1898 City Directory. Thomas Gibney and John Gibney both lived here. Thomas Gibney was born in Ireland in about 1870 and emigrated in 1886. He was an activist in the Stone Cutters Union. Many other itinerant stone cutters lived at this address during the Capitol construction.

The Stone Cutters' Journal of March 1898 featured a picture of Gibney announcing that he had been appointed General Auditor of the Union. At that time he was a member of the Tate, Georgia local.After his work on the Minnesota Capitol Thomas Gibney moved on to Helena, Montana to work on the Capitol there, then to San Francisco where he worked for many years.

We are indebted to Mary, a relation of Gibney's, for posting this obituary on RootsChat: From the Stone Cutters' Journal, May 1933, p.16: "GIBNEY, Thomas, a member of our San Francisco local, died suddenly from a fall he received while working on the Post Office wall. He was taking down part of the granite when his crowbar slipped from under the anchor, causing him to lose his balance,and he fell to the ground some thirty-five feet below. The accident happened on March 17th, about two o'clock; Brother Gibney died the next morning at five. The late brother was fifty-one years of age, and had been president of the San Francisco local for a number of years. All members and friends extend sincerest sympathy and condolences to the bereaved family." (I believe he was actually about 63.)