the 1640’s and one branch is documented descent of the Pamunkey-Mattaponi, Pocahontas’ tribe.
Captain John Smith mentions Gibson in his journals and how he was sent to Chief Powhatan’s (sp) Virginia home to begin a post and timber home. This Thomas was a “soldier, sailor, and artisan” and he arrived with other men who had surnames affiliated with my Gibsons only forty years later. I believe this Thomas may have lived among the tribe permanently, as many male emigrants did, and had mixed race children.
My documented gramp, Thomas Gibson, born around 1647, near Jamestown, was a sawyer, apparently a cask maker and cooper and his son and grandsons followed the same profession. He was a rebel in Bacon’s Rebellion and white and Native and possibly black. His descendant appears to be Gideon Gibson (the YDNA all matches among their lines) who looks just like the wood engraving of Chief Powhatan’s brother being bullied by Captain Smith, very large heads, high and wide foreheads. No baseball cap will fit my head, for sure.
The Reverend Thomas Gibson, Bishop of London in the early and mid 1700’s was a cousin, documented, and he was born in Bampton, England, northern England. I am QUITE SURE we descend from the Lord Gibsons (George and Thomases, aka the Goldingstone Gibsons of Fife Co.) of Scotland and have been trying to find the descendant line of Lord Thomas Gibson, born in the mid 1500’s who supposedly had three grandsons settle in Jamestown.
I have found brothers Thomas and Edward Gibson through their cousin’s will, John Wilkinson, a London goldsmith, written in around 1616 . The brothers of whom I believe settled into Henrico County, VA in the 1620’s and that line is of the Lord Gibsons as I believe is Bishop Gibson. Other relatives mentioned in Wilkinson’s will, like the Byrds, and others, show up as surnames in Henrico Co, VA by the 1640’s, no coincidence, I am sure. The Edward above was a doctor, as were many of the Goldingstone Gibsons, also clerics/magistrates.
Well boggling and hope to hear from you, Joan Gibson, juanagibson@juno.com
Although, I don’t have a lot of knowledge about the,History of the Gibson family. But, From what I’ve been told them Gibson’s boys . Wasn’t nobody , anyone wanted to be breaking bad bread with.If ya feel me. See I’m actually One of those Gibson’s. And as a matter of fact .My name is Edward.”Edward Trampass Gibson” . Son of “Grover Daryle Gibson”. I have Two older brothers and a sister. And I’ve been told that knowing my father. There are most likely we aren’t his only children. And then we all have,”Lord Children “our Selves. Along with my Uncle’s. My father had a few older brothers.Larry,Larry and Darryl. And I hear. They also had one Mean ass “$ISTER’. BUT, PERHAPS I CAN’T REMEMBER”. I’m sorry to say. I didn’t get the opportunity to know any of them. Anyway, I’m actually interested in finding out more about them .I’ve actually thought about . Traveling back in time to check em out. But. Anyways .Let me know if that helps out with your research. G,man!
Hello Joanne my name is Christine wood maiden name is Gibson. . My father’s name was James Harvey Gibson and his father’s name was Anderson Gibson and my grat grandfather name was Harve Gibson. I believe that me and you are related if you know anything about my family. I would love to know about it thank you.
I’m also a Gibson. And my name is also Edward. I have two older brothers and a sister .Robert Scott, and Sheila.our father was grover Gibson . I’m very interested in finding out more .y number is 2696331259.