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I am researching Thomas Bell Gibbons (born Marlow around 1818). He married Hannah Robinson (born around 1817 in Hambleden, Bucks). They emigrated to Australia around 1851.
Any help on how I can get started would be appreciated.
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Hi and welcome to Rootschat :)
This looks like Thomas in 1851 in Llanbeblig, Caernarvonshire
HO107 / 2516 / 7 / 6
Maria Davids, wid, head age 66 b Chelsea
Smith William Davids son age 26 b Crayford, Kent, occ water salesman
Thomas Bell Gibbons visitor age 31 b Marlow, Bucks, occ gentleman
Hannah Gibbons visitor age 32 b Hambledon, Bucks
Mary Hughes servant age 29 b Caernarvon, occ house servant
Sue
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Hi Joan, I have the Baptisms for All Saints Gt Marlow. Found the following.
Thomas Bell Gibbons, son of Thomas and Sarah Gibbons, Baptised 14th January 1819. Occupation of Thomas (Senior) Coal Merchant.
Regards Kaysy
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Thank you so much. That is brilliant. I am researching on behalf of my friend in Australia, who is the great-great grandaughter of Thomas Bell Gibbons.
Can you let me know how I can see these records?
Kind regards
Joan A.
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Hi Joan, I have the baptismal and burial parish records in book form for All Saints Gt Marlow and marriages from 1592-1837 on microfiche, if I can help in any way just let me know. There is a marriage between a Thomas Gibbons and a Sarah X Crockett by License 29.08.1782, Witnesses Josh Bird and Mary Bird at All Saints Gt Marlow. There is a Baptism for a Sarah Crockett, daughter of John and Sarah 16.01.1752. This would make her aged around 30 when married. Perhaps she had been married before and this was her previous married name.
The only baptism for a Thomas Gibbons I could find was, Thomas Gibbons son of John and Dorothy Gibbons 15.02.1738, if this is the Thomas that married Sarah Crockett he would be aged around 44.
Kind Regards
Kaysy
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Kaysy-
Thank you again, this is excellent information.
On the off-chance I visited All Saints Church on Tuesday. Imagine my astonishment to discover a group of Gibbons gravestones! In particular Thomas Gibbons died March 27 1824, aged 79. Also, his wife Sarah Gibbons died 25th Jan 1810 aged 59. Could these be the parents of Thomas Bell Gibbons?
I have done the arithmetic - if Thomas died in 1824 aged 79 then his birth year would be approximately 1743, so a little bit out from 1738. But for Sarah Crockett it is almost exact. If Sarah died in 1810 aged 59 then her birth year should be 1751, very close to 1752.
What do you think?
Kind regards
Joan.
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A typo! Should be 1745 for birth year of Thomas Gibbons (senior).
J.
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Hi Jane, I just wrote a long message regarding Thomas Gibbons, for some reason when I sent it the message came up that it had expired. Anyway going through the baptisms again I wrote out a list of the siblings of Thomas Gibbons, sons a & daughters of John and Dorothy,there was a difference of 8 years between a couple of them, there was the surname Gibbeons so I checked on this, low and behold there were 2 siblings under the name Gibbeons for John & Dorothy.
What was more interesting was there was a baptism for a Thomas Gibbeons 12.8.1744 son of John and Elizabeth. This would make more sense of Thomas that died 1824 aged 79.
There are only 5 baptisms for the surname Gibbeons, 2 were for the children of John and Dorothy the other three, including Thomas were for his siblings. the baptisms then return to the surname Gibbons.
Regarding the difference between Gibbons and Gibbeons, with my name Harris, I am sure that Ayres, Aires, are corruptions of Harris, the parish clerk wrote down what he heard, regarding Ayres, drop an H, have a dialect.
I have the baptisms of the siblings of Thomas 1744 if you require them.
Look forward to your remarks.
Regards,
Kaysy.
