October 24

 Adaline Lucretia Gard married Asa Gibson 24 October 1869 in Richland County, Illinois

PHOTO: Asa Gibson and Adaline Lucretia Gard

PHOTO: Asa and Adaline Lucretia Gard Gibson

PHOTO: Asa Gibson

(I've seen his middle name as Smith, but I've also seen it with the middle initial H.)

This marriage forms the connection between the Gard and Gibson branches of the family tree. We can trace the Gards back to 1539 in Devonshire, England. Our family records for the Gibsons go back as far as 1540 in Lancashire, England. [According to FamilySearch, the Gibson family traces all the way back to ... (wait for it) ... ADAM. Well, I don't know about that.] 

Asa Gibson and Adaline Lucretia Gard had fifteen children:

Cora 1870-1877 (died age 7)

Clara 1872-1872 (died age 5 days)

Anna Gertrude 1873-1943

William Minter 1875-1946

Dora 1877-1962 (twin)

Lora 1877-1971 (twin)

Lawrence Elmer 1880-1964

Twin infants 1881-1881 (died age 2 days)

Calder 1883-1897 (died age 14)

Iva Jane 1885-1953

Stella Frances 1888-1968

Julia Grace 1890-1986

Edna Elsie 1892-1987

Oma 1898-1898 (died age 2 months)

PHOTO L-R: Lora, Julia, Dora

PHOTO: Iva Jane with her husband and children

My connection with the Gard/Gibson clans is my great-grandmother Lora Gibson, who married Alexander Oscar Burford.

PHOTO: Lora Gibson Burford

PHOTO: Lora and Alexander Oscar Burford

Here is a photo of the Gibson clan.

This picture was taken in 1908