Emilie Priscilla GIBSON

1911 - 2007  (95 years)

• Name	Emilie Priscilla GIBSON
  Nickname	Emily
  Born	20 Jul 1911	West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  _UID	D1C2CD85152C4379A3B6D831AE36B4846081
  Died	9 Feb 2007
  Buried	Green Mount Cem., West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I130818	Branch 099 William Stafford 1784
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Howard A. STAFFORD, Sr.,   b. 3 May 1905, Maryland ,   d. May 1982, West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1933
  Census	1940	West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
  Notes	Census: 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Howard Stafford Age: 34 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Maryland Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania Map of Home in 1940: Street: Nielols Street House Number: 141 Farm: No Inferred Residence in 1935: West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania Residence in 1935: Same Place Resident on farm in 1935: No Sheet Number: 4A Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 72 Occupation: Mater Reader House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 2500 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40 Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks Worked in 1939: 50 Income: 1800 Income Other Sources: No Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Howard Stafford 34 Emily Stafford 28 Howard Stafford 6 Charles Stafford 4
  Children	1. Howard A. STAFFORD, Jr.   2. Charles A. STAFFORD
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F42531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Emilie Priscilla Gibson Stafford died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at Barclay Friends in West Chester. Until recently, she was a resident at The Hickman. Emilie was born in West Chester, and was the sixth of eight children of the late Mabel Ridgley and Charles Wesley Gibson. She was a homemaker all of her life. Her mother died when she was 10, and at age 14 she became the ‘woman of the house' for her father and three brothers, following a move to Sea Isle City, N.J. In 1933 she returned to West Chester after marrying Howard A. Stafford, with whom she shared 49 years of marriage, until his death in 1982. She was a member of the West Chester United Methodist Church for over 70 years. She was a loving and much-loved focal person in the extended Gibson and Stafford families. She loved long walks on the beach and the moon rising over the ocean, was active in her lodge and with her card club, and was a formidable pinochle player. She is survived by her sons, Howard A. Stafford Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio and Charles A. Stafford of Las Vegas, Nev.; daughters-in-law, Kathleen (Pat) of Hershey, and Mary Ann of Cincinnati; sister, Rebecca Carey of West Chester; six grandchildren, Cheryl, Chuck, Theresa, Bonnie, Emilie and Michael; and six great-granddaughters, Heather, Sara, Colleen, Tara, Katie and Paula.