Hugh Gibbon
Hugh Gibbon,
born 19 Oct 1812.
He was from
Aberdeen.
He went to
India.
He mar
5 Nov 1834, India,
to
Delia Claxton
[born 7 Mar 1815, India].
She was
bapt 23 July 1815,
Fort William, Calcutta,
dau of William Claxton.
They mar at
Agra, N India
[East India Register].
They lived in
Gorakhpur district
(also written as "Gorruckpore" or "Gorrockpore"),
Uttar Pradesh state,
N India.
At son's birth 1838 he is "grantee and planter"
living at
Birdpore
(now Birdpur),
some distance N of
Gorakhpur
(near Nepal border,
see map).
Hugh dies, 1844:
He
died at Gorakhpur,
19 Nov 1844, age 32 yrs
[grave].
He died or bur 20 Nov 1844
["Gorukpore Burial Register - British India Office Burials at Gorukpore"].
He was bur Gorakhpur, but memorial on grave at Nigg Bay, Aberdeen.
Will pr 1844,
Bengal region
[Bengal Wills: Transcription of wills].
Hugh and Delia
had issue:
- Fanny Gibbon.
She must be the unnamed dau of Hugh Gibbon
who was born 25 Nov 1835 at
Gorakhpur
[East India Register].
- William Gibbon,
William Forbes Gibbon,
born 14 Feb 1838 at "Birdpore Gellah",
N of Gorakhpur
[East India Register],
bapt 11 Dec 1839 at
Gorakhpur,
see bapt entry.
Not to be confused with his 1st cousin, also
William Forbes Gibbon.
- Margaret Gibbon, "Maggy",
born 6 Dec 1839 at
Gorakhpur
[East India Register],
bapt 11 Dec 1839 with her brother at
Gorakhpur,
see bapt entry.
She
mar 1872
to William John Jones [born c.1842, age under 20 in 1861].
William worked from 1861 to 1875 for
John Hall Bridgman,
who had an
indigo
estate near Gorakhpur.
Margaret and William mar in
Bengal region
(includes Calcutta)
[Bengal Marriage Indexes].
Living in Calcutta as at 1872.
See reference for William
written by John Hall Bridgman in 1876, describing his career.
Margaret and William had issue.
- Barbara Gibbon,
Barbara Weekes Gibbon,
born 1 Nov 1841, Budhpur, India
(though 1881 census says Gorakhpur),
bapt 30 Jan 1842,
Fort William, Calcutta.
She
mar 22 Jan 1872
to George Warren [George Francis Warren,
born 1844, The Tyrol, Italy,
son of Frederick Skinner Warren].
They mar
at St. Peter's Church,
Fort William, Calcutta
[Bengal Marriage Indexes].
They were living in Calcutta as at 1872.
Moved to England.
In 1881 census they are in England,
listed as "visitors" at her brother William's farm, Seaford Grange, Worcestershire.
George is "farmer".
Listed in 1891 census at Stanton, Suffolk.
Listed in 1901 census at Odessa House, 80 Belvedere Road, Upper Norwood, London.
Listed in 1911 census at Odessa House, 80 Belvedere Road, Upper Norwood.
He is "Retired Estate Manager, India".
She died 9 Mar 1912, age 70 yrs, at 42 Harold Road, Upper Norwood.
Probate granted 2 May 1912.
He died 22 Apr 1917, age 73 yrs, at his home, Odessa House, 80 Belvedere Road, Upper Norwood.
- Edwin Gibbon,
born c.July 1842,
died 19 Jan 1849, age 6 years 6 months,
bur 19 Jan 1849, Gorakhpur.
William, Maggy and Barbara
mentioned in
Letter of 22 Mar 1872
from
Barbara Yates Gibbon.
She is amazed at Maggy's marriage.
References
Sources yet to be consulted
-
Death notice of George Warren, The Bury Free Press, Saturday, May 5, 1917, page 8.