Emily Gertrude Franck Bright: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1868 - 1960 (92 years)

Generation: 1

Emily Gertrude Franck Bright was born on 31 Aug 1868 in Preshute House, Marlborough College, Wiltshire; died on 27 Nov 1960 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 42; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence: Oct 1960, Wootton Fairmile Lane, Colesham, Surrey

Notes:

Gertrude was John Arthur Gibbs's second cousin. 3rd daughter and co-heir of Rev. James Frank Brighton, DD, (died 1920), Master of University College, Oxford (nephew of Robert Bright, by Emmeline Theresa (died 1871), 1st daughter of Rev. Edmund Dawe Wickham, vicar of Holmwood, Surrey, by Theresa, daughter and heir of Archdale Palmer of Cheam Park, Surrey (see Wickham of Horsington in Burke's 'Landed Gentry' and 'Selborne' in his Peerage): born at Preshute House, Marlborough College, 31 August 1868 and baptised at Preshute House, Marlborough College, 31 August 1868. Married at St. Peter's-in-the-East, Oxford 14 January 1902. Died 27 November 1960 at Cobham, Surrey and was buried at St. James' Abinger 30 November 1960.

For her lineage see 'Bright of Colwall' in Burke's 'Landed Gentry'. The life of her father and that of her grandfather, Richard Bright, MD (died 1858) are in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Emily married John Arthur Gibbs on 14 Jan 1902 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. John (son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs and Isabel Marianne Bright) was born on 27 Oct 1860 in Torwood, Torquay, Devon; died on 9 Jul 1949 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Christopher John Gibbs, OBE was born on 6 Dec 1902 in Paddington, London; died on 3 Jun 1985 in Chippenham, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire.
3. Antony James Gibbs was born on 29 Apr 1904 in Paddington, London; died on 14 Jun 1993 in Ewhurst, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.
4. Evelyn Arthur Gibbs was born in 1906 in Paddington, Lancashire; died on 7 Jul 1917 in Langton Matravers, Dorset; was buried on 10 Jul 1917 in Abinger, Surrey.
5. Angela Gertrude Gibbs was born on 8 Jun 1909 in Paddington, London; died on 27 Mar 1910 in Paddington, London ; was buried on 31 Mar 1910 in Speen, Berkshire.
6. Rev. Martin Franck Gibbs was born on 28 May 1912 in 20 Cleveland Gardens, Paddington, London; died on 18 Jan 2003 in Hinton St. George, Somerset.

Generation: 2

Christopher John Gibbs, OBE

(1.Emily¹) was born on 6 Dec 1902 in Paddington, London; died on 3 Jun 1985 in Chippenham, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Departure: New York, USA
Baptism: 11 Jan 1903, Paddington, Lancashire
Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 8; Relation to Head of House: Son
Arrival: 31 May 1960, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 57

Notes:

1st son. Lt. Co. Territorial Army. Baptised 11 January 1903 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington. Educated at Winchester College, 1916-1921; matric. at Oxford (University College) 15 October 1921; 3rd Class History and BA 1924; MA 1928.

Fellow of the Royal Institution of the Chartered Surveyors. Fellow of the Land Agents Society. On the Council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1948. Articled to J.R. Eve & Son of Bedford and Westminster 1925-8. With Lofts & Warner, surveyors and land agents 1929-1935, Chief Land Agent to the National Trust 1961. Retired 1968. Last address: The Porch House, Lacock, Chippenham, Wilts.

From 1924 City of London Yeomanry Battery (RHA) (TA) 'Roughriders'. In Second World War with Anti-Aircraft Command RA in England. Retired with the rank of Lt. Col. after the War.

Birth:
20 Cleveland Gardens

Christopher married Margaret Evelyn Mackay on 8 Sep 1942 in Petham, Kent. Margaret (daughter of Capt. Robert Henry Ramsey Mackay and Beatrice Caroline Arbuthnott) was born on 5 Mar 1914 in Westbourne, Hampshire; died on 11 Aug 2005 in Swindon, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Antony James Gibbs

(1.Emily¹) was born on 29 Apr 1904 in Paddington, London; died on 14 Jun 1993 in Ewhurst, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 6; Relation to Head of House: Son

Notes:

2nd son. Baptised 28 May 1904 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate. Educated at Eton College 1917-22. matric: at Oxford (University College, 17 October 1922); 2nd class Science (Physiology) and BA 1926; MA 1930; BM and B.Ch. 1930; Medical Student at Oxford 1922-7 and St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, 1927-30, DM 1932. Died at Ewhurst, Surrey, 14th June 1993 and buried at St. James' Abinger.

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), Licentiate of Royal College of Physicians (London), Member of British Medical Association Jan 1930. Clinical Assistant St. Thomas' Hospital Feb-Aug 1930, Casualty and Outpatients' Officer to Evelina Hospital for Children, Southwark, August 1930-Feb 1931. House Physician Mar-Dec 1931, Obstetrical House Physician Mar-Sept 1932, at the Radcliffe Infirmary and County Hospital, Oxford.

Surgeon to Cobham Nursing Division St. John Ambulance 1937-50.

General Practitioner in Cobham, Surrey 1933-71. Lived at Broxmore, Cobham, Surrey 1933-38; at Leylands, Leigh Place, Cobham, 1938-71 and at Mercer's Cottage, The Common, Cranleigh, Surrey, 1971-1993

Birth:
20 Cleveland Gardens

Antony married Helen Margaret Leuchars on 21 Oct 1937 in Cobham, Surrey. Helen (daughter of William Wood Leuchars and Gwendoline Evelyn Fleming) was born on 2 Feb 1913 in Cobham, Surrey; died on 4 Nov 2013 in Reigate, Surrey; was buried on 18 Nov 2013 in St James, Abinger Common, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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