Raymond E. Gibbons
(1892-1979)
Laura Smith
(1892-)
Frederick George Gibbons Sr.
(1923-1994)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jean Elizabeth Beacher

Frederick George Gibbons Sr. 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 12 Dec 1923, West William Penn, Schuylkill, PA 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Jean Elizabeth Beacher on 7 Jun 1947 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA 1
  • Died: 8 Jan 1994, Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA at age 70 3 4 7
  • Buried: Shenandoah Heights: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA 7

   FamilySearch ID: L8BB-S39.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: operator on 15 May 1947 in West William Penn, Schuylkill, PA. 1

2. Census in 1950 in Shenandoah Heights, Schuylkill County, PA. 8 The 1950 census recorded at 208 Ohio Avenue: Arthur Beacher, laborer n lumber company, 66, living with wife Lottie, 59; son-in-law John Balliet, office clerk in lumber company, 44 and his wife Evelyn, 40; and their son John Balliet, 17; and son-in-law Fred Gibbons, colliery laborer in coal industry, 26, and his wife Jean, sews sleves in dress factory, 25. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: 208 Ohio Avenue, Shenandoah, PA on 17 Jan 1950 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 5

4. Residence: 193 Pennsylvania Ave, Shenandoah, PA, 17976-1331 in 1982 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 9

5. Obituary: Hazleton Standard-Speaker: obituary of Fred G. Gibbons on 10 Jan 1994 in Hazleton, Luzerne, PA. 10 Fred G. Gibbons, 193 Pennsylvania Ave., Shenandoah Heights, died Saturday afternoon at Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville. He was born in William Perm near Philadelphia, son of the late Raymond and Laura (Smith) Gibbons. He served in the Army during World War II and was employed as a coal miner by Beltrami Coal Co., Hazleton, before retiring. He graduated from West Mahanoy Township High School and was a member of Bethany First Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Jean Becher; son, Fred Jr., Florida; daughter, Mrs. Anthony (Betty Jean) Rizzardi, Shenandoah; brother, Ray Gibbons, Ringtown; sisters, Mrs. George (Ellen) Spilline, Allentown; and Mrs. John (Bertha) Pitcavage, New Jersey; and two grandchildren and nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from the Oravitz Home for Funerals, Shenandoah. The Rev. Galen Klinger will officiate. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shenandoah. Friends may call on Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m.


Frederick married Jean Elizabeth Beacher, daughter of Arthur Garfield Beacher and Lottie Mabel Wagner, on 7 Jun 1947 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA.1 (Jean Elizabeth Beacher was born on 30 Mar 1925 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA,3 11 12 13 died on 10 Apr 2000 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA 3 11 13 and was buried in Shenandoah Heights: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA 3.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMZC-1TM Frederick G Gibbons and Jean E Beacher, 07 Jun 1947; citing , Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, ; FHL microfilm 2134213.

2 Genealogy Research conducted by Bruce Franklin Beacher Ph.D. (1919-2004).

3 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PA (Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania), 11 Apr 2000, Obituary of Jean Gibbons.

4 Social Security Death Index, Death record for Fred G. Gibbons.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Applications, WWII, 1950, Application for Frederick George Gibbons.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Applications, WWII, 1950.

7 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PA (Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania), 10 Jan 1994, obituary of Fred G. Gibbons.

8 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X14-S2P7?id=K8VG-4Z5 Arthur Beacher, Shenandoah Heights.

9 Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index (Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.), Vol. 1. Fred G. Gibbons Sr.

10 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, PA (Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania), 10 Jan 1994, page 2, obituary of Fred G. Gibbons.

11 Social Security Death Index, Death record for Jean B. Gibbons.

12 1930 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, West Mahanoy Township, Series: T626 Roll: 2148 Page: 248.

13 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), Jean Elizabeth Beacher Gibbons SSN 198185521.



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