Mary Gordon

Brief Life History of Mary

Mary Gordon was born on 24 October 1803, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. She married James Gibb about 1821, in Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 4 March 1881, 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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Family Time Line

James Gibb
1793–1856
Mary Gordon
1803–1881
Marriage: about 1821
James Gibb
1825–
Thomas Gibb
1834–1838
Thomas Gibb
1839–

Sources (12)

  • Mary Gibb, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Mary Gibbs, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Mary Gibbs, "Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"

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World Events (8)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

1811 · The Tron Riot

The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Gordon in Berwickshire, named with Welsh gor ‘spacious’ + din ‘fort’.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Gourdon in Saône-et-Loire, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gordus + the locative suffix -o, -ōnis.

English (of Norman origin): alternatively, said to be a nickname from a diminutive of Old French gourd ‘heavy, dull, sluggish’ (compare 8 below).

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

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James Gibb and his wife Mary Gordon Gibb were some of the first to join the Church in their native Edinburgh, Scotland. James was a sailor, and he and Mary were anxious to come to Zion first to prepar …

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