Abraham Deyer Gibbel

1753–1810 (Age 57)
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Abraham Deyer

When Abraham Deyer Gibbel was born in 1753, his father, Henry Gibbel Sr., was 36 and his mother, Christina Deyer, was 33. He married Jane Margaret Latta in 1775, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790 and Warwick Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1820. He died in 1810, in Rapho Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Deyer Gibbel
1753–1810
Jane Margaret Latta
1758–1820
Marriage: 1775
Gibble
1776–
Margaretha Gibbel
1778–
Gibble
1795–
Gibble
1780–
John Gibble
1783–
Gibble
1785–
Abraham Gibbel
1792–1872
Samuel Gibble
1799–1867

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1775Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (6)

    1776
    Age 23
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1776
    Age 23
    The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 33
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    German:from Middle High German gebel, gibel, meaning ‘gable’ but also ‘head, skull’, hence probably a topographic name for someone living at a house with prominent gables or a nickname for someone with a large or otherwise remarkable head. The personal name Giebold or Geb(w)alt, from the ancient Germanic stem geb- ‘gift’, may have been the origin in some instances. Compare Gipple .variant of Geibel .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Gibble
    Giebler
    Gipple

    Sources (5)

    • Abraham Gipple, "United States Census, 1820"
    • Abraham Gipple, "United States Census, 1790"
    • Abraham Gipell, "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783"

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