They had 2 children: Louise May Gibbs and John Chase Gibbs.....17 years apart!
Jennie and her sister were two of the first stenographers in the city of Providence after graduating from Normal School (a teaching college).
Jennie was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Providence where she was head of the "cradle roll" (once a child was baptised, a mother & child luncheon was held anually in their honor until the child was 4 years old).
Jennie used to "read" cards, taught to her by a gypsy. None of us living today knows if she was good at it, but she taught her daughter, Louise, how to "read". Louise was extremely good at it, even though she didn't really believe the concept herself!
She was a member of the Daughter's of American Revolution through her ancestor, Capt. James Wheaton Brayton. Jennie was registered thru the Esek Hopkins Chapter.
She died of "old age" but was in a nursing home for 6 months with dementia before she died. She predecesed her sister by 3 years.
Twins run in every other generation, maternally, in our family. Their grandaughter's Jean and Martha are twins (who died together, one trying to save the other. They were 97 years old).
They had 2 children: Louise May Gibbs and John Chase Gibbs.....17 years apart!
Jennie and her sister were two of the first stenographers in the city of Providence after graduating from Normal School (a teaching college).
Jennie was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Providence where she was head of the "cradle roll" (once a child was baptised, a mother & child luncheon was held anually in their honor until the child was 4 years old).
Jennie used to "read" cards, taught to her by a gypsy. None of us living today knows if she was good at it, but she taught her daughter, Louise, how to "read". Louise was extremely good at it, even though she didn't really believe the concept herself!
She was a member of the Daughter's of American Revolution through her ancestor, Capt. James Wheaton Brayton. Jennie was registered thru the Esek Hopkins Chapter.
She died of "old age" but was in a nursing home for 6 months with dementia before she died. She predecesed her sister by 3 years.
Twins run in every other generation, maternally, in our family. Their grandaughter's Jean and Martha are twins (who died together, one trying to save the other. They were 97 years old).
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JENNIE SEYMOUR
wife of
Nelson H. Gibbs
1870---1954