Category Archives: Gibson

The Death of Jack Arnold Gibson

Of all the people in my family who served in World War II, there was only one combat death – my cousin Jack Arnold Gibson .  Jack was the eldest son of my Aunt Sophie Danko and her husband Clark … Continue reading

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Aunt Sophie’s Birth in Nienadowa

I was told that my paternal grandparents, Michał and Marianna Dańko, had three children in Galicia before they emigrated from the area .  I have been able to find the birth/baptismal records for two of those children:  Sophie (Zofia in … Continue reading

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The Lost Family of Clark Gibson

In June of 2000 I was casually searching Ancestry.com for the ancestors of my Aunt Sophie’s husband, Clark Gibson .  I had learned from my Cousin Mark that Clark’s father was Arnold Gibson and his mother was Harriet (Hattie) McFadden … Continue reading

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