Résumé

Principal, Charles Hugh Gibbs, Architect, Long Beach, CA, 1934-1963. On 10/16/1940, Gibbs had an office in Room #800 of the Kress Building in Long Beach. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 652, accessed 11/15/2022.)

Partner, Gibbs and [Donald Hugh] Gibbs, Architects, Long Beach, CA, 1963-1990.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA).

College

B.Arch., University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA;

Relocation

Charles Hugh Gibbs was born in San Francisco, CA, on 05/26/1905, just before the Great Earthquake and Fire of 04/18/1906.

The 1920 US Census located C. Hugh Gibbs living at 55 Ontario Avenue in Long Beach, CA, with his parents Charles H. and Pauline Gibbs, and their three children.

Gibbs and his family resided at 730 Sunrise Boulevard, Long Beach, in 1940. The 1940 US Census noted that the family had lived in Long Beach in 1935, and that the household consisted of C. Hugh and Gertrude Gibbs, their four children and a household servant, Cecile Hogan (born c. 1904 in KS). The Gibbs Fanily rented their house and paid $28 per month in rent. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00372; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 59-78, accessed 11/15/2022.)

Parents

His father was Charles H. Gibbs

Charles worked as a ship fitter in a Long Beach shipyard as per the 1920 US Census.

His mother Pauline immigrated to the US in 1899 and had been naturalized before the US Census had been taken in 1920.

He had siblings Boyd Gibbs and Mary L. Gibbs.

Spouse

He married Gertrude Elizabeth Kersting (born 08/08/1904 in CA-d. 08/13/1981 in Los Angeles County, CA) on 06/21/1930 in Los Angeles County, CA.

Gertrude lived with her parents William A. Kersting (born 06/01/1871 in Saint Mary, Southwark, England-d. 02/29/1944 in Los Angeles County, CA) and Margaret Ethel Harnett (born 04/14/1879 in England-d. 02/02/1962 in Los Angeles County, CA) at 643 Nevada Street in Long Beach, CA, in 1924. Her father worked as an elevator operator at that time. (See Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1924, p. 368.) Margaret's parents wed on 02/02/1899 in Los Angeles, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 11/15/2022.) Margaret had an elder brother, William Thomas B. Kersting (born 11/18/1900 in Baker, OR). In 1900, William worked as a merchant. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Birth Records, 1842-1902, 1917, accessed 11/15/2022.)

Biographical Notes

In 1940, Gibbs was descirbed as being Caucasian with a light complexion, blue eyes and blonde hair. He stood 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighed 187 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 652, accessed 11/15/2022.)

SSN: 572-22-3763.

• San Francisco, CA (Architect's Birth)
  San Francisco, CA

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