John Aaron Roby Gibbons

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When you look at the records (pedigree) for John Aaron Roby Gibbons I think it is clear that his name is John Aaron Gibbons, not John Aaron Roby Gibbons. Whoever entered his records including the maiden name of his wife Fanny Roby by accident or on purpose...

John Aaron traveled with his wife, Fanny, in 1854 across the plains in an unidentified company. He was 60 years old at the time.

It appears that their living children (4 of them lived - James, Thomas, William, Francis) all crossed the plains. However, it appears from the records that they did not all cross as a family. James crossed in 1868 in an unidentified company at the age of 43. Thomas also crossed in 1854 in an unidentified company (probably with his parents).  He was 20 at the time.  Francis crossed in the John R. Murdock Company in 1868, he was 36 years old. William Belcher Gibbons appears to have crossed 9 years after his parents in 1863, the Thomas E. Ricks Company.  He was 34 at the time and from the records it looks like he and his wife used the Perpetual Emigrating Fund.

William Belcher Gibbons

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William was 34 years old when he crossed the plains.  His parents crossed 9 years earlier possibly with his brother Thomas.  It appears he only had 3 living brothers although his parents John Aaron and Fanny had many children who died as infants or in early childhood in England.  All of his living brothers also crossed the plains.  William crossed with his wife Mary Wilkes Gibbons who was 44 at the time.  It appears that all of their children (Sophia Mary (10 years old), Laura Caroline (9 years old), Elizabeth Ann (5 years old) and William Alvin (4 years old) also crossed the plains with them in the Thomas E Ricks Company.  They used the Perpetual Emigrating Fund.

There are 2 excerpts from the Ogden Standard Examiner that mention William Gibbons.
 
The first excerpt talks about a brass band that was organized in England in which William is listed as the first tenor. [link]  The tenor horn (English name) is better know in the USA as the alto horn. [link]

 The second excerpt also mentions William as part of this band but gives more history of it in England and some details about the Thomas E Ricks Company.  It appears that they decided as a bank to cross the plains. [link]

Melissa Snow Prince Family Pioneer Ancestors

PIONEERS WHO CROSSED THE PLAINS ON MELISSA'S PATERNAL SIDE
*names that are highlighted are people who actually crossed the plains

(Melissa-Bruce Snow-W. Max Snow-Annie Gibbons Snow)-
Rosina Mary Dafford Gibbons-James Gibbons-John Aaron R Gibbons;
Rosina Mary Dafford Gibbons-James Gibbons-Fanny Roby Gibbons:
Rosina Mary Dafford Gibbons-Ann Shuttleworth Gibbons

(Melissa-Bruce Snow-W. Max Snow-Annie Gibbons Snow)-
William Alvin Gibbons-William Belcher Gibbons-John Aaron R Gibbons;
William Alvin Gibbons-William Belcher Gibbons-Fanny Roby Gibbons:
William Alvin Gibbons-Mary Wilkes Gibbons


Unidentified Company (1854)

• John Aaron Roby Gibbons
• Fanny Roby Gibbons

Thomas E. Ricks Company (1863)

• William Belcher Gibbons
• Mary Wilkes Gibbons
• William Alvin Gibbons

Unidentified Company (1868)
*Rosina's personal records state it was Captian Murdock's Company coming out of Fort Laramie, WY

• James Gibbons
• Ann Shuttleworth Gibbons
• Rosina Mary Dafford Gibbons (Hawkes)

PIONEERS WHO CROSSED THE PLAINS ON MELISSA'S PATERNAL SIDE

(Melissa-Bruce Snow-W. Max Snow-Douglas Arthur Snow)-
Arthur Snow
Emily Watson-Emma Holt

It is currently unknown how or when Arthur Snow & Emily Watson Snow crossed the plains, however they were married at the time of their crossing. We also do not know when Emma Holt, Emily's mother, came.

PIONEERS WHO CROSSED THE PLAINS ON MELISSA'S PATERNAL SIDE
(Melissa-Bruce Snow-Rhea Marriott Snow-Hazel Wade Marriott)-

PIONEERS WHO CROSSED THE PLAINS ON MELISSA'S PATERNAL SIDE
(Melissa-Bruce Snow-Rhea Marriott Snow-Arthur Wayment Marriott)-
Edward Marriott-John Marriott-John Marriott (wife Frances Parish died before crossing)
Edward Marriott-Teresa Southwick Marriott- Joseph Southwick (wife Mary Ann Martin died before crossing)

Livingston and Kinkead Frieght Train (1851)

• John Marriott
  

John Hindley Company (1855)

• Teresa Southwick Marriott
  

(Melissa-Bruce Snow-Rhea Marriott Snow-Arthur Wayment Marriott)-
Martha Wayment-William Wayment
Martha Wayment-Martha Brown


PIONEERS WHO CROSSED THE PLAINS ON MELISSA'S MATERNAL SIDE
*names that are highlighted are people who actually crossed the plains

(Melissa-Cynthia L. Hardy Snow-Elizabeth Mann Hardy-