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  1. 1.  Christopher Thomas Bremner Purvis

    Christopher married Phillida A Seaward, MBE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Kerensa Toura Isabel Purvis
    2. Xenobe Eva Wendela Purvis
    3. Lucian Annesley Bremner Purvis
    4. Eila Blanche Honor Purvis

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis was born on 13 Aug 1904 in Kampala, British East Africa (son of John Bremner Purvis and Elizabeth Annie Willis); died on 26 Jan 1995 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Arrival: 16 Jun 1930, Southampton, Hampshire; Proposed address: Preston Hall, Stockton on Tees, Durham
    • Residence: 1939, St Marylebone, London; 152 Harley Street and at: Chathow, Radlett, Herts.
    • Residence: 1947, The Bluff, Chinnor Hill, Oxfordshire; Medical Register. He qualified in 1927 from the Univ. of Durham.

    Notes:

    Son of the Rev. John Bremner Purvis, Rural Dean of Bridlington, Northumberland. Educated at Grammar School, Stockton-on-Tees, BM., BS (Durham 1927), DO (Oxon) 1930, DOMS (London) 1930.

    1921 Head of School, Stockton-on-Tees Grammar School. At Durham University Anatomy & Histology Prizeman 1923 & 24; Demonstrator in Anatomy 1924; President, College of Medicine Medical Soc. 1926; Clinical Assistant Ryhope Asylum 1926; M.B., B.S., 1927. Ship's Surgeon, Blue Funnel Line 1927; General Practice, Middleton St. George, 1928; Clinical Assistant, Oxford Eye Hosp. 1930. Diploma in Ophthalmology, Oxford 1932; First Assistant Moorfields Eye Hosp. 1933; D.O.M.S. (London Univ.) 1933; Clinical Assistant Middlesex Hosp. 1934. E.M.S. Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital 1939; Registrar, Moorfields Eye Hosp. 1942; Lecturer Optics Anatomy & Physiology, Moorfields, 1942; Lecturer Optics University Oxford, 1946. Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, 1946; Hon. Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Caledonian Schools, 1946; Consultant Surgeon, Oxford Eye Hosp. & Clinical Lecturer Oxford University 1947; Consultant Surgeon Oxford Regional Hospital Board 1947.

    Hon. Secretary Ophthalmic Section, Royal Society Medicine 1944; Member of Council Ophthalmological Society of the U.K. 1945; Member of Council & Appointments Committee, National Ophthalmic Treatment Board 1949-72; (Chairman, 1966-72). Member Ophthalmic Group Committee B.M.A. 1949-72. Inventor Streak Retinoscope 1943; produced first cinema film of Retinoscopy 1944. Contributor to the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society U.K 1947-66.

    Two children by his first marriage: Ian Bremner Purvis born 28 September 1933, and Julia Mackay Purvis born 13 January 1937.

    Interests: Oil painting.

    Victor married Joanna Isabel Gibbs on 1 Oct 1945 in Chelsea, London. Joanna (daughter of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 14 Nov 1995 in Winchester, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Joanna Isabel GibbsJoanna Isabel Gibbs was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire (daughter of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland); died on 14 Nov 1995 in Winchester, Hampshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Arrival: 18 Sep 1933, Southampton, Hampshire; Proposed address: Aldenham Vicarage, Watford, Herts - Residence Southern Rhodesia: Occupation: Painter. Also Thomas Reginald Gibbs - brother - Occupation: Missionary - 4 years older - previous residence Northern Rhodesia.

    Notes:

    Younger twin of Bridget. Baptised at Clifton Hampden 22 September 1907. Educated at St. Helen's School, Abingdon, 1918-25.

    Art Student at Lucy Kemp Welsh Art School, Bushey, Herts. Heatherley's Art School, London; and Chelsea Polytechnic. Worked in the Admiralty O.D.5. Division 1941-45.

    Interests: Painting.

    Died 14 November 1995.

    Children:
    1. Lucia Elizabeth Purvis
    2. 1. Christopher Thomas Bremner Purvis


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Bremner Purvis was born on 23 Mar 1871 in Millbank Street Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland (son of James Lamb Purvis and Ann Alexander); died on 19 Jan 1951 in 418 Westgate Road (hospital), Newcastle upon Tyne.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sunderland, Durham; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    John married Elizabeth Annie Willis in Jul 1901 in Darlington, Durham. Elizabeth (daughter of George Willis and Jane Thompson) was born in 1874 in Darlington, Durham; died on 28 May 1947 in Durham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Annie Willis was born in 1874 in Darlington, Durham (daughter of George Willis and Jane Thompson); died on 28 May 1947 in Durham.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sunderland, Durham; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 2. Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis was born on 13 Aug 1904 in Kampala, British East Africa; died on 26 Jan 1995 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    2. Eric Arthur Purvis was born in 1906 in Uganda; died on 19 Oct 1922 in At sea.
    3. Eileen Elizabeth Purvis was born on 9 Jun 1910; died in Nov 1995 in Northumberland.

  3. 6.  Canon Reginald Gibbs was born on 29 Jun 1867 in The Parsonage, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire (son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs and Isabel Marianne Bright); died on 27 Oct 1940 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham Church, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Canon of St. Albans
    • Baptism: 4 Aug 1867, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 1881, Christchurch, Hampshire
    • Residence: 19 Oct 1886, Oxford, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 1901, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1939, Aldenham Vicarage, Hertfordshire; 1939 Census of England & Wales, Clerk of Holy Orders

    Notes:

    3rd son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs. Baptised at the Parsonage, Clifton Hampden, 4 August 1867. Educated at Lancing 1881-6; matric. oxford (Keble College) 19 October 1886; 3rd class Theology 1890 MA 1894. Student at Cuddesdon (Oxon), Theological College 1891-2.

    Ordained Deacon at Exeter, 1892, Priest 1893. Curate of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, 1892-4; Curate of Clyst St. George under his father 1894-7. Vicar of Clifton Hampden, Oxon., 1898-1923 (presented by Henry Lord Aldenham). His (overlarge) parsonage of 1832-46 (meanwhile called The Cottage) being re-exchanged with it. Vicar of Aldenham 1923-40 (presented by Alban, Lord Aldenham). Canon of St. Albans.

    Reginald married Lucia McCausland on 4 Jan 1899 in Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Lucia (daughter of Capt. Conolly Thomas McCausland and Laura St John) was born on 18 Oct 1869 in Drenagh, Newtown Limavady, Derry, Ireland; died on 10 Jan 1940 in Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Lucia McCausland was born on 18 Oct 1869 in Drenagh, Newtown Limavady, Derry, Ireland (daughter of Capt. Conolly Thomas McCausland and Laura St John); died on 10 Jan 1940 in Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: Drumachose,Derry Co.,Ireland
    • Residence: 1901, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Culham, Oxfordshire

    Notes:

    Lucia (Reginald's 2nd cousin), 2nd daughter of Connolly Thomas McCausland (d.1902) of Drenagh, Co. Derry (for whom see Burke's 'Landed Gentry of Ireland'), by Hon. Laura, 2nd daughter of St. Andrew Beauchamp St. John, 14th Baron St. John of Bleisho (died 1874). (Her grandmother Marianne McCausland (born Tyndall) and her husband's grandmother, Caroline Bright, were sisters. Baptised at Drumachose, Limavady, Co. Derry. Buried at Aldenham Parish Church.

    Buried:
    Parish Church

    Children:
    1. Rev Michael McCausland Gibbs was born on 1 Sep 1900 in Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Jul 1962 in Chester, Cheshire.
    2. Rev Thomas Reginald Gibbs was born on 3 Nov 1902 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 20 May 1987 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire; was buried in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    3. Lieut. Colonel Denis Lucius Alban Gibbs, DSO* was born on 15 Oct 1905 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Apr 1984 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
    4. Bridget Julia Gibbs was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 22 Jun 1935 in Valles, Rio de Pusterico, Italy; was buried in Valles, Rio de Pusterico, Italy.
    5. 3. Joanna Isabel Gibbs was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 14 Nov 1995 in Winchester, Hampshire.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Lamb Purvis was born in 1839; died in Oct 1914 in Darlington, Durham.

    James married Ann Alexander. Ann was born in 1839; died in Mar 1892 in Darlington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann Alexander was born in 1839; died in Mar 1892 in Darlington.
    Children:
    1. 4. John Bremner Purvis was born on 23 Mar 1871 in Millbank Street Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland; died on 19 Jan 1951 in 418 Westgate Road (hospital), Newcastle upon Tyne.

  3. 10.  George Willis was born on 6 Jul 1849; died on 2 Jan 1921 in Darlington, Durham.

    George married Jane Thompson. Jane was born in 1853; died in Jan 1884 in Darlington, Durham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Jane Thompson was born in 1853; died in Jan 1884 in Darlington, Durham.
    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth Annie Willis was born in 1874 in Darlington, Durham; died on 28 May 1947 in Durham.

  5. 12.  Rev. John Lomax Gibbs was born on 28 Mar 1832 in 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London (son of George Henry Gibbs and Caroline Crawley); died on 12 Jan 1914 in Speen, Berkshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 26 May 1832, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London
    • Residence: 1851, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 1871, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 1881, St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devon
    • Residence: 1891, Clyst St George, Devon
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Speen, Berkshire; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    8th son of George Henry Gibbs of London. Baptised 26 May 1832 at St.-Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn. Educated at Eton College 1834-35 and Charterhouse, London, 1846-7. Matric at Oxford (Exeter College), 24 Oct. 1849, BA, a 'grand compounder, MA, 1856. Buried 15 January 1914 at Speen. Will proved 17 February 1914.

    To add to the facts about education, he went to a school at Brighton about six or seven, and then to one at Clifton, Bristol. After Charterhouse he was, 1848-9, with a tutor, the rector of Poundstock, Cornwall. Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1854, but left them 1856 through ill-health, and in every year 1851 to 58 he travelled much abroad, particularly in Spain, and (1857-8) up the Nile and in Palestine. A student at Wells Theological College 1858. Ordained Deacon (Exeter) 1859, Priest 1860. Curate at St. Mary's, Torwood, Torquay, to Rev. J. Hogg 1859-1860, when his health drove him abroad again (Pyrenees) with his wife and first-born. Living at Bradeham, Bucks., 1863-4. Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden, Oxon., 1864 (presented by his brother Henry Hucks Gibbs), but resigned work in 1874 from the same cause as before. His parsonage there was what is now the Manor House. Resided at Oaklands, Cleveland, Somerset, 1874-8. Vicar of Exwick, Devon, 1878-85; Rector of Clyst St. George, Devon 1885-97 (presented to both by Antony Gibbs). Retired and resided at Speen House, Berks., 1898-1914. Editor of 'The Registers of Clyst St. George', published 1899 by The Parish Register Society. Member of the Athenauem Club, London, 1863-86. His diaries 1851-1912 (52 vols.), last in possession of John Arthur Gibbs in 1932 are now missing. The volume of his 'Reminiscences' (MS.) from c.1840 to 1910, now in the possession of Denis D. Gibbs.

    Portraits: Oil 1858 by E.U. Eddis in possession of Lord Aldenham (1932); oil (c. 1902) by A. Macdonald, last in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley); a posthumous one painted 1921 (from a photo of about 1910) by Ronald Gray in possession of Denis D. Gibbs; a chalk drawing by E.U. Eddis (c. 1859) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932; a pastel by E. Havell (1887) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932.

    Died:
    Speen House

    John married Isabel Marianne Bright on 3 Jan 1860 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset. Isabel (daughter of Robert Bright and Caroline Tyndall) was born on 1 Mar 1835 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 22 Mar 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Isabel Marianne Bright was born on 1 Mar 1835 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset (daughter of Robert Bright and Caroline Tyndall); died on 22 Mar 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1851, Abbots Leigh, Somerset; Age: 16; Relation: Daughter
    • Residence: 1871, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 1881, St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devon
    • Residence: 1891, Clyst St George, Devon
    • Residence: 1901, Speen, Berkshire; Relation to Head: Wife

    Notes:

    2nd daughter of Robert Bright (died 1869) of Abbots Leigh, Somerset (partner of George Gibbs), for whose lineage see Bright of Colwall in Burke's 'Landed Gentry', by Caroline (died 1843); 4th and youngest daughter of Thomas Tyndall of The Royal Fort, Bristol. Baptised at Abbots Leigh 3 January 1860. Was buried at Speen House 24 March 1920. Administration May 1920.

    Her Tyndall grandmother was Marianne (died 1805), daughter of Lambert Schimmelpennick of Bristol (of the family of the Dutch Counts of that name) and sister-in-law of Mary Anne Schimmelpennick, the authoress, whose life is in the Dictionary of National Biography. For the Tyndall family see articles by Greenfield in The Genealogist Magazine Vol II (1878). Her diaries 1851 to 1920 (53 volumes) were in possession of John Arthur Gibbs in 1932, now missing.

    Portraits: Pastel by E. Havell (1887) last in possession of Christopher J. Gibbs; a chalk drawing by E.U. Eddis (c. 1859) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932; a watercolour by Curnock, one of a set of three of herself, her sister Caroline (born 1827) and her sister Constance (born 1837), all in possession of George Medley 2014, but not mentioned in the 1932 edition of the Gibbs Pedigree. Sampler, dated Sept 26 1845 (then aged 10) in possession of Vera Medley.

    Died:
    Speen House

    Children:
    1. John Arthur Gibbs was born on 27 Oct 1860 in Torwood, Torquay, Devon; died on 9 Jul 1949 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.
    2. Caroline Blanche Gibbs was born on 27 Nov 1861 in Gelos, Basses Pyrenees, France; died on 23 Nov 1945 in Speen, Berkshire; was buried on 27 Nov 1945 in Speen, Berkshire.
    3. Isabel Alice Gibbs was born on 27 Dec 1862 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 17 Apr 1942 in Newbury, Berkshire; was buried in Speen, Berkshire.
    4. Robert Tyndall Gibbs was born on 20 May 1865 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 4 Oct 1942 in Worcester, Worcestershire; was buried in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
    5. 6. Canon Reginald Gibbs was born on 29 Jun 1867 in The Parsonage, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Oct 1940 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham Church, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.
    6. Francis Lomax Gibbs was born on 28 Jan 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 28 Dec 1943 in Wandsworth, London; was buried on 1 Jan 1944 in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey.
    7. Mary Beatrice Gibbs was born on 16 Feb 1871 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 20 May 1886 in Pimlico, London; was buried on 25 May 1886 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    8. Ethel Constance Gibbs was born on 27 Nov 1872 in Clevedon, Somerset; died on 11 Mar 1961 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

  7. 14.  Capt. Conolly Thomas McCausland was born on 13 May 1828 in Drenagh, Limavady, Londonderry, Ireland (son of Marcus McCausland, Esq and Marianne Tyndall); died on 25 Jun 1902 in Drenagh, Limavady, Londonderry, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 26 Aug 1828, Clifton, Gloucestershire
    • Residence: 1851, Sowerby, Yorkshire
    • Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Fruit Hill, Co Derry, Ireland
    • Death: 25 Jun 1902, Avon, Somerset

    Notes:

    Conolly married Laura St John on 25 Jul 1867 in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire. Laura (daughter of St Andrew Beauchamp St John, 15th Baron St John and Eleanor Louisa Hussey) was born in Jul 1842 in Melchbourne Park, Melchbourne, Bedfordshire; died on 21 Oct 1919 in Furnace House, Rathdrum, Wicklow, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Laura St John was born in Jul 1842 in Melchbourne Park, Melchbourne, Bedfordshire (daughter of St Andrew Beauchamp St John, 15th Baron St John and Eleanor Louisa Hussey); died on 21 Oct 1919 in Furnace House, Rathdrum, Wicklow, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1851, Melchbourne, Bedfordshire
    • Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    Children:
    1. Mary T. McCausland was born in 1862 in Wrockwardine, Shropshire; died on 4 Jun 1929 in Shropshire.
    2. Ada C McCausland was born in 1866; died in Mar 1936 in Bath, Somerset.
    3. Eleanor Marianne Katherine McCausland was born on 18 Jul 1868 in St Marylebone, London; died on 11 Jan 1942 in Northern Ireland.
    4. 7. Lucia McCausland was born on 18 Oct 1869 in Drenagh, Newtown Limavady, Derry, Ireland; died on 10 Jan 1940 in Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire; was buried in Aldenham, Hertfordshire.
    5. Geraldine McCausland was born on 30 Nov 1870 in Drenagh, Limavady, Londonderry, Ireland; died on 12 Jun 1955 in Poole, Dorset.
    6. Rt. Hon. Maurice Marcus McCausland was born on 9 Apr 1872 in St Marylebone St Thomas, Middlesex, England; died on 14 Jan 1938 in 9 Mandeville Place, London, England; was buried in Limavady, Londonderry, Ireland.
    7. Patrick McCausland, Lieutenant, Leinster Regt was born on 18 Jun 1874 in St Marylebone St Thomas, Middlesex, England; died on 20 Mar 1941 in Wallingford, Berkshire.
    8. Julia Sydney McCausland was born on 9 Jul 1876 in Drenagh, Limavady, Londonderry, Ireland; died on 22 Oct 1921 in 16 Elderslie Road, Eltham, Kent, England.
    9. Lettice Theodosia McCausland was born on 16 Dec 1877 in Drenagh, Limavady, Londonderry, Ireland; died on 22 Jan 1957 in Furnace House, Rathdrum, Wicklow, Ireland.
    10. Emily Octavia McCausland was born on 31 Dec 1879; died on 30 May 1966.
    11. Edward Thomas William McCausland was born on 11 Dec 1883; died on 4 Apr 1926 in Moneymore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.


 

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