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Independent Islands => Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark => Topic started by: mwkelly on Tuesday 07 February 12 09:10 GMT (UK)
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Hello i found this entry on a web site and wonder if anybody out there can add to this please, ie is Elizabeth James' wife etc
Cheers and than you
Murray
Wesley Street, St Helier
James Gibbs 30 Cabinet Maker E
Elizabeth 30 Y
Elizabeth 7 Y
Jane 3 Y
Maria 2 Y
Henry Jennings 15 Cabinet Maker Ap E
Jane Lawrence 15 F.S. Y
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If that's from the 1841 census, then there will be no indication of relationship.
The 1841 census simply recorded name, age, sex, occupation, and whether born in county or Scotland or Ireland or Foreign.
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Not much luck so far in 1851.
Did they leave the island?
Tks
Tinam
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Hi
If it helps there is an Isabella Adelaide Gibbs b 21st Aug 1843 bp 1st Oct 1843, father James Gordon Gibbs and mother Elizabeth Eraut, and Amelia Matilda Gibbs b 18th Dec 1841 bp 16th Jan 1842 .
Stewart
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Hello i found this entry on a web site and wonder if anybody out there can add to this please, ie is Elizabeth James' wife etc
Cheers and than you
Murray
Wesley Street, St Helier
James Gibbs 30 Cabinet Maker E
Elizabeth 30 Y
Elizabeth 7 Y
Jane 3 Y
Maria 2 Y
Henry Jennings 15 Cabinet Maker Ap E
Jane Lawrence 15 F.S. Y
Im not sure how to post here but James Gibbs was my 2nd great grandfather who married Elizabeth Ereaut in St Helier in 1833 and emigrated to South Australia. He was born around 1809 - supposedly in Poplar London but I have yet to find confirmation of this. 4 daughters survived (Isabella died as an infant) and died in South Australia
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Hi
In the last 7 years (wow) that I first looked at things, records available have moved on.
I can see that on James Gibbs marriage he says he was from Stonehouse. Now, Stone House (two words) is a district of Exeter and there is a Parish record showing a baptism for a James Gibbs in 1811. Remember 1841 census ages are rounded to the nearest 10 years.
Where do you get the feeling he was born at Poplar?
Stewart
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Hello - thanks for the information re James's baptism. I had seen that before but assumed that the parents had moved to Devon after James was born. I have his granddaughters birthday book which has an entry on the first page about grandpapa being born in Poplar London in 1809, then moving to Devon for 12 years, 25 years in Jersey and 3 years in Southboro Kent. He arrived in SA in 1851.
If anyone is keen I could send you information (the photo I have is slightly too large to post here) - . James and his wife were very religious and were involved in a private school here in Adelaide and also with the Holy Trinity Church in Adelaide. He composed various pieces of music - one of which was performed when a member of royalty visited Adelaide. There are newspaper articles about this - searchable via "Trove" an excellent online source of digitised newspapers in Australia
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Does the book say who James's parents were. The ones I found are George and Mary.
Stewart
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Hello cuspid50,
If the image is too large, there is some help here on how to reduce the image size you are allowed upto 700kb in size.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=372537.0
Regards
Sarah