A belated welcome to Rootschat!
Sorry for the delay - I missed your post altogether.
You don't give any dates, which makes it a bit difficult to know where to start.
There's a marriage in Coventry in the March quarter 1887 where two of the parties on the page are Albert Richard Gibbons and Emma Townsend - you can find this on
www.freebmd.org.uk. Does this sound like them?
Yes, it does look like them. In 1891
14 Muswell Rd, Bedford St Mary
Albert R Gibbons head marr 28 Railway signalman b Stratton, Gloucs
Emma Gibbons wife 34 b Fillongley Warwicks (which is 5 miles NW of Coventry)
Elsie E Gibbons dau 2 b Leagrave Beds
Ellen P Gibbons dau 1 b Bedford
In 1901
1 Lawrence St, Bedford St Paul
Albert Gibbons head marr 38 Foreman Midland Railway b Cirencester Gloucs
Emma Gibbons wife 44 b Fillongley Warwicks
Florrie Gibbons dau single 21 b Nuneaton Warwicks
Elsie Gibbons dau 12 b Leagrave
Millie Gibbons dau 11 b Bedford
Ernest Gibbons son 6 b Bedford
William Gibbons son 4 b Bedford
There's a birth on Freebmd in the March quarter 1880 in Nuneaton of Florence Townsend
In 1881
29 Upper Abbey St, Nuneaton
Emma Townsend head marr 24 Tailoress b Fillongley
Florence Townsend dau 1 b Nuneaton
In 1911 taken from the index at
http://www.1911census.co.uk/ living in Bedford was
Alberth Richard Gibbons 48 b Cirencester
Florence Townsend 31 b Nuneaton
Elsie E Gibbons 22 b Leagrave
Ernest A K Gibbons 15 b Bedford
William Gibbons 14 b Bedford
Gertie Gibbons 9 b Bedford
The big question is: was Florence illegitimate or was Emma a widow when she married Albert, and she lied in the 1881 census when she said she was married? I think she was a widow. There's a marriage in Nuneaton in March 1879 between Thomas Townsend and Emma Summers, and there's a 4 year old Emma Summers born Fillongley dau of William and Lucy in the 1861 census living in Fillongley. You need to get the 1887 marriage certificate to prove it though.
Let us know if you need to get further back
David
