Frederick H. Gibbs (1855)

Born May 1855 in Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia M. (Hale) Gibbs — married 4 Jul 1883 in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States

Biography

Frederick H. Gibbs was the son of Albion F. Gibbs and Mary True (Howard) Gibbs of Livermore, Maine,^{[1] [1]} with whom he was living at Livermore in 1860 at the age of 5^[2] and at Peru, Maine, in 1870 at the age of 15.^[3] In 1880, he was living in aboarding house at Lewiston, Maine, and working in a cotton mill.^[4] The 1900 Census says he was born in May 1855.^[5]

Marriage

Frederick H. Gibbs married Lydia Hale.^[1] Frederic H. Gibbs and Lydia M. Hale, both of Fairfield, Maine, married there on 4 Jul 1883.^[6] It may not have been his first marriage; see the Research Note below. In 1900, they were living at Fairfield with five children, ages 7 to 16, and Fred Gibbs was working as a cook in a restaurant.^[5]

Death

The grave marker of Frederick H. Gibbs at the Maplewood Cemetery in Fairfield, Maine, is inscribed with the dates 1855-1910.^[7] he died before 6 May 1910, when the Census was taken at Fairfield and recorded his wife as a widow.^[8]

Research Note

The usually reliable (about relationships, less so about dates and spellings) 1928 history of Livermore, Maine, says that Frederick Gibbs married, as his first wife, Cora Campbell.^[1] The only Cora Campbell known to be living in the area at the time was Cora H. Campbell, born in 1859 and the daughter of Andrew and Angelia (Fuller) Campbell. She cannot have been the first wife of Frederick Gibbs, because she was Cora H. Campbell when she published her intention to marry Frank W. Coolidge at Livermore in October 1878,^[9] the 1900 Census says they had been married for 21 years,^[5] and she died as Cora Coolidge in 1934.^[7] Fred Gibbs was shown in the Census as single (i.e., not married, widowed, or divorced) in 1880,^[4] three years before his marriage to Lydia. Unfortunately, the record of Frederick's marriage to Lydia Hale does not say whether he had been previously married,^[10] but based on all the evidence, it is likely that it was his first and only marriage. (Research Note by WikiTree contributor Stu Bloom, 24 Dec 2020)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 120. Monroe gives Lydia's maiden name as Hall,; all other references say it was Hale.
2. ↑ Frederick H. Gibbs in the Albion P. Gibbs household, family #326, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Livermore > image 40 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Frederick. Gibbs in the Albion P. Gibbs household, family #166, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Oxford > Peru > image 19 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Fred Gibbs, boarder, 25, in the Isaac W. Varney household, family #304, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Androscoggin > Lewiston > ED 10 > image 28 of 56; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Fred H. Gibbs household, family #441, in United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Somerset > ED 153 Fairfield town, Voting Precinct 1 Fairfield village > image 38 of 66; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ Marriage record of Frederic H. Gibbs and Lydia M. Hale, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch > Delayed returns for vital records 1670-1891 > Gardner, 1821-Gifford, 1849 > image 4465 of 4825; multiple sources, Maine.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Photo of grave marker of Frederick H. Gibbs (Find A Grave: Memorial #77193818)
8. ↑ Lydia M. Gibbs household, family #511, in United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Somerset > Fairfield > ED 226 > image 44 of 58; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ Marriage intention of Frank W, Coolidge and Cora H, Campbell, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1876 to 1891, Volume 4 > page 22 > image 641 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
10. ↑