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Hi Joan, I forgot to give you the burials for Thomas and Sarah.
Thomas Gibbons buried at All Saints Gt Marlow, 3rd April 1824. Aged 79.
Sarah Gibbons buried All Saints Gt Marlow, 29th January 1810 aged 58.
Regards,
Kaysy.
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This Sarah cannot be mother of Thomas Bell Gibbons. He was born c. 1818 but this Sarah died in 1810. I know parents of Thomas Bell were Thomas and Sarah. Perhaps Thomas married again after death of his first wife.?
Do you know where I can check register of marriages after 1810?
Kind regards
Joan A.
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A further thought - old Thomas would have been 73 when Thomas Bell G. was born - a little old for fatherhood perhaps?
I am coming to conclusion that this Thomas and Sarah are not parents of Thomas Bell.
What do you think?
Regards
Joan A.
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I have marriages on microfiche for All Saints Gt Marlow, there are no other marriages for a Thomas Gibbons or variations of the name after 1810 .I think you are right Joan, it does seem to be the wrong Thomas and Sarah.
I have just checked the baptisms from All Saints Gt Marlow up to 1829, it seems that Thomas and Sarah had no children baptised at Gt Marlow after or before Thomas Bell Gibbons. There are other Gibbons families in Gt Marlow, no Thomas and Sarah's.
Regards,
Kaysy
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Again, many, many thanks for your interest. I am fascinated with all the information that you have given. Will have to have another look at the census of 1841 to see if there is any other information that would give any clues.
At present the hard facts are that Thomas Bell G. was born in Dec 1818, to parents Thomas and Sarah. Thomas senior was a coal merchant. Thomas Bell G. was baptised in All Saints, Marlow in January 1819. The parents of Thomas Bell G. are NOT the Thomas and Sarah (nee Crockett) who died in 1824 and 1810 respectively.
Were there any other churches in Marlow at this time?
I am going to start another line of inquiry - for the wife of Thomas Bell G. She was Hannah Robinson, born in Hambleden around 1817 - 1818.
Kind regards
Joan.
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Hi Joan, The other church's in Gt Marlow besides All Saint's C Of E were Holy Trinity C of E, built in 1852 in Gun Lane, which provided for the poor, but growing area North of the Town, on one notice it stated it had 200 sittings, I have part of an Ordnance Map where it says 500 sittings. On occasions I have seen it mentioned as All Saints with Holy Trinity. In the burial book I have, in 1859 there is N C besides the names of some burials, this meant New Churchyard, I was wondering if this meant also, in the Churchyard at Holy Trinity. Perhaps some kind person from rootschat would be able to answer this.
Other Churches were: St Peter's Catholic Church, Christchurch Congregational & Presbyterian, Wesley Chapel.
I have just checked in the 1841 census for Gt Marlow, as follows.
Thomas Gibbons 55 Coal Merchant. (Y)
Sarah Gibbons 50 (Y)
Thomas Gibbons 20 (Y)
William Gibbons 14 (Y)
Sidney Gibbons 10 (Y)
Living in St Peter's Street Gt Marlow.
Think this may solve your problem of the parents. In familysearch a marriage between
Thomas Gibbons and Sarah BELL 16th June 1816 St Mary Aylesbury.
Kind Regards,
Kaysy
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I have been looking at the census records for 1851 onwards for the family of Thomas and Sarah Gibbons, their children listed in 1841 are Thomas, William and Sidney.
I think that William (born c. 1825) married Elizabeth. A listing in 1861 gives William as a coal merchant, so likely that he took over business from father Thomas. Thomas and Sarah are listed as living in St. Peter's Street Marlow in 1841. This would be an ideal location for coal business as it is just beside the Thames and coal would have been brought to Marlow by river barge. A later census gives William Gibbons as a farmer in Wycombe district. I wonder if he advanced to being a landowner? William in not in 1901 census, so may have died, but Elizabeth is there. Do you know if they had any children?
