Daphne Marian Gibbs

1912 - 2011  (98 years)

• Name	Daphne Marian Gibbs
  Birth	8 Nov 1912	Chelsea, London
  	27 Ormonde Gate
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	7 Dec 1912	Chelsea, London
  Death	4 Jan 2011	Roseau Hospital, St George, Dominica
  Notes	Born 8 November 1912. Baptised 7 December 1912 at the chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea (first baby). Went to Australia with her parents living first in Melbourne and then in Perth where she attended The Presbyterian Ladies College. She returned to England when she was 12 and finished her education at Heathfield School and also in Paris. In 1932 her mother and stepfather moved to Dominica in the West Indies and she went with them, living there for the rest of her life. She marired Percy Kirwan Agar a farmer and well known painter and ornithologist. She ran the census office in the War. After husband’s death in 1954 she continued to run the estate, started the local radio station, worked for many local charities including the Red Cross and was a founder member and Managing director of the Fort Young Hotel for many years. The Fort Young Hotel, Dominica, which was destroyed by Hurricane 'David' when it hit Dominica in August 1979, but since rebuilt. She also helped to run the Coulibri Estate dairy farm, and the farm at La Haut, the family estate, that was also totally wrecked in the hurricane; all the buildings on the dairy farm fell down, but only one cow was lost. Last address: Morne Rouge, Dominica, West Indies, which was one of the few houses not destroyed by the hurricane. Died 4 January 2011.
  Person ID	I1992	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Captain Maurice Antony Crutchley Gibbs,   b. 9 Jun 1888, 10 Lennox Gardens, Chelsea, London d. 8 Aug 1974, La Haut, Saint George, Dominica (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Elma Gordon Cumming,   b. 23 Mar 1892, Forres, Moray, Scotland d. 12 Nov 1973, Antrim Valley, St.Paul, Dominica (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1912	Altyre Church, Nr. Forres, Moray, Scotland
  Divorce	1923
  Family ID	F908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Percy Kirwan Agar,   b. 28 Sep 1897, Roseau, Saint George, Dominica d. 12 Jul 1954, La Haut, Saint George, Dominica (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1934	Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
  Children	+ 1. Antony Edward Agar + 2. Elizabeth Anne Agar
  Family ID	F910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Nov 1912 - Chelsea, London Baptism - 7 Dec 1912 - Chelsea, London Marriage - 5 Jan 1934 - Roseau, Saint George, Dominica  = Link to Google Earth