Gibbs Family Tree

Anne Susan Downall Gibbs

Female 1928 - 2017  (89 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Anne Susan Downall Gibbs was born on 20 Jan 1928 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire (daughter of Captain George Louis Downall Gibbs, RN, DSO, NVO and Susan Fayth Harding Newman); died on 16 Oct 2017; was buried in Broomfield, Sedgemoor, Somerset.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 4 Mar 1928, Standish, Gloucestershire

    Notes:

    Baptised 4 March 1928 at Standish, Glos. Educated at St. Michael's, Watermoor, Cirencester.

    With her husband, partner in Durston (Somerset) Woodlands Ltd., which they founded in 1954. Personally in charge of roses and shrub section of the business.

    Anne married Edward Maynard Liddon on 15 Sep 1951 in Standish, Gloucestershire. Edward (son of John Henry Churchill Liddon and Joyce Constance Maynard) was born on 13 Jun 1928 in Paddington, London; died on 11 Feb 2015; was buried in Broomfield, Sedgemoor, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Susan Patricia Liddon
    2. Timothy John Liddon

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Captain George Louis Downall Gibbs, RN, DSO, NVO was born on 30 Jul 1882 in Abingdon, Berkshire (son of Rev. William Cobham Gibbs and Annie Katharina Downall); died on 31 Oct 1956 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Nov 1956 in Standish, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 8; Relation to Head of House: Son

    Notes:

    Baptised 27 August 1882 at St. Helen's, Abingdon. Educated at Newton Abbott, Devon, 1891-6, and the Naval Training ship, Britannia 1897-8. Buried Standish 2 November 1956.

    Was in Rugby Football XV Navy v. Army 1910-11 and Captain of the United Services XV 1910-11. Midshipman Royal Navy Dec. 1898; sub-Lieut. 1902; Lieut. 1904; Lieut. Commander 1910; Commander 1915; retired 1923 and attained rank of Captain R.N. 1927. Captain of Destroyers
    1909-19.

    In the Great War he served with the Dover Patrol 1914-15 as Captain of Destroyer Crusader and took part in the bombardment of the German Army left wing from the Coast: served with the Harwich Force 1915-18 in Destroyers Matchless, Medea and Thruster. Was Captain 2nd in command of Royal Naval Coll. Dartmouth 1919-21. Commanded H.M.S. Bryony (Commander-in-Chief s yacht) Mediterranean Fleet, 1921-3. Member of the Royal Victorian Order 1911. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1916. Mentioned 4 times in Despatches (13 April 1915, 25 July 1916, 22 June 1917, 7 Jan. 1918). 1914 Star, Brit. War Medal and Allies' (Victory) medal of the Great War.

    From 1923 farmed with his brother Joseph at Malthouse Farm, Standish, Glos.

    Second World War: Bar to D.S.O.; served throughout war: 1939-40 Narvick (Norway); 1942-44 H.M.S. Queen Emma—Dieppe Raid and others; Sierra Leone; Mediterranean. 1944-46 H.M.S. Ganges at Shotley, Suffolk. Hon.

    Secretary of the Berkeley Hunt for many years.

    Portrait: Pastel by W. E. Miller last in possession of his nephew Beresford.

    Birth:
    Vicarage

    George married Susan Fayth Harding Newman on 21 Sep 1926 in Eastbourne, Sussex. Susan (daughter of Francis Robert Harding Newman and Florence Susan Willes) was born on 11 Aug 1900 in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire; died on 5 Feb 1942 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Standish, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Susan Fayth Harding Newman was born on 11 Aug 1900 in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire (daughter of Francis Robert Harding Newman and Florence Susan Willes); died on 5 Feb 1942 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Standish, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1901, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire; Age: 7/12; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire; Age: 10; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

    Notes:

    Daughter of Francis Harding Newman of Midhurst, Sussex, MP, of the family of Newman of Nelmes in Burke's 'Landed Gentry'. Buried at Standish.

    Children:
    1. 1. Anne Susan Downall Gibbs was born on 20 Jan 1928 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; died on 16 Oct 2017; was buried in Broomfield, Sedgemoor, Somerset.
    2. Mary Bridget Gibbs was born on 8 Mar 1937 in Standish, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Apr 2014.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rev. William Cobham Gibbs was born on 28 Jul 1845 in Wraxall, Somerset (son of Rev. Joseph Gibbs and Emily Vaughan); died on 8 Mar 1918 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 18 Mar 1918 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 28 Aug 1845, Wraxall, Somerset
    • Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor
    • Residence: 1871, Abingdon St Helen, Abingdon, Berkshire
    • Residence: 1881, London
    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire
    • Residence: 1901, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 55; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, East Budleigh, Devon; Age: 65; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    5th son of Rev. Joseph Gibbs of Clifton Hampden. Baptised 28 August 1845 at Wraxall. Educated at Marlborough College, 1852-62, matric. at Cambridge (Jesus College) October 1865, BA 1870, MA 1876. Student at Cuddesdon Theological College, Oxon, 1868-9. Buried 18 March 1918 at Clyst St. George. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there. Memorial window in Hagley Church, co. Worcester, to him and his sons Beresford and Edward. Will proved London 8 May 1918.

