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Bessie Patrick Gibson 1898 – 1991 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1898

Birth Location: Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 1991

Death Location: South Bend, St Joseph County, Indiana, Burial: North Liberty, St. Joseph County, Indiana,

Father: Martin Spradlin

Mother: Sibbie Gibson

Spouse(s): Candy Nichols, Frederick Davis

Children(s): Mary Banicki\Nickles, Howard Nickels, Marie Morrison, Norman Nichols, James Nichols, June Nickles, Ollie Nichols, Mildred Nickels, Ethel Nickels, Virginia Nichols

Bessie Patrick Gibson was born in 1898 in Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA, the child of Martin Spradlin and Sibbie Gibson. Bessie Patrick Gibson later married Candy Nichols and Frederick Harold Davis, and together they raised children including Mary J. Banicki\Nickles, Howard Nickels, Marie E. Nickles Morrison, Norman Arlen Nichols, James Nichols, June Nickles, Ollie Nichols, Mildred May Nickels, Ethel May Nickels and Virginia Nichols. In 1991, Bessie Patrick Gibson passed away in South Bend, St Joseph County, Indiana, Burial: North Liberty, St. Joseph County, Indiana,.

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Parents

Martin Spradlin
1854 – 1913
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States of America
MS
Sibbie Gibson
1872 – 1955
Birth Location: Magoffin, Kentucky, USA
SG

Spouses(s)

Candy Nichols
1881 – 1962
Birth Location: Kentucky
CN
Frederick Davis
1887 – 1974
Birth Location: West Virginia
FD

Children(s)

Mary Banicki\Nickles
1921 – 2006
Birth Location: West Virginia
MB
Howard Nickels
1923 – 2000
Birth Location: Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
HN
Marie Morrison
1925 – 2007
Birth Location: Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
MM
Norman Nichols
1925 – 2008
Birth Location: Edwhit, West Virginia
NN
James Nichols
1929 – 2006
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
JN
June Nickles
1929 – 1930
Birth Location: Marion County, Ohio
JN
Ollie Nichols
1933 – 2018
Birth Location: Greene, St Joseph County, Indiana
ON
Mildred Nickels
1935 – 2006
Birth Location: North Liberty, Indiana
MN
Ethel Nickels
1938 –
Birth Location: Portage, St. Joseph, Indiana, USA
EN
Virginia Nichols
1940 – 1991
Birth Location: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
VN

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 Jul 1887
    Event Place: Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Portage, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01093; Page: 27A; Enumeration District: 71-42, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Records of Marriage 1961-2005; Roll Number: 18, The South Bend Tribune; Publication Date: 3 Dec 1991; Publication Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA; ,0.09523732,0.34572816,0.27136382&xid=3, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: 5660; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 99-183

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1887 est

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1898
    Event Place: Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1898
    Event Place: Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Marion, Marion, Marion, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Portage, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01093; Page: 27A; Enumeration District: 71-42

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1936
    Event Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Portage T, Portage, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Portage, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01093; Page: 27A; Enumeration District: 71-42

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: 5660; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 99-183

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The South Bend Tribune; Publication Date: 3 Dec 1991; Publication Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA; ,0.09523732,0.34572816,0.27136382&xid=3

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1991
    Event Place: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The South Bend Tribune; Publication Date: 3 Dec 1991; Publication Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA; ,0.09523732,0.34572816,0.27136382&xid=3

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 02 Dec 1991

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1991
    Event Place: South Bend, St Joseph County, Indiana, Burial: North Liberty, St. Joseph County, Indiana,

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: North Liberty, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The South Bend Tribune; Publication Date: 3 Dec 1991; Publication Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA; ,0.09523732,0.34572816,0.27136382&xid=3
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