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Below is a view of the High Street with Magdalen College in the distance taken from the church tower of St. Mary the Virgin.
From the Dictionary of Surnames:- Gibbon 1) English diminutive of Gibb 2) From the Germanic personal name Gebwine, composed of the elements geba [gift] and wine [friend].
Below
is a photograph of the wedding of my great grandparents
which
took place at St. John the Baptist Church, Summertown on
4
September 1905
Click
on photo to enlarge
Seated
l-r :- Ada GIBBONS; Percy GIBBONS; Alice MAYO;
unknown
2nd
row l-r :- unknown; Harry’s wife Millie; Harry GIBBONS; Annie
GIBBONS [nee WOODBRIDGE]; Henry GIBBONS (my 2 x great grandparents);
unknown; Alf GIBBONS; the rest unknown but probably include the witnesses
Caroline SHEPPARD and Mary Jane MAYO
Percy
GIBBONS was born 3
November 1885 in George St., St. Giles parish
He
worked as a Stud Groom
Alice
MAYO was a lady’s
maid for Lady KENNEDY
Find
her family under Birmingham
Their
children were
Percival
Frank GIBBONS born circa 1907
Alice
Annie Kathleen May [Kath] GIBBONS born 15 July 1909
Dorothy
Margaret GIBBONS born
4 February 1912 at Pudlicote, near Shorthampton, OXF
In
Oxford, the family lived above the Randolph Stables, Saville Road, where Percy
worked
They
moved to Swinburne Road; 2 Franklin’s Place, Castle St; 5 Addison Crescent;
and finally 20 Donnington Lane
Henry
GIBBONS married Annie
WOODBRIDGE at
Witney
parish church on 9 December 1876
Henry
was born on 1 April 1852 at Speedwell St., St. Ebbes parish
In
1871, age 19 he was a Porter, in 1876 a Constable, in 1881 and thereafter a
Coachman Domestic Servant
He
died in 1912
Annie
was born 21 July 1852 at Little Milton, OXF
Find
her family in that parish
Their
children were
Ada
GIBBONS born circa 1878 at Islip, OXF
Harry
G GIBBONS born circa 1880 Summertown
Percy
GIBBONS born 3
November 1885 Summertown
Alf
GIBBONS born after 1891
In
1881 they were living at Beaumont Lodge, George St.
In 1891 the address is just George St. Summertown
Henry’s
father was Henry GIBBONS whose first wife was
Elizabeth BOYCE
Banns
called April 1825
Henry
was baptised 19 July 1805 at St. Mary Magdalen
He
was a Tailor and is listed in Gardner’s Directory 1852 at 6 Thames St.
Henry
& Elizabeth initially lived in Bridport St.
He
died before 1871
Their
surviving children were
Eliza
GIBBONS baptised 18 March 1827 at St. Ebbes
Elizabeth
Newland GIBBINS born 5 November 1834 [bap St. Aldates]
Harriet
GIBBONS baptised 17 November 1839 at St. Ebbes
George
Alfred GIBBONS born 8 July baptised 18 August 1845
Elizabeth
[BOYCE] was buried 19 October 1846 at St. Ebbes
Henry
married Susannah AUCKLAND on 2 September 1847
at St. Giles
The same day his eldest daughter Eliza married George Edward Hern WALKER at St. Ebbes
Susannah
was baptised 19 July 1818 at St. Michael’s
Find
her family under Oxford City-AUCKLAND
Their
surviving children were
Hannah
GIBBONS born circa 1850
Henry
GIBBONS born 1 April
1852
Emily
GIBBONS born 4 January 1858 at Bicester, OXF
Photo of Emily below, taken October 1887,
courtesy Marilyn Gillespie
Baptist
Hicks GIBBONS was
baptised 17 April 1778 at Blockley, WOR
He
was a Farrier and Blacksmith
He
died 19 March 1857 at Oxford Workhouse
He
married Elizabeth HEDGES on 17 June 1804 at
St. Mary Magdalen
Their
only known surviving child was
Henry
GIBBONS baptised 19
July 1805
Elizabeth
died-a date of 1823 was sent to me in a family tree-any further information on
this person would be welcome
Baptist
married Mary PIERCE on 14 February 1830 at Headington,OXF
Their
children were
Sarah
GIBBONS baptised 1 May 1831
William
GIBBONS baptised 17 June 1832
Baptist
Hicks GIBBONS baptised 15 June 1834
Thomas
GIBBONS baptised 15 January 1836
Mary
GIBBONS born circa 1843
[all
baptisms at St. Mary Magdalen]
In
the 1830s the family lived in Pudding Bag Lane and Broad St.
