Iris Emily Claudette Gibbs: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1939 - 1957 (17 years)

Generation: 1

Iris Emily Claudette Gibbs was born on 30 Oct 1939 in Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales (daughter of Lt. Commander Robert Claud Gibbs and Walda Elfriede E. Gruhn); died on 15 May 1957 in Chertsey, Surrey.

Notes:

Baptised at Llyswen Church, Breconshire. Cremated at West Norwood, Surrey

Birth:
Llangoed Castle

Died:
Botley Park Hospital

Generation: 2

Lt. Commander Robert Claud Gibbs was born on 17 Apr 1895 in Waltair, Andhra Pradesh, India (son of Robert Tyndall Gibbs and Emily Fraser Handcock); died on 10 Jun 1949 in Surrey; was buried in West Norwood, Surrey.

Notes:

Lt. Commander Royal Navy (ret.) Only child. Baptised at Waltair 6 May 1895. Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, 1908-10 and Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 1910-12. Cremated at West Norwood, Surrey.

Midshipman in the Royal Navy 1913; Sub- Lieut. 1915; Lieutenant 30 April 1917; Retired 1921; obtained rank of Lieut. Commander 30 April 1926. Served throughout the Great War (on HMS's Thunderer and Empress of India at Scapa Flow, Sloop Iris at Queenstown and in submarines in the North Sea), and was awarded the 1914 Star, British War medal, and Allies (Victory) medal. In employ of Minerals Separation Co. London and of allied firms on the Continent 1921-9; in Dorr Oliver Co. Ltd., Sales Engineers, London, from 1929. He and his wife lived from 1931 at Ash Cottage, Garrard Road, Banstead. Associate Member of Institute of Mechanical Engineers 1932. During World War II 1939-45 at Admiralty Offices in Glasgow and London.

Robert married Walda Elfriede E. Gruhn on 15 Mar 1930 in Berlin, Germany. Walda (daughter of Edwin Gruhn and Henriette Rothe) was born on 27 Nov 1908 in Berlin, Germany; died in Oct 2005 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walda Elfriede E. Gruhn was born on 27 Nov 1908 in Berlin, Germany (daughter of Edwin Gruhn and Henriette Rothe); died in Oct 2005 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire.

Notes:

Youngest daughter of Edwin Gruhn of Stettiner-Strasse, Berlin, brewer, by Henriette, daughter of August Rothe. Baptised 26 December 1908 at St. Lazarus, Berlin. Educated in Berlin and Desden.

Children:

Iris Walda Gibbs was born on 12 May 1932 in 19 Bentinck St., St. Marylebone; died on 9 Jun 1932 in The Infants Hospital, Vincent Square, London SW1.
Terence Claud Gibbs was born on 9 Mar 1934 in Banstead, Surrey; died on 25 Jan 2015 in Queensland, Australia.
John Francis Gibbs
Jacqueline Sylvia Gibbs was born on 19 Apr 1938 in Banstead, Surrey; died on 14 Apr 1997 in Sutton, Surrey.
1. Iris Emily Claudette Gibbs was born on 30 Oct 1939 in Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales; died on 15 May 1957 in Chertsey, Surrey.

Generation: 3

Robert Tyndall Gibbs was born on 20 May 1865 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire (son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs and Isabel Marianne Bright); died on 4 Oct 1942 in Worcester, Worcestershire; was buried in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1871, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence: 1930, Kensington, London

Notes:

2nd son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs. Baptised 13 June 1865 in the church at Clifton Hampden. Educated at Winchester College and at a Tutor's in Cornwall 1979-83, and at the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, Englefield Green, 1883-6. Buried at Leamington Spa.

In the Indian Telegraph Service (in Burmah 1886-7 in India 1888-1914); a director thereof 1910-14. Retired to England 1914. Sometime Captain in Madras Volunteer Guards. In the Great War was in London attached to the Intelligence Staff of War Office 1915-19 as a Censor of Telegraphs with the rank of temp. Lieut. May 1915, temp. Capt. Ap. 1919. Assistant Treasurer and lay Canon of Southwark Cathedral 1925-30. Lived from 1925 at 7 Prince of Wales Terrace, Kensington.

Pastel portrait by Havell.

