GEORGE LLOYD GIBBONS my great grandfather born abt 1873 at Ebbw Vale,
Wales. Son of ROBERT GIBBONS and MARGARET ANN GIBBONS (nee LLOYD)
His father was from Devon and his mother from South Wales. His parents had married at Llanhileth,
Wales in 1875. I wonder why Margaret had moved to Llanhileth?
In 1881 the family were living at Fraser Street, Windmill Hill, Bristol. George was only 8 years
old when his father was fatally injured in an accident at Bristol Tramways, Host Street works.
His grandmother CAROLINE LLOYD (nee EDWARDS) died at Portsmouth in 1889 when George
was abt 16. George died March 15th 1923 at Kennilworth Place, Newtown, Old Market, Bristol?
of pneumonia as a result of a shipping accident in the Bristol Channel. George was a Third Engineer,
Mercantile Marines. His Father in Law Frederic Halls died the same year! George's paternal grandparents were
JOHN GIBBONS and MARY ANN GIBBONS (nee MOORE) of Rackenford,Devon. His maternal grandparents/
were GEORGE LLOYD and CAROLINE LLOYD (nee EDWARDS) of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

George married HARRIET HALLS daughter of FREDERICK HALLS and HARRIET HALLS (nee SHERGOLD) in
Bristol in 1893 my great grandmother was born abt 1876 in Bristol St Phillip and St Jacob; died in 1930 Bristol.
Her Shergold grandparents THOMAS MERRIS SHERGOLD and ELIZA SHERGOLD (nee WEAR) had come to Bristol
from Salisbury, Wiltshire before 1841. The Halls family were from the Tawstock, Barnstaple and
Great Torrington areas of Devon. She was left with a young family when her husband George died after a shipping accident in
1923 aged 50.Harriet worked endlessly to keep the family together supplementing her income by, taking in washing and
scrubbing floors. She liked to have all the family together for Christmas at her house in Kenilworth Place, Newtown, Bristol.
near Old Market Street.

1 GEORGE LLOYD GIBBONS b: Dec 1873 Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Died Bristol 1923
.. +HARRIET HALLS b: Abt. 1876 St Phillip and St Jacob Parish, Bristol. Died Bristol
.. 2 LILIAN GIBBONS b: 07 Mar 1897 15 Waterloo Terrace, Old Market, Bristol
....... +SIDNEY GEORGE TAYLOR b: 1895 Cliftonwood, Bristol
...... 3 NORMAN SIDNEY TAYLOR b: c 1926 Bristol
........... +JOAN MARGARET CREESE b: 18 Jan 1931 Bristol
........... 4 PAUL b: 1963, Bristol

 

 

Great Uncle John Gibbons (1900 - 1977) of Portsmouth. Brother of grandmother Lilian Gibbons (nee Taylor)

Memorial cards.

A ships engineer George disliked having his photograph taken. The picture above is the only known picture of him according to
his daughter Elsie Hancock (nee Gibbons). He died after a shipping disaster in the Bristol Channel having spent
many hours in the water. He was rescued, but died of pneumonia aged 50 and is buried at Green Bank Cemetery, Bristol.
Death certificate says " lobar pneumonia prob associated with exposure due to shipwreck" An inquest was held on the 16th March 1923,

I believe one of the ships was called "The Echo" the lad in the picture is my gt uncle John Gibbons (later of Portsmouth)
George lloyd Gibbons disliked the Taylor family his daughter Lilian was to marry into (the same year as his death) he thought they werea load of snobs. Which they were.

George's parents Robert Gibbons and Margaret Gibbons (nee Lloyd)

1881 Fraser Street, Windmill Hill, Bedminster Robt. Gibbons Head M 34 Engine Driver Stationary .................... Devonshire Mary A. Gibbons Wife M 36 .................................................................... Pembroke GEO L GIBBONS Son 8 Scholar .......................................................... Monmouth Mary J. Gibbons Dau 5 Scholar ........................................................... Monmouth John .Hy. Gibbons Son 3 ....................................................... Bristol, Bedminster Wm.RT. Gibbons Son 2 ........................................................... Bristol, Bedminster Edith Gibbons Dau 3 mths ..................................................... Bristol, Bedminster ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG11; Piece: 2456; Folio: 85; Page: 22; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341591.

