Hugh Gibbon
William Forbes Gibbon listed in 1897 as owning (by descent) a
portrait of Provost George Skene.
From
p.183
of
[Munro, 1897].
Hugh Gibbon
(see
here),
born 19 Oct 1812,
from
Aberdeen,
went to
India,
mar at
Agra, N India,
5 Nov 1834
[East India Register]
to
Delia Claxton
[born 7 Mar 1815,
bapt 23 July 1815,
Fort William, Calcutta,
dau of William Claxton],
they lived
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),
he
died Gorakhpur,
19 Nov 1844, age 32 yrs
[grave],
died or bur 20 Nov 1844
["Gorukpore Burial Register - British India Office Burials at Gorukpore"],
bur Gorakhpur, but memorial on grave at
Nigg Bay,
will pr 1844,
Bengal region
[Bengal Wills: Transcription of wills],
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,
not to be confused with his 1st cousin
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.
He is
listed as
"indigo planter"
at mar 1869.
He
mar 15 Feb 1869, at Meerut,
India,
to Margaret Ann Jane Vincent [born 1847, Meerut,
dau of George Villers Vincent].
See mar entry.
At dau's bapt 1871 he is listed as
"indigo planter"
living
at
Birdpore, "an outstation of" Gorakhpur,
India.
He was
living in England as at 1881 census.
They are
listed in
[UK census, Apr 1881]
as
living
Seaford Grange,
N of
Pershore,
Worcestershire.
He is listed as "Farmer 240 Acres, Employing 15 Men, 4 Boys & 6 Women".
He is
"William F. Gibbon, Pershore"
who is listed in
[Munro, 1897]
as
a known descendant of
Katherine Skene and David Ædie.
He died 1906, Kensington district, age 68 yrs.
Margaret is
listed
in 1911 census
at Weston Lodge, 4 Adelaide Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
(see map).
Her husband's 2nd cousin
Florence Gibbon
is staying with her.
William and Margaret
had issue:
- Emily Vincent Gibbon,
born 2 Aug 1870, Gorakhpur, India,
bapt 12 Feb 1871 at Birdpore, Gorakhpur,
see bapt record,
at home in 1881 census,
at home, unmarried, in 1911 census.
- Margaret Gibbon, "Maggy",
born 6 Dec 1839 at
Gorakhpur
[East India Register],
bapt 11 Dec 1839 with her brother at
Gorakhpur,
see bapt entry,
mar 1872,
Bengal region
(includes Calcutta)
[Bengal Marriage Indexes]
to William J. Jones and had issue,
living in Calcutta as at 1872.
- Barbara Gibbon,
Barbara Weekes Gibbon,
born 1 Nov 1841, Budhpur, India,
bapt 30 Jan 1842,
Fort William, Calcutta,
mar 22 Jan 1872,
St. Peter's Church,
Fort William, Calcutta
[Bengal Marriage Indexes]
to George Warren [George Francis Warren,
born 1844, The Tyrol, Italy,
son of Frederick Skinner Warren],
living in Calcutta as at 1872,
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,
(todo) see death notice, The Bury Free Press, Saturday, May 5, 1917, page 8.
For their issue see
tree
by
Wyndham Marsh.
- 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.
Seaford Grange,
E of
Peopleton,
N of
Pershore,
Worcestershire.
See
map.
Seaford Grange, Worcestershire.
From
old map.
Surveyed: 1884.
Published: 1885.
Seaford Grange on
modern map.
Seaford Grange.
From
street view.
The
lost portrait of Provost George Skene
was here as at 1897.
