Yeoman Gibson, c.1875
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Yeoman Gibson (1828-1894). This photo was printed in Whitby United Church Centennial History, September 1926.
- Notes
- Yeoman Gibson was born at Ebberston, Yorkshire, England, on March 21, 1828 and came to Whitby in 1847. He started out as a clerk and bookkeeper and then went into the grocery business for himself in 1857. He was a strong supporter of the Methodist Church and presented a silver communion set to the church in Whitby in 1854. He was secretary-treasurer of the Building Committee of the Methodist Tabernacle in 1875. He was secretary for the church for many years. He was a member of the town council from 1863 to 1866, Reeve in 1876-77 and Warden of Ontario County in 1877. He died at Whitby, Ontario on December 28, 1894 and is buried at Salem Cemetery, Kinsale.
- Date of Original
- c.1875
- Dimensions
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Width: 6 cm
Height: 6 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 6cm
Image Height: 6cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-014
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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