Gibbs Family Tree
George Gibbs, of Belmont
1779 - 1863 (83 years)
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Name George Gibbs Suffix of Belmont Birth 27 Dec 1779 Wraxall, Somerset 
Gender Male Baptism 21 Jan 1780 Bristol, Gloucestershire Occupation Head of Gibbs Bright & Co Residence 1851 Somerton, Somerset Lodger Death 28 Mar 1863 Belmont, Wraxall, Somerset Burial 4 Apr 1863 Wraxall, Somerset Notes - He was trained in his father's West Indian business in Bristol from 12 years old, partner in it with him 1802 to April 1818 and thereafter head of it till he died in 1863. His partner in Bristol from April 1818 was Robert Bright, and the style of their firm there was Gibbs Son & Bright 1818-39, Gibbs Bright & Co. from 1839 to 1881 when it was absorbed by Antony Gibbs & Sons of London together with its Liverpool Branch (founded 1805) and its Australian Branch (founded 1853). For history of all these firms and their partners see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs.
He was Warden for 1804, Master for 1820, of the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol. With Robert Bright he was on the Bristol Committee which (1832-5) in conjunction with a London Committee, promoted the Great Western Railway Company of which company R. Bright was an original director and vice-chairman 1835-43. He was Patron of the living of Hutton, Somerset, and in his will nominated for it his nephew Rev. Geo. Henry Gibbs. He resided in Stapleton, nr. Bristol, 1802-13; in Redland 1813-20; at Knole Park in Almondsbury, Glos., 1820-8 and, from 1828 till he died, at Belmont in Wraxall, Somerset, a house which he at first leased, but in 1832 bought from the Rev. George Turner Seymour together with a portion of the estate in which it lay. Seymour built Tyntesfield on his remaining (larger) portion and was his own architect. George's diary 1825-60 in 6 vols, and 1 vol. of 1848 in possession of Lord Aldenham. For note of portraits of him see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs.
Person ID I1719 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 4 Feb 2023
Father George Gibbs, of Redland, b. 9 May 1753, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 16 Aug 1818, Redland, Green, Bristol, England (Age 65 years) Mother Esther Joanna Farr, b. 25 Oct 1748, Coombe House, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 29 Oct 1787, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 39 years) Marriage 16 Oct 1776 Bristol, Gloucestershire Family ID F791 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Salvina Grant Hendy, b. 1780 d. 15 Nov 1809, Berkeley Square, ?Bristol (Age 29 years) Marriage 27 May 1802 Saint Augustine The Less, Bristol, Gloucester Last Modified 21 Jan 2019 Family ID F811 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Harriett Gibbs, b. 8 Oct 1786, Exeter, Devon d. 15 Oct 1865, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 79 years) Marriage 8 Aug 1814 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 Family ID F793 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- He was trained in his father's West Indian business in Bristol from 12 years old, partner in it with him 1802 to April 1818 and thereafter head of it till he died in 1863. His partner in Bristol from April 1818 was Robert Bright, and the style of their firm there was Gibbs Son & Bright 1818-39, Gibbs Bright & Co. from 1839 to 1881 when it was absorbed by Antony Gibbs & Sons of London together with its Liverpool Branch (founded 1805) and its Australian Branch (founded 1853). For history of all these firms and their partners see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs.
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Event Map 
Birth - 27 Dec 1779 - Wraxall, Somerset 
Baptism - 21 Jan 1780 - Bristol, Gloucestershire 
Marriage - 27 May 1802 - Saint Augustine The Less, Bristol, Gloucester 
Marriage - 8 Aug 1814 - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 
Residence - Lodger - 1851 - Somerton, Somerset 
Death - 28 Mar 1863 - Belmont, Wraxall, Somerset Burial - 4 Apr 1863 - Wraxall, Somerset = Link to Google Earth
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1861 England Census - George Gibbs-2.jpeg 
1851 England Census - Dorothea Barnetta Gibbs.jpeg