Cyril Gurney: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1868 - 1926 (57 years)

Generation: 1

Cyril Gurney was born on 20 Mar 1868 in London; died on 2 Mar 1926 in Westminster, London; was buried on 6 Mar 1926 in Henlow, Bedfordshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 31 1901, Sholden, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Head
Baptism: 15 Apr 1868, England
Residence: 2 Apr 1871, Wraxall, Somerset; Relation to Head of House: Grandson
Residence: 1881, Mortlake, Surrey
Residence: 5 Apr 1891, London; Relation to Head of House: Son
Departure: Mar 1897, South Africa
Arrival: 11 May 1897, England
Residence: 1901, Sholden, Kent; Age: 33; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence: 2 1911, Henlow Grange, Henlow, Bedfordshire

Notes:

Educated at Winchester College, 1882-3; matric. at Oxford (Christ Church) 1887, BA and 3 Cl. History 1891. Died at his flat in London 2nd and was buried 6 March 1926 at Henlow, Bedfordshire where was his residence (Henlow Grange) since 1908. Memorial Inscription in Henlow churchyard. Will dated 15 March 1924, proved 23 July 1926.

Partner in Thomson Hankey and Co. merchants in the City of London, 1896-1926, and head of the firm for some years up to his death.

Director of the Indemnity Assurance Corporation, 1900-26 (chairman 1925-26). He had two sons and a daughter; his eldest son Christopher William Gurney was a partner in Thomson Hankey & Co. until his death. Christopher married Joan Doris Grenfell (see Burke's Peerage}, who was active in Women's Institutes and W.R.V.S. during World War II.

They had two sons and a daughter; their eldest son Timothy was a Director of Thomson Hankey & Co. from 1947-76; their second son Jeremy was an Underwriting Agent in Price Forbes, Insurance Brokers; and their daughter Gillian married and emigrated with her husband to Ontario, Canadain 1948 (living 1980). Both sons are married and living.

Cyril Gurney's daughter Alice was active in Women's Institute and Village Produce Association and died unmarried in 1969; his second son, John, was a student Land Agent when he died (1924).

Cyril married Margaret Evelyn Trotter in 1894 in St. Peter's, Eaton Square, Westminster, London. Margaret (daughter of William Trotter and Mary Isabel Davies) was born in Apr 1869 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 4 Jan 1958 in 41 Sydney Building, Bath, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Alice Ciceley Gurney was born in Oct 1895 in Chelsea, London; died in Jun 1969 in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire; was buried in Hormead, Hertfordshire.
3. Christopher William Gurney was born in Apr 1898 in Chelsea, London; died on 31 Aug 1939 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
4. John Hampden Gurney was born in Jan 1901 in Chelsea, London; died on 28 Jul 1924 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.

Generation: 2

Christopher William Gurney

(1.Cyril¹) was born in Apr 1898 in Chelsea, London; died on 31 Aug 1939 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1901, Sholden, Kent; Age: 2; Relation to Head of House: Son
Departure: 11 Jan 1926, Avonmouth, England; Ship "Motagua" with wife & sister

Christopher married Joan Doris Grenfell on 20 Apr 1920 in St George Hanover Square, London. Joan was born in Jul 1895 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire; died on 31 Jan 1958 in Ware, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

5. Timothy John Gurney was born on 24 Oct 1921 in Paddington, London; died in Sep 2001 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; was buried in Hormead, Hertfordshire.
6. Jeremy Christopher Gurney was born on 15 Oct 1925; died on 10 Oct 1991 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
7. Gillian Mary Gurney was born on 5 Jun 1927 in Biggleswade, Cambridgeshire; died in 2005 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.