Gibbs Family Tree
Nicholas Anthony Ffrench-Blake
1974 - 2021 (47 years)1. Nicholas Anthony Ffrench-Blake was born on 22 Jan 1974 in Reading, Berkshire (son of Anthony O'Brien Ffrench-Blake and Susanne Bergsoe); died on 13 Apr 2021 in Vientiane. Laos. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: Sri Lanka
Notes:
Nicholas Anthony ffrench Blake was a monk who took the name Kouba Bounxou, he was ordained and based in Laos but known also to various Buddhist communities in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Cambodia.
His funeral took place at Vat Dongsavat Temple, Vientiane on 22 April 2021.
2. Anthony O'Brien Ffrench-Blake Anthony married Susanne Bergsoe Susanne (daughter of Flemming Vilhelm Bergsoe and Grethe Utzon-Frank) was born in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Susanne Bergsoe was born in Denmark (daughter of Flemming Vilhelm Bergsoe and Grethe Utzon-Frank). Children:
- Flemming Martin Ffrench-Blake
- 1. Nicholas Anthony Ffrench-Blake was born on 22 Jan 1974 in Reading, Berkshire; died on 13 Apr 2021 in Vientiane. Laos.
Generation: 3
4. Lt Col Robert Lifford Valentine Ffrench-Blake, DSO was born on 3 Mar 1913 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan (son of Major St John Lucius Acheson Ffrench-Blake and Doris Kathleen Tweedie); died on 11 Mar 2011 in Stockbridge, Hampshire. Notes:
Educated at Eton and Sandhurst. Commissioned 17/21st Lancers.
Commissioned 17/21st Lancers. During 2nd World War served 17/21 Lancers in North Africa, Italy. Lt. Colonel 1944. D.S.O. Now retired.
Died:
Nursing HomeRobert married Grania Bryde Curran on 11 Jul 1939 in London. Grania (daughter of Walter Hilton Curran and Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs) was born on 13 Mar 1920 in Westminster, London; died in Jan 2004 in Wokingham, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Grania Bryde Curran was born on 13 Mar 1920 in Westminster, London (daughter of Walter Hilton Curran and Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs); died in Jan 2004 in Wokingham, Berkshire. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: Britwell Salome, Oxfordshire
Notes:
Only child. Baptised at Britwell Salome, Oxon.
She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Cornwall in 1952.Children:
- Neil St John Ffrench-Blake was born in Dec 1940 in Windsor, Berkshire; died on 24 Aug 2016 in Midgham, Berkshire.
- 2. Anthony O'Brien Ffrench-Blake
6. Flemming Vilhelm Bergsoe was born on 12 Jan 1905 in Denmark; died on 28 Nov 1968 in Denmark. Notes:
Flemming married Grethe Utzon-Frank. Grethe was born on 8 Feb 1909 in Denmark; died on 2 Mar 1973 in Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Grethe Utzon-Frank was born on 8 Feb 1909 in Denmark; died on 2 Mar 1973 in Belgium. Children:
- 3. Susanne Bergsoe was born in Denmark.
Generation: 4
8. Major St John Lucius Acheson Ffrench-Blake was born on 26 May 1889 in Dover, Kent; died on 19 Apr 1917 in Gaza, Palestine. Notes:
Died:
Killed in ActionSt married Doris Kathleen Tweedie on 1 Jun 1912 in Kensington, London. Doris was born on 18 Aug 1891 in Barnstaple, Devon; died in Jun 1975 in Barnstaple, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Doris Kathleen Tweedie was born on 18 Aug 1891 in Barnstaple, Devon; died in Jun 1975 in Barnstaple, Devon. Children:
- 4. Lt Col Robert Lifford Valentine Ffrench-Blake, DSO was born on 3 Mar 1913 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan; died on 11 Mar 2011 in Stockbridge, Hampshire.
10. Walter Hilton Curran was born on 25 May 1885 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada (son of John Jones Curran and Jane or Jenny Miller); died on 14 Jul 1931 in Marylebone, London; was buried in Jul 1931 in Kirdford, Chichester, West Sussex. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1901, Ontario, Canada
Notes:
Youngest son of John Curran of Irillia, Ontario by Jennie, daughter of Miller of Crossgar, Ireland.
His family was an offshoot from a Protestant branch of the Irish family to which the Right Hon. John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) K.C., the patriot, belonged. In the Great War he was on the personal staff of the Canadian Overseas War Minister and at one time acting Aide-de-Campe to General Sir Samuel Steele; serious illness prevented his taking up an appointment to Headquarter Staff of Gen. Sir Arthur Currie (Commander of the Canadian Army Corps); he was in the 2nd attack of the Canadian Army at Paschendael.Walter married Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs on 4 Apr 1918 in All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Westminster, London. Beatrice (daughter of George Louis Monck Gibbs and Laura Beatrice Elton) was born on 11 Jul 1870 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Aug 1945 in Guildford, Surrey; was buried in Aug 1945 in Notgrove, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. 
Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs was born on 11 Jul 1870 in Westminster, London (daughter of George Louis Monck Gibbs and Laura Beatrice Elton); died on 10 Aug 1945 in Guildford, Surrey; was buried in Aug 1945 in Notgrove, Gloucestershire. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 8 Aug 1870, Elstree, Hertfordshire
- Residence: 1891, London; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Notes:
Baptised at Elstree, Herts. Buried at Notgrove, Glos.
She and her first husband resided at Faringdon House, Berks., 1902-7; at The Manor House, Notgrove, co. Glos., from 1908, which she retained after his death till 1918. With her second husband she resided at Britwell House, Britwell Salome, co. Oxon., 1918-26; chiefly in London afterwards.
Oil portrait by M. Bisson last in possession of Veronica Hanbury-Tracey and pastel by Braun last in possession of Penelope Loveday.Children:
- 5. Grania Bryde Curran was born on 13 Mar 1920 in Westminster, London; died in Jan 2004 in Wokingham, Berkshire.