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.LILIAN GIBBONS, my paternal grandmother born March 7th 1897 at 15 Waterloo Terrace, Old Market,
Bristol. In 1901 she was living at 3 Redcliff Square, Redcliff, Bristol;..died 1960 in St Werburghs, Bristol.
She was the daughter of GEORGE LLOYD GIBBONS .and HARRIETT GIBBONS (nee HALLS) of
2 Kenilworth Place, Newtown, Bristol. Lilian's grandparents were ROBERT GIBBONS and MARGARET ANN GIBBONS
(nee LLOYD) and FREDERIC HALLS and HARRIETT HALLS (nee SHERGOLD). Lilian was .married on 27th October
1923 at St Stephen's by Saltash,Cornwall to SIDNEY GEORGE TAYLOR .(1895-1963) son of ROBERT GEORGE TAYLOR
and MATILDA TAYLOR (nee LUKE) of 34 Gatton Road, St Werburghs, Bristol. Parents of NORMAN SIDNEY TAYLOR
who was my father.

Grandmother's Autograph Book

 

Lilian with her future sisters in law Elsie and Winnie Taylor

Lilian's aunt Margaret Fox (nee Gibbons) and uncle Alfred Fox they lived in Broadmead, Bristol. They were parents of Ernest Fox who was killed at the battle of Cambrai in December 1917 aged about 20

 

From Lilian's autograph book

1923 In the garden at 34 Gatton Road St Werburghs. Lilian with her two sisters in law
Elsie Taylor (standing) and Gertie Taylor sitting left. Taken around the time of Lilian's marriage to Sidney Taylor

Grandmother Lilian Taylor (nee Gibbons) of Bristol from a cine film in the late 1950's.

Lilian's first cousin Ernest Fox who was killed in the The Battle of Cambrai in December 1917 aged abt 20

Lilian's first cousin Reginald Victor Fox and his wife

Lilian's brother William Shergold Gibbons died on active service in Italy in 1918 and his wife Amy Gibbons (nee Taylor)

Joan, Sidney and Lilian Taylor 1950's?

In the late 1950's my grandparents Sidney and Lilian Taylor (nee Gibbons) and my mother in the
garden at Jubille Crescent, Mangotsfield

 

1901 Census 3 Redcliff Square, Redcliff, Bristol Harriet Gibbons Head Married 27 ------------------ Bristol, St Pauls 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 Redclif ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG13; Piece: 2376; Folio: 68; Page: 31

It seems that Lilian's great grandfather John Gibbons is still living in 1901 at Poughhill, Devon
Her maternal grandfather Frederic Halls (born 1840) died just before Lilian married Sidney Taylor in 1923.

1901 Census illegible, Channing? Poughill, Devon John Gibbons H Widower 77 Agricultural Labourer Culmstock, Devon --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG13; Piece: 2131; Folio: 15; Page: 5

In 1901 Lilian's father George lloyd Gibbons must be at sea. He was a ships engineer. Her paternal grandmother Margaret Ann Yeats (nee lloyd) is living in Cardiff Bay, Wales. Her maternal grandfather Frederic Halls and step-grandmother Sarah Halls are living in Brixton Road, Easton with their young family.

1923 Cole and Pottow Ltd, Ladies and Gentlemens Tailors, Outfitters and Hosiers 13 and 15 West Street, Old Market, Bristol. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Miss L Gibbons has been working for me for the past four years as a Coat Machinest, during that time I found her always a good worker willing, punctual and reliable . Her reason for leaving was to be married. Whilst wishing her every success, I must admit I'm sorry to be losing her. C Chappernave ( Foreman) PP Cole and Pottow

Sidney and Lilian were married by the Rev. Charles Courthorpe Bosanquet, at St Stephen's by Saltash, Cornwall. Sidney was aged 28, a Clerk, and a bachelor of 16 Russell Terrace, St Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall.Sidney's father Robert George Taylor's occupation was given as a (Printing) Compositor. Lilian was aged 26 a Tailoress of 2 Kenilworth Place, Newtown, Bristol. Her father (George lloyd Gibbons) who had died after a shipping disaster in the Bristol Channel the same year was a Third Engineer, Mercantile Marines (deceased) The wedding was witnessed by Matilda Taylor (Sidney's mother) and A R R Symons.
No idea who A R.R.Symons was!

 

 

My grandmother Lilian's paternal grandparents. ROBERT GIBBONS and MARGARET ANN GIBBONS (nee Lloyd) of Bedminster, Bristol

Lilian with her sisters in law Winnie Taylor (Younghusband) and Elsie Taylor

 

Lilian's aunt Edith Gibbons who married her first cousin David John Lloyd.

Great Uncle John Gibbons. Brother of grandmother Lilian Gibbons (nee Taylor)

Lilian's brother William Shergold Gibbons

Lilian's brother George Gibbons of Bristol

They were married by the Rev. Charles Courthorpe Bosanquet, at St Stephen's by Saltash, Cornwall. Sidney was aged 28, a Clerk, and a bachelor, of 16, Russell Terrace, St Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall. His fathers occupation was given as a Compositor. Lilian was 26, a Tailoress of 2 Kenilworth Place, Newtown, Bristol. Her father was a Third Engineer, Mercantile Marines (deceased). The wedding was witnessed by Matilda Taylor and A R R Symons. No idea who A R.R.Symons was !

They were parents to my father NORMAN SIDNEY TAYLOR (1926-1980)