James Gibson (c1800-1878)

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James Gibson was born circa 1800 in Newsteading, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom to Alexander Gibson (c1760-) and Agnes Moffat (c1760-) and died circa 7 May 1878 Healthfield, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada of unspecified causes. He married Janet Reid (c1800-c1840) 10 February 1833 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

According to a 20th-century family member:

"James moved from Lanark to Newfoundland 1832, planning to join brother and sisters in Pennsylvania, but married Janet (or Jessie?) REID, dau of David and Jessie, tenant farmers on 350-acre (140-ha) Brookfield Farm, Topsail Road.

"He got govt grant of land on Brookfield Rd, farmed 13 yr, then bought 100ac (40 ha) on Topsail Rd from David REID, naming it Gibson Dawn Farm. Many descendants used those names.

"He was one of first Elders of NFD Presbyterian Ch."

Siblings

Offspring of Alexander Gibson (c1760-) and Marion Waddle (c1770-)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Helen Gibson (1790-1864)	1790 Scotland, United Kingdom	1864 United States	James Renwick (1784-1845)
Agnes Gibson (c1796-)	1796 South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom		John Brown (c1796-)
Alice Gibson (c1798-)	1798 Scotland, United Kingdom		James or Andrew Bell (c1800-)
James Gibson (c1800-1878)	1800 Newsteading, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom	7 May 1878 Healthfield, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	Janet Reid (c1800-c1840)
Alexander Gibson (c1802-)
Grace or Grizzel Gibson (1807-1888)	29 July 1807 South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom	24 December 1888 United States	Robert Swan (1802-1878)

Children

Offspring of James Gibson and Janet Reid (c1800-c1840)^¢
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
James Henry Gibson (1829-1906)	1 May 1829 Healthfield, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (Newfoundland, British Colonial America)	23 August 1906 Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand	Jane L Nicholson (1837-1867) Anne Clyde (1844-1901)
Alexander Gibson (1834-aft1917)
Marion Gibson (1836-1914)	1836 St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	30 March 1914 Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand	David Patterson (1837-1922)

Residences

Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General

Family and published records.

Ω Birth

Newsteading is about 2 km north of Lanark. Daughter Marion and her husband and children were said to have stayed in the same house overnight on their journey from Peebles to their embarkation point on the way to New Zealand. Son William, in his emigration diary "Adieu Scotia", noted that it was the house his grandfather had been born in.

₪ Wedding

Bachelor; Janet was "Spinster". Gave his residence as "Lanark". Janet's was "St. John's". Ages and occupations "Not given", as with all others on the page; religious denominations also not given. No columns for parents. Witnesses' names, partly illegible, were "J......n, William" and "Hood, James". Writer was clearly uninterested in the stern message printed at the bottom of the form: "Names of persons as written in many Returns are very difficult to decipher. Legible writing is therefore absolutely necessary. Attention to this note is most important, otherwise serious errors must occur in the registers."
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/76487534?returnLabel=Janet%20Reid%20(9CX4-Y9F)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fchangelog%2F9CX4-Y9F - FamilySearch image of marriage record.

¢ Children

http://ngb.chebucto.org/NGBRIF/nlgrif-r.shtml - under "REID" - notes by Jane Gibson of Arkles Bay, New Zealand, a great-granddaughter of James Henry.

Robin Patterson