Doctor Franklin Gibson

Brief Life History of Doctor Franklin

When Doctor Franklin Gibson was born on 22 June 1919, in Wadley, Randolph, Alabama, United States, his father, John Tyler Gibson, was 46 and his mother, Eva Mae Bishop, was 42. He lived in Almond, Randolph, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 March 2004, in Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Wadley Cemetery, Wadley, Randolph, Alabama, United States.

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Doctor Franklin Gibson
1919–2004
Nellie Sue Lane
1923–2010

Sources (9)

  • D F Gibson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • D F Gibson, "Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1939"
  • Doctor F Gibson, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

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World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920

Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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