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Family HistoryFamily History - Joseph Gibson


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Joseph Gibson and one of his descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Joseph Gibson,1 born ca. 1880 in Northern Ireland (parents not determined).1 Joseph married Deborah _____1 (born ca. 1884 in Northern Ireland, parents not determined1).

Child of Joseph Gibson and Deborah _____:

+2i. Lillian E. Gibson, born 14 July 1907 in Connecticut; died 17 February 1979. Married (1) Rollin Taylor Rood Married (2) Alexander Valentine Bollerer.

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, Hartford County, East Hartford, ED 2-52, Sheet No. 2A, Joseph Gibson, 60, No. Ireland, locomotive engineer, steam railroad; wife Deborah Gibson, 56, No. Ireland; son Elmore Gibson, 26, Connecticut, accountant, aircraft; daughter Doris Gibson, 23, Connecticut, typist, insurance; son Harris Gibson, 21, office clerk, aircraft; daughter Lillian Rood, 32, Connecticut, widowed, registered nurse, hospital.
Second Generation
2. Lillian E. Gibson2 (Joseph1), born 14 July 1907 in Connecticut;1, 2 died 17 February 1979.1 Lillian married, first, 1934, Rollin Taylor Rood1 (born 6 July 1895 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, the son of Rollin M. Rood and Flora A. Taylor;3 Rollin died 30 September 1936 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts3). Lillian married, second, 3 September 1949 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, Alexander Valentine Bollerer7 (born 2 April 1901 in Connecticut, the son of Valentine Bollerer and Antoinette Niedl;4, 5, 6 Alexander died 15 February 19654). Rollin is buried in East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut.3 Alexander is buried in East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut.4

  1. Find a Grave (website). East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, Lillian E. Gibson Bollerer, born: 14 July 1907; died: 17 February 1979 [from record, which provides the names and links for her two spouses, the first one m.1934].
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, Hartford County, East Hartford, ED 2-52, Sheet No. 2A, Joseph Gibson, 60, No. Ireland, locomotive engineer, steam railroad; wife Deborah Gibson, 56, No. Ireland; son Elmore Gibson, 26, Connecticut, accountant, aircraft; daughter Doris Gibson, 23, Connecticut, typist, insurance; son Harris Gibson, 21, office clerk, aircraft; daughter Lillian Rood, 32, Connecticut, widowed, registered nurse, hospital.
  3. Find a Grave (website). East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, Rollin Taylor Rood, born: 6 July 1895 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut; died: 30 September 1936 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts [from record, which provides the names of his parents and spouse (m. 1934)].
  4. Find a Grave (website). East Cemetery, Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut, Alexander V. Bollerer, born: 2 April 1901; died: 15 February 1965 [from record, which provides the name and link for his wife, believed to be his second].
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Connecticut, Hartford County, New Britain, ED 218, Sheet No. 8B, Valentine Bollerer, 39, Connecticut, proprietor, saloon; wife of 18 years Antoinette Bollerer, 38, Austria Bohemian, 2 children, 2 living; daughter Caroline A. Bollerer, 14, Connecticut; son Alexander V. Bollerer, 9, Connecticut.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, Hartford County, East Hartford, ED 2-118, Sheet No. 5A, Alexander V. Bollerer [indexed as Bolleren], 29, Connecticut, first married age 28, tabulating mach.; May L. Bollerer, 26, New York, first married age 25.
  7. Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897-1968 (available at ancestry.com), Alexander Bollerer and Lillian Rood, married on 3 September 1949 in Manchester, Connecticut.