Ellen Gibbons

Brief Life History of Ellen

When Ellen Gibbons was born on 1 May 1822, in Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Lewis Gibbons, was 20 and her mother, Janet Wilson, was 22. She married James Wilson on 29 December 1843, in Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 16 October 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Burns Cunningham
1827–1901
Ellen Gibbons
1822–1890
Marriage: 14 April 1844
Janet Wilson Cunningham
1844–1918
Peter Cunningham
1844–1934
Robert Cunningham
1850–1854
Thomas Cunningham
1852–1931
Ellen Gibbons Cunningham
1854–1921
Robert Gibbons Cunningham
1855–1856
Robert Cartwright Cunningham
1856–1863
Sarah Susan Cunningham
1858–1858
Margaret Cunningham
1858–
Lewis Cartmill Cunningham
1860–1920
Henry Carkwill Cunningham
1862–1922
Agnes Orr Cunningham
1865–1953

Sources (65)

  • Helen Cunningham in household of Robt Cunningham, "Scotland Census, 1851"
  • Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  • Helen Gibson, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

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World Events (8)

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1832 · The Scottish Reform Act

The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): variant of Gibbon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (Mayo): in Ireland, the name is frequent and has been Gaelicized as Mac Giobúin. It is also found as a variant of Fitzgibbon .

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

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Story Highlight

A Life Sketch of Robert Cunningham by his Daughter-in-Law

Robert Cunningham was born in Stevenston on 12 dec 1827. He was the son of Peter and Sarah Burns Cunningham. His father died of cholera when Robert was a small boy. He said he remembered his father co …

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