The above census was taken on 3rd April 1881. Robert Gibbons was killed in an accident on 5th May 1881
at Bristol Tramways Host Street Works (off Bristol city centre) leaving his wife and children totally unprovided for.
Family History relates that her family the Lloyds helped her out financially and that her beautiful brown hair grew out
white from the shock and distress of her loss and situation. The story is that her hair went white over night but that
isn't actually possible.

1891 Census 2 Little Paradise, Bedminster, Bristol Margaret A Gibbons Head Widow 46 Nurse ............................... Pembrokeshire, Pembroke GEORGE L GIBBONS son Single 17 Coal Miners Help ................... Monmouth, Ebbw Vale Margaret J Gibbons Daughter Single 14 Staymaker ......................... Monmouth Ebbw Vale John H Gibbons Son Single 13 Scholar .................................................... Bristol, Bedminster William R Gibbons 12 Son Single Scholar ............................................... Bristol, Bedminster Edith S Gibbons 10 daughter Single Scholar ............................................ Bristol, Bedminster ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RG12; Piece: 1949; Folio 86; Page 26; GSU roll: 6097059

1901 Census 3 Redcliff Square, Redcliff, Bristol (Redcliffe) Harriet Gibbons Head Married 27 ................................... Bristol St Paul's William Gibbons son 8 Schoolboy ........................... Bristol Bedminster Caroline Gibbons daughter 6 Schoolgirl ................ Bristol Bedminster Lilian Gibbons daughter 4 Schoolgirl ......................... Bristol St Philips John Gibbons son 1 ............................................................Bristol Redcliff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RG13; Piece: 2376; Folio: 68; Page: 31

Great grandfather George lloyd Gibbons may have been away at sea. He was a ship's engineer.

1897 The Gibbons family were living at 15 Waterloo Terrace, Old Market, Bristol

1901 The Gibbons are living at Redcliff Square Redcliffe, Bristol. Very near St Mary Redcliffe

1911 of 3 Morley Terrace, Newtown, Old Market, Bristol.

1881 Census 7 Catherine St Bristol St Philip & Jacob Out, Gloucester, England Frederick HALLS Head M Male 42 Labourer at Iron Foundry ... Torrington, Devon Harriet HALLS Wife M Female 42 ............................................................................ Bristol John Avery HALLS Son U Male 14 Scholar ......................................................... Bristol Mary Ann HALLS Daur Female 9 Scholar ............................................................. Bristol HARRIET HALLS Daur Female 6 Scholar ............................................................. Bristol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family History Library Film 1341602 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 2497 / 98 Page Number 3

1891 Census 7 Catherine Street St Phillip and St Jacob Out, Gloucester, England Frederick Halls Head M 51 Corn Porter (Docks) ............................. Torrington Devon Harriet Halls Wife M 50 .....................................................,,................................Bristol, Glos Mary Ann Halls Dau S 19 Boot Machinist.............................................................. Bristol HARRIET HALLS Dau S 16 Boot Machinist ......................................................... Bristol John Avery Halls Head M 24 Smiths Drummer .................................................... Bristol Frances Halls Wife M 26 ............................................................................................. Bristol 'Frederick John Avery Halls Son 1 .......................................................................... Bristol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG12; Piece: 1982; Folio 129; Page 19; GSU

Children of GEORGE GIBBONS and HARRIET GIBBONS (nee HALLS) are:

"DeathFor the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods?"

In Memory of WILLIAM GIBBONS Gunner 29125119th Heavy Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery who died on Thursday 28 November 1918 . Age 26 . Additional Information: Son of George and Harriet Gibbons, of Bristol. Cemetery: MONTECCHIO PRECALCINO COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Italy Grave or Reference Panel Number:Plot 9. Row D. Grave 8.

lliam Shergold Gibbons as a Policeman

(1) William Shergold Gibbons, born Bedminster, Bristol about 1894. He died of Flu on the 28th November 1918 in Italy during the
first world war. My grandfather Sidney Taylor was the last of the family to see him alive in Italy. see the postcard from my grandfather to his future wife about the death of William. William Shergold Gibbons married Amy Taylor.
They had two? children who both died young. Family legend has it that her son by her second marriage to a Mr Williams
flew a plane under the suspension Bridge.

