Brief Life History of Julian Jesse
When Julian Jesse Gibbens Sr. was born on 27 May 1893, in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, his father, Joseph Forrest Gibbens Sr., was 24 and his mother, Marie Marguerite Goudeau, was 22. He married Rita Antoinette Moore on 7 January 1919, in Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ward Four, Iberville, Louisiana, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 2 September 1978, at the age of 85, and was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
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- J J Gibbens, "United States Census, 1930"
- Julian Jene Gibbens, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Julian J Gibbens, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): variant of Gibbons .
German: patronymic from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with geba ‘gift’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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