William Wright

[trish1120]

Hi Chris,
Here is the link that you can search yourself for the Christening;
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home

Trish

[Mar1gold]

Thanks alot Trish, I think this guy could be my man!! Gosport/Alverstoke vertually the same place!! Date about right, he marries in 1834, he would be 21, and is wife a little younger!!It all seems to add up!! I will use that webb site to look for his wife!! Thanks again, Chris

[Little Nell]

So do I understand that you are looking to move backwards by finding the baptisms of William & Louisa?

I have no idea what sort of information is given on Maltese records so my questions may be way off base  

You say Louisa was a bit younger than William when they married.  Any indication of her birth year?  I have found a Louisa  Allen baptised in Gosport in 1815, parents Thomas & Patience.  Do either of these names crop up in William & Louisa's family?

Re Louisa Nibbs, daughter of John Nibbs, master baker - when was she born?

Nell

[Mar1gold]

Hi! Nell, Yes, I'd like to find the parents of William, to get back further if possible!!.  Louisa Allen was a minor  when married 13.12.1837 in Malta, as had to have the consent of her Guardian. She was the daughter of a Louis Barber Allen, - but she may not have come from Hampshire. But, I too had found  Thomas and Patience, but they don't use these names as family names, so I am not happy with that.
Going to Louisa Nibbs.  On the Maltese records I have, it says she is a daughter of John and Anne Nibbs, but on her birth record she is recorded as Louisa Lockyer, and futher up the family (more recent) other members of the family,   call themselves-Nibbs- Lockyer??  Rosina Nibbs& Emma, sisters of louisa,  found on  the 1841 census are married out in Malta also.The family are recorded as being there in 1852, 1854, and 1856.But John is back in England in 1881 and dies in 1885.
I feel quite possitive about the William and Jane Wright, possibly Williams parents.It fits - age and place !!
Thanks for all your help. I shall investigate further at 'Kew' - intriguing!!

[Little Nell]

it says she is a daughter of John and Anne Nibbs, but on her birth record she is recorded as Louisa Lockyer, and futher up the family (more recent) other members of the family,   call themselves-Nibbs- Lockyer??  Rosina Nibbs& Emma, sisters of louisa,  found on  the 1841 census

Oh good - confirmation of something I found.

1841 census records the family as Nibbs at King Street, Gosport.  In the household are:

John Nibbs 60 Warder? P Not born in county
James Nibbs 25 Baker J(ourneyman)
Ann Nibbs 25
Emma 5
Rosina 4
James 2

Looking at the baptism records I found these transcriptions
Emma Mary Lockyer bapt 8 May 1836, daughter of James Nibbs & Ann Lockyer
Ann Rosina Lockyer, bapt 25 Jun 1837, daughter of James Lockyer and Ann Nibbs.
I couldn't find anything for James under either Nibbs or Lockyer.  No marriage in any combination of Nibb(s) and Lockyer.    A sight of the original register might help here.

I also found a George Nibbs Lockyer baptised in 1813 so I'm really confused about the names.

John Nibbs is still alive in 1851, living in King Street.  He was born in Wimborne, Dorset and his wife (no idea where she was in 1841) was born in Devon.  He died in 1857.

At the moment this family is not making much sense. 

Nell

[Mar1gold]

Hi! Nel,    You have the right family!, the name confusion  on John/James, is because our chap the baker is really John James, but his Father John, is with them alot, so I think they changed the names around, and call the son James -at times.  All the information I have from Malta he called John. 
George, I think must have been John James's brother, as John has a son,George,(1839) who is also with them in Malta. He marries an Elizabeth Parks, but infortuatly she dies out there and he remarried a Frances Wells. He is a 'Writer' in the dockyard.  I also have a William Nibbs, living in Malta in 1854, don't know where he comes in yet!!
The John Nibbs you have in 1851, is John (Sen), I havn't bothered to go further with them at the moment, as I have been struggleing with William Wright!!
Thanks for the Lockyer information - I thought it was probably something like that, but that was to be 'looked into'!! It may be they were not actually married ?- that would account of Louisa just useing her mothers name!
My picture is getting clearer all the time!! Thanks again.Cheers Chris

[MESA]

Hi -  I have been doing some research on the Wright family for my cousin and discovered today that John Wright, bc 1811, England, had a son Alfred Lawson by his first marrige (I suspected this) born in July 1, 1844 - this from the Family History of Malta.

John and his son Alfred emigrated to Quebec, where John remarried and had more children.

Marian

[Muriel MSIDA]

Looking for another name, I found these names on the British Residents 1800-1900 list :

Lieutenant NIBBS, Royal Dockyard Artillery Battalion, with Naval Victualling Yard Company in 1856

Amelia Elizabeth NIBBS, 21+, spinster, born Malta, the daughter of Annie and John James Nibbs, married 2nd May 1871 to Thomas JENKIN, 21+, bachelor, Dentist, from Truro, Cornwall, the son of Elizabeth and Thomas Martin Jenkin

Ellen NIBBS, spinster, minor, born in Gosport, the fourth daughter of Anne and John Nibbs, of the Naval Bakery, married 23rd May 1865 to, Heaver SUGDEN, 21+, bachelor, born in Gillingham, Kent, Acting Master, HMS Pelican, the eldest son of Mary and Abraham Sugden, R.N.

Emma Mary NIBBS, 21+, spinster, born in Gosport, Hampshire, the daughter of John James and Ann Nibbs, married 27th April 1854 to, William Bowden STEPHENS, 21+, bachelor, born in Devonport, Assistant Engineer, HMS Caradoc, the son of Richard and Mary Ann Stephens

George Albert Nibbs Lockyer NIBBS, aged 39 years, widower, Writer, HM Dockyard, the son of John James Lockyer Nibbs, married 7th December 1887 to Frances Judith WELLS, aged 29 years, spinster, the daughter of Thomas Richard Wells

Mrs George NIBBS, died Tuesday 3rd November 1885, the wife of George Nibbs, Writer, HM Dockyard. The daughter of Mr PARKES

J. NIBBS, Master Baker, Naval Bakery Vittoriosa in 1856

James John NIBBS, living 140 Strada San Lorenzo, Vittoriosa, 1852

Rosina Ann NIBBS, 21+, spinster, born in Gosport, the daughter of Ann and John James Nibbs, married 29th October 1857 to, Peter GREETHAM, 21+, bachelor, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Greetham

William NIBBS, resident Malta, electoral list 1854

I hope this helps if you are still looking for the Wright family

[MrsChea]

Hi I'm also looking into this William Wright and would love to hear an update if there is one