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On 06 Dec 1878, William Edward Gibson, son of Willard Olds Gibson and Hannah Eliza Blanchard, died. On 07 Dec 1878, he was buried by the Methodist Church of Canada, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

The Death and Burial Record of William Edward Gibson – 1878

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Methodist Church of Canada, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1878. Death and Burial Record of William Edward Gibson, verso folio 17.

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Burial:- W.E. Gibson

William Edward son of Willard Gibson
laborer of St Armand West died on the
sixth day of December Eighteen hundred
and Seventy-eight being Twenty-one months
old and was buried on the seventh day
of the Aforesaid month and year
                                              by me
                          [signed] J.E.Richardson
                                             M. M.
Witnesses:- [signed] Willard Gibson
                      [signed] Peter Richardson

This record can be found as image 18/21 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Methodist Church) 1878. The record appears on verso folio 17 (the back of folio 17).

I have not been able to find a birth/baptismal record for William Edward Gibson (he may not have been baptized). Given that he was “Twenty-one months old”, he would have been born in about Mar 1877.

This child died just 11 months after the death of John Frank Gibson, the three-year-old child of Clark Gibson and Maryette Olds.

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On 27 Jul 1879, Jennie Maud Gibson, daughter of Willard Olds Gibson and Hannah Eliza Blanchard, was born. On 13 May 1883, she was baptized in the Church of England at Philipsburg in the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Jennie Maud Gibson – 1883

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg in the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1883. Birth and Baptismal Record of Jennie Maud Gibson, verso folio 16.

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Gibson Baptized

On this thirteenth day of May
one thousand eight hundred
and eighty three Jennie
Maud, born the twenty seventh
day of July one thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine
daughter of Willard Gibson and
of Hannah Elizabeth Blanchard
his wife, was baptized in the
presence of subscribing
witnesses by me.

                        [signed] H Darley Bridge
                        Officiating clergyman

Witnesses- [signed] [?] Blanchard [?] Deuel
                     [signed] [two words?] [?] Blanchard

This record can be found as image 17/20 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Anglican Church) 1883. The record appears on verso folio 16 (the back of folio 16).

I could not read the full names of the witnesses.

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On 02 Jan 1890, Sarah Waters Gibson died in Clarenceville, Province of Québec. She was buried on 04 Jan 1890.

The Death and Burial Record of Sarah Waters Gibson – 1890

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Methodist Church, Clarenceville Circuit, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada 1890. Death and Burial Record of Sarah Waters Gibson, recto folio 2.

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Burial Gibson Jan. 4th 1890

                      folio two J.G. ccc
Sarah Waters widow of the late
John Gibson, in his lifetime of the
Parish of Saint George of Clarenceville,
farmer, died on the second day of
January, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety, aged eighty-five years,
and was buried on the fourth day
of the same month and year in
presence of subscribing witnesses by
me . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  John W. Clipsham
                                    Minister
Witnesses Nelson S. Gibson
                   Mary C Gibson

This record can be found as image 2/23 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Clarenceville (Methodist Church) 1890. The record appears on recto folio 2 (the front of folio 2).

This particular record is from the civil transcript of the church record. At the top of each page are the initials “J.G.” and “ccc”, standing for john Gough, Clerk for the Circuit Court. The full name and title of the Deputy Clerk were provided on the first folio of this record book.

Sarah Waters Gibson was the wife of John Gibson and the mother of Clark Gibson, whose records I have previously shown.

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On 16 Oct 1823, Clark Gibson, son of John Gibson and Sarah Waters, was born. He was baptized in the Wesleyan Methodist Congregation, Circuit of Saint Armand on 13 Jun 1867.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Clark Gibson – 1867

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Wesleyan Methodist Congregation, Circuit of Saint Armand, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1867. Birth and Baptismal Record of Clark Gibson, verso folio 9.

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Baptism of Clark Gibson

     Clark son of John Gibson of the parish of
St. George District of Bedford farmer and
of Sarah his wife was born on the sixteenth of
October one thousand eight hundred and
twenty three and was baptized on the thirteenth
day of June one thousand eight hun=
dred and sixty-seven in the presence of
the subscribing witnesses by me.
JWEaton                          J. Armstrong
[Lyndo?] Smith                      Minister

This record can be found as image 10/13 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Armand (Methodist Church) 1867. The record appears on verso folio 9 (the back of folio 9).

This particular record is from the civil transcript of the circuit record. Clark was baptized when he was 43 years old.

Clark Gibson, son of John Gibson and Sarah Waters, would later marry Maryette Olds, daughter of Willard Olds and Hannah Eliza Shults, whose birth and baptismal record I showed yesterday

I could not read the first name of the second witness.

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