In
1851 they were in the parish of St. Aldates
In
1881 the widowed Mary was living with her unmarried daughter Mary in Speedwell
St, St. Ebbes
Charles
AUCKLAND married Hannah
BOUCHER at St. Peter le Bailey
on
17 August 1817
Charles
was born 13 May baptised 10 July 1796 at Islington, Middlesex
He was the son of John AUCKLAND and Susannah WATTS who married on 27 July 1794
at St Mary's, Islington
He
was a Carpenter
He was buried 7 February 1866 aged 70 at St. Giles, Oxford, from the Workhouse
Hannah
was baptised 4 June 1790 at Faringdon, Berkshire
She died 3 July 1868 aged 78 at the Union Workhouse, Headington, Oxford
In
1851 they are living in Summertown, St. Clement
In 1861 they are in Plantation road, St. Giles-the birthplace given for both of them here is Oxford-laziness on their part or the enumerator's?
Their children were
Susannah AUCKLAND baptised 19 July 1818 at St. Michael’s
George AUCKLAND born circa 1830
My
grandfather Frank BRYDEN married Dorothy
Margaret GIBBONS at the parish church Iffley, OXF on 25 July 1936, photo
below
Frank
was born 14 June 1909 at 182 Howard St.
The
photo below was taken in 1912
He
was educated at SS Mary & John School and worked as a Coach Trimmer for
Pressed Steel
During
the latter part of WW2 he was in the RAF and served in India and received a
Bronze Commemorative Medal from Air Vice Marshal His Highness the Maharajah of
Jodhpur
He
met Dorothy when she worked as a Nanny to his elder sister.
They lived all their married life at 67 Bullingdon Rd, Iffley
He
died 14 May 1985
They
had 3 children all still living.
My
mother
Valerie
BRYDEN was born 25 May
1942
David
BRYDEN married his
first wife Annie BUCKINGHAM at the Baptist Chapel, Woodstock, OXF on 6 November
1884
The photo of David as a young man is undated-as an older man he is with his eldest grandchild Kathleen, circa 1922
David
was born 8 October 1857 at Amisfieldtown, Scotland.
Follow
the DUMFRIESSHIRE- Tinwald link for his
family
He
was a Draper
In
1881, he was lodging at Horse Fair, Woodstock
Later,
the family lived at 32 St. John’s St. Oxford [see photo below]; The Firs,
Wheatley; and finally at 182 Howard St. Oxford
He
died September 1929
Annie was born 23 December 1860
In 1881 she is living at the Rose & Crown pub, Old Woodstock, OXF, with her widowed mother and siblings
She died 17 October 1895 aged 34
Their children were
Ernest
George BRYDEN born 31 July 1885
Lily
BRYDEN born 4 December 1886
Charles
Sydney BRYDEN born 25 December 1888 killed in France 19 July 1916
Harold
BRYDEN born 28 February 1891
Grace
Annie BRYDEN born 12 December 1892 died 8 November 1918
Alice
Ruth BRYDEN born 17 July 1894
Marian
BRYDEN born 1 October 1895
Grace Bryden
David married Annie DE BANK at
Oxford Register Office on 28 August 1896
Annie was born 23 February 1871 at Westbrook, Faringdon, BRK-DE BANK
Follow the link to find her family
Their
children were
Winifred
May BRYDEN born 22 November 1897 died aged 4 months
Dorothy
Gladys BRYDEN born 24 February 1899
Reginald
John BRYDEN born 20 April 1901 died aged 20 months
Edward
Giles BRYDEN born 8 September 1902
Ivy
BRYDEN born 12 July 1905
Frank
BRYDEN born 14 June
1909
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