John Spencer Ward: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1866 - 1940 (73 years)

Generation: 1

John Spencer Ward was born on 18 Aug 1866 in Kensington, London; died on 12 Aug 1940 in Acland Nursing Home, Banbury Rd, Oxford.

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

Notes:

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]

Children:

2. Edith Marjorie Ward was born on 25 Sep 1898 in Kensington, London; died on 18 Oct 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
3. John Dunbar Ward was born in Jan 1901 in Kensington, London; died on 21 Aug 1965 in Seaforth, Warringah, New South Wales, Australia.
4. Katherine Beatrix Ward was born on 25 Apr 1903; died on 24 Sep 1987 in Whitchurch On Thames, Oxfordshire.
5. Jean Frances Margaret Ward was born on 9 Jun 1906 in Bexley, Kent; died on 12 Jun 1999.
6. Mary Elizabeth Ward was born on 4 Dec 1908 in Bexley, Kent; died on 27 Dec 1995 in Wallingford, Berkshire.

John married Ursula Katherine Hopkyns in Dec 1923 in Wallingford, Berkshire. Ursula (daughter of Thomas Daniel Hopkyns and Katherine Mary Stenning) was born on 13 Oct 1880 in Chichester, Sussex; died on 4 Aug 1960 in Lammas Eyot, Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

7. Thomas Gray Spencer Ward was born in 1928 in Headington, Oxfordshire; died on 7 Nov 2019 in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia; was buried on 14 Nov 2019 in St John’s Anglican Church, Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia.
8. Ursula Mary Ward died on 28 Jun 2016 in Lammas Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 4QQ.

Generation: 2

Edith Marjorie Ward

(1.John¹) was born on 25 Sep 1898 in Kensington, London; died on 18 Oct 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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.

Birth:
15 Stratford Road

Edith married Rev Michael McCausland Gibbs on 4 Aug 1926 in Long Wittenham, Berkshire. Michael (son of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 1 Sep 1900 in Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 27 Jul 1962 in Chester, Cheshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

9. Dr. Denis Dunbar Gibbs was born on 19 Jul 1927 in Putney, Surrey; died on 8 Jan 2015 in Appleford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
10. John Michael Francis Gibbs was born on 8 Mar 1929 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 1 Oct 2020 in 157A Dunstans Road, East Dulwich, London; was buried on 12 Oct 2020 in Friends Meeting House, Almeley Wootton, Hereford, HR3 6PX.
11. Mary Elizabeth Gibbs was born on 7 Jan 1932; died in 2008 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire.
12. Peter McCausland Gibbs was born on 30 Sep 1934 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 30 Sep 2023 in Cyprus; was buried on 6 Oct 2023 in St. Nicholas Church, Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus.
13. Bridget Anne Susan Gibbs

John Dunbar Ward

(1.John¹) was born in Jan 1901 in Kensington, London; died on 21 Aug 1965 in Seaforth, Warringah, New South Wales, Australia.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1901, London; Age: 2; Age: 1901; Relation to Head of House: Son
Baptism: 7 Feb 1901, Kensington St Philip, Kensington and Chelsea, London

John married Leila Alvina Jenner on 24 Aug 1932 in Moruya, Eden Monaro, New South Wales, Australia. Leila (daughter of Leslie Thomas Jenner and Alvina Jessie Burns) was born in 1911 in Moruya, Eden Monaro, New South Wales, Australia; died on 9 Jul 1990 in Balgowlah, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

14. Neville Wentworth Ward
15. Jennifer Leila Ward was born on 2 Nov 1939; died in Oct 1995.

Jean Frances Margaret Ward

(1.John¹) was born on 9 Jun 1906 in Bexley, Kent; died on 12 Jun 1999.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 24 Jun 1906, Bexley, Kent
Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire

Jean married John Whitehead on 22 Apr 1935. John was born on 26 Nov 1908; died on 30 Jun 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

16. Anthony Whitehead
17. Penelope Anne Whitehead

Thomas Gray Spencer Ward

(1.John¹) was born in 1928 in Headington, Oxfordshire; died on 7 Nov 2019 in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia; was buried on 14 Nov 2019 in St John’s Anglican Church, Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1977, Seaforth, Warringah, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Tommy was brought up in Long Wittenham, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire) before going off to boarding school and training as a Master Mariner. After sailing the oceans for 25 years or so he farmed his smallholding in New South Wales, Australia. Tommy died on 7th November 2019 at the age of 91. In his last years Tommy suffered from alzheimer’s dementia and lived in residential care close to his former home in Nambucca Heads where his widow Gwen now resides. The end came quite quickly after a fall and he was taken to hospital at Coffs Harbour where Gwen was with him when he died. A funeral service was held on 14th November at St John’s Anglican Church, Nambucca Heads where Gwen was well supported by Australian family members and their friends and their local congregation. Tommy will be remembered as an active, gentle and generous man of faith with a lasting love for his family, church and the communities of his birth and residence.

Family/Spouse: Shirley Gray Tipling. Shirley was born in 1921; died in 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Gwendolen Gladys after 2006. Gwendolen was born in 1926; died on 29 Oct 2021 in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

Dr. Denis Dunbar Gibbs

(2.Edith², 1.John¹) was born on 19 Jul 1927 in Putney, Surrey; died on 8 Jan 2015 in Appleford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Doctor of Medicine

Notes:

1st son. Baptised 28 August 1927 at Aldenham, Herts. Educated at the Diocesan College, Cape Town, 1942-44; Cape Town University Medical School, 1945-47; Keble College (Oxford) 1948-50; St. Mary's Hospital Medical School 1950-52, BA (Oxon 1949), BM, BCh (1952); DM (1962); MRCP (London 1955), FRCP (1973).

