Person:Mary Gibbs (45)

1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Mary L Gibbs Age: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841 Birth Place: New York Gender: Female Home in 1850: Ada, Kent, Michigan

Household Members: Alfred O Gibbs 6 Antoinette Gibbs 6 Chas M Gibbs 11 Cyntha [Cynthia] Gibbs 34 Edmund L Gibbs 7 Job Gibbs 44 Lorenzo Gibbs 2 Mary L Gibbs 9 James A Lampman 7 Richd Lampman 9

Source Citation: Year«i»: 1850«/i»; Census Place: «i»Ada, Kent, Michigan«/i»; roll: «i»M432...353; «/i»Page: «i»270«/i»; Image: «i»523.«/i»

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Mary L Gibbs Age in 1860: 20 Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Ada, Kent, Michigan Gender: Female Post Office: Ada

Household Members: Job Gibbs 55 Cynthia M Gibbs 42 Charles N Gibbs 21 Mary L Gibbs 20 Edward L. Gibbs 18 Julia A Gibbs 16 Alfred O Gibbs 15 James B Gibbs 11 William Brown 33 Samuel T Welch 28 Isadore E Button 9

Source Citation: Year: «i»1860; «/i»Census Place: «i»Ada, Kent, Michigan«/i»; Roll: «i»M653...550; «/i»Page: «i»0«/i»; Image: «i»166.«/i»

1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Mary Westel

         [Mary Nestell]

Birth Year: abt 1840 Age in 1870: 30 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Wales, St. Clair, Michigan Race: White Gender: Female Poat Office: Wales

Household Members: Lyman Westel 28 Mary Westel 30

Source Citatation: Year: «i»1870«/i»; Census Place: «i»Wales, St Clair, Michigan; «/i»Roll: «i»M593_699;«/i» Page: «i»463A«/i»; Image: «i»431«/i»; Family History Library Film: «i»552198.«/i»

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Mary L. Nestell Age: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Wife Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: New York Occupation: House wife Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female

Household Members: Lyman W. Nestell 38 Mary L Nestell 40 [Mary L. Gibbs] Edmund L. Nestell 8 [Gibbs- adopted by Lyman and Mary] Edmund L. Gibbs 39 [Alfred O Gibbs' Brother] Benjamin Nestell 19 [probably Lyman Nestell's brother]

1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Mary Nestell Home in 1900: Cascade, Kent, Michigan Age: 60 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: New York Relationship to Head of House: Sister Race: White

Household Members: James Gibbs 52 John A Gibbs 13 Ransom Gibbs 11 Mary Nestell 60 Source Citation: Year:«i» 1900;«/i» Census Place: «i»Cascade, Kent, Michigan«/i»; Roll: «i»T623..721«/i»; Page: «i»4B«/i»; Enumeration District: «i»42.«/i»

1910 United States Federal Census

Name: Mary L Nestell Age in 1910: 70 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Boarder Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: New York Home in 1910: San Diego Ward 9, San Diego, California Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Gender: Female

Household Members: Charles F Hall 50 Ella L Hall 46 Milton E Hall 7 Mary L Nestell 70

Source Citation: Year: «i»1910«/i»; Census Place: «i»San Diego Ward 9, San Diego, California;«/i» Roll: «i»Y624..95;«/i» Page:«i» 11B«/i»; Enumeration District: «i»163«/i»; Image: «i»319.«/i»

From: The Short Life of Alfred Orville Gibbs by Phillip L. Gibbs. [ Information from Civil War Pension requests.] Emma Jane gave birth to their second son, Edmund L. Gibbs 11 July 1871 in Wilson. Alfred's sister, Mary Gibbs Nestell had been teasing Alfred and Emma «i»"to give her that boy«/i»." Emma said she could have him. Emma says in a deposition for a minor's pension for her children, that adoption papers were filed in Ada, Michigan when Edmund was ten years old. Mary raised Edmund and didn't tell him he was adopted until «i»"he was grown up«/i»." In 1891, Mary's husband, Lyman Nestell was living in Fairhaven, Washington and Mary stated in a deposition,«i» "didn't know when he would return.«/i»" Edmund was living in Washington State with his father. It appears that Lyman was a bigamist and a "con" man. He was suing the Great Northern RR for $25,000 because his wife died of cancer due to an injury caused by the railroad. The problem was, Mary wasn't dead! Mary is listed in the Bailey Cemetery, Vergennes Twnshp, Michigan: «i» GIBBS, MARY L.

b. 1841; o.d.«/i»