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Hello Melanie,

What a wonderful surprise to know you are a descendant on the Gibton family tree.  I have not done a lot on the Gibton family as I have focused mainly on Bridget and Ellen Murphy.  It does seem strange on the passenger list that Bridget and Ellen are first listed as Gibton and in brackets (real name Murphy) and further down the list they are entered again as Bridget Murphy and Ellen Murphy (aka Gibton).  I wonder if Jeffery and Margaret had fostered Bridget and Ellen??
What I have is probably what you have on the Gibton family.
Jeffery Gibton was born Readesbarn, Killkenny, Ireland.  He married Margaret Marr 24 February 1833 St Peter's Dublin. Witness to the marriage were William Daly and Stephen Alcock. Both were living at Ranelagh Street, St Peters Dublin. Ireland. (ref Findmypast transcription and record) Jeffery died 19 April 1863.
Children of Jeffery and Margaret Gibton
1. Catherine b 1834, baptised in Milltown, Taney, Dublin, Ireland.
2. Margaret b 1835 baptised    (ibid)
3. Robert b 1837 baptised (ibid)
4. Julia b 1840 baptised (ibid)
5. Anne b 1842 baptised (ibid)
6. Jeffery b 1849 Louth, Ireland
7. William b 1852 Louth Ireland
Joseph b 1855 Tasmania Australia.
Catherine came later and married a someone by the name of Chisholm and she died in 1886 South Fitzroy, Victoria.
As far as I know the Gibton family lived in Launceston and around the northern part of Tasmania.
The main reason why I think this may be the Bridget I am searching for is one remark Dr Susan Chamberlian wrote on the paper she gave me is that a Mrs GIBTON senior was with a Bridget Murphy when she had her first child to Charles Bayley in 1870 in Elizabeth Street Hobart.  I am still looking through the references she has given me to find out IF this is the Bridget that came out on the Maitland with the Gibtons in 1854 to Hobart Town.  This Bridget went to work for a Mr Kennedy in Launceston for 12 months and her sister went to work for a Mr Dodery in Launceston for three months then she married a James Wall 17 April 1855 in Longford, Tasmania.  This Bridget would have been about 37-38 when she had her fist child Alfred Ernest Bayley b 1870.  He also died in the same year.  I am interested to hear more about the Gibton family Melanie.

Margaret was born 1783 and died 1881 in Launceston, Tasmania.
Julia

Hi Matthew,

Susan who is my friend remembered she found a Mrs Gibton who was with Bridget Murphy while she had her children.  She could not remember where she had stored the information as there are numerous notes and files to go through which I am doing so this will take weeks before I find what I am looking for .  Anyhow on page 206 in Susan's book she has the family tree of the Bayley Family and Bridget Elizabeth Murphy is on it with the three children and their birth year.  I hope this helps Matthew. 

Wow Matthew that is opening a 'Pandora Box'.  I have not come across an Evaline Emily born 14 Sept 1970.  I have birth records of three Children born to Charles Bayley
Albert Ernest Bayley b 11th January 1870 father and mother are listed on all records. Albert died as Albert Ernest Murphy 17 Feb 1870 5 weeks old. Just states that he was a seaman's child. I can't see how Evaline Emily would have been born same year unless Bridget fell pregnant again very quickly.
Next Child was Emma Gertrude Bayley born 14 September 1871.
Henrietta Bayley born 14 June 1873.  I found a death record for a Henrietta Murphy died in Liverpool Street, Hobart Town 18 Dec 1873 aged 11months .  This does not fit in with the birth date of Henrietta Bayley and the death date of Henrietta Murphy.

My Bridget I have been researching is older than the one you have been researching.  Do you have birth records for Evaline Emily?  I have come across a few Bridget Murphy's living at the same time as my Bridget although they are younger than the Bridget I have been researching. 
The clue that gave me the incentive to research Bridget Elizabeth Murphy b 1834 Kilkenny, Ireland is that at the time of her giving birth to Albert and Emma in Elizabeth Street, Hobart, showed a Mrs Gibton senior was with her at the time.  I started to look at the Gibton family and found that they came to Hobart Town on the Maitland Ship 16 September 1854 with a Bridget Elizabeth Murphy (named Gibton) and further down the passenger list I found Bridget Elizabeth Murphy and her sister Ellen Murphy (beside their name Aka Gibton).  It was from here I began my research.  The next follow up was that this Bridget Murphy went to work for a Mr Kennedy in Launceston for 12 months as she came out under the Indenture System.  Her sister Ellen went to work for a Mr Dodery in Launceston for three months then married a James Wall 17 April 1855.  The next information I find is the inquest of the child that Bridget was a witness.  At this stage Matthew I was not really sure if this was my Bridget or another, as she was described as a 'girl'.  Bridget would have been about 32 and I would imagine she would not have been referred to as a 'girl' at that age.  Having the birth records of the three children, I have been trying all avenues to see what happened to Bridget who worked for a Mr Kennedy until she gave birth to her children?  It could be possible that the Bridget at the inquest could be Charles Bridget.  Yes Charles Bayley was very well regarded in society and a great whaler of his time and during his retirement from whaling in 1860 he ran his business from New Wharf in Hobart as part ship owner, ship builder and other business dealings; he was a wealthy man.  When he died 20 January 1875 he left his house Runnymede and everything else to his brother James Bayley.  I have great interest in the house Runnymede and all its history hence the reason why I want to do more research.  I shall look into the places you have suggested Matthew.  Thankyou for your input to this 'interesting challenge' to find the 'right' Bridget. Sharon

Thanks for your help Wivenhoe and Debra.  I can understand why you want to know how I am getting my information but I can reassure you that my information comes from news articles found in Trove, and old newspapers, and from what I find in Linc Tas State Library.  I go into the Archives section then type a name in the 'Tasmanian name index' to see what I can find and it also takes me to articles of interest.  Other avenues have been through Findmypast, Heritage, the Diggers Index, Ancestry and looking through Archive library books.
It is true to say Wivenhoe that Bridget was 20 years when she arrived in Hobart 16 September 1854 on the Maitland ship.(Tasmanian Genealogy Mailing list-Tasmanian Immigrant Ships).  This is the Bridget I simply have been following as it was mentioned that she came with the Gibton family. Through her research Dr Susan Chamberlian came across the three children born to a Bridget Elizabeth Murphy in Elizabeth Street and a Mrs Gibton senior was with her at the time. The father's name is stated as Charles Bayley Mariner.  I have looked into the Gibton family through Linc Tasmanian State Library under Tasmanian Index to get some idea where Bridget and her sister Ellen went.  I found through Linc that Bridget was to work for a Mr Kennedy in Launceston for 12 months.  Ellen went to work for a Mr Dodery for three months and married a James Wall 17 April 1855.  Next I see a Bridget Murphy (going by the news article Trove: The Mercury Hobart (Hobart Tasmania 1860-1954; Thursday 22nd February 1866 p.3) Where a Bridget Murphy gives evidence at a baby's inquest.  I agree, she would have been in her 30s by now and would not be described as a 'girl'.  It is quite possible that I could have been following the 'wrong' Bridget being that it is such a common name and there were many of the same name during this period.  Researching a particular person or family, is not an easy task and there are often many 'brick walls' to break.  It is important to keep an 'open mind' until it is certain with birth/marriage/death records/certificates and news articles tell us otherwise.  I have found another Bridget Murphy aged in her 20s in this news article again found in Trove: City Police Court, Wednesday 31st March, 1873 where a Bridget Murphy was found having on the 11th March guilty of using abusive language to 'him' (no name of the man) in Collins Street, and spitting on him.  It was shown that she had done this to him several times all because he had stopped payments which he previously paid through a constable of law.  This could be a 'possible' Bridget?  The records of the birth of three children you can find under the Names Index Tasmanian Archives through LINC.  I know this is going to be a long journey to find my Bridget so I shall keep on keeping on until some 'light' shines on 'what could be my Bridget". Thanks for your help