On one family tree, there is a story that references Mary Elizabeth Fielding Hindle Gibson, Frank Gibson's first wife. Her granddaughter, Renee Lillian, went to live with her and Renee's father, Thomas Fielding Gibson after he divorced his first wife. Renee lived with her grandmother from 1933-1935. On Thomas Fielding Gibson's second marriage record it states that his father is Francis C Gibson and his mother is Mary Elizabeth Fielding. It seems as if she reverted to her birth surname of Fielding after Francis left her. Mary Elizabeth's baptism shows the surname Hindle but no father and no father present in her life after her birth. Her marriage states that her father is John Hindle but there is no record of his ever being in her life after her birth.
A US Social Security claim by Robert Fielding Gibson dated 1968 includes name of father, Francis C Gibson and mother Mary Elizabeth Fielding. Her death may be recorded under the name of Fielding, some time after 1935?
I was wondering if something tragic had befallen Marion Clayton Gibson, wife of Claude Gibson, after their marriage. She is not on the 1891 census, she doesn't appear to have lived with him. She was a domestic servant and working class, and he was gentry, so I suspect that he married her (3 years after the birth of their son) to give his son a name but they had a marriage in name only. Sometimes, family name their children after a brother or sister who they were fond of but who came to a sad end. Three of Marion's family named their daughters Marion. Her brother, Henry named his daughter, Linda Marion; her sister, Elizabeth Ann, named one of her daughters by George Parker, Ada Marion Parker; her sister, Matilda, named one of her daughters Marion Rosina.
Thank you, everyone, for all of your ideas and tips.
