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The reference to Brigham Young does not support the statement it is used for —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carterdriggs (talk • contribs)

What does the reference say then? We should change the article to reflect what's in the source. Rich Uncle Skeleton ^(talk) 05:16, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Portrayal in Molokai: The Story of Father Damien[edit]

It seems like the real Gibson was sympathetic to the Hawaiian people and advised Kalakaua to favored Hawaiians first before foreigners. But why did the movie Molokai: The Story of Father Damien made him out to a person that hate the monarchy of Hawaii and didn't care for the welfare of the Hawaiian lepers of Molokai?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

“If a noble Christian priest, preacher or sister should be inspired to go and sacrifice a life to console these poor wretches, that would be a royal soul to shine forever on the throne reared by human love.”

Turns out he was a fraud and was involved in embezzlement of the Kingdom's health board funds.KAVEBEAR (talk) 02:33, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Family[edit]

@Maile66: Do you know anything about his family? I didn't want to dig too much into this. But strangely enough his daughter Talula's gravesite says she was born in 1849 but Gibson's wife Rachel died in 1844. KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:52, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]