Captain Maurice Antony Crutchley Gibbs: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1888 - 1974 (86 years)

Generation: 1

Captain Maurice Antony Crutchley Gibbs was born on 9 Jun 1888 in 10 Lennox Gardens, Chelsea, London; died on 8 Aug 1974 in La Haut, Saint George, Dominica; was buried in Roseau, Saint George, Dominica.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 25 Jul 1888, England
Residence: 1891, Sunninghill, Berkshire
Residence: 1901, Sunninghill, Berkshire
Arrival: 8 Jul 1919, New York, USA
Residence: 1925, Perth Australia Temple, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Military Service: Between 1939 and 1948, Victoria, Australia; Age: 51

Notes:

1st son. Baptised 25 July 1888 at St. Saviour's Chelsea. Educated at Eton College 1901-6; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) October 1906; BA 1910.

He was with Antony Gibbs & Sons in London 1910-14; with their Australian branch, Gibbs Bright & Co., 1914-29 (Melbourne 1914-22, Perth 1922-9), a manager of Gibbs Bright & Co., 1915 and a partner in it 1927-9. Retired 1929 and lived at 25 Cadogan Square (1932). Member of the Carlton Club from 1920.

Returned to Melbourne. Died 8 August 1974 at La Haut, Dominica and buried in Roseau, Dominica, West Indies.

Maurice married Elma Gordon Cumming on 10 Jan 1912 in Altyre Church, Nr. Forres, Moray, Scotland, and was divorced in 1923. Elma (daughter of Lt. Col. Sir William Gordon Gordon Cumming, 4th Bart and Florence Josephine Garner) was born on 23 Mar 1892 in Forres, Moray, Scotland; died on 12 Nov 1973 in Antrim Valley, St.Paul, Dominica. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Daphne Marian Gibbs was born on 8 Nov 1912 in Chelsea, London; died on 4 Jan 2011 in Roseau Hospital, St George, Dominica.
3. Ronald Gordon Vicary Gibbs, F/O RAF was born on 4 Nov 1918 in Armdale, Melbourne, Australia; died on 31 Oct 1942 in England .

Maurice married Margaret Falkiner McBean on 3 May 1933 in St Martin, London. Margaret (daughter of Daniel Grant McBean and Louisa Fraser Falkiner) was born on 25 Oct 1898 in Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia; died on 4 Aug 1964 in Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Daphne Marian Gibbs

(1.Maurice¹) was born on 8 Nov 1912 in Chelsea, London; died on 4 Jan 2011 in Roseau Hospital, St George, Dominica.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 7 Dec 1912, Chelsea, London

Notes:

Born 8 November 1912. Baptised 7 December 1912 at the chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea (first baby).

Went to Australia with her parents living first in Melbourne and then in Perth where she attended The Presbyterian Ladies College. She returned to England when she was 12 and finished her education at Heathfield School and also in Paris. In 1932 her mother and stepfather moved to Dominica in the West Indies and she went with them, living there for the rest of her life. She marired Percy Kirwan Agar a farmer and well known painter and ornithologist. She ran the census office in the War. After husband’s death in 1954 she continued to run the estate, started the local radio station, worked for many local charities including the Red Cross and was a founder member and Managing director of the Fort Young Hotel for many years.

The Fort Young Hotel, Dominica, which was destroyed by Hurricane 'David' when it hit Dominica in August 1979, but since rebuilt. She also helped to run the Coulibri Estate dairy farm, and the farm at La Haut, the family estate, that was also totally wrecked in the hurricane; all the buildings on the dairy farm fell down, but only one cow was lost.

Last address: Morne Rouge, Dominica, West Indies, which was one of the few houses not destroyed by the hurricane.

Died 4 January 2011.

Birth:
27 Ormonde Gate

Daphne married Percy Kirwan Agar on 5 Jan 1934 in Roseau, Saint George, Dominica. Percy was born on 28 Sep 1897 in Roseau, Saint George, Dominica; died on 12 Jul 1954 in La Haut, Saint George, Dominica. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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