    Won the mile race for Cambridge v. Oxford in 1868 in the fastest amateur time then on record (4 min. 28 sec.). Deacon 1869; Priest 1871. Curate of Abingdon, Berks., 1869-73; Vicar of Exwick, nr. Exeter, 1873-8; (presented by Wm. Gibbs; Vicar of Abingdon 1878-84; Rector of Hagley, co. Worcester, 1884-1903; Rector of Clyst St. George, Devon (presented by Antony Gibbs) 1903 to 1911 when he resigned and retired to Temple Hill afsd.

    Birth:
    Belmont

    Died:
    Temple Hill

    William married Annie Katharina Downall on 6 Feb 1879 in Exwick, Devon. Annie (daughter of Archdeacon John Downall and Katherine Pyndar Turner) was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Wolverley, Worcestershire; died on 11 Dec 1924 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 15 Dec 1924 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Annie Katharina Downall was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Wolverley, Worcestershire (daughter of Archdeacon John Downall and Katherine Pyndar Turner); died on 11 Dec 1924 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 15 Dec 1924 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1871, Cannington, Somerset; Age: 23; Relationship: Wife
    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 44; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1901, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 54; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, East Budleigh, Devon; Age: 64; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Notes:

    2nd daughter of the Ven. John Downall, Archdeacon of Totnes and Vicar of Okehampton, Devon, by Katharine Pyndar, only daughter of Rev. John Turner, rector of Hagley, co. Worcester. Buried 15 December 1924 at Clyst St. George. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there and under her husband's Memorial window at Hagley.


    Died:
    Temple Hill

    Children:
    1. Rev. John Stanley Gibbs, MC was born on 21 Nov 1879 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 30 Jan 1952 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Feb 1952 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
    2. Lieut. Colonel William Beresford Gibbs was born on 24 Feb 1881 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 3 Sep 1916 in Thiepval, Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France.
    3. 2. Captain George Louis Downall Gibbs, RN, DSO, NVO was born on 30 Jul 1882 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 31 Oct 1956 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Nov 1956 in Standish, Gloucestershire.
    4. Mary Katharina Pynder Gibbs was born on 5 Aug 1884 in Abington, Berkshire; died on 31 Dec 1949 in Malthouse, Standish, Gloucestershire; was buried in Standish, Gloucestershire.
    5. Rev. Edward Reginald Gibbs was born on 9 Oct 1885 in Hagley, Worcestershire; died on 29 Mar 1918 in Boisleux-au-Mont, Pas de Calais, France.
    6. Major Alfred Joseph Gibbs, DSC, MC was born on 26 May 1887 in The Rectory, Hagley, Worcestershire; died on 31 Dec 1969 in Coxwell House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 7 Jan 1970 in St Nicholas, Standish, Gloucestershire.

  3. 6.  Francis Robert Harding Newman was born in Jan 1870 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales (son of Benjamin H Newman and Augusta H Newman); died in Jun 1943 in Midhurst, Sussex.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1871, Breconshire, Wales; Age: 1; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1901, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire; Age: 35; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire; Age: 41; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    Died:
    Death Age (est): 73

    Francis married Florence Susan Willes. Florence was born on 3 Feb 1869 in Hungerford, Berkshire; died in 1971 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Florence Susan Willes was born on 3 Feb 1869 in Hungerford, Berkshire; died in 1971 in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1901, Kirtling, Cambridgeshire; Age: 30; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 3. Susan Fayth Harding Newman was born on 11 Aug 1900 in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire; died on 5 Feb 1942 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Standish, Gloucestershire.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Rev. Joseph GibbsRev. Joseph Gibbs was born on 23 Jul 1801 in St Davids Hill, Exeter (son of Antony Gibbs and Dorothea Barnetta Hucks); died on 22 Mar 1864 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; was buried on 26 Mar 1864 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden
    • Residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire
    • Baptism: 12 Sep 1801, Exeter, Devon
    • Residence: 1861, Chelsea, London; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    He was in the employ of Antony Gibbs & Sons 1818-24 (in London 1818-21, Cadiz 1818-2, Gibraltar 1822-3, again in London 1823-4). He was ordained Deacon in 1828, Priest by the Bishop of Chester 8 Aug. 1829. Curate of Howarden, co. Flint, 1828-30, Perpectual Curate of Clifton Hampden, co. Oxon 1830-64 in the new parsonage given by his cousin Anne Noyes (patron of the living) which, from 1905, was again the parsonage, and from c. 1846 in the new parsonage built by his sister-in-law Caroline Gibbs (now the Manor House), Devisee of Belmont, Wraxall, under the will of his cousin and brother-in-law George who died 1863. For his life up to 1823 and a few later details see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs.

