35 Irish Cousins

This photo was taken on Zita Kernan Callan’s 70th birthday in 1988 and is shown here courtesy of her grandson Robin Smith. Zita Kernan 70th Birthday Gathering (1988) Legend Martin Duffy (married Dorothy Callan) Doreen Berry (family friend) Jaquline Hanratty (eldest of Dorothy & Martin) Len Maxwell (husband of Barbara Kernan) Ronan Kernan Royal Grey […]

A Cousin’s Birthday

Parents keep everything from the first baby! Here’s an invitation to Howard to come to his cousin Whitfield’s birthday. Dated Saturday, October 5th. The year that seems most likely (an October 5th landing on a Saturday) is 1946.

Cheaha Group Photo

Can you help me identify the folks in this picture? Cheaha Group PhotoYear ???? Outline Here’s what I think I know. ___?___ Bud Gibbons Susie Hebden Margaret Marston Bob Marston Henry Marston Mark Gibbons ___?___ ___?___ John St.Clair Howard Ross James Gibbons ___?___ ___?___ Casey McLean Pam McLean Royal Grey Sam McLean Claire St.Clair Doria […]

Clinton Family of County Louth

Rev. J. B. Leslie, Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, Dundalk and Grogheda, 1912, pages 398-412.

European Birthplaces

This interactive map shows many of the places where G/W ancestors were born. Some are precise and some are merely county or regional. Click on the pin icons to see who was born in a particular location.

Gibbons Family Dates

This document was in a collection held by Paul and Buffie. Latest date is 1951. Not sure of the handwriting. Front Back

GW Addresses (as of July 1989)

Please note this information dates from July 1989 so is historical and not necessarily current.

GW Reunion 1983 Attendees

GW Reunion Data: 1984-2006

GWR #1, 1983 Attendees

Attendees, GWR 1983

GWR #2, 1984: Attendees and Awards

Attendance, 1984 Awards 1 of 3 Awards 2 of 3 Awards, 3 of 3

GWR 1993 Attendance

GWR General Letter Jun 89

JB Gibbons in the Corolla

The Corolla is the yearbook of the University of Alabama. It is keyword searchable and available online through the digital collections of the University of Alabama Libraries: https://digtalcollections.libraries.ua.edu/digital/collection/p17336coll4 Corolla 1912, Vol 20 Page 50James Booth Gibbons listed as sophomore from Montgomery. https://digitalcollections.libraries.ua.edu/digital/collection/p17336coll4/id/7574/rec/1 Page 56Samuel Howard Gibbons listed as freshman from Prattville https://digitalcollections.libraries.ua.edu/digital/collection/p17336coll4/id/7578 Page 169JB Gibbons, […]

Juvenile Coronation – Howard

This Little Flower Juvenile Coronation program is dated, Saturday, May 9. The only Saturday that makes sense is 1953. So I’m pegging this event at May 9, 1953. Notice Howard is listed as Howard St. Clair in the program. Frontpage 2page 3Back

Marriages

I will be posting wedding photos that I come across in Claire’s photo archives (a great big pile of photos!). I’d love to get a wedding (or other couples) picture from everyone in the St.Clair/Gibbons/Walsh family tree. Email (jstclair3@gmail.com) is best as Facebook compresses images. Claire Gibbons St.Clair Family Claire Gibbons & John St.ClairMarch 30, […]

Michael Walsh

Someone in the family visited Ireland. If I knew who, I would give them credit for this picture which was included in the massive number of photos in my mother’s estate. The photo is inscribed on the back with the message: grandfather Michael Walsh buried with his first wife – His name is near the […]

More Awards, Date Uncertain

Awards, page 1 of 2 Awards, page 2 of 2

Mr. Mrs. H. Gibbons make Newspaper

A clipping from Hampton Bureau, the Daily Press. No date. Bottom inscription says, “Mr. & Mrs. Howard Gibbons made the paper”. Side inscription MAY say:”Ye, Gods; ‘Tis Real ISemg.” From “As You Like It” or “Do you?”

October 24, 1924

Claire Mary Gibbons, born October 24, 1924

Robert Gibbons Story

No date, no citation. This clipping was in Claire Gibbons St.Clair’s scrapbook. She sure was proud of her siblings! The article celebrates Robert Gibbon’s story being included in the Best American Short Stories of 1949. Notable in this clipping in the references to Uncle Bob’s short stories, some of which are named by title: The […]

Samuel Minturn Peck

This is a placeholder page. Please contact me if you have specific information about Mr. Peck or the “Peck House”. More to follow. Peck House, circa 1934Library of Congress For additional pictures of the Peck House, Eighteenth Street & Thirtieth Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL, please see:https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.al0787.photos/?sp=1 For information about the career of Samuel Minturn […]

Sketch of Life of Thomas Clinton

Tuscaloosa News: Thursday, July 7, 1927 Moore’s Alabama History Includes Sketch of Life of Thomas ClintonTuscaloosa NewsThursday, July 7, 1927 Dr. A. B. Moore. dean of the graduate school of the University of Alabama, is spending the entire summer at work on the history of Alabama which he is writing for use at the University. […]

The Gibbons/Walshe Stems

James Booth Gibbons, 1889-1966 When James Booth Gibbons was born on September 14, 1889, his father, James Edward, was 32 and his mother, Harriett Ophelia Ward, was 27. He was born in Prattville, Alabama. He married Anne Genevive Walsh on December 21, 1913, in Birmingham, Alabama. They had eight children in 10 years. He died […]

Uncle Bud at Supreme Court

The following article appeared in the Decatur Daily, Decatur, Alabama, March 4, 1969. See pdf attachment for full attribution. E. Graham Gibbons at Supreme Court Bud-at-USSCDownload