Brief Life History of George Francis
When George Francis Gibbs was born on 23 November 1846, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, George Duggan Gibbs, was 26 and his mother, Ellen Griffiths Phillips, was 33. He married Ida Snow on 21 May 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 10 March 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Geo T Gibbs, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- George Francis Gibbs, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- George F in entry for John Duggan, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English: from the common medieval personal name Gibb (see Gibb ), a pet form of Gilbert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George Francis Gibbs and Sarah Emmeline Worthen
George Francis Gibbs, was four years old when his parents were converted and baptized in South Wales, and he had the good fortune, as he said, of being brought up "in the harness of the Gospel" with a …
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