Lilian
Gibbons (1897 - 1960) of Bristol
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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. 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.
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My
grandmother Lilian Taylor (nee Gibbons) of Bristol from a cine film in the late
1950's.
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In the late
1950's my grandparents Sidney and Lilian Taylor (nee Gibbons) and my mother
in the
garden at Jubille Crescent, Mangotsfield
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1920s Lilian and Norman at the back of 16 Warminster Road, St Werburghs, Bristol
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Sidney (left) the girl next to him could be Elsie Gibbons later Hancock. Norman
and Lilian are far right.
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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.
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1901
Census illegible, Channing? Poughill, Devon |
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.
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1923
Cole and Pottow Ltd, Ladies and Gentlemens Tailors, Outfitters and Hosiers 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!
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.
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Lilian's brother John Gibbons
of Portsmouth.
Lilian's brother William Shergold Gibbons
Lilian's brother George Gibbons of Bristol
