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- She was the daughter of "a German gentleman and a Spanish lady of noble birth". She was reputed to be a 'great beauty'.
Gasparo's appeal for reconciliation with the Catholic Church seems to have failed, as on 6 August 1781 he was remarried at St.Pancras Old Church (Church of England). He was 52, she was in her twenties. Their first child was baptised in London in 1782, but they also lived in Paris (about 1784 - 1788) before settling at Bath - 5 St James' Street in 1791/2 (picture) and 11 Portland Place in 1800.
Gasparo, described as Professor of mathematicks, exhibited a model of London and Westminster at the Fantoccini Room, in Panton-Street, in the Hay-market, London, in 1785?, and in 1788 he exhibited his model of Rome together with one of Versailles at the Pantheon, Oxford Street.
In 1792 Gasparo was a member of the Bath Loyalist Association, whose purpose, in the wake of the French Revolution, was "to preserve liberty, property and the constitution of Great Britain against republicans and levellers". He also had several books published, two of which are listed in the British Library catalogue‡. Both are dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire†.
Gasparo (also known as Gaspar or Jasper) made his living as a teacher of French and Italian. He died at Bath 27 July 1801, aged 71. His obituary in the local paper described him as "a linguist and father of the promising young actress of that name at our theatre".
After Julia's marriage in 1805, Cecilia moved to London with her son, Francis, and later to her daughter's, Cecilia (Smith) in Strabane, Ireland, where she died, aged 77, in March 1838.
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Gibbs Family Tree
1751 - 1838 (87 years)
