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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Gloucestershire => England => Gloucestershire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: tracerstlm on Tuesday 22 February 11 20:37 GMT (UK)
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Searching for Gibbs family in Marston Sicca mid-late 1700's. Particularly William Gibbs (b. abt 1779) marriage to Elizabeth ?? (b. abt 1785). She is from Welford-On-Avon. Unsure which village they married in. Found an Ann Gibbs married in Marston Sicca in 1805, perhaps a relation? Any help or suggestions at all appreciated. No luck with Ancestry.com worldwide membership.
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Hi,While i have no idea where Marston Sicca is in Gloucestershire,and you have had no replies to your request this may be of help?
Gibbs are not my family however i have come across a Catherine Gibbs who married a William Malson in 1798 in English Bicknor ,Catherine was of about the same time line you are searching 1778 i think of Abenhall.
While searching for the Malson family some of whom were baptised at Mitcheldean ,i came across this entry for a William Gibbs Baptised 12th July 1778 father also William no mothers name.
Abenhall and Mitcheldean are quite close together i believe,there are more Gibbs in this area.
Good luck and good hunting
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Thanks! I will have to check into those locations. I have found out that Marston Sicca is now Long Marston. It is about 5mi from Stratford-upon-Avon where the family wound up. I have also found additional children (all girls except my 3rd great grandfather). One never married. Just today I found the other one after painstakingly going through census records - her birthplace had been transcribed incorrectly so she was hard to find!
I don't know if this will help me get any replies, but the family is William & Elizabeth Gibbs with children Sarah (b. 1812-1816, every census record is different), Henry (b. abt 1815), Mary (b. abt 1821-1822, married a Samuel Scott), and Ellen or Helen (b. abt 1825). I have 2 census records with her, one says Ellen and the other says Helen. I've researched both names but haven't found a marriage record or death record. But, I just started on these today so I am hopeful that perhaps some of this information will get me somewhere!?!? All these Gibbs children were born in Long Marston/Marston Sicca. But I have found no birth records on Ancestry.com. I've been given a site that sells CD's of parish records and Long Marston is listed. I will probably give up and purchase that and hope that I find something.
Thanks again!!
Tracy
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P.S. I was just told by someone in Welford-On-Avon today that Marston Sicca was in Gloucestershire until 1930 when it changed to Warwickshire.
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Hello.
My name is Bob Gibbs.
I have just return to my home in Ripley New York after doing research in Stratford Upon Avon. I found that My ancestors Lived on 56 and 57 Waterside Street in Stratford Upon Avon. My 4 greats and a grandfather William Henry Gibbs was born in Long Marston and Married Elizabeth Taylor of Stratford Upon Avon. They had 3 children. 3 girls and a boy. I've been doing my research for about ten years and don't get very far. If you believe you are from this family, please contact me at (*)
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I forgot to mention that William and Elizabeth's children names were Sarah, Henry, Mary, and Ellen.
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