Michael Alban Gibbs

Michael married Juliet Ann Pont [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William John Maurice Gibbs
2. Louisa Jane Mary Gibbs

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• Baptism: 7 Apr 1929, Salisbury, Rhodesia

Notes:

2nd son. Baptised at Salisbury 7 April 1929. Educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town, Keble College (Oxford) 1947-50, (BA Hons), and London University 1957 (PC. Ed.).

1950-59 Teaching at Diocesan College, Cape Town; Cape Town University, St. Paul's School, London, Cyrene African Secondary School, Rhodesia. 1960-63 First Principal of Ranche House College, Salisbury, Rhodesia. The Hall at Ranche House College is named after him. 1964-73. Teaching in England: King Edward's School, Birmingham, Woodbridge School, Suffolk; Ipswich High School, G.P.D.S.T. 1974-80 First Warden of International Community Centre, Nottingham. Trustee of Budiriro Trust (Scholarships for Rhodesian Africans).

Interests: Painting, printing, writing poetry, gardening.

John married Carol Margaret Williamson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 11 Sep 1900, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
• Residence: 1901, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire

Notes:

Baptised privately at Banbury Road, Oxford 1st September, and baptised privately there 21 September, and received into the Church 11 October 1900 at Clifton Hampden. Educated at Lancing College (scholar) 1914-19; matric. Oxford (Keble College) Michaelmas 1919, BA 1922, MA 1927. Student at Cuddesdon Theology College 1924. Memorial in Chester Cathedral.

In Lancing College 1st Cricket XI. Rowed in the Keble College VIII and rowed in the Oxford Trial VIII for selection for the University crew. Member of Oxford University Dramatic Society. Assistant master at Edgeborough, Guildford, 1922-4 (his prep. school before Lancing). Cuddesdon Theological College 1924-5. Ordained Deacon at Southwark 1925; Priest 1926. Curate of St. Mary, Putney, 1925-7. Assistant Priest of the Cathedral Chapel at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia 1928-34; Sub-Dean of the Cathedral 1934. Rector of Bulawayo 1936-41; 1937 Archdeacon of Matabeleland. Rector of St. Saviour's, Claremont, Cape Town, 1941-47; Canon of Cape Town Cathedral 1946. Dean and Rector of St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town 1947-54. Dean of Chester 1954-62.

Chairman of the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesian Mission; Vice-President of the South African Church Institute; Chairman of the Missionary Council of Chester Diocese; Member of Convocation of York; Member of Church Assembly; Governor of the King's School and of the Queen's School, Chester; President of the Chester Rotary Club. Fostered contacts and understanding between the Clergy and the Medical Profession.
While he was Dean of Cape Town, building works were started to complete the south side of the cathedral and nave. These were finished in 1963.
Much of his time was devoted to spiritual counsel and direction, individually, through retreats, and helping others in need.

Interests: Fishing, acting, singing, walking, and as a young man, shooting. He was a very good shot, trained by Charlie Woodley, his Cousin Alban's (keeper at Clifton Hampden. A very good tennis player.

Memorials: Window in the north wall of Cape Town Cathedral; Memorial in the chapel of Ranche House College, Salisbury, Rhodesia, where his son John Michael was the first principal. Nave stalls in Chester Cathedral, dedicated on 18 June 1966. Grave stone in the floor, east side of south transept of Chester Cathedral.

Michael married Edith Marjorie Ward on 4 Aug 1926 in Long Wittenham, Berkshire. Edith (daughter of John Spencer Ward and Beatrix Leyla Marjory Wentworth Dunbar) was born on 25 Sep 1898 in Kensington, London; died on 18 Oct 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 23 Aug 1952, 18 Park Mansions, Camp Ground Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
• Occupation: 1962, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Judge of Appeal

Notes:

Arthur was Head Boy at St John's College, Johannesburg. Arthur served in World War 1 in France for 2 years. He started his career as an Advocate in Cape Town and moved to the Johannesburg Bar in 1941. He was appointed a Supreme Court Judge, Transvaal Division in 1953, Judge President of Natal in 1961 and Judge of Appeal in 1962, a post that he held until his death in 1968. He was highly regarded in legal circles. He was always an excellent provider for all his children.
On 17.12.1926, at age 27, Arthur married Caroline Mitchel Molteno, in Claremont, Cape Town. They were divorced in 1935. He married again: In 1935, at age 35, Arthur married Erna JHF Templin (* 21.10.1902). Caroline was pressed by her powerful uncles to divorce Arthur after his infidelity (with Erna) during her extended trip to Europe alone in the early 1930s. She never remarried.

