Elizabeth Gibbs (1899-1961) Grandmother
Elizabeth with either Michael or Kathleen Kenny Birth Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gibb was born on August 4, 1899 to John Adam Gibb and Anna Nelson Gibb. According to her birth certificate, she was born in Sommerfield, which may have been a street in Kings County, since it is also listed as their residence but I don't have enough information to confirm. According to the birth certificate, the parents were both 24 years old and John was working as an Ironworker. The document states John was born in America but other documents comfirm his birth in Germany and his immigration to the United States in 1880 with his parents and siblings. John and Anna Gibb with Elizabeth Siblings Elizabeth had an older brother John Daniel Gibb, who was born October 26, 1894, soon after his parents were married. John lived with the family until age 22. He then joined the army in May, 1917. He married Zana Harrington Murphy in Oklahoma in July, 1918 and they m...