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« on: Monday 21 December 20 00:28 GMT (UK) »
Hi All
I’m looking for someone that I hope is still alive. His name is Robert James Gibson. Born 1937 in Belfast to Robert and Josephine nee Wilson . His grandparents were William and Hester (Hessie) Nee Kirkpatrick. He immigrated to Australia in the 60s I think, and may have grown up near shank hill.
It’s all of a bit of a sad story I’m afraid. My grandad Thomas Gibson was his uncle. Thomas was disowned by the family as he changed religions. He later met my grandmother in Dublin, and moved to Wimbledon. He died in 1975 when my mum was only 16 so we know virtually nothing about the family.
I’ve been trying to piece together information on what happened and I think Robert could shed some light on things as my mother remembers him visiting my grandad when she was very young just before he went to Australia (this is where I got the 60s from).
All I know is that he lives in Melbourne and would be in his 80s, his wife is Helen.
I’m on ancestry but as the census aren’t out get I can’t find anything on him in Australia.
Any help would be wonderful.