Charles Gibbs, of Genoa

1808 - 1857  (49 years)

• Name	Charles Gibbs
  Suffix	of Genoa
  Born	23 May 1808	Topsham, Devon
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	20 Jul 1808	Topsham, Devon
  Occupation	Merchant
  Died	7 Dec 1857	Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy
  Buried	14 Dec 1857	Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy
  Person ID	I3070	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Captain William Gibbs, of Topsham,   b. 1757, Topsham, Devon ,   d. 1830, Topsham, Devon  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Susanna Ley,   b. 1766,   d. 3 May 1834  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F1330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stuarta Brown,   b. Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy ,   d. Jul 1873
  Married	26 Apr 1852	Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy
  Children	1. Constance Jacqueline Gibbs,   b. 3 Feb 1837, Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy ,   d. Aft 1930  (Age > 94 years)
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F1333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  5th son, baptised at Topsham, educated at Blundell's aforesaid 1818-26, died 14 December 1857 at Genoa and buried there. Will proved there. Joined Gibbs & Co., Genoa, the business of his uncle Lyle, about 1828, became a partner and remained in the firm till his death.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1808 - Topsham, Devon Baptism - 20 Jul 1808 - Topsham, Devon Married - 26 Apr 1852 - Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy Died - 7 Dec 1857 - Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy Buried - 14 Dec 1857 - Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  George Gibbs Grave in Genoa SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ CHARLES GIBBS ESQUIRE / BANKER / WHO DIED AT GENOA / 7 DECEMBER 1857 / AGED 48 YEARS Marco Cazzulo cataloging the burials of the old English cemetery of S. Benigno, about a mile west Genoa. For years, in its vicinity, a stone quarry (operated by Genoa's goverment) worked until it was decided to destroy this cemetery. The graves were moved (in 1904) in the currently cemetery of Staglieno, Genoa.