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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Hampshire & Isle of Wight => Topic started by: HistoryKaye on Wednesday 21 July 10 10:25 BST (UK)
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Keen to find out more about Priscilla who was born around 1878 and baptised on 10 Mar 1878, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
My main interest is in her husband, John Gribble.
He was a soldier, Shropshire Light Infantry (joined 1895), He married Priscilla in 1898 (Portsmouth) and had a daughter in 1899 called Cherry Marlo L (prob Lavinia, she was prob named after his female relatives).
I have located Priscilla and Cherry on the 1911 census for Portsmouth but there is no sign of John. I was initially told some years ago that he was killed during WW1 but only today discovered his WW1 Pension record. He left the army in 1913, in Melbourn Australia.
Did he stay there?
Did wife and daughter join him or were they 'abandoned?
questions, questions
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Howdy, the 1911 census shows Priscilla Gribble as married though alone with daughter Cherry but the 1911 census for John Gribble as a Sergeant in the army / India & single aged 34?
there's a John Gribble listed as deseased in 1963 Victoria Australia, same person?
James
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ooo interesting
found the entry for Priscilla in 1911 but not for John - where??
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silly me - how did I miss that?? ty
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like to find our more about the death ref and take it back to 1913! any ideas?
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the burial information is from the Cemetery Burials & Memorial Inscriptions for Victoria / Ferntree Gully Cemetery Register dated 30/1/1987
might be worth trying the Geneological Society of Victoria, think the email is gsvfhol@gsv.org.au
the record doesn't have his Christian name
did notice something curious, found a person who joined the Australian Army in 1915 born in UK, called himself George Gribble, age seemed right to fit with John Gribble, probably not connected but you just never know with this stuff, it was getting late so I stopped looking
all the best
James
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thanks for your help JAmes!
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Hi,
I've found these marriages,
Priscilla MCCARTHY Sep Q 1911 Portsmouth 2b 1179
Richard ROBERTSON with same details.
Cherry M L ROBERTSON Mar Q 1921 Portsouth 2b 868
Alfred WATTS
and these deaths,
Priscilla B ROBERTSON Jun Q 1955 Portsmouth 6b 365
Age at death (estimated): 77
Cherry Marlo L WATTS Mar Q 1977 Portsmouth 20 0727
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1898
I wonder if Priscilla thought John had died, if he deserted her, or if she left him?
Regards,
Daisy
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Fantastic - what great work!!
I am beginning to think that he stayed in Australia and as a result they all thought he had died (or said that he did)
certainly his relatives in BArrow in Furness thought he had died in WW1 (I had a letter from a niece of his) yet he left the army before the war started
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I can't see the 1911 image, does Priscilla say she is married, widowed or single?
Daisy
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married - she's listed as priscilla gribble
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Was John Gribble born in Cornwall?, if it's the one I was looking at it seems he had a twin brother ( Nicholas ), not there in 1881 census but appears in 1891 census, same address, but John appears to be down Devon way as a servant aged 14, did he run away from home?, escaping seems to be his forte :)
look at 1911 census for Emma Gribble, she says a child has died, who? ( if I have the right family )
or am I confusing myself here
still suspicious of George Gribble in the Australian army, dated 1915 - 1916, says born in Cornwall, aged 37, hmmm
James
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No he was born in Bedford (though way back the Gribbles hailed from Crediton, Devon). His parents and siblings by 1890's moved to Barrow in Furness, Cumbria (where my dad, though not a Gribble) was born
they sure got about
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ah, righto, made a great fiction story though :), sorry on the mix up, so the George Gribble in Australia is a non event
James
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well you never know - i keep all gribble refs on the back burner! Though they tend to turn up all over the place ....