When Charlotte Gibson was born on 10 March 1838, in Indiana, United States, her father, Bowater Borter Gibson, was 44 and her mother, Mary Ann RHODES, was 39. She married Charles Mansfield Kiger on 3 October 1866, in Delaware, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Perry Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Monroe Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 25 February 1914, in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Rees Cemetery, Perry Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States.
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English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Gibb (a pet form of Gilbert) + son, hence ‘son of Gibb’. The name is very common in Ireland, having arrived in that country in the 17th century. It is also occasionally adopted for Ó Gibealláin, see Giblin .
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