{"id":1291,"date":"2007-04-26T23:30:23","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T06:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/26\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-clark-gibson-1823-and-1867\/"},"modified":"2007-04-26T23:30:23","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T06:30:23","slug":"the-birth-and-baptism-of-clark-gibson-1823-and-1867","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1291","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptism of Clark Gibson – 1823 and 1867"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clark Gibson, the son of John Gibson and Sarah Waters, was born in 1823 and baptized in 1867. His baptism is recorded in the folios of John Armstrong, a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Congregations of the circuit of Saint Armand in Canada East, just weeks before the confederation of Canada.<\/p>\n

\"Birth<\/a><\/p>\n

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Clark Gibson – 1823 and 1867<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE: John Armstrong, Minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Congregations of the Circuit of Saint Armand, Quebec, Canada. Register of the Acts of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for 1867. Clark Gibson, Baptism. Microfilm, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click on the link for a PDF<\/a> copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Clark Gibson – 1823 and 1867. The record states:<\/p>\n

\n

Baptism of Clark Gibson<\/p>\n

Clark son of John Gibson of the parish of
\nSt. George District of Bedford farmer and
\nof Sarah his wife was born on the eleventh of
\nOctober one thousand eight hundred and
\ntwenty three and was baptized on the thirteenth
\nday of June one thousand eight hun-
\ndred and sixty seven in the presence of
\nthe subscribing witnesses by me<\/p>\n

[Signed] J. Armstrong
\nMinister<\/p>\n

[Signed] [J\u00c2\u00a0W Saxton?]
\n[Signed] Lynda Smith<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Clark was born in Lower Canada in 1823. In the 1861 Census of Canada East, the religion of the family of Clark Gibson was “none”.<\/p>\n

Clark was baptized in Canada East by John Armstrong, a circuit rider<\/a> for the Wesleyan Methodist Congregations of the circuit of Saint Armand. This implies that there was no permanent Wesleyan Methodist minister assigned to a church in the area.<\/p>\n

There is no indication why Clark Gibson finally decided to be baptized in 1867.<\/p>\n

I copied this record many years ago and, unfortunately,\u00a0I didn’t write down a complete source description to indicate where I found the record. According to my notes, I found this record on microfilm at the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, but I did not indicate the microfilm number.<\/p>\n

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City also holds a microfilm copy of this record; although I am not sure which film number contains this record .\u00a0Ancestry.com has recently posted an image\u00c2\u00a0of this record online with the following source description:<\/p>\n

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Ancestry.com. Quebec Vital Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut G\u00e9n\u00e9alogique Drouin.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The image of this record on Ancestry.com is apparently from a different filming of these records, because the Ancestry.com images are of lesser quality than the one I’ve posted here, and the eraser end of\u00c2\u00a0the pencil in the image above is missing from the Ancestry.com image.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure of the name of the first witness. The signature\u00c2\u00a0looks like it could be J. W. Saxton, but I’m not certain of this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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