Edith Marjorie Ward: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1898 - 1968 (70 years)

Generation: 1

Edith Marjorie Ward was born on 25 Sep 1898 in Kensington, London; died on 18 Oct 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.

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Residence: 1901, London; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Hastings, Sussex

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1st daughter of John Spencer Ward of Long Wittenham, Berks., by Beatrix, daughter of Rev Sir Charles Gordon Cumming Dunbar, 8th Baronet of Northfield, Co. Elgin. Educated at 'The Bonhams', St. Leonards, Sussex; Aldburgh, and Oxford University (Home Student in Medicine). Memorial in Chester Cathedral.

Before her marriage she studied medicine at Oxford University as a home student, travelling into lectures on a motorcycle. During this time she was also nursing her mother. After 4 years as a medical student she caught scarlet fever and was unable to take her exam in 1923, and then married before her finals. During the whole of her married life she was a constant support and companion to her husband, assisting in parish work and later on, fully involved in all the commitments that fall to a Dean's wife both in Cape Town and Chester.

The year she died she visited Africa for the last time to see her two daughters and their husbands—Mary and Maurice in Malawi and Bridget and John in Lesotho.

Memorial: Grave stone in the floor, east end of south transept of Chester Cathedral.
Interests: Unfailing interest in people and a great encourager.

A home-maker of unbounded hospitality, the Rectory and Deanery were open to all. In later life she enjoyed sketching.

Birth:
15 Stratford Road

Edith married Rev Michael McCausland Gibbs on 4 Aug 1926 in Long Wittenham, Berkshire. Michael (son of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 1 Sep 1900 in Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Jul 1962 in Chester, Cheshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Dr. Denis Dunbar Gibbs was born on 19 Jul 1927 in Putney, Surrey; died on 8 Jan 2015 in Appleford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
3. John Michael Francis Gibbs was born on 8 Mar 1929 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 1 Oct 2020 in 157A Dunstans Road, East Dulwich, London; was buried on 12 Oct 2020 in Friends Meeting House, Almeley Wootton, Hereford, HR3 6PX.
4. Mary Elizabeth Gibbs was born on 7 Jan 1932; died in 2008 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire.
5. Peter McCausland Gibbs was born on 30 Sep 1934 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 30 Sep 2023 in Cyprus; was buried on 6 Oct 2023 in St. Nicholas Church, Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus.
6. Bridget Anne Susan Gibbs

Generation: 2

Dr. Denis Dunbar Gibbs

(1.Edith¹) was born on 19 Jul 1927 in Putney, Surrey; died on 8 Jan 2015 in Appleford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

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Occupation: Doctor of Medicine

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1st son. Baptised 28 August 1927 at Aldenham, Herts. Educated at the Diocesan College, Cape Town, 1942-44; Cape Town University Medical School, 1945-47; Keble College (Oxford) 1948-50; St. Mary's Hospital Medical School 1950-52, BA (Oxon 1949), BM, BCh (1952); DM (1962); MRCP (London 1955), FRCP (1973).

1935-40 Ruzawi School, Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia, founded by Maurice Carver (later to be brother-in-law). Scholarship in Anatomy and Physiology, University of Cape Town, 1947; Fulbright Travel Award to USA 1962; Trainee Research Grant of the US Public Health Service, 1962-63; Wellcome Grant for Research in Medical History, 1970. House Physician posts between 1953 and 1958 at St. Mary's Hospital, London;
Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex.; Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford; Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases; Hammersmith Hospital. Registrar and Senior Registrar, The London Hospital, 1958-62; Fellow in Medicine (Gastroenterology) Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass. 1962-63. Senior Medical Registrar, King George Hospital, Ilford 1963-64; Consultant Physician Good Hope District General Hospital, Sutton Coldfield and to the North Birmingham Group of Hospitals 1965-74. Consultant Physician in General Medicine and Gastroenterology to The London Hospital from March 1974. National Service in the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force, 1955-57 (Squadron Leader).

Author of Exfolialive Cytology of the Stomach, Butterworth, London, 1968, and articles in medical journals. Examiner in Medicine, University of London (1978-79), University of Liverpool (1978), University of Basrah, Iraq (1979), Conjoint Board (1975-79). Adviser on examination reform, Indian Civil Service sponsored by British Council (1980).
Chief Medical Officer to the Provident Life Association of London.