Birth:
The Parsonage

Robert married Emily Fraser Handcock on 3 Apr 1893 in Waltair, Andhra Pradesh, India. Emily (daughter of Rev. Richard George Hancock and Mary Swinhoe) was born on 31 Jul 1864 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; died on 24 May 1947 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily Fraser Handcock was born on 31 Jul 1864 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (daughter of Rev. Richard George Hancock and Mary Swinhoe); died on 24 May 1947 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire.

Notes:

2nd daughter of Rev. Richard George Hancock (died 1913), rector of Ditteridge, nr. Bath, 1894-1911, for whose descent from Sr William Handcock, Kent (died 1701) see Caslemaine in 'Burke's Peerage', 1915); by Mary (died 1890), 2nd daughter of General Samuel Swinhoe (died 1866) of the East India Co., Calcutta and of Eslington House, Cheltenham by Emily Gillanders. Died 24 May 1947 and was buried at Bristol.

Birth:
Eslington House

Children:

2. Lt. Commander Robert Claud Gibbs was born on 17 Apr 1895 in Waltair, Andhra Pradesh, India; died on 10 Jun 1949 in Surrey; was buried in West Norwood, Surrey.

6.
Edwin Gruhn died before 1963.
Other Events and Attributes:
Residence: Berlin, Germany

Edwin married Henriette Rothe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7.
Henriette Rothe
Children:

3. Walda Elfriede E. Gruhn was born on 27 Nov 1908 in Berlin, Germany; died in Oct 2005 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire.

Generation: 4

Rev. John Lomax Gibbs was born on 28 Mar 1832 in 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London (son of George Henry Gibbs and Caroline Crawley); died on 12 Jan 1914 in Speen, Berkshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 26 May 1832, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London
Residence: 1851, Oxfordshire
Residence: 1871, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Residence: 1881, St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devon
Residence: 1891, Clyst St George, Devon
Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Speen, Berkshire; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

8th son of George Henry Gibbs of London. Baptised 26 May 1832 at St.-Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn. Educated at Eton College 1834-35 and Charterhouse, London, 1846-7. Matric at Oxford (Exeter College), 24 Oct. 1849, BA, a 'grand compounder, MA, 1856. Buried 15 January 1914 at Speen. Will proved 17 February 1914.

To add to the facts about education, he went to a school at Brighton about six or seven, and then to one at Clifton, Bristol. After Charterhouse he was, 1848-9, with a tutor, the rector of Poundstock, Cornwall. Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1854, but left them 1856 through ill-health, and in every year 1851 to 58 he travelled much abroad, particularly in Spain, and (1857-8) up the Nile and in Palestine. A student at Wells Theological College 1858. Ordained Deacon (Exeter) 1859, Priest 1860. Curate at St. Mary's, Torwood, Torquay, to Rev. J. Hogg 1859-1860, when his health drove him abroad again (Pyrenees) with his wife and first-born. Living at Bradeham, Bucks., 1863-4. Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden, Oxon., 1864 (presented by his brother Henry Hucks Gibbs), but resigned work in 1874 from the same cause as before. His parsonage there was what is now the Manor House. Resided at Oaklands, Cleveland, Somerset, 1874-8. Vicar of Exwick, Devon, 1878-85; Rector of Clyst St. George, Devon 1885-97 (presented to both by Antony Gibbs). Retired and resided at Speen House, Berks., 1898-1914. Editor of 'The Registers of Clyst St. George', published 1899 by The Parish Register Society. Member of the Athenauem Club, London, 1863-86. His diaries 1851-1912 (52 vols.), last in possession of John Arthur Gibbs in 1932 are now missing. The volume of his 'Reminiscences' (MS.) from c.1840 to 1910, now in the possession of Denis D. Gibbs.

Portraits: Oil 1858 by E.U. Eddis in possession of Lord Aldenham (1932); oil (c. 1902) by A. Macdonald, last in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley); a posthumous one painted 1921 (from a photo of about 1910) by Ronald Gray in possession of Denis D. Gibbs; a chalk drawing by E.U. Eddis (c. 1859) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932; a pastel by E. Havell (1887) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932.