I can see no record for Sidney in (or after) 1841, I wonder if he died?
Thomas Bell Gibbons (the eldest child of Thomas and Sarah) married Hannah Robinson (born in Hambledon). Have you seen their marriage record? I think they were married in Hambleden, between 1841 and 1851. They are listed in the 1851 census as visiting in Llanbeblig, Caernarvonshire. They emigrated to Australia around 1856 so would not appear in any later records.
Kind regards
Joan.
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Hi Joan, Did you notice the marriage between Thomas Gibbons and Sarah Bell
16th June 1816 St Mary's Aylesbury. Like some families, including mine the maiden name of the wife was also used, so Thomas Bell Gibbons, became the son of Thomas and Sarah (nee Bell).
Thomas (Junior) was born c. 1818 (Baptised 14.1.1819), seeing Thomas (senior) and Sarah Gibbons (nee Bell) were married 1816, I was wondering, as there is a space until Thomas (Junior) was born, it is possible there could have been another child.
I have been going through the burial's for All Saints Gt Marlow for the Gibbons.
There is a burial for a William Gibbons Son of Thomas 15.7.1821. (Babe)
!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just found a baptism for William Edward Gibbons son of Thomas and Sarah Gibbons Born 3.1.1826 Bap:16.4.1826. (Coal Merchant)
Look forward to your comments.
Kind Regards,
Kaysy.
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Hello Kaysy -
I have copied your reply with my comments at places marked between ***.
Did you notice the marriage between Thomas Gibbons and Sarah Bell
16th June 1816 St Mary's Aylesbury. Like some families, including mine the maiden name of the wife was also used, so Thomas Bell Gibbons, became the son of Thomas and Sarah (nee Bell).
***Yes, I had seen that marriage. It is this Thomas (junior) that went to Australia in 1856 (or there abouts). He had married Hannah Robinson, from Hambleden. I wonder where their marriage record can be found? They started a Gibbons dynasty in Australia. I am researching on behalf of one of these Australian Gibbons.***
Thomas (Junior) was born c. 1818 (Baptised 14.1.1819), seeing Thomas (senior) and Sarah Gibbons (nee Bell) were married 1816, I was wondering, as there is a space until Thomas (Junior) was born, it is possible there could have been another child.
*** There are big spaces between Thomas Bell, William Edward and Sidney, the three children of Thomas and sarah as listed in the 1841 census. Perhaps they were not that fertile!! So Thomas could have been the first. ***
I have been going through the burial's for All Saints Gt Marlow for the Gibbons.
There is a burial for a William Gibbons Son of Thomas 15.7.1821. (Babe)
!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just found a baptism for William Edward Gibbons son of Thomas and Sarah Gibbons Born 3.1.1826 Bap:16.4.1826. (Coal Merchant)
Look forward to your comments.
*** This William is (I think) the William married to Elizabeth who appears in the 1861 census as a coal merchant. I wonder where they got married? In the 1851 census there is a William married to an Elizabeth who is farming 150 acres in Hughenden, but I suspect it may be a different William. But there is no William living in Marlow in 1851, so I am confused. Perhaps he was outside the county in 1851, in fact his brother Thomas Bell and wife were in Wales!***
And what of poor Sidney? I think he may have died young.
I think that if I am to make some sense of all these Gibbons I need to join a family history group.
Kind regards
Joan.
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No idea whether they were connected to yours but during the 1700s there were some wealthy GIBBONs living just over the Bucks/Middx border in Stanwell. Their house would now be in the middle of the QE2 reservoir!!!
See:-
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22239
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22242
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbons_Baronets
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The following is a quote from 'Great Marlow - Parish and People in the 19th Century' by Marten.
