Gibbs Family Tree
Colonel Francis Beckford Ward
1820 - 1896 (76 years)1. Colonel Francis Beckford Ward was born in 1820 in Chelmsford, Essex; died on 12 Jan 1896 in Brentford, Middlesex. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 21 Oct 1820, Chelmsford, Essex
Francis married Emily Louisa Gertrude Bridgeman on 5 Jul 1859 in Owestry, Shropshire. Emily (daughter of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles Orlando Henry Bridgeman and Eliza Caroline Chamberlain) was born on 16 Sep 1826 in Knockin, Shropshire; died on 6 Sep 1916 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Agnes Gertrude Ward
was born in 1860 in Woolwich, Kent. - 3. Edith Ursula Ward was born in Dec 1861; died in Dec 1932 in Willesden, Middlesex.
- 4. Cecily Emily Ward was born in 1863 in Woolwich, London; died on 27 May 1911 in London.
- 5. Serena Lucy Ward was born on 10 Apr 1867 in Barnes, Surrey; died on 10 Sep 1948 in Muntham, Barrington Road, Torquay.
- 6. Orlando Frank Montagu Ward was born in Jul 1868 in Thingoe, Suffolk; died on 12 Apr 1955 in St Clements, Ash Hill Road, Torquay, Devon.
Generation: 2
5. Serena Lucy Ward (1.Francis1) was born on 10 Apr 1867 in Barnes, Surrey; died on 10 Sep 1948 in Muntham, Barrington Road, Torquay. Notes:
Died:
Probate £6772 6s 4dSerena married Francis George Ellerton in Apr 1893 in Chelmsford, Essex. Francis was born on 19 Feb 1861 in Crewe, Cheshire; died on 16 May 1943 in Stepney, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
6. Orlando Frank Montagu Ward (1.Francis1) was born in Jul 1868 in Thingoe, Suffolk; died on 12 Apr 1955 in St Clements, Ash Hill Road, Torquay, Devon. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Painter Artist
Notes:
Orlando Frank Montague Ward, was born at Rougham, near Bury St Edmund's, Suffolk on 19 February 1868, son of Francis Beckford Ward (1821-1876), a poor-law inspector, and his wife Emily Louisa Gertrude née Bridgeman (1827-1916), who married at Oswestry, Shropshire in 1859. In 1871, the family were living at Belvedere, Melcombe Regis, Dorset from where young Orlando was sent to a boarding school kept by Edward Herbert Cook at 20-23 Montpelier Place, Brighton and later went to Felsted School in Essex. In 1891, Orlando was a 22 year old artist, lodging at The Studio, 4 Blythe Road, Hammersmith with a fellow artist, 23 year old Arthur Bartlett. He illustrated a handful of books in the early 20th century, primarily concerned with scenes from France and Italy, including 'Venice and its Story' (1903) and 'Paris and its Story' both by Thomas Okey (1904); 'In Unknown Tuscany' (1909) and 'Siena and Southern Tuscany' (1910) both by Edward Hutton. In 1911, a 42 year old painter artist, living at 8 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London and during the Great War, on 12 February 1915 was gazetted a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. He married at St Martin, London in 1924, Brita de Lagerberg (16 July 1878-26 January 1952), who was also a painter artist and in 1939 they were living at 14 Springfield Place, Bath, Somerset. His wife died at Netherton House, Newton Abbot, Devon in 1952 and Orlando Ward died at St Clements, Ash Hill Road, Torquay, Devon on 12 April 1955, aged 86. See https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=935
Orlando married Brita de Lagerberg in 1924 in London. Brita was born on 16 Jul 1878; died on 26 Jan 1952 in Netherton House, Newton Abbot, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]