Died:
Speen House

John married Isabel Marianne Bright on 3 Jan 1860 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset. Isabel (daughter of Robert Bright and Caroline Tyndall) was born on 1 Mar 1835 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 22 Mar 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel Marianne Bright was born on 1 Mar 1835 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset (daughter of Robert Bright and Caroline Tyndall); died on 22 Mar 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1851, Abbots Leigh, Somerset; Age: 16; Relation: Daughter
Residence: 1871, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Residence: 1881, St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devon
Residence: 1891, Clyst St George, Devon
Residence: 1901, Speen, Berkshire; Relation to Head: Wife

Notes:

2nd daughter of Robert Bright (died 1869) of Abbots Leigh, Somerset (partner of George Gibbs), for whose lineage see Bright of Colwall in Burke's 'Landed Gentry', by Caroline (died 1843); 4th and youngest daughter of Thomas Tyndall of The Royal Fort, Bristol. Baptised at Abbots Leigh 3 January 1860. Was buried at Speen House 24 March 1920. Administration May 1920.

Her Tyndall grandmother was Marianne (died 1805), daughter of Lambert Schimmelpennick of Bristol (of the family of the Dutch Counts of that name) and sister-in-law of Mary Anne Schimmelpennick, the authoress, whose life is in the Dictionary of National Biography. For the Tyndall family see articles by Greenfield in The Genealogist Magazine Vol II (1878). Her diaries 1851 to 1920 (53 volumes) were in possession of John Arthur Gibbs in 1932, now missing.

Portraits: Pastel by E. Havell (1887) last in possession of Christopher J. Gibbs; a chalk drawing by E.U. Eddis (c. 1859) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932; a watercolour by Curnock, one of a set of three of herself, her sister Caroline (born 1827) and her sister Constance (born 1837), all in possession of George Medley 2014, but not mentioned in the 1932 edition of the Gibbs Pedigree. Sampler, dated Sept 26 1845 (then aged 10) in possession of Vera Medley.

Died:
Speen House

Children:

John Arthur Gibbs was born on 27 Oct 1860 in Torwood, Torquay, Devon; died on 9 Jul 1949 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.
Caroline Blanche Gibbs was born on 27 Nov 1861 in Gelos, Basses Pyrenees, France; died on 23 Nov 1945 in Speen, Berkshire; was buried on 27 Nov 1945 in Speen, Berkshire.
Isabel Alice Gibbs was born on 27 Dec 1862 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 17 Apr 1942 in Newbury, Berkshire; was buried in Speen, Berkshire.
4. Robert Tyndall Gibbs was born on 20 May 1865 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 4 Oct 1942 in Worcester, Worcestershire; was buried in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Canon Reginald Gibbs was born on 29 Jun 1867 in The Parsonage, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Oct 1940 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham Church, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.
Francis Lomax Gibbs was born on 28 Jan 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 28 Dec 1943 in Wandsworth, London; was buried on 1 Jan 1944 in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey.
Mary Beatrice Gibbs was born on 16 Feb 1871 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 20 May 1886 in Pimlico, London; was buried on 25 May 1886 in Clyst St George, Devon.
Ethel Constance Gibbs was born on 27 Nov 1872 in Clevedon, Somerset; died on 11 Mar 1961 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

10.

Rev. Richard George Hancock was born on 20 Mar 1829 in Bebington, Cheshire (son of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Handcock and Jane Fraser); died on 19 Mar 1913 in 33 Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; was buried on 20 Mar 1913 in Cheltenham, St Mary, Gloucestershire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Ditteridge; Rector of Ditteridge
Christening: 12 Apr 1829, Bebington, Cheshire

Richard married Mary Swinhoe on 11 Sep 1856 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Mary (daughter of General Samuel Swinhoe and Emily Gillanders) was born on 10 Jan 1836 in Bārākpur, West Bengal, India; died on 17 Dec 1890 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Mary Swinhoe was born on 10 Jan 1836 in Bārākpur, West Bengal, India (daughter of General Samuel Swinhoe and Emily Gillanders); died on 17 Dec 1890 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Christening: 17 Jun 1836, Bārākpur, West Bengal, India

Children:

5. Emily Fraser Handcock was born on 31 Jul 1864 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; died on 24 May 1947 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire.