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Gibbs
From Yorkshire Marriage Registers:
- Asher Gibbs, widow., & Margaret Moore m. 21 Feb 1821 at Rotherham
- George Spooner, widow., & Lucy Gibbs m. 7 Dec.1830 at Rotherham
In 1878/9: Rotherham Borough Treasurer was John Gibbs, Esq a bank manager in the town, (possibly Rotherham and South Yorkshire Permanent Benefit Building Society). He married 07 Oct 1865 at the Parish Church, Rotherham to Mary Ann Elizabeth Fisher born 05 Jul 1841, Trafalgar Street, Walworth, Surrey, England.The 1881 census records he was living at 3 High Street Rotherham:
- John GIBBS Head M Male 39, b.1842 Towcester, Northampton Bank Manager
- Mary A. E. GIBBS Wife M Female 39 Walworth, Surrey
- John F. GIBBS Son Male 13 Rotherham
- William A. GIBBS Son Male 11 Rotherham
- Herbert W. GIBBS Son Male 10 Rotherham
- Percy GIBBS Son Male 9 Rotherham
- Charles S. GIBBS (D.1963) Son Male 5 b.1876 Rotherham
- Winifred A. GIBBS Daur Female 7 m Rotherham
- Kate NOWELL Step Sister U Female 31 York
- Ellen DRURY Serv U Female 19 Tickhill, York
- Elizabeth JOHNSON Domestic Serv Nurse U Female 18 Aston Cum Aughton, Yorkshire
John Gibbs was recorded in 1893 as Manager to Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Co Ltd. Mary died in 1906 and in 1916 John married Mary’s sister, Harriett in 1916. John died in 1917.
Charles Sydney Gibbs( b1876), was the English Tutor to the Tsar of Russia’s children. Charles Sydney, the youngest surviving son, went to schools at Broadstairs in Kent, his father wished him to enter the Church and he gained a BA from St John's in 1899. At some stage he was living at Old Bank House, Rotherham. He went to St.Petersburg, Russia in 1901 and in about 1913 he was teaching English to the children of Tsarevich Alexei. In 1928 he returned to Britain.
See The Spiritual Journey Of Charles Sydney Gibbes In Russia.
An Englishman in the Court of the Tsar
From Yorkshire West Riding Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield 1851 census:
Living at CANNON HALL COTTAGE
WILLIAM HENRY GIBBS, Head, m. age 39 a Woollen Draper and Tailor born Peterborough
ISABEL GIBBS, widow, m. age 43, born Edinburgh
MARY YEOMAN GIBBS, dau. age 13 born Sheffield
ISABEL GIBBS, dau. age 9 born Sheffield
GEORGE C GIBBS, son. age 7 born Sheffield
WILLIAM HENRY GIBBS, son. age 6 born Sheffield
ROBERT R GIBBS, son. age born Sheffield
EDWARD M GIBBS, son. age 3 born Sheffield
HANNAH CLIFFE servant age 19 born Chapeltown.
Living at Moorgate Gardens, Rotherham in 1881:
- John S. GIBBS Head M Male 55 born 1826 Scotland Fruiter & Florist & Market Gardener
- Margaret GIBBS Wife M Female 54 Scotland
- Isabel J. GIBBS Daur U Female 26 Rotherham Shop Manager
- Agnes D. GIBBS Daur U Female 23 Rotherham
- Henry GIBBS Son U Male 20 b.1861 Rotherham, York, England Commercial Clerk
- Norman GIBBS Son U Male 17 Rotherham, York, England Law Clerk
In 1893: a Henry Gibbs living at The Nook, Whiston Grove, Rotherham. Source;Kelly's Directory of 1893
Living at 42 Fitzwilliam Road in 1881:
- Solomon GIBBS Head M Male 62 Leicester Bottle Mould Maker (Glass) (Master Employing One Boy)
- Martha GIBBS Wife M Female 57 Barton, Lincoln
- Walter GIBBS Son U Male 19 Masbro, York, England Bottle Mould Maker (Glass)
- Edith GIBBS Daur U Female 16 Rotherham
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