Lilian Gibbons (1897 - 1960) of Bristol

Home

.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. She 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.

.

..

My grandmother Lilian Taylor (nee Gibbons) of Bristol from a cine film in the late 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

,,..
...
....
...

1920s Lilian and Norman at the back of 16 Warminster Road, St Werburghs, Bristol


Sidney (left) the girl next to him could be Elsie Gibbons later Hancock. Norman and Lilian are far right.

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.

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.

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!

Lilian's brother William Shergold Gibbons and his wife Amy Gibbons (nee Taylor)

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

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

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

Lilian's brother John Gibbons of Portsmouth.

Lilian's brother William Shergold Gibbons

Lilian's brother George Gibbons of Bristol