St Peter's Street
Relatively few well-to-do families lived in St Peter's Street. Thomas GIBBONS was a coal merchant and farmer and was living at the top end of the street. He owned his house and garden, which was rated at £17, and rented an orchard from the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. He also owned woodland at Spinfield and rented wharfage from the Alms House Trust. A man of sixty-four, he was born in Great Marlow; he lived with his wife Sarah, who came from Aylesbury, and his son William who worked as his father's assistant. On the night of the census they had a visitor, Mary Ann WETHERED, the widow of Charles WETHERED.
The above Thomas GIBBONS was baptised at Great Marlow on 29 June 1786. He was the son of Thomas GIBBONS and Sarah CROCKETT who had married at Great Marlow on 29 Aug 1782. The younger Thomas had married Sarah BELL at Aylesbury on 16 June 1816. Mary Ann WETHERED, visitor in the GIBBONS household in 1851, was Sarah's sister who had married Charles WETHERED at Aylesbury on 13 Oct 1807. Charles was a member of the WETHERED brewing family of Great Marlow.
Thomas GIBBONS and Sarah (nee CROCKETT) had several other children baptised (and buried) at Great Marlow:
18 Sep 1783 John
3 Dec 1784 Jane (she was buried 30 May 1785)
14 Feb 1788 Jane (she was buried 22 Apr 1794, aged 6)
10 Feb 1791 Richard
6 Sep 1792 Charles (he was buried 24 May 1793)
3 Jul 1794 Elizabeth
Two of these are referred to in the book mentioned above:
Further down St Peter's Street, probably on the west side on the corner with Church Passage, lived Richard GIBBONS, who was the town's other brewer. He was probably the younger brother of Thomas, the coal merchant, and John, the grocer and wine merchant in West Street. His two elder sons were in their father's business as brewer'as assistants but Alfred, the youngest son, is described as a wine merchan't assistant and may have been working elsewhere, perhaps for his uncle. Mrs GIBBONS and two daughters completed the family and they had a sixteen-year-old house servant.
In contrast the rest of the street housed several coal porters, who may have worked for Thomas GIBBONS, and at least twelve agricultural labourers.
West Street
John GIBBONS was a grocer and tallow chandler living quite near the Market Square end of West Street. He was sixty-six and employed three man. He lived with his wife, two sons, a daughter and one servant in what was probably a substantial house valued at £35.
Although not mentioned in the above book, Sydney GIBBONS is still in Great Marlow in 1851. He is aged 21, unmarried, described as a farmer and living at Seymours Farm.
Just as a matter of interest 'Great Marlow - Parish and People in the 19th Century' was published by Marten in 1991 and reprinted, with corrections, in 1992. It is now out of print.
Great Marlow Parish Registers can be viewed on microfilm at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, Aylesbury. Great Marlow: All Saints Parish Church Baptisms 1592 to 1907, and Burials 1592 to 1940 have been published in book form by The Eureka Partnership www.eurekapartnership.com and Great Marlow Marriages 1592 to 1837 have been published on microfiche by Bucklinghamshire Family History Society www.bucksfhs.org.uk
The BELL family appear to have been in Aylesbury for several generations and the registers of this parish have been published on CD by Buckinghamshire Family History Society
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This is amazing information. I have been doing some research for a friend in Australia. She is direct descendant of Thomas Bell Gibbons. Thomas Bell Gibbons and his wife Hannah (nee Robinson) emigrated to Australia circa 1854. Hannah was from Hambleden.
Thomas Bell Gibbons is a son of Thomas and Sarah(nee Bell) Gibbons. It is a little confusing to have have Thomas Bell's parents and grandparents both called Thomas and Sarah Gibbons.
I will have to see if I can find a copy of this book.
In the 1851 census Thomas Bell Gibbons and wife Sarah are staying in Wales at Carnaervonshire. I wonder what they were doing there? Perhaps we will never know.
Thank you, Orpheus.
Joan A.
