Résumé

President, MacGibbon-Frary Company, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1913; the firm had its headquarters in Rooms #715-716 of the Los Angeles Investment Building In Los Angeles in 1913.

High School/College

MacGibbon attended high school in San Bernardino, CA. Graduate, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1906. At Stanford, he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.

Relocation

Born in San Bernardino, CA, MacGibbon spent his childhood in that city. In 1900, he lived with his family at 468 E Street in San Bernardino. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: San Bernardino Ward 2, San Bernardino, California; Roll: 97; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0225; FHL microfilm: 1240097, accessed 09/13/2016.)

He attended Stanford University in Stanford, CA, roughly from 1902-1906. He worked in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA, from 1906-1908, Berkeley, CA, from 1909-1911, and in Los Angeles after 1911. In 1913, he resided at 2842 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles. (See Who's Who in the Pacific Southwest: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Citizens of Southern California and Arizona, [Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1913], p. 235.)

In 1910, he resided in Berkeley, CA, with his mother, Julia, at 2947 Magnolia Street. The US Census indicated that he was a lumber manufacturer at this time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_72; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1374085, accessed 09/13/2016.)

According to his World War I Draft Registration Card, MacGibbon lived in Toltec, AZ, in 09/1918, working as the operator of a farm. His wife, Mary E. MacGibbon lived in Berkeley, CA, at the time. He gave his permanent address as 2600 West 8th Street in Los Angeles, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles; Roll: 1530900; Draft Board: 17, accessed 09/13/2016.)

He lived with his mother and sister in 1920, in the family apartment on West 8th Street. The US Census of 1920 listed no occupation for him. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 75, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_116; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 466; Image: 129, accessed 09/13/2016.)

The US Censuses of 1930 and 1940 indicated that he was a patient at the Norwalk State Hospital in Norwalk, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Norwalk, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 167; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 1194; Image: 403.0; FHL microfilm: 2339902, accessed 09/13/2016. and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Downey, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_226; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 19-128, accessed 09/13/2016.) He died in 1947, three years before his mother.

Parents

His parents were Ernest Eugene MacGibbon (1844-1908) and Julia Elizabeth Linville MacGibbon (1864-1950). Eugene had a sister, Paula (born 06/1891 in CA). The US Census of 1900 reported that Ernest worked as a druggist and that he had been born in 07/1855. Ernest and Julia married c. 1880.

Biographical Notes

Dates of his birth do not agree. Information written in his own hand on his Draft Registration Card indicated a date of 02/28/1883. Find a Grave.com had the date from his headstone indicating it to have been 02/28/1881. The US Census of 1900 also had his birthday as 02/1883. The date written in his own hand was probably the most reliable.

MacGibbon was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) in 1913.