William Down GIBBONS

1857 - 1939  (82 years)

• Name	William Down GIBBONS
  Birth	13 Jan 1857	Portage Du Fort, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1891	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Census	1901	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Origin	1901
  	English
  Occupation	1901
  	Carpenter
  Religion	1901
  	Church of England
  Death	17 May 1939	Summerland, Okanagan-Similkameen RD, British Columbia, Canada
  Burial	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Cobden Union Cemetery Cobden, Ontario
  Person ID	I97964241	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas William GIBBONS,   b. Abt 1805, Durham Co., England d. Portage Du Fort, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
  Mother	Sarah Jane NORMAN,   b. 1823, U.S.A. d. 2 May 1864, Clarendon Twp., Frontenac Co., Ontario (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F1094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pheobe Emily BROWN,   b. 18 May 1859, Clarendon Twp., Pontiac, Quebec, Canada d. 23 Mar 1926, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. Annie Edna GIBBONS,   b. 19 May 1885, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Jan 1969, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 83 years)   2. Thomas Gordon GIBBONS,   b. 9 Dec 1886, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Apr 1949, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 62 years)   3. Norma Amanda GIBBONS,   b. 20 Nov 1903, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Jun 1986, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 82 years)   4. Infants x3 GIBBONS   bur. Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F50532890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2016

  
  

• Documents

  Gibbons, William D. obituary Newspaper article from The Cobden Sun, May 18, 1939

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Gibbons, William Down & Phoebe E. nee Brown Block 2 - Anglican Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016

  
  

• Notes

  GIBBON 1891 census @ca.on.113i1 family 205 @ca.on.renfrew.ross division 1 p48 film t6355 7 GIBBON William M 1891-30 married - Que Eng Eng CofE shoemaker 8 GIBBON { ? } Pheobe F 1891-28 married wife Que Ire Que CofE 9 GIBBON Annie E F 1891-5 - dtr Ont Que Que CofE 10 BIGGON Thos Gordon M 1891-4 - son Ont Que Que CofE

  
  

• Sources

  [S480] Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index, Census database, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1891, (http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9/o113i101.htm#100). [S1080170] Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index, Census database, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1891, (http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9/o113i101.htm#100).