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Hello
I read your posts with great interest. My 3xgreat grandfather was John Thomas Gibbons. His father was John Gibbons (1784 - 1861), whose father was Thomas Gibbons (1745-1824). The family were brewers and merchants in Great Marlow.
John Thomas Gibbons was a grocer in Eton in the 1841 Census. We went bankrupt in 1844, discharged in 1846 and emigrated to Australia in 1849, dying in about 1852.
I'm very very interested in any information you might have on the family
I'm particularly interested in Robert Gibbons (abt 1845) who was married to Margaret Liddle and was involved in the Ned Kelly incident in Eureka. On his death cert Robert's father was listed as John Thomas and is mother Eliza Susan (unknown). hmmm... John Thomas was married to Emma Hatch.
I look forward to hearing from you - dale
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Apologies if you already have this information = William Edward Gibbons (bn 1826) died at sea (18 Sept 1856). He was a passenger on the ship "Norfolk" bound for Australia. He died intestate, he was a coal merchant. His letters of administration are available at the National Archives (England) D-XI/77 1865-1872 and D-X19/1 6 Dec 1866 His wife, elizabeth is in the Census (1861??) as widowed..
!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just found a baptism for William Edward Gibbons son of Thomas and Sarah Gibbons Born 3.1.1826 Bap:16.4.1826. (Coal Merchant)
Look forward to your comments.
*** This William is (I think) the William married to Elizabeth who appears in the 1861 census as a coal merchant. I wonder where they got married? In the 1851 census there is a William married to an Elizabeth who is farming 150 acres in Hughenden, but I suspect it may be a different William. But there is no William living in Marlow in 1851, so I am confused. Perhaps he was outside the county in 1851, in fact his brother Thomas Bell and wife were in Wales!***
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I have only found all these entries for the Gibbons family of Great Marlow in the last few days.
I am descended from Richard Gibbons, Ropespinner, Maltster and Brewer of St Peter Street, Great Marlow
Richard was a brother to Thomas (coal merchant) St Peter St, and John (grocer) West St. and sister Elizabeth. Parents Thomas (b1744) and Sarah Crockett.
I am descended from Alfred Bennett Gibbons who migrated to Victoria, Australia in the 1850s.
I would like to make contact with you all
DoreenP
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Hello there
John Thomas Gibbons (1809) is my ancestor. His father was John Gibbons (1784), the brother of your Richard (1791).
John Thomas Gibbons was married to Emma Hatch and emigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1849. He died in 1852.
I'd be very interested in swapping information
~dale
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Hi Dale,
I would be interested in swapping information too. I do not know all that much, mainly my direct Australian line, but I am very interested to know and find out about other branches of the family who came out too.
My gggrandfather Richard married Ann Bennett at St Peters, Wallington Berkshire 1816.
They had five known children - Ellen M 1821-1906; Edward F 1824-1862; Charles E 1825; Emily L 1827-1906; Alfred B 1828-1905. Richard died age 78 at White Waltham in 1869.
How were you thinking of pursuing this. I am a little reticent about the use of the internet. That shows my age I guess.
I have a brief contact with another descendant of John Thomas Gibbons, also living in Victoria.
Cheers
Doreen
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I have just found Catherine Gibbons' birth certificate. Catherine was the Daughter of John Thomas GIBBONS and Emma HATCH. It lists the registration district as Easthampstead Union - does this mean she was born in the workhouse? or did "Union" refer to a wider parish? I know that John Thomas Gibbons went bankrupt in 1844 - and emigrated to Australia in 1849. But my info tells me he was one of the Great Marlow Gibbons so I'm surprised that another family member did not help the family out..
Grateful if someone could help with this - John Thomas is something of an enigma to me.
cheers, dale
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Hi,
I couldn't help but join in the chat about the Gibbons family.
My grandmother was Mary Ann Gibbons (1886 - 1965), and I'm in contact with a few other Gibbons family members in Halifax UK.