1935-40 Ruzawi School, Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia, founded by Maurice Carver (later to be brother-in-law). Scholarship in Anatomy and Physiology, University of Cape Town, 1947; Fulbright Travel Award to USA 1962; Trainee Research Grant of the US Public Health Service, 1962-63; Wellcome Grant for Research in Medical History, 1970. House Physician posts between 1953 and 1958 at St. Mary's Hospital, London;
Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex.; Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford; Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases; Hammersmith Hospital. Registrar and Senior Registrar, The London Hospital, 1958-62; Fellow in Medicine (Gastroenterology) Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, and Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass. 1962-63. Senior Medical Registrar, King George Hospital, Ilford 1963-64; Consultant Physician Good Hope District General Hospital, Sutton Coldfield and to the North Birmingham Group of Hospitals 1965-74. Consultant Physician in General Medicine and Gastroenterology to The London Hospital from March 1974. National Service in the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force, 1955-57 (Squadron Leader).

Author of Exfolialive Cytology of the Stomach, Butterworth, London, 1968, and articles in medical journals. Examiner in Medicine, University of London (1978-79), University of Liverpool (1978), University of Basrah, Iraq (1979), Conjoint Board (1975-79). Adviser on examination reform, Indian Civil Service sponsored by British Council (1980).
Chief Medical Officer to the Provident Life Association of London.

Fellow Royal Society of Medicine; Member Harveian Society of London; British Society of the History of Medicine; British Soc. of Gastroenterology; British Society of Digestive Endoscopy (Hon. Treas. 1973-78).

Interests: Old books, medical history, walking.
Club: Athenaeum.

Portrait: Watercolour by Harry More-Gordon (1979) in own possession

Died suddenly, but painlessly, on 8th January 2015 with Rachel, Nicholas and Sarah at his bedside.

Birth:
40 Norroy Road

Denis married Rachel Elizabeth Youard [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

18. Nicholas Mark Gibbs
19. Sarah Mary Gibbs

10.

John Michael Francis Gibbs

(2.Edith², 1.John¹) was born on 8 Mar 1929 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 1 Oct 2020 in 157A Dunstans Road, East Dulwich, London; was buried on 12 Oct 2020 in Friends Meeting House, Almeley Wootton, Hereford, HR3 6PX.

Other Events and Attributes:

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]

Children:

11.

Mary Elizabeth Gibbs

(2.Edith², 1.John¹) was born on 7 Jan 1932; died in 2008 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire.

Notes:

1st daughter. Educated at Cape Town University (B.Soc. Sc. 1955).

1950-56 Orthopaedic nursing at Oxford. Member Institute of Medical Social Workers (1956). 1957-65 held appointment as Medical Social Worker at Harold Wood Hospital, Essex; Bromsgrove, Worcs.; Cheshire County Hospital; Reading Local Authority; Nuffield Orthopaedic,Oxford.

1966-76 Teaching (Home Economics, English, Librarian) at Malosa Secondary School, a large co-educational boarding school for Malawians, mission-founded and government controlled since Independence, aided by World Bank.

Interests: In Malawi, Home Care Clubs for girls with award scheme financed by donations in memory of her mother Marjorie Gibbs (4). In England: sketching, village lend-a-hand scheme, House Groups.

Mary married Maurice Fraser Carver on 29 Oct 1965 in Marandellas,S.Rhodesia. Maurice (son of Frank Carver, MP and Annie Jane Harriet Creswell) was born on 30 Mar 1899 in Harborne, Staffordshire; died on 28 Sep 1986 in Ledbury, Herefordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

12.

Peter McCausland Gibbs

(2.Edith², 1.John¹) was born on 30 Sep 1934 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 30 Sep 2023 in Cyprus; was buried on 6 Oct 2023 in St. Nicholas Church, Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: Chlorakas, Paphos, Cyprus

Notes:

3rd son. Educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town 1945-52; Keble College, Oxford (BA Hons, Geology) 1953-56; University College London., 1959-60 (Diploma Land Survey), and 1968-69 (M.Sc. Photogrammetry).

1977 Fellow Royal Institute Chartered Surveyors. 1978-9 Member Watt Committee on Energy Working Party. In 1953, aged 18, accompanied by an 18-year old companion, was first known to navigate Orange River from source to mouth. 1956-59 Member of Falkland Islands Dependencies Surveys; Base Leader Stonington Island. Awarded Polar Medal. Surveyed for H.M. Govt. in Zambia (1960-62), in Botswana (1963-65), Ghana (1965-67).
1969-77 with Ordnance Survey. 1977-79 with firm of Commercial Surveyors. 1979 started private survey practice in Edinburgh.

Interests: Walking, skiing, gardening, renewable energy resources. Member Photogrammetric Society, London; Cartographic Society.

Clubs: New (Edinburgh); Achilles; Antarctic (London).

Peter married Judith Ann Orgill [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

24. Simon Michael Gibbs
25. Joanna Bridget Gibbs
26. James Edward Gibbs was born on 4 Nov 1967; died in 2014 in Kandy, Central Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.

13.

Bridget Anne Susan Gibbs

(2.Edith², 1.John¹)

Bridget married Rev. John Walton Beauchamp Perry [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

14.

Neville Wentworth Ward

(3.John², 1.John¹)

Neville married Shirley Reed Denton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Family/Spouse: Sylvia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15. Jennifer Leila Ward (3.John², 1.John¹) was born on 2 Nov 1939; died in Oct 1995.
Family/Spouse: Harold Cunningham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
16.
Anthony Whitehead (5.Jean², 1.John¹)
Anthony married Joy Sheila Joy Hardman [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

33. Luke Whitehead

34. Jonathan Whitehead