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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #18 on: Monday 05 April 21 12:31 BST (UK) »
Jim jnr shared his father's name born James Inglis Gibb in 1900, Cambusnethan. The 'r' and the 'd' must have been interpretations of what was said or written.

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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #19 on: Monday 05 April 21 12:52 BST (UK) »
I'm not sure that's a match for William travelling to Australia aboard SS Jervis Bay. He was contracted to land in Melbourne not Sydney, arriving Brisbane 13 Jul 1923. I'll keep my options open on this one. Thanks again...its great to bounce theories off fellow Rootschatters.

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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #20 on: Monday 05 April 21 13:01 BST (UK) »
You may already have:

GIBB.-April 16, 1933, at 4 Brook Street, Coogee, Catherine (Cathie), dearly beloved  daughter of James and Jeanie Gibb, aged 48 years; late of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #21 on: Monday 05 April 21 13:03 BST (UK) »
The Bothwell Cemetery headstone for Wm Gibb is probably a memorial to someone lost in WWII? I have checked the 1945 deaths on S/P for Wm Gibb and none of the entries match the correct age for Wm Gibb born 1896. Closest would be the 1946 death aged 51 Newton Mearns.

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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #22 on: Monday 05 April 21 14:25 BST (UK) »
I found Agnes Gibb aged 26 of 27 Belhaven Rd Wishaw aboard SS Largs Bay bound for Sydney, Australia departing London 30 Oct 1923. She may have been funded via a program encouraging domestic staff to Australia as all the other women aboard were listed with occupation 'domestic'.

I believe Wm Gibb travelled aboard SS Oronsay, arriving Fremantle from London 03 Mar 1930. No mention of his occupation and he was bound for Canterbury Rd Punchbowl, Sydney. His brother John lived in Punchbowl per the 1930 electoral roll. Had Wm been in Australia before 1930 he would have appeared on the electoral earlier than his first appearance in 1931 having been born in 1896 and of an age to vote in 1917 so I think this is a likely match for him.

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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #23 on: Monday 05 April 21 15:09 BST (UK) »
Quote from: sage on Monday 05 April 21 13:03 BST (UK)
The Bothwell Cemetery headstone for Wm Gibb is probably a memorial to someone lost in WWII? I have checked the 1945 deaths on S/P for Wm Gibb and none of the entries match the correct age for Wm Gibb born 1896. Closest would be the 1946 death aged 51 Newton Mearns.
See my reply #8 above.

The date on that stone has been incorrectly transcribed.

Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #24 on: Monday 05 April 21 16:34 BST (UK) »
What were the names of his siblings?

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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #25 on: Monday 05 April 21 22:26 BST (UK) »
Catherine/Cathie, Annie (married Wardlaw), Jeanie (married Roberts), Janet/Jessie, John, Agnes & James/Jim

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Re: William S GIBB proving elusive to find
« Reply #26 on: Monday 05 April 21 22:32 BST (UK) »
Unfortunately, no mention of her siblings when Annie died in Wishaw in 1956.
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