Notes for: Elvira Erisa Lawrence

In the 1880 Census, William G. Gibson was living alone, widowed, in Round Valley Twp of Mendocino County, California. There was no apparent family relationship to any of his neighbors. Much of his family was still in Doddridge County.

1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 24 1880:
Head of household Enoch S. Gibson, 26, single, farmer; sister Florence Sherwood, 27, widowed; nephew Walter S. Sherwood, 4; dau (sic) Jettie Sherwood, 2; nephew Edwin H. Sherwood, 8 months, b. Sep 1879; sister Mariah L. Gibson, 24, single; brother Edmund Gibson, 22, single, railroad hand; sister Martha A. Gibson, 19, single.