Arthur married Caroline Molteno on 17 Dec 1926 in St Saviours Church, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, and was divorced in 1935. Caroline (daughter of John Charles Molteno and Lucy Lindley Mitchell) was born on 6 Oct 1901 in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa; died on 19 Nov 1989 in Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Arrival: 6 Jun 1932, Plymouth, Devon
• Residence: 23 Aug 1952, 18 Park Mansions, Camp Ground Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
• Arrival: 18 Mar 1955, Southampton, Hampshire

Notes:

Carol Williamson (nee Molteno) wrote recollections of her life when she was already in her mid eighties. A copy of these is available on the Molteno family website at:

https://www.moltenofamily.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Carol-Williamson-Reminiscences-pdf.pdf

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Married:
Reception at Sandown, Rondebosch. Carol was given away be her Uncle Admiral Barclay Molteno

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

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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]

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

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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

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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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• Residence: 1881, Kensington, London; Age: 12; Relationship to Head: Son
• Residence: 31 Aug 1901, Alpine Villa, Constantia Road, Plumstead, Cape, South Africa

Notes:

He grew up in Melbourne, Australia and came to South Africa in 1897. He registered with the Eastern Transvaal Society of Accountants in 1905 and became President of the Society in 1909. He was the first auditor of Transvaal Cricket Union and the first auditor of United Building Society in 1906. In 1917 in partnership with Stewart and later Steyn he became Auditor of the Johannesburg Municipality.
He retired in 1925 to Cape Town where he became Manager of the Colonial Orphan Chamber.

Alfred married Wilhelmina Frances Faure on 21 Apr 1898 in St John's Church, Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Wilhelmina (daughter of Jan Gysbertus Reynier Cambier Faure and Johanna Catharina Paulina Deneys) was born on 30 Sep 1875 in Caledon, Free State, South Africa; died on 14 Jan 1919 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1919 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Wilhelmina Frances Faure
• Residence: 31 Aug 1901, Alpine Villa, Constantia Road, Plumstead, Cape, South Africa

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 4 Mar 1860, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 21 May 1899, Kenilworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 17 Jun 1908, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa

Notes:

Eldest son of John Charles Molteno. At a very young age, Charlie became his father, Sir John Charles Molteno’s, secretary. In this role, he not only assisted him in his political duties as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, but also increasingly looked after his diverse business interests. Following his father’s death in 1886, Charlie managed the main family farm at Nelspoort for many years in association with his cousin, H. A. Jackson. He decided to enter politics on his own account in 1894 and was elected to the Tembuland constituency in the Transkei. He continued as an M.P., with one short break, up to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910.

He married in 1897 an American, Lucy Mitchell, whose family had close South African connections, and he and Lucy settled into their new home of Sandown in Rondebosch, about four miles from the centre of Cape Town, in 1899. They lived there for the rest of their lives together. Charlie died of pneumonia following a routine operation in 1924. His political contributions included opposition to the Boer War, and a growing recognition of the overriding importance of African South Africans playing a full role in Cape politics. On his death, Ons Land described him as ‘a man of firm principles and of earnest convictions. He was a man of character and a strong personality.’


For more about John Charles Molteno see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Molteno

John married Lucy Lindley Mitchell on 23 Dec 1897 in Lakewood, New Jersey, USA. Lucy (daughter of Clarence Green Mitchell and Sarah Adams Lindley) was born on 4 Jun 1874 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 16 Oct 1969 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: South Africa
• Residence: 1880, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA
• Departure: 25 Aug 1928, Liverpool, Lancashire; Age: 54
• Arrival: 3 Sep 1928, New York, USA

Notes:

Lucy Lindley Mitchell Molteno note her memoirs, with the help of her grand daughter, at the age 83. These go back to the American Civil War and on to South Africa.

A copy of these is available on the Molteno Family website at https://www.moltenofamily.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Lucy-Molteno-What-a-Strange-Thing-is-Memory-pdf.pdf