Author: Betty Gibbs
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Anna Lawless Story is done
Anna’s story during her growing years is finished. It can be found at: https://gibbsjohnsonfamilyhistory.com/lawless-family/ The story was built from a few newspaper articles and old letters that have survived over 100 years. Most of the letters were written when Anna was at school in Clyde Missouri. She received letters from her parents, sisters and brother,… Read more
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Anna Lawless
I am working on adding more detail to the Anna Lawless story. This part of her story is about her life before she got married. I found a bunch of letters that were written to Anna while she was at St. Joseph’s Academy in Clyde Missouri, 1907-1909. There are also letters sent to her at… Read more
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This Web site is live
I made the Gibbs Johnson Family History Web site live this week. I sent a notice to my family email list and know that some have looked at the site. There is still work to do and I have more ideas about how to show information. I realize that some people only have a cell… Read more
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The videos are added to my YouTube channel
I have been through the Victor Johnson films, edited them and uploaded them to YouTube. The process included: The videos are listed in the Videos menu option. Read more
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Family History Origins
These families are the basis for making a chronicle of where we came from. The Gibbs family in America started in Colonial Times with John Gibbs who lived in Jamestowne. See more about the Jamestowne story. The Johnson family started with Oliver’s grandparents who migrated to the U.S. in 1869 from Denmark. Anne’s parents came… Read more
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Why do this?
I searched for a way to give relatives and other interested people an easy way to access the 70 videos that have been created from Victor Johnson’s films and uploaded to YouTube. The videos occupy many gigabytes and don’t readily fit on disc or flash drive media. The films were taken between 1940 and late… Read more