When James B. Gibbs was born on 16 May 1859, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Elisha James Gibbs, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Anthony, was 21.
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English: from the common medieval personal name Gibb (see Gibb ), a pet form of Gilbert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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