Emily Kathleen Gibson

Abt 1916 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Emily Kathleen Gibson  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1916	Eskdale, Kanawha Co, West Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I2407	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family	Richard Thomas Jones, 2,   b. 24 Apr 1916, Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	5 Oct 1939	Portsmouth, Commonwealth of Virginia   [1]
  Marriage	5 Oct 1939	Portsmouth, Commonwealth of Virginia
  	Independent city explained
  	Portsmouth is an "independent city" which is a city that is not in the territory of any county or counties and is considered a primary administrative division of its state. Independent cities are classified by the United States Census Bureau as "county equivalents" and may also have similar governmental powers to a consolidated city-county. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, all municipalities incorporated as "cities" have been "independent cities", also called "free cities", since 1871, when a revised state constitution took effect following the American Civil War and the creation of West Virginia. Three older Virginia counties, whose origins go back to the original eight shires of Virginia formed in 1634 in the Colony of Virginia, have or had the word city in their names; politically, however, they are counties. The independent cities were formed to centralize trading and legal matters as the older system of merchant ships cruising from plantation to plantation was inefficient
  Family ID	F933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S591] Marriage Cert gen, Certificate of Marriage, Commonwealth of Virginia nr 36274; Richard Thomas Jones and Emiy Kathleen Gibson (Reliability: 3).