Mezue ahịrịokwu a: A mụrụ John Morison Gibson, nwa ndị Scotland kwabatara n'obodo ahụ, na 1842 na Toronto. Ọ tolitere n'ugbo dị na Caledonia, Ontario, gara Hamilton Central School, na Hamilton, wee gaa gụrụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Toronto, dị ka onye ọka iwu. N'afọ 1860, ọ sonyeere ụlọ ọrụ mahadum nke 2nd Battalion Volunteer Militia nke Queen's Own Rifles nke Canada ma bụrụ onye na-agba ụta na Wimbledon na 1874. Ọ ghọrọ onye nduzi nke otu ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee mmasị dị ukwuu n'egwú na nkà. Mgbe ọ laghachiri na Hamilton na 1864, ọ debanyere aha na 13th Battalion dị ka ensign. N'afọ 1866, ọ bụ onye ọkaiwu na 13th Battalion, ma lụọ agha na Battle of Ridgeway, na-agbachitere ndị
Ndị Fenian na-awakpo ha. O bilitere n'ọkwa nke 13th Battalion ma bụrụ onye isi ndị agha site na 1886 ruo 1895 (lee akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)). Ọ bụ onye otu nke ndị omebe iwu site na 1879 ruo 1905 ma jide ọkwa nke odeakwụkwọ mpaghara, Kọmịshọna nke Ala Crown na Attorney General nke Ontario. A họpụtara Gibson ka ọ bụrụ Lieutenant Governor nke Ontario n'afọ 1908, e mekwara ya ka ọ bụrụ knight n'afọ 1912. N'oge ọ nọ n'ọchịchị, a rụchara ụlọ ọhụrụ gọọmentị dị na Chorley Park (nke a kwatuola ugbu a). Gibson jere ozi dị ka Lieutenant Governor ruo afọ 1914. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị Hamilton "5 Johns", bụ ndị, n'afọ 1896, guzobere Dominion Power and Transmission Company, nke wetara ike ọkụ eletrik, na nke mbụ ya, na Hamilton, site na ụlọ ọrụ ha, na DeCew Falls. John Dickenson bụ onye ọzọ n'ime John ise ahụ.