I've been chatting on and off over the last few months with Dale, we share a common GGGreat granfather and she sent me this link.
Part of the reason for my jumping in like this is that Orpheus mentioned the Gibbons marrying into the WETHERED brewing family.
Well it seems this might have happened earlier than 1807, here's an exert from bucksfhs.org.uk:-
1744 George Wethered m. Elizabeth Gibbons
George Wethered, son of Edward & Susannah Wethered of Penn (V.C.H.)
1745 Birth of George son of George & Elizabeth Wethered
1757 Death of Elizabeth wife of George Wethered
1758 George Wethered m. Anne Reynolds
1761 Birth of Thomas son of George & Anne Wethered
It seems an Elizabeth Gibbons married into the Wethered family as early as 1744 and they had a son.
This thread has been very interesting and has helped me with a few missing dates keep up the good work! ;D
Does anyone have any pictures of the Gibbons family?
I have one picture which I believe shows some members of the Gibbons family, my mother claims to remember one of the people in the picture but all the others are a mystery. The picture looks to have been taken pre World War 1, about 1912 ish.
Cheers
Andy
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Just thought of one other important issue with the Gibbons family and searching the records.
I had the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies do a little bit of research for me and it became apparent that there seems to be two Gibbons families, one came from the Marlow-Wycombe area and the other family from the Hughenden-Naphill-Princes Risborough areas.
To add to this confusion both families were fond of using the same names, Thomas, William, Robert etc.
As far as I'm aware they are to separate families, there could have been a common ancestor at some point but I don't know when.
So it's important to check their places of birth.
Andy
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Just found this while searching around Some Selected Reports from The Windsor and Eton Express 1842
The parish of Great Marlow has had no guardian in the Wycombe Union since Lady-day last until now. On Friday an election took place, every precaution being previously taken by the proper authorities to prevent every species of undue influence, bribery, and even canvassing. The state of the poll will therefore show how triumphantly Liberal principles would prevail there, if uninfluenced by power, and unawed by menace, intimidation , and bribery. Mr.W.Francis nominated Mr.Charles Susan, who had 267 votes; Mr. William Wright, 207; Mr.John Moss, 191. Mr.Robert Maddocks, the vicar's churchwarden, nominated Mr.Thomas Bell Gibbons, who had 140 votes; Mr.Thomas Rolls, jun., 120; and Mr.James Bird Brooks, 16. Mr.Maddocks contrived to get himself nominated by the parish clerk, but in another persons name; this was discovered, and the candidate being unqualified in other respects, was not allowed to stand the poll. The first three gentlemen were honourably elected; and their attention to the duties of their office in inspecting the state of the workhouse, &c., already shows how well qualified by their energy and discretion they are likely to prove for the duties of the office.
Andy
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Hi all - I have just picked up this line on rootschat but have already been in contact with several of those on this list. Just to join the throng - I am descended via Robert Wicks GIBBONS b.1809, who was a brother of a John Thomas Gibbons b.1808,a Richard Gibbons and a Charles Gibbons (1811-abt 1876 m.Jane HEATHER).
They were all sons of a John GIBBONS (1783-1861) and Mary Bird WICKS (1779-1820).
John GIBBONS (1783-1861) was a grocer in Great Marlow and he was the son of a Thomas GIBBONS (1744-1824) and Sarah CROCKETT (abt.1749-1810) and whose memorial headstone in All Saints Churchyard in Marlow has been mentioned.
This Thomas (1744-1824) was a ropespinner.
Thomas Gibbonss and Sarah Crockett had 7 children :-
John (1783 - 1824) m. Mary WICKS - already mentioned
Jane 1784-1785 Thomas b 1784 who married Sarah BELL - already mentioned
another Jane (1788-1794) whose memorial headstone lies beside her parents
Richard (1791-1809) Charles (1792-1793) and Elizabeth (1794 - ?)