    Portraits: miniature of him by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932; a portrait of him with his wife and sister Joanna was known to be in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden until her death in 1955, but whereabouts unknown in 1980; watercolour in middle age in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley in 1980).



    Educated at Mr. Phillip's School, Turnham Green. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1828 with a B.A. He was the Curate in 1830 at Clifton Hampden, Berkshire.
    1851 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
    Joseph 49, Emily 47,
    1861 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
    Joseph 59, Emily 57, Harriett T. 17, Joseph H. 20, George H. 18, & Stanley R. 14.

    Occ. Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden until death.

    Probate - 5 May 1864. Left under £20,000.

    Joseph married Emily Vaughan on 14 Sep 1831 in Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales. Emily (daughter of Rev. Charles Vaughan and Emilia Monck) was born on 14 Aug 1803 in Farnborough, Berkshire; died on 7 Sep 1869 in Kensington, London; was buried on 10 Sep 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Emily Vaughan was born on 14 Aug 1803 in Farnborough, Berkshire (daughter of Rev. Charles Vaughan and Emilia Monck); died on 7 Sep 1869 in Kensington, London; was buried on 10 Sep 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 6 Oct 1803, Farnborough, Berkshire
    • Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor

    Notes:

    Her father, rector of Crickhowell, co. Brecon, was descended from the Vaughans of Tretower, whose full pedigree (including Sir Roger Vaughan, knighted and mortally wounded at Agincourt) is in Theophilus Jones's 'History of Brecon (1805-9, new edition 1909). Her mother's father John Monck of Bath (Burke's 'Landed Gentry' under 'Monck of Coley Park') was a descendant of William Monck (and his wife Dorothy, sister of 1st Earl of Darnley) whose ancestry is in Burke's Peerage under 'Monck' (Viscount). A miniature of her by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932. Portrait Heberden, great-grand-daughter of Joseph and Emily Gibbs. This portrait was formerly in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden.

    Children:
    1. Joseph Henry Gibbs was born on 3 Jun 1832 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; died on 5 May 1833 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; was buried in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    2. Emily Harriett Gibbs was born on 7 May 1834 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 21 Jan 1903 in Windlesham, Surrey; was buried on 26 Jan 1903 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    3. Dorothea Barnetta Gibbs was born on 4 Jan 1836 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 17 Mar 1907 in St George Hanover Square, London; was buried on 21 Mar 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    4. George Louis Monck Gibbs was born on 28 Apr 1838 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 26 Nov 1881 in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
    5. Joseph Hucks Gibbs was born on 14 Oct 1840 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 23 Mar 1886 in Kensington, London; was buried on 27 Mar 1886 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    6. Rev. George Henry Gibbs was born on 15 Sep 1842 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 29 Oct 1896 in Headington, Oxfordshire; was buried in Nov 1896 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    7. Harriet Theresa Gibbs was born on 1 Apr 1844 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 21 Jul 1925 in Adderbury, Oxfordshire; was buried in Jul 1925 in Adderbury, Oxfordshire.
    8. 4. Rev. William Cobham Gibbs was born on 28 Jul 1845 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 8 Mar 1918 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 18 Mar 1918 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    9. Stanley Vaughan Gibbs was born on 30 Nov 1846 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 25 Feb 1870 in Kingston, Jamaica; was buried on 22 Jul 1870 in Wraxall, Somerset.

  3. 10.  Archdeacon John Downall

    John married Katherine Pyndar Turner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Katherine Pyndar Turner
    Children:
    1. 5. Annie Katharina Downall was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Wolverley, Worcestershire; died on 11 Dec 1924 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 15 Dec 1924 in Clyst St George, Devon.

  5. 12.  Benjamin H Newman was born about 1843 in Cork, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1871, Breconshire, Wales; Age: 28; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Benjamin married Augusta H Newman. Augusta was born about 1847 in Breconshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Augusta H Newman was born about 1847 in Breconshire, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1871, Breconshire, Wales; Age: 24; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 6. Francis Robert Harding Newman was born in Jan 1870 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales; died in Jun 1943 in Midhurst, Sussex.