Charles Frederick Gibbons

[rosie99]

There is a Charles F Gibbons who died in 1940, Kensington. It says D.O.B. 1885

His wife was Lucy according to probate - he was aka Frederick Charles and lived in Hammersmith but died Kensington

[avm228]

There is a Charles F Gibbons who died in 1940, Kensington. It says D.O.B. 1885

His wife was Lucy according to probate - he was aka Frederick Charles and lived in Hammersmith but died Kensington

Yes - a civilian casualty of the war:

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3132206/GIBBONS,%20CHARLES%20FREDERICK

Perhaps worth following up in case there was bigamy etc involved.

[rosie99]

The 1930 electoral register has a Charles Frederick Gibbons at 149 Askew Road, Hammersmith the same address as the probate - the other person in the property is Clara Doggett. 

[avm228]

The 1930 electoral register has a Charles Frederick Gibbons at 149 Askew Road, Hammersmith the same address as the probate - the other person in the property is Clara Doggett.

The two of them were there also 1934 - 1939.

Clara was there as early as 1922 with her husband Charles Doggett, who died in 1924.

[MargP]

The 1930 electoral register has a Charles Frederick Gibbons at 149 Askew Road, Hammersmith the same address as the probate - the other person in the property is Clara Doggett.

On the probate the money was left to his wife Lucy Gibbons

[avm228]

The 1930 electoral register has a Charles Frederick Gibbons at 149 Askew Road, Hammersmith the same address as the probate - the other person in the property is Clara Doggett.

On the probate the money was left to his wife Lucy Gibbons

The probate calendar don't tell us who was entitled to the estate on his intestacy, but administration was granted to "Lucy Gibbons, widow".  That does not necessarily mean that she was his widow - could be a widowed sister in law for example.  (Or his mother, or daughter in law etc).

[rosie99]

There is a Mrs Lucy Gibbons with no other 'Gibbons' showing at 15 Felden Street, SW6 (Hammersmith & Fulham) in 1930 & 1933.  (There is also a Lucy Gibbons in Kensington in 1938  )

You are right avm228 I should not have assumed she was his widow 

[rosie99]

The 1930 electoral register has a Charles Frederick Gibbons at 149 Askew Road, Hammersmith the same address as the probate - the other person in the property is Clara Doggett.

The two of them were there also 1934 - 1939.

Clara was there as early as 1922 with her husband Charles Doggett, who died in 1924.

She was there on the last census too

[avm228]

It looks as though Clara was about 16 years older than Charles Frederick Gibbons.  It looks likely she died in Salisbury in September 1944 (home address being in Brook Green, Hammersmith).

She may have been entirely unconnected to CFG (other than as neighbours), if the property was divided into flats and they each occupied a flat.  The electoral rolls show that they each qualified to vote by residence and occupation.