Nellie Gibson1878–
- Name
- Nellie Gibson
- Given names
- Nellie
- Surname
- Gibson
- Married name
- Nellie Edwards
 Birth | 1878 53 40 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 19, 1880 (Age 2 years) |
 Death of a half-sister | Lansa Thompson January 5, 1884 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 11, 1900 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a father | William Gibson 1907 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Delilah Adeline Lee September 2, 1910 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 39 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 40 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 51 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a half-sister | Melvina Pamelia Thompson May 18, 1935 (Age 57 years) Cause: Cardiac Arrhythmia |
| Burial of a half-sister | Melvina Pamelia Thompson May 21, 1935 (Age 57 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a half-sister | Sarah Margaret “Sadie” Thompson October 20, 1951 (Age 73 years) |
| Burial of a half-sister | Sarah Margaret “Sadie” Thompson October 23, 1951 (Age 73 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Gibson Birth: 1825 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: 1907 — Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Delilah Adeline Lee Birth: May 13, 1837 36 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1910 — Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: 1871 — Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Flora Delilah “Dellie” Gibson Birth: 1874 49 36 — Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Alma Gibson Birth: 1876 51 38 — Illinois, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Nellie Gibson Birth: 1878 53 40 — Illinois, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Robert Levi Thompson |
| step-father |
Robert Levi Thompson Birth: 1831 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 1869 — Randolph, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Delilah Adeline Lee Birth: May 13, 1837 36 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1910 — Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: September 6, 1853 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months half-sister |
Melvina Pamelia Thompson Birth: May 27, 1854 23 17 — Illinois, United States Death: May 18, 1935 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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7 years half-brother |
Levi Daniel Thompson Birth: 1860 29 22 — Illinois, United States Death: October 1869 — Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Sarah Margaret “Sadie” Thompson Birth: August 30, 1862 31 25 — Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: October 20, 1951 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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7 years half-sister |
Lansa Thompson Birth: 1869 38 31 — Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: January 5, 1884 — Illinois, United States |
| Family with Mark K Edwards |
| husband |
Mark K Edwards Birth: October 16, 1879 — Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: |
| herself |
Nellie Gibson Birth: 1878 53 40 — Illinois, United States Death: |
| daughter |
Private |
Nellie Gibson has 29 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (29)
Parents John Richard Thompson + Nancy C L F “Frances” Lee
Parents George Morton Shemwell + Louisa M Lee
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Virginia A Martin
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Amanda M Miller
Parents Howell B Edwards + Gabriella A Lee
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Charles D Wassel - Household
Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Gibson - Household
Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Delilah Adeline Lee - Household
Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States
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