Rose Anna Gibbar
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ROSE ANNA GIBBAR was born on April 22, 1927, in McBride, Perry County, Missouri, the child of James Henry Gibbar, Sr. and Mary Eleanora "Ella" (nee Belsha) Gibbar.
Rose's father, James Henry Gibbar, Sr., was born on February 14, 1888 near Brewer in Perry County, Missouri, the son of Pius Alfred Gibbar and Mary Ambrosia (nee Kline) Gibbar.
Rose's mother, Mary Eleanora "Ella" (nee Belsha) Gibbar, was born on November 4, 1894, in Bois Brule township, Perry County, Missouri, the eldest child of John Logan Belsha and Mary Elizabeth (nee Hager) Belsha.
Rose's parents married on Tuesday, September 30, 1913 at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Belgique, Missouri.
In addition to her parents, James and Ella Gibbar, Rose's family included:
Rose Anna (nee Gibbar) Bohnert
April 22, 1927 - February 23, 2000
Children of James Henry Gibbar, Sr.
and Mary Eleanora Belsha
Jerome James Gibbar
• b. July 7, 1914
• married Lucy Moode
• couple had no children
• died of a stroke at 56 years of age
• d. August 26, 1979
• named after his father, James
Harold Pius Logan Gibbar
• b. October 7, 1915
• married Zita Marie French
• d. September 10, 1991
• died at 75 years of age
• named after both grandfathers
Jane Elizabeth Gibbar
• b. November 1, 1917
• married Noah "Pete" Franklin
• d. November 19, 2003
• died at 86 years of age
Paul Lawrence Gibbar
• b. December 20, 1919
• married Mary Viola Hart
• d. February 7, 1987
• died at 67 years of age
Jeanette Ambrosia Gibbar
• b. February 5, 1922
• married Raymond Brown
• d. May 24, 2014
• died at 92 years of age
•named after her grandmother, Ambrosia
Rose Anna Gibbar
• b. April 22, 1927 in McBride, MO
• married James Joseph Bohnert
• d. February 23, 2000
• died at 72 years of age
James Henry Gibbar, Jr.
• b. January 24, 1930
• married Faye F. Hagan
• d. December 13, 2012
• died at 82 years of age
• named after his father, James
Harry Joseph Gibbar
• b. February 7, 1932
• married Joan Marie Doll
• d. April 6, 1969
• died at 37 years of age
•died from a farm accident
Although the Gibbar family lived on Crain's Island, Illinois, Rose was born across the Mississippi River in McBride, Missouri.
At the time of her birth, the Missississpi had flooded the island and Rose's mother, Ella, had come to stay with her sister, Annie and brother-in-law, Pius Mattingly, who owned a butcher shop in McBride. Rose was born a week after Ella arrived in McBride. Two weeks later, after the waters had receded, her father, James, arrived to return the family to Belgique.
Rose was baptized at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Belgique, Missouri. Her mother's sister, Mary Anna (Annie) Mattingly and her husband, Pius Mattingly, were her Godparents.
On April 7, 1935, when she was almost 9 years old, Rose received the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation (both on the same day).
Rose Anna Gibbar
Approximately 3 years old
On Saturday, January 17, 1948, James J. Bohnert and Rose Anna Gibbar were married in the Church of the Assumption in Perryville, Missouri. The ceremony was performed by Reverend Joseph L. Brennan, C.M. Witnesses were Laura and Dorothy Bohnert, sisters of the groom, and James and Harry Gibbar, brothers of the bride.
James Joseph Bohnert was born in Longtown, Perry County, Missouri, on Saturday, October 31, 1924, the fourth son of John Vincent Bohnert and Sarah Helen (nee Bohnert) Bohnert.
Left to Right
James J. Gibbar, Jr., Laura Bohnert,
Rose Gibbar Bohnert, James Bohnert
Dorothy Bohnert, Harry Gibbar
Rose Gibbar Bohnert
and James Joseph Bohnert
Rose Gibbar Bohnert
"Cinderella Beauty Shop"
The couple made their first home at 421 Old St. Marys Road in an apartment in the upstairs of a house. At the time, Rose was working at the Cinderella Beauty Shop in Perryville. James recalls often picking her up for lunch. He was working at the time as a plumber for Jerome Moonier at the rate of 50 cents per hour.
At the time, James was also still receiving a government pension for his service in the war. James recalled that he was taking flying lessons as a part of a government program. They paid $35 dollars a month, but he didn't cash the checks. He knew that if he collected both the pension and the money from the flying lessons, he would be in trouble when the government finally realized their mistake. They finally did, and he returned all the checks uncashed.
While living in the house on Old St. Mary's Road, James was busy building the house at 1004 Edgemont Boulevard that the couple would living in for the majority of their married life. Although very small initially, James continued to add on to the house as their needs required.
After three years of marriage, their first daughter was born in Chester, Illinois (the hospital in Perryville was not opened until a year or two after she was born).
The couple added two more children, both girls, to the family. In 1956, when the youngest was just a few months old, James added another room to the front of the house. It was in this room that Rose created her own business, "Rose's Beauty Shop," which she continued to operate almost continually for the next 40 years.
As the family continued to grow, Rose worked at the beauty shop while James had a variety of jobs, including driving a truck for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer in Peoria, Illinois and working as a plumber, eventually even having his own business, "Bohnert's Plumbing, Heating and Guttering."
Rose Bohnert at 1004 Edgemont
"Rose's Beauty Shop" addition to 1004 Edgemont
"Rose's Beauty Shop"
Bohnert Plumbing, Heating, and Guttering
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