Fellow Royal Society of Medicine; Member Harveian Society of London; British Society of the History of Medicine; British Soc. of Gastroenterology; British Society of Digestive Endoscopy (Hon. Treas. 1973-78).

Interests: Old books, medical history, walking.
Club: Athenaeum.

Portrait: Watercolour by Harry More-Gordon (1979) in own possession

Died suddenly, but painlessly, on 8th January 2015 with Rachel, Nicholas and Sarah at his bedside.

Birth:
40 Norroy Road

Denis married Rachel Elizabeth Youard [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

7. Nicholas Mark Gibbs
8. Sarah Mary Gibbs

John Michael Francis Gibbs

(1.Edith¹) was born on 8 Mar 1929 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 1 Oct 2020 in 157A Dunstans Road, East Dulwich, London; was buried on 12 Oct 2020 in Friends Meeting House, Almeley Wootton, Hereford, HR3 6PX.

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Baptism: 7 Apr 1929, Salisbury, Rhodesia

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2nd son. Baptised at Salisbury 7 April 1929. Educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town, Keble College (Oxford) 1947-50, (BA Hons), and London University 1957 (PC. Ed.).

1950-59 Teaching at Diocesan College, Cape Town; Cape Town University, St. Paul's School, London, Cyrene African Secondary School, Rhodesia. 1960-63 First Principal of Ranche House College, Salisbury, Rhodesia. The Hall at Ranche House College is named after him. 1964-73. Teaching in England: King Edward's School, Birmingham, Woodbridge School, Suffolk; Ipswich High School, G.P.D.S.T. 1974-80 First Warden of International Community Centre, Nottingham. Trustee of Budiriro Trust (Scholarships for Rhodesian Africans).

Interests: Painting, printing, writing poetry, gardening.

John married Carol Margaret Williamson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Mary Elizabeth Gibbs

(1.Edith¹) was born on 7 Jan 1932; died in 2008 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire.

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1st daughter. Educated at Cape Town University (B.Soc. Sc. 1955).

1950-56 Orthopaedic nursing at Oxford. Member Institute of Medical Social Workers (1956). 1957-65 held appointment as Medical Social Worker at Harold Wood Hospital, Essex; Bromsgrove, Worcs.; Cheshire County Hospital; Reading Local Authority; Nuffield Orthopaedic,Oxford.

1966-76 Teaching (Home Economics, English, Librarian) at Malosa Secondary School, a large co-educational boarding school for Malawians, mission-founded and government controlled since Independence, aided by World Bank.

Interests: In Malawi, Home Care Clubs for girls with award scheme financed by donations in memory of her mother Marjorie Gibbs (4). In England: sketching, village lend-a-hand scheme, House Groups.

Mary married Maurice Fraser Carver on 29 Oct 1965 in Marandellas,S.Rhodesia. Maurice (son of Frank Carver, MP and Annie Jane Harriet Creswell) was born on 30 Mar 1899 in Harborne, Staffordshire; died on 28 Sep 1986 in Ledbury, Herefordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter McCausland Gibbs

(1.Edith¹) was born on 30 Sep 1934 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 30 Sep 2023 in Cyprus; was buried on 6 Oct 2023 in St. Nicholas Church, Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus.

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Residence: Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus

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3rd son. Educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town 1945-52; Keble College, Oxford (BA Hons, Geology) 1953-56; University College London., 1959-60 (Diploma Land Survey), and 1968-69 (M.Sc. Photogrammetry).

1977 Fellow Royal Institute Chartered Surveyors. 1978-9 Member Watt Committee on Energy Working Party. In 1953, aged 18, accompanied by an 18-year old companion, was first known to navigate Orange River from source to mouth. 1956-59 Member of Falkland Islands Dependencies Surveys; Base Leader Stonington Island. Awarded Polar Medal. Surveyed for H.M. Govt. in Zambia (1960-62), in Botswana (1963-65), Ghana (1965-67).
1969-77 with Ordnance Survey. 1977-79 with firm of Commercial Surveyors. 1979 started private survey practice in Edinburgh.

Interests: Walking, skiing, gardening, renewable energy resources. Member Photogrammetric Society, London; Cartographic Society.

Clubs: New (Edinburgh); Achilles; Antarctic (London).

Peter married Judith Ann Orgill [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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