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Janet Louisa Merivale

Janet Louisa Merivale

Female 1850 - 1909  (58 years)

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  • Name Janet Louisa Merivale 
    Birth 15 Dec 1850  Kilburn, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 25 Jan 1851  Hampstead, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1861  Exeter St David, Exeter, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1881  Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 Dec 1909  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 14 Dec 1909  Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1st daughter of John Louis Merrivale (died 1886) by his 1st wife Mary Anne, daughter of Joseph Webster. Baptised 25 January 1851 at the parish church of Hampstead, Middlesex. Died at 104 Eaton Square, Westminster, 10th and was buried 14 December 1909 at Wraxall, Somerset. Memorial Inscription in same places as her husband's except Keble College. Will dated 17 August 1908, proved 20 January 1910.

      After her husband died she resided at Charlton aforesaid, and for her London house took 104 Eaton Sq., Westminster, in place of 16 Hyde Park Gds. aforesaid. the lease of which she sold. One of her brothers, George Montagu Merivale (1855-1931) was a partner in Gibbs, Bright & Co., Sydney, Australia, till 1924. Her father was Senior Registrar in Chancery and brother of Herman Merivale, C.B., and of Charles, Dean of Ely, whose lives are in Dictionary National Biography.

      Her father's 2nd wife was his cousin, Frances Rose, sister of Baron John Benjamin Heath (born 1879), who was son of John Heath of the firm Heath and Co., Genoa. For the Merivale family and their relatives of the Heath, Drury, Malet and Frere families, and for printed books which refer to them see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs. The friendship between the Gibbs and Merivale families began in 1803 when Antony Gibbs (born 1756) went to live at Cowley near Barton Place.

      Portrait by Archer (1875) with her son George
      (Lord Wraxall) was last in possession of the latter, 1930.
    Person ID I1730  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2020 

    Father John Louis Merivale,   b. 12 Nov 1815, Bloomsbury, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1886, Dawlioh, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Mary Anne Webster,   b. 1829, Penns, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1857, Exeter, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 14 Mar 1849  Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield,   b. 10 Dec 1841, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1907, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1872  St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. The Right Hon. George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall,   b. 6 Jul 1873, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1931, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     2. Antony Hubert Gibbs, JP,   b. 18 Sep 1874, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1957, Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. Albinia Rose Gibbs,   b. 31 Mar 1876, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1941, Thornbury, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     4. Lieut. Colonel William Gibbs, CVO,   b. 20 Nov 1877, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1963, Hatherop, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     5. Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs, MC,   b. 22 Dec 1879, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1932, Tetbury, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     6. Anstice Katherine Gibbs,   b. 12 Sep 1881, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1963, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     7. Louis Merivale Gibbs,   b. 24 Apr 1883, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1884, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     8. Captain Eustace Lyle Gibbs,   b. 10 Mar 1885, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1915, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    +9. Janet Blanche Gibbs,   b. 15 Apr 1887, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1974, Chippenham, Wiltshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     10. Lancelot Merivale Gibbs, Brid. CVO DSO MC,   b. 23 Dec 1889, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1966, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Dec 1850 - Kilburn, Middlesex Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 25 Jan 1851 - Hampstead, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1861 - Exeter St David, Exeter, Devon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Jun 1872 - St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - Wraxall, Somerset Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Dec 1909 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 14 Dec 1909 - Wraxall, Somerset Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Janet Gibbs and George Abraham Gibbs
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    Documents
    1891 England Census - Captain Eustace Lyle Gibbs-1.jpeg
    1891 England Census - Captain Eustace Lyle Gibbs-1.jpeg