(2) Caroline Gibbons, born April 5th 1896 Bedminster, Bristol. She married Alfred Miles born 26th february 1899 Bristol.
Caroline and Alfred had one daughter.


(3) LILIAN GIBBONS, born March 7th 1897 at 15 Waterloo Terrace, Old Market, Bristol;
died 1960 in St Werburghs, Bristol; married SIDNEY GEORGE TAYLOR October 27, 1923
in St Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall. My grandmother.

(4) John Gibbbons born Redcliff, Bristol abt 1900. He was a sailor and lived at Portsmouth. I met him once when
he was elderly. We drove Elsie Hancock to Portsmouth to see her brother. He had been in the navy. As kids for some reason we thought he had been on the HMS Victory! He died November 29th 1977 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Has descendants in the Portsmouth area.

(5) Edith Gibbons, born 1901. She died 22nd February 1979.
Lived Southmead, Bristol in a prefab after their house was bombed in the Second World War. Edith married
Reginald Blake in 1924. They had one daughter Rita who married Ken Purnell. Rita died young. It was with Edith
and her husband that great grandmother Harriet Gibbons (nee Halls) lived in old age. I met them about twice.
Found their prefab rather interesting. He was a very heavy smoker. I remember that Auntie Elsie was rather
upset that Edith who lived nearby in Southmead and was fairly mobile didn't ever come to visit her.

(6) George Arthur Gibbons born and died 1907




(7) Elsie Gibbons (1911 - 1986)

Elsie married Reg Puddy ( Oct-Nov-Dec 1933, Bristol). I know that they lived in Claverham, and that my
dad used to stay with them when he was home on leave sometimes. It was a family joke that he was rather fond
of a young lady who used to use Prince of Orange pub in Yatton. Elsie and Reg must have split up before I was born in 1944,
as Elsie and Ken Hancock used to visit Mum and Dad when they lived in Winchester. Reg Puddy used to own the Ashton Stores
in Ashton Drive, and was always very kind to me when I went in there, often giving me a small present; although I never knew he was my uncle.
I can't recall meeting Ken Hancock at all. Up until he died, Elsie had a friend who took her out and about a lot. He was married, but they
were close until he died. Elsie lived in All Saints Road when I was very young, before moving to Hampton Park West around 1954.
We used to visit her most Sunday evenings. She moved from there to sheltered accommodation in Westbury.
Elsie worked in lots of different places. My first recollection of her job was when she worked in the cocktail bar of the Grosvenor Hotel
by Temple Meads. I can remember her working in Caroline's cake shop in Whiteladies Road, before she went to work at the
British Home Stores in Castle Street. She eventually became Head Cashier there, and when it closed for demolition, she was
transferred to the Cardiff branch. Elsie and my dad were very close, although my mum used to go to musicals at the Hippodrome with
Elsie as my dad couldn't stand them. Elsie was the one who co-ordinated and drove family get togethers, particularly with the
Portsmouth branch of the family. We had a lot of contact with them. Elsie was also close to her sister Edith, who was always a bit frail
having contacted TB at some point. We used to visit Edith and Reg fairly regularly, even before Rita got married. She married Ken Purnell,
who lived just down the road from them. Rita and Ken lived in Shaldon Road, just off of Muller Road.
It was a terrific shock when she died. She had been shopping in Broadmead with her mother, and she collapsed on the
bus returning home. She died shortly after this of a brain tumour. Rita was one of those larger than life characters,
almost noisy, but a big miss. I think there must have been some sort of falling out, as my father had no contact with Carrie or Lily in my time.
My mother said it was after his father died, and there was no family home for him to return to when he was on leave from the navy.
Apparently Gran used to move from house to house to stay with her married children. Cousin Olive used to speak fondly of her,
so I believe she spent some time in Portsmouth.

Elsie had a series of operations on her spine. In old age she was almost imobile. Walking only with the aid of two sticks and often in
great pain Elsie became very friendly with Nina and Harry friends of my parents after their death.

(8) George Gibbons born 12/10/1912 died abt 1986 married Edith Mason and has descendants

 

 

David John Lloyd a first cousin of my gt grandfather George Lloyd Gibbons. He married his first
cousin my gt, gt aunt Edith Sarah Gibbons. They lived at Ebbw Vale, Wales.
Do they have any descendants?