Edith Marjorie Ward

1898 - 1968  (70 years)

• Name	Edith Marjorie Ward
  Birth	25 Sep 1898	Kensington, London
  	15 Stratford Road
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1901	London
  	Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Hastings, Sussex
  Death	18 Oct 1968	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
  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.
  Person ID	I801	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	John Spencer Ward,   b. 18 Aug 1866, Kensington, London d. 12 Aug 1940, Acland Nursing Home, Banbury Rd, Oxford (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Beatrix Leyla Marjory Wentworth Dunbar,   b. 27 Jul 1873, Knightsbridge, London d. 8 Jan 1919, Little Wittenham Rectory, Oxfordshire (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1897	Sidcup, Kent
  Family ID	F262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev Michael McCausland Gibbs,   b. 1 Sep 1900, Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire d. 27 Jul 1962, Chester, Cheshire (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	4 Aug 1926	Long Wittenham, Berkshire
  Children	1. Dr. Denis Dunbar Gibbs,   b. 19 Jul 1927, Putney, Surrey d. 8 Jan 2015, Appleford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Age 87 years)   2. John Michael Francis Gibbs,   b. 8 Mar 1929, Salisbury, Rhodesia d. 1 Oct 2020, 157A Dunstans Road, East Dulwich, London (Age 91 years)   3. Mary Elizabeth Gibbs,   b. 7 Jan 1932   d. 2008, Great Malvern, Worcestershire (Age 75 years)   4. Peter McCausland Gibbs,   b. 30 Sep 1934, Salisbury, Rhodesia d. 30 Sep 2023, Cyprus (Age 89 years)   5. Bridget Anne Susan Gibbs
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Sep 1898 - Kensington, London Residence - Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1901 - London Residence - 2 Apr 1911 - Hastings, Sussex Marriage - 4 Aug 1926 - Long Wittenham, Berkshire Death - 18 Oct 1968 - Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		1911 England Census-1913.jpg
  		1901 England Census - John Dunbar Ward.jpeg

  
  

  Histories

  Edith Marjorie Gibbs née Ward, including Michael McCausland Gibbs - written posthumously by her sister Kit.

  
  

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  Albums

  Ward Albums 1904 - 1937 (63) J.S. Ward Family, E.M. Ward, M.McC. Gibbs Selected photos from albums belonging to my Grandmother Marjorie Gibbs (nee Ward)