Robert Ridley Gibson (1907 - 1963)

Born 16 Feb 1907 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Mar 1963 at age 56 in Georgia, United States

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Biography

From 1910 US Census, LaGrange, Troup Co., GA: "Robert E Gibson Head M 33 Alabama, Susie E Gibson Wife F 30 Georgia, Annie S Gibson Daughter F 5 Georgia, Robert R Gibson Son M 3 Georgia"

From 1920 US Census, LaGrange, Troup Co., GA: "R E Gibson Head M 44 Alabama, Susie Gibson Wife F 41 Georgia, Annie Sue Gibson Daughter F 15 Georgia, Robert Gibson Son M 12 Georgia, Evelyn Gibson Daughter F 8 Georgia, Nathan Gibson Son M 6 Georgia, Velma Gibson Daughter F 6 Georgia"

Robert married Florence Hendry in Russell Co., AL, in 1932.

From 1940 US Census, Attalla, Etowah Co., AL: "Robert Gibson Head M 33 Georgia, Florence Gibson Wife F 27 Alabama, Tommy Gibson Son M 4 Georgia, Ethel Hendry Mother-in-law F 58 Indiana"

Robert enlisted in the US Army for WW II in Alabama in 1943, at which time he was married.

PFC US ARMY WW II

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLP-4GT : accessed 27 September 2017), Robert E Gibson, LaGrange, Troup, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 217; FHL microfilm 1,374,230

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJXV-1SM : accessed 27 September 2017), R E Gibson, La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States; citing ED 134, sheet 12B, line 57, family 247, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 281; FHL microfilm 1,820,281.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GH-Y5L : accessed 29 September 2017), Robert Gibson, Ward 5, Attalla, Election Precinct 17, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 28-46, sheet 4A, line 32, family 63, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 31.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMVT-RYR : 5 December 2014), Robert R Gibson, enlisted 04 Aug 1943, Ft Mcclellan, Alabama, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMVT-RYR : 5 December 2014), Robert R Gibson, enlisted 04 Aug 1943, Ft Mcclellan, Alabama, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gibson&GSiman=1&GScid=34520&GRid=94710574&