Walter GIBSON

  General Notes:

Name obtained from birth certificate of daughter (Florence Lavinia)

Address was 14 Dundee Road (Plaistow?) at time of Florence Lavinia's marriage (1914)
Address was 19 Ethel Road Plaistow at Rhoda's birth (1890)
Address was 125 Freemason's Road, West Ham at birth of Florence Lavinia (1893) and Jessie (1896)

Birth register Jun qtr 1856, Stepney, vol 1c P458 birth on 22 Mar 1856 at 49 Hardinge Street, Ratcliff, Stepney
Walter, Male, Arthur Joseph Gibson, Lavinia Gibson formerly Smith, Seaman Merchant Service. Informant Lavinia Gibson, mother of same address on 29 April 1856.
Originally thought to be the wrong Walter, as his marriage certificate shows father as George Gibson. But the Gibson family have both of the original certificates and these show his father as Arthur Joseph on the birth certificate and George on the marriage certificate. Hence Arthur is the father. I suspect that Arthur died and his wife remarried and that maybe George was Arthur's brother as they had the same occupation. Alternatively, the vicar heard the name George when told his name was Joseph (as he seems to have used)

marriage from Freebmd
Fanny Agnes Potter - Mar 1879 Mile End vol 1c P682
Walter Gibson Mar 1879 Mile End vol 1c p 6?3
At FRC the entry was found to be actually P683

Marriage on Jan 19 1879 at Parish Church St Philips, Stepney after Banns
Walter Gibson, 23, Bachelor, Confectioner, 72 Jamaica St. Father George Gibson, Mariner
Fanny Agnes Potter, 20, Spinster, -, -. Father Humphrey Potter, Master Carman
Witnesses William Marshall (Fanny's stepfather) and Esther Jane Kempston

Death Registered Essex S W Mar 1940 4a 456 (might be 436) aged 85 (he was only 83). Died at "Central Home", Leytonstone, but his address was 14 Dundee Road, West Ham. Informant was daughter R Gibson (presumably Rhoda) of 15 Lawton Road, Leyton.
His wife also died at the Central Home and also living at 14 Dundee Road, Plaistow

Walter Gibson's Burial was on 9 Feb 1940 (aged 85) in grave 93716 (square 37) at City of London Cemetery. Also in this grave are Fanny Agnes Gibson (bur 21 Jul 1921 aged 65) and their daughter Rhoda (bur 31 May 1951 aged 60)

The family have details of the grave as 93707 in square 37 (contradicts the other information that I have) - rechecked with cemetery and 93716 is correct

CoL Cemetery Register
Burial register 81 (Jan 1940-May 1941), page 043
400536, 1940 Feb, 9, Walter Gibson, 11 Brook Crescent Chingford, Male, 85 years, district death registered Leyton Essex South Western, parish Chingford, grave square 27, grave number 93716, grant 21395, 3 class private grave, Consecrated

Probate Index 1940
Gibson Walter of 14 Dundee Road Plaistow Essex died 4 Feb 1940 at Central Home Leytonstone Essex. Administration (with will) London 5 March to William Walter Marshall Gibson civil servant (of 11 Brook Crescent London E4) and Rhoda Gibson spinster (of 15 Lawton Road Leyton Essex). Effects £558 13s. He didn't name an executor or residuary legatee and died a widower. The will was dated 7 April 1937 and hand written by him on a standard form.

He left insurance policies to William Walter Gibson and the deeds of the grave at City of London Cemetery (93716 in square 37) left in the care of William Walter. His wife's clothes and jewellery were left to daughters Rhoda and Jessie. He asked to be buried in grave 93716 "with my dear wife".
To his daughter Jessie Gibson he left "the large portrait of Ernest Gibson" and two other pictures, medals, photo of him and his wife, glass and crockery and the contents of post office savings bank account. The rest was to be divided between "you all whitch you think best"
- This suggested that Jessie was not yet married (correct, as she married in 1938)
- Descendants of William Walter Marshall Gibson now have the portrait of Ernest (since the death of Jessie)

1861 census
Not on the S&N disks which are missing 4 pages from F52 P8 to F54 P11 (obtained in a pdf file by email from S&N)
RG9/291 F52 P8 (schedule 51)
23 Sydney Street (Commercial Road), Mile End Old Town, Stepney (also spelled Sidney)
Mary A Smith, Head, Widr, 62, Dressmaker, Kent
Edmund J Gibson, Grandson, , 7, Scholar, St Georges E
Walter do, Grandson, , 5, , St Georges E
Emily M A do, Grand Daur, , 3, , St Georges E
- children were with grandmother as their mother was in Guys Hospital

1871 census
RG10/557 F 50 P4
23 Dempsey Street, Mile End Old Town (Tower Hamlets)
Lavinia Walker, Wife, Mar, 50, , / Rochester
Edmund J Gibson, Son, Un, 16, Apprentice, Middlesex St Georges
Walter do, Son, , 15, Errand Boy, Middlesex St Georges
Emily M Gibson, Daur, , 13, , Middlesex St