I have a lot more details of this Marlow Family
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I would be interested to find out any information, if you have it, of John Thomas Gibbons + Emma Hatch - in particular their children - Robert, Joseph, Catherine, etc
I know that Catherine was born at Easthampstead Union in 1848 - I believe the family were there after John Thomas Gibbons' bankruptcy in 1844 and before the family emigrated to Australia in 1849.
We found Robert Gibbons (1846) in Victoria, Australia but his death and marriage certs list his parents as John Thomas Gibbons and Eliza Susan unknown; Joseph Gibbons was found in NSW through a death listing (1917) showing his parents as John Thomas and Emma.
I look forward to hearing from you
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Hi MJARM
Re Mary Bird Wicks, wife of John Gibbons(1783-1861) grocer of Gt. Marlow:
I was wondering when she died? as looking at John in 1841, he has a wife Catherine, born 1795 in Taplow?
Helen
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Hi Helen
Mary Bird Wicks (1779-1820) was John Gibbons' first wife. His second wife was Catherine Howard.
~dale
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Hi Dale
Many thanks
Helen
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I am researching Thomas Bell Gibbons (born Marlow around 1818). He married Hannah Robinson (born around 1817 in Hambleden, Bucks). They emigrated to Australia around 1851.
Any help on how I can get started would be appreciated.
Hi joanscottallen
I have found the baptism of Edith Elizabeth, only daughter of Thomas B. and Hannah. The birth of their first son in Oct 1851 on board the 'Resolute', the death of Thomas B. Gibbons brother aboard the Norfolk, on the voyage to Australia, and Dyfney James also died in Australia, and if you have not already found this information, I would like to share it with you.
Cheers
Doreenmap
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Hi All, I am also tracing the Gibbons family of Great Marlow. I am a descendant of Thomas and Sarah Gibbons (nee Crockett) of Great Marlow, they married on 28 Aug 1782 and had 7 children. One of their sons Thomas Gibbons (b abt 1786) was my 3xGtGrandfather. Thomas Gibbons jnr. married Sarah Bell at Aylesbury on 16 June 1816. His brother Richard Gibbons, according to 1851 Census was a Brewer employing 5 men and other members of the Gibbons family were brewers and wine merchants also. I am trying to establish whether Richard Gibbons had his own brewery/inn. If so what was it known as and did it become part of the Wethered Brewery. They owned the "Wethered Brewery" which was the major brewery in Great Marlow. The Buckinghamshire Family History Society have a reference to Richard in their "Great Marlow Breweries" articles and the 1847 Poll Book as the owner of "Waterman's Arms". If anyone has any info about the Gibbons family or can point me in the right direction regarding the brewery's it would be appreciated. I have quite a bit of info about Thomas and Hannah (nee Robinson) they came to Australia in Oct 1851 on the ship "Resolute". Gets confusing with everyone having the same name.
Hope to hear from someone :)
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Hi Stickybeek, I am descended Richard Gibbons who was my 2 x great grandfather. Initially Richard was a ropespinner, as was his father Thomas. He married Ann Bennett at Walingford, Berkshire in 1816. His fahter-in-law Benjamin Bennett was a malster in both Berkshire and Bucks so I was told. Richard was a ropespinner, malster, and a brewer. He had retired by 1861. Ann died 1856. Richard died 1869. Both died in Berkshire. The brewery was taken on by Richard's eldest son Edward Frederick. He died of consumption in 1862. Second son Charles Edmund then became the brewer. I only know of one pub, the Waterman's Arms owned by Richard. I note Sydney James Gibbons is somehow connected with this. By 1875, Richard's malthouse had become a chair factory. I do not know how George Wethered's wife Elizabeth is connected to our family, but I do know the Mary Anne Wethered nee Bell who was visiting Thomas & Sarah on the night of the 1851 Census was Sarah's sister. Pretty rambling I am sorry. Perhaps it may be best to talk off line.
Cheers
doreenmap