Janet Blanche Gibbs

1887 - 1974  (87 years)

• Name	Janet Blanche Gibbs
  Born	15 Apr 1887	Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset
  	Charlton
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	15 May 1887	Wraxall, Somerset
  Residence	1891	Wraxall, Somerset
  Arrival	27 Apr 1911	New York, USA
  Departure	28 Mar 1929	London
  Arrival	26 Apr 1929	London
  Departure	Santa Marta, San German, Puerto Rico, USA
  Departure	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  	Bombay
  Destination	Morocco
  Died	4 Jun 1974	Chippenham, Wiltshire
  Person ID	I1749	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield,   b. 10 Dec 1841, London ,   d. 24 Apr 1907, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Janet Louisa Merivale,   b. 15 Dec 1850, Kilburn, Middlesex ,   d. 10 Dec 1909, London  (Age 58 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1872	St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington
  Family ID	F796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	23 Feb 1915	Paddington, London
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F1033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	23 Feb 1915	Paddington, London
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Lieut. Colonel William Otter Gibbs,   b. 13 Sep 1883, Clifton, Gloucestershire ,   d. 22 Mar 1960  (Age 76 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1915	St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington
  Children	+ 1. Major Martin Antony Gibbs, DL, JP,   b. 12 Mar 1916, 6 Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, London ,   d. 26 Jun 1994  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Her husband's first cousin, 3rd daughter of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised 15 May 1887 at Wraxall, Somerset. Assistant Commandant of Red Cross Hospital Chippenham, 1917-18. On the Rural District Council of Long Ashton, Somerset, from 1925; on the Board of Guardians of same, 1925-30; Vice-Chairman of Guardians Area Committee from 1930. Member of Somerset County Nursing Assn. since 1929; on the Exec. Committee of Somerset Federation of Women's Institutes from 1924 (Vice-Chairman, 1929-30); a Trustee of St. Michael's Home aforesaid from 1929; member of Council of St. Monica Home of Rest afsd. President of the Clevedon Branch of Somerset Welfare of Women and Girls. Travelled round the world, 1910; S. America, 1911; India and Canada, 1912. 1938 First County Commandant A.T.S. for Somerset. During the Second World War, Barrow Court became a convalescent hospital for soldiers (1940) under the Red Cross and she was the Commandant. In 1947 Barrow Court was let to the combined Dioceses of Bath and Wells, Gloucester and Bristol, as an adjunct of Fishponds St. Matthias' Diocesan Training College for church school teachers, and she and her husband bought Attadale in Wester Ross, where they lived until 1952, and thereafter at South Cerney, Glos. After her husband's death in 1960, she moved to Sheldon Manor and lived in the converted outbuildings. Portraits: min. by Cosway Co. (1911); oil (1930) by T. Binney Gibbs, both last in possession of her son Major Antony Gibbs

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Apr 1887 - Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Baptism - 15 May 1887 - Wraxall, Somerset Residence - 1891 - Wraxall, Somerset Arrival - 27 Apr 1911 - New York, USA Married - 23 Feb 1915 - Paddington, London Married - 23 Feb 1915 - Paddington, London Married - 23 Feb 1915 - St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington Departure - 28 Mar 1929 - London Arrival - 26 Apr 1929 - London Departure - - Santa Marta, San German, Puerto Rico, USA Departure - Bombay - - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Destination - - Morocco Died - 4 Jun 1974 - Chippenham, Wiltshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  1891 England Census - Captain Eustace Lyle Gibbs-1.jpeg