William Gibbon of Viewfield

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
    • Meerut - The First Sixty Years (1815-1875), Alan Harfield, 1992. MIs and burial registers.
    • Calcutta - Register of Graves & Standing Tombs in the South Park Street Cemetery (From 1767), pub 1993, ISBN 0 907799 47 7.

mar 15th June 1797 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen], mar notice in Aberdeen Journal says mar at Springhill (his wife's home),
to Margaret Forbes [descendant of Edward III, born 1774 or 1776, dau of William Forbes of Echt and Springhill, merchant, by his wife Elizabeth Arbuthnot, dau of Dr. Thomas Arbuthnot of Balglassie and of Arbuthnottshaugh],
Dr. Thomas Arbuthnot is son of John Arbuthnott, descendant of James IV, King of Scotland and of Edward III,

they lived Viewfield, Aberdeen,
described as "merchant" at children's baptisms, and "merchant" of Aberdeen in brother Arthur's marriage contract 1815, and "merchant" in his burial notice,
he died at Viewfield, 19th July 1823, age 50 yrs,
leaving her with 10 children from age 6 to 25,
death notice in Aberdeen Journal, bur 24th July at Nigg Bay,

she left Viewfield immediately,
she is "Mrs. William Gibbon" listed at various addresses thereafter:
2 King St, Aberdeen, in [Aberdeen Directory] 1824-25 and 1825-26,
8 Constitution St, Aberdeen, in [Aberdeen Directory] 1827-28,
54 Dee St, Aberdeen, in [Aberdeen Directory] 1828-29 and 1829-30,
75 Dee St, Aberdeen, in [Aberdeen Directory] 1831-32 to 1834-35,
78 Dee St, Aberdeen, in [Aberdeen Directory] 1835-36 to 1841-42,
Bon Accord Square, Aberdeen, in [Aberdeen Directory] 1842-43 to 1846-47,
6 Bon Accord Square, Aberdeen, in [Aberdeen Directory] 1847-48 to 1853-54,

she died 1st July 1852, "in her 76th year" [grave] or age 78 yrs [burial record],
bur 7th July at Nigg Bay, NOT at Viewfield,
the "Misses Gibbon" (her unmarried daughters Elizabeth and Barbara) are listed at 6 Bon Accord Square in [Aberdeen Directory] 1854-55,
had issue:

1. Elizabeth Gibbon,
   born 20th June 1798 [grave, Nigg Bay],
   bapt 4th July [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   after grandmother on mother's side,
   didn't marry,
   lived with widowed mother in Aberdeen,
   her and sister Barbara are listed as living 6 Bon Accord Square, Aberdeen, in [Aberdeen Directory] 1854-55,
   she later lived 152 Crown St, Aberdeen,
   died 152 Crown St, 11th Mar 1888, age 89 yrs,
   death notice in Aberdeen Journal describes her as last survivor of family of late William Gibbon of Viewfield,
   bur Nigg Bay.

   
   

2. Robert Gibbon, born 26th Oct 1799,
   bapt 12th Nov [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   after grandfather on father's side,
   died 25th Mar 1800, age 5 months, bur Nigg Bay.

   
   

3. William Forbes Gibbon, born 15th Dec 1800,
   bapt 24th Dec [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   after grandfather on mother's side,
   mar ----,
   "drowned on his passage from Melbourne" 1853, age 52 yrs [grave, Nigg Bay],
   had issue:
   1. Emily Vincent Gibbon.

   2. Georgina Gibbon,
      born 19 Aug 1841, Garden Reach, Calcutta, West Bengal state, NE India,
      see entry in [LDS IGI].

   
   

4. Robert Gibbon (second Robert), born 27th Mar 1802,
   bapt 19th Apr [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   after grandfather on father's side,
   mar Mary Wright [though one Gibbon family tree has her as "Miss Haigh"],
   died at Southsea (presumably Southsea, suburb of Portsmouth), 25th Jan 1881, age 78 yrs [grave, Nigg Bay],
   had issue:
   1. Elizabeth Gibbon, mar William King, no issue.
   2. Margaret Gibbon.
   3. William Gibbon, mar --- Boorn and had issue:
      1. Mary Gibbon.
      2. Emily Gibbon.
      3. (son) Gibbon.
   4. Robert Gibbon.
   5. Mary Gibbon.
   6. Arthur Gibbon.
   7. Emily Gibbon [or Emely].
   8. George Gibbon.
   9. Anna Louisa Gibbon.
   10. Charles Gibbon.

5. Arthur Gibbon, born 29th Oct 1803 (NOT Mar),
   bapt 10th Nov [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   died 2nd July 1804, age 8 months, bur 5th July at Nigg Bay.

6. James Gibbon, born 4th July 1805,
   bapt 19th July [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   died 19th Sept 1815, age 10 yrs, bur 23rd Sept at Nigg Bay.

7. Barbara Gibbon, born 19th Sept 1806,
   bapt 9th Oct [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   after grandmother on father's side,
   didn't marry,
   died 3rd Apr 1869, age 62 yrs, bur Nigg Bay.

8. Thomas Gibbon, born 8th Dec 1807 (NOT 1808),
   bapt 24th Dec [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   died "Tirhoot", this would be Tirhut, Bihar state, N India, 17th Feb 1860, age 52 yrs [grave],
   body would be buried abroad, but memorial on grave at Nigg Bay.

9. Arthur Gibbon (second Arthur), born 3rd Apr 1809 (NOT May),
   bapt 17th Apr [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
   died Meerut, Uttar Pradesh state, NC India, 27th Apr 1833, age 24 yrs [grave], [East India Register],
   body would be buried abroad, but memorial on grave at Nigg Bay.

10. George Gibbon, born 28th Feb 1811,
    bapt 24th Mar [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
    died Calcutta, India, 16th Feb 1847, age 35 yrs [grave],
    body would be buried abroad, but memorial on grave at Nigg Bay,
    will pr 1847, Bengal region (includes Calcutta) [Bengal Wills: Transcription of wills].

11. Hugh Gibbon,
    born 19th Oct 1812 (NOT Sept),
    bapt 14th Nov [St.Paul's, Aberdeen],
    mar at Agra, N India, 5 Nov 1834 [East India Register] to Delia Claxton,
    they lived Gorakhpur district (also written as "Gorruckpore" or "Gorrockpore"), Uttar Pradesh state, N India,
    died Gorakhpur, 19th Nov 1844, age 32 yrs [grave],
    body would be buried abroad, but memorial on grave at Nigg Bay,
    will pr 1844, Bengal region [Bengal Wills: Transcription of wills],
    had issue:
    1. Fanny Gibbon,
       she must be the unnamed dau of Hugh Gibbon who was born 25 Nov 1835 at Gorakhpur [East India Register].

    2. William Gibbon,
       he must be the unnamed son of Hugh Gibbon who was born 14 Feb 1838 at Birdpore, Gorakhpur [East India Register],
       mar and had issue, lived India.

    3. Margaret Gibbon, "Maggy",
       she must be the unnamed dau of Hugh Gibbon who was born 6 Dec 1839 at Gorakhpur [East India Register],
       mar 1872, Bengal region (includes Calcutta) [Bengal Marriage Indexes] to William J. Jones and had issue,
       living in Calcutta as at 1872.

    4. Barbara Gibbon,
       mar 1872, Bengal region (includes Calcutta) [Bengal Marriage Indexes] to George Warren [George F.] and had issue,
       living in Calcutta as at 1872.

12. John P. Gibbon,
    John Pirie Gibbon, born 1815,
    died Gorakhpur, 4th Oct 1848, "in his 33rd year" [grave],
    body would be buried abroad, but memorial on grave at Nigg Bay,
    will pr 1849, Bengal region [Bengal Wills: Transcription of wills].

13. James Gibbon (second James), born 1817,
    mar "Mrs. Boule",
    died at Chumparun, N Bihar state, N India (on Nepal border), 3rd Nov 1875, age 58 yrs [grave],
    body would be buried abroad, but memorial on grave at Nigg Bay,
    had issue:
    1. William Gibbon.
    2. Jane Gibbon.

• William Forbes Gibbon,
  born 1838, Gorakhpur, India,
  mar Margaret A.J. ---- [born 1847, Meerut, India],
  they are listed in [UK census, Apr 1881] as living Seaford Grange, Peopleton, nr Pershore, Worcestershire (nr Throckmorton village, see map and close-up), he is listed as "Farmer 240 Acres, Employing 15 Men, 4 Boys & 6 Women",
  "William F. Gibbon, Pershore", a known "descendant of Katherine Skene and David Ædie", is listed as living 1897 in [Munro, 1897],
  had issue:
  1. Emily Vincent Gibbon, born 1871, Gorakhpur, India,
     age 10 in 1881 census.

• British rule in India:
  • 1757 to 1857
  • 1858 to 1947

• Some of these sons were perhaps in British Army in India.

• Family history in India
  • Families In British India Society
  • BL records (and here)

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