Edith Marjorie Ward

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• Residence: 1901, London; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Hastings, Sussex

Notes:

1st daughter of John Spencer Ward of Long Wittenham, Berks., by Beatrix, daughter of Rev Sir Charles Gordon Cumming Dunbar, 8th Baronet of Northfield, Co. Elgin. Educated at 'The Bonhams', St. Leonards, Sussex; Aldburgh, and Oxford University (Home Student in Medicine). Memorial in Chester Cathedral.

Before her marriage she studied medicine at Oxford University as a home student, travelling into lectures on a motorcycle. During this time she was also nursing her mother. After 4 years as a medical student she caught scarlet fever and was unable to take her exam in 1923, and then married before her finals. During the whole of her married life she was a constant support and companion to her husband, assisting in parish work and later on, fully involved in all the commitments that fall to a Dean's wife both in Cape Town and Chester.

The year she died she visited Africa for the last time to see her two daughters and their husbands—Mary and Maurice in Malawi and Bridget and John in Lesotho.

Memorial: Grave stone in the floor, east end of south transept of Chester Cathedral.
Interests: Unfailing interest in people and a great encourager.

A home-maker of unbounded hospitality, the Rectory and Deanery were open to all. In later life she enjoyed sketching.

Birth:
15 Stratford Road

Edith married Rev Michael McCausland Gibbs on 4 Aug 1926 in Long Wittenham, Berkshire. Michael (son of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 1 Sep 1900 in Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Jul 1962 in Chester, Cheshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dr. Denis Dunbar Gibbs was born on 19 Jul 1927 in Putney, Surrey; died on 8 Jan 2015 in Appleford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
2. John Michael Francis Gibbs was born on 8 Mar 1929 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 1 Oct 2020 in 157A Dunstans Road, East Dulwich, London; was buried on 12 Oct 2020 in Friends Meeting House, Almeley Wootton, Hereford, HR3 6PX.
3. Mary Elizabeth Gibbs was born on 7 Jan 1932; died in 2008 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire.
4. Peter McCausland Gibbs was born on 30 Sep 1934 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 30 Sep 2023 in Cyprus; was buried on 6 Oct 2023 in St. Nicholas Church, Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus.
5. Bridget Anne Susan Gibbs

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• Residence: 1871, Kensington, London
• Residence: 1891, Foots Cray, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1901, Kensington, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 1939, Wilsons, Wallingford, Oxfordshire; 1939 Census England & Wales, John S Ward, Bank Clerk Retired

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of Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Berkshire, England (died at Acland Nursing Home, Banbury Rd., Oxford - widow: Ursula Katharine Ward - Pds 1769.11s.2d)

John married Beatrix Leyla Marjory Wentworth Dunbar on 2 Oct 1897 in Sidcup, Kent. Beatrix (daughter of Sir Charles Gordon Cumming Dunbar, 9th Bart. of Northfield and Edith Wentworth) was born on 27 Jul 1873 in Knightsbridge, London; died on 8 Jan 1919 in Little Wittenham Rectory, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 3 Sep 1873, All Saints, Dorset
• Residence: 1891, Duffus, Moray, Scotland
• Residence: 1901, Kensington, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire

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• Occupation: London; Clerk War Office
• Baptism: 13 Aug 1817, St Luke, London
• Residence: 1861, St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London
• Residence: 1871, London
• Residence: 1881, London
• Residence: 1891, Foots Cray, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Head

John married Charlotte Elizabeth Baker in 1855 in Warwick, Warwickshire. Charlotte (daughter of Captain George Baker, RN and Elizabeth Octavia Harding) was born in 1831 in Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire; died on 7 Apr 1907 in Lincoln Dene, Sidcup, Kent; was buried on 10 Apr 1907 in St John the Evangelist, Sidcup, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 8 Apr 1831, All Saints, Warwickshire
• Residence: 1841, Warwickshire
• Residence: 1851, Paddington, London; Staying with her uncle and aunt Samuel and Sophia Steward and her younger nieces
• Residence: 1861, St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London
• Residence: 1871, London
• Residence: 1881, London
• Residence: 1891, Foots Cray, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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• Residence: 1871, London
• Occupation: 1875-1877, Granada, West Indies; Anglican Archdeacon of Grenada
• Residence: 1891, Walthamstow, Essex

Notes:

Charles Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar, DD (b Elgin 14 February 1844 - d Ramsgate 8 January 1916) was an Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Jena; and ordained in 1867. His first post was as Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo. After that he refused the chance to be the first Bishop of Pretoria but accepted the Archdeaconry of Grenada, serving from 1875 to 1877. On his return he held incumbencies at Little Heath and Walthamstow.

On 17 October 1872 he married Edith Wentworth (1845–1891), youngest daughter of William Charles Wentworth. He had one daughter Beatrix Leyla Marjorie Wentworth who died on 8 January 1919, leaving issue.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar,_9th_Baronet

Charles married Edith Wentworth on 17 Oct 1872 in Knightsbridge, London. Edith (daughter of William Charles (Crowley) Wentworth and Sarah Morton Cox) was born on 1 Jan 1845 in Vaucluse House, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia; died on 31 Jan 1891 in Avenue De L'Alma, Paris, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Christening: 22 Apr 1845, St. James, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1871, Holdenhurst, Hampshire

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• Occupation: Before 1825, Chelmsford, Essex; Rector of Chelmsford, Essex
• Occupation: 1825-1845, St James, Westminster, London; Rector of St James, Westminster
• Residence: 1851, St Mary Magdalene, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Occupation: 1845-1860, Lincoln, Lincolnshire; Dean of Lincoln Cathedral

Notes:

The Very Rev John Giffard Ward MA was Dean of Lincoln from 1845 to 1860. A Fellow of New College, Oxford, he had previously held incumbencies in Chelmsford and Westminster.

John married Amelia Catherine Lloyd on 29 May 1816 in St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London . Amelia (daughter of Captain Richard Bennett Lloyd and Joanna Leigh) was born in 1784 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; died in 1867 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Jun 1795, London
• Residence: 1841, Inner Temple, Middlesex; Commander Royal Navy

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GEORGE BAKER, born 3 May, 1795, in London, is third son of the late Sir Robt. Baker, of Montague Place, Russell Square, formerly Chief Magistrate of Bow Street, and Treasurer of the County of Middlesex, by Harriet, fourth daughter of Anthony Aufrere, Esq., of Hoveton Hall, co. Norfolk, and niece, maternally, of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton Place, in the same county, founder of the Norrisian Professorship at Cambridge. Commander Baker, who has two brothers in the Hon. E.I.C.'s army, is cousin of Hon. Capt. Wodehouse, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the AMAZON 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, with whom, until Feb. 1812, he was actively employed, the last two years as Midship-man, in blockading the French ports in the Bay of Biscay, and in co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He was then transferred to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Ho-tham, and, on 22 of the following May, assisted at the destruction, after a gallant engagement of some hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 5 men killed and 28 wounded, of the two French 44-gun frigates Arienne and Andromaque, and 18-gun brig Mameluke, under a galling fire from the batteries at the entrance of L'Orient. From Jan. 1813, until the receipt of his first commission, which bears date 7 March, 1815, Mr. Baker further served, chiefly as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, on board the PEMBROKE 74, Cart. Jas. Brisbane, VILLE DE PARIS 110, flag-ship of Sir Harry Neale, SAL-VADOR DEL MUNDO first-rate, Capt. Jas. Nash, VENGEUR 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, SUPERB 74, bearing the flag of Hon. H. Hotham, PACTOLUS 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer SUPERB again, and CYRUS 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. He served during that period on the Home and North America stations, and was pre-sent in the SUPERB off the coast of France on the occasion of Buonaparte's surrender after the battle of Waterloo, to whom, in common with the other officers of the ship, when visited by the Emperor, he had the honour of being introduced. His next appointments were - 20 Nov. 1818, to the DAUNTLESS 20, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner - and, 11 May, 1820, as First Lieutenant, to the LEANDER 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, both on the East India station, whence he returned to Eng-land in July, 1822. He subsequently held a command in the Coast Guard from 6 July, 1836, to 5 July, 1839 ; and on 18 Dec. 1841, was appointed to the LILY 16, in which sloop he sailed for the Cape station, and had the good fortune, in March, 1843, while cruizing in the Mozambique Channel, to effect the destruction of a celebrated armed slaver, and the capture of two others. Since 2 Jan. 1844, the date of his being paid off, Capt. Baker has been on half-pay. His promotion to his present rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.

He married, 17 Jan. 1827, Elizabeth Octavia, fourth daughter of the late Wm. Harding, Esq., of Baraset House, co. Warwick, and has issue two sons and four daughters.

George married Elizabeth Octavia Harding on 17 Jan 1827 in Alveston, Warwickshire. Elizabeth (daughter of William Judd Harding and Harriet Sweetland) was born in 1798 in Alveston, Warwickshire; died on 11 May 1872 in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire; was buried on 16 May 1872 in All Saints, Warwickshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Apr 1798, Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire
• Residence: 1841, Warwickshire

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• Residence: 1871, Duffus, Moray, Scotland
• Residence: 1891, Duffus, Moray, Scotland
• Death: 7 Jan 1898

Archibald married Sophia Orred on 5 Nov 1840 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland. Sophia (daughter of George Orred and Elizabeth Woodville) was born on 20 Dec 1813 in Tranmere Hall, Cheshire,; died on 2 Jun 1909 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland; was buried in Duffus, Moray, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 23 Dec 1813, St. Anne, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Residence: 1871, Duffus, Moray, Scotland

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• Education: 1803; Sent to England in 1803 for education at Bletchly and at Dr Alexander Crombie's Greenwich school. Later at Peterhouse College at Cambridge University.
• Occupation: 1848-1862; Famous Australian Statesman. Member of the NSW Legislative Council, including President 1861-1862. Land owner, pastoralist, and co-explorer over the Blue Mountains in 1813. Admitted as a barrister at the Middle Temple in London in 1822.
• Residence: 1827-1872, Vaucluse House, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

William Charles Wentworth (13 August 1790 – 20 March 1872) was an Australian explorer, journalist, politician and author, and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Wales. He was the first native-born Australian to achieve a reputation overseas, and a leading advocate for self-government for the Australian colonies.

For details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wentworth

Birth:
On board ship "The Surprise"

William married Sarah Morton Cox on 26 Oct 1829 in St Philips Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sarah (daughter of Francis Henry Cox and Frances Morton Cranmer) was born on 21 Apr 1805 in Albion St, Surrey Hills ,Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died on 14 Jul 1880 in Eastbourne, Sussex; was buried in 1880 in Eastbourne, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Vaucluse House, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia
• Birth: 1 Jan 1805, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1871, Bournemouth, Holdenhurst, Hampshire, England

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Died:
Age: 75