Settlers of Highlands East

Absalom Gibson

Male 1891 - 1956  (65 years)


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  • Name Absalom Gibson 
    Birth 4 Jun 1891  Essonville, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Nov 1956  [4
    Burial Glamorgan Community Cemetery, Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1186  Settlers of Highlands East | 1901 Census of Canada - Monmouth resident
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2020 

    Father James D Gibson,   b. 17 Aug 1857, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1928, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary Anne McCrea,   b. 5 Jun 1856, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1937 (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Madill,   b. 18 Apr 1895, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1912  Kinmount, Somerville, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
    +1. Mary Violet Gibson,   b. 25 Aug 1913, Tory Hill, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 2004, Bobcaygeon, Verulam, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +2. Gertrude Ellen Gibson,   b. 11 Feb 1915, Tory Hill, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Mary Gibson,   b. 1915, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William Gibson,   b. 1920, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Roy Gibson,   b. 28 Jan 1920
     6. Living
    Family ID F978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2020 

  • Photos
    Logging Camp 1906 showing men from Essonville and Tory Hill area
    Logging Camp 1906 showing men from Essonville and Tory Hill area
    several names are listed

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Census of Canada, 1901, District: ON PETERBOROUGH (East/Est) (#106) Subdistrict: Monmouth S Page 9, Family 75.

    2. [S9] Census of Canada, 1921 , 1921, Ontario/Victoria - Haliburton/38 Monmouth Township page 6 family 56.

    3. [S18] Ontario Canada Births, Reg# 11895-93, MS 929.
      Born in 1891, birth registered in 1893

    4. [S8] Find A Grave, affiliate record identifier 179118413.

    5. [S20] Ontario Canada Marriages, Reg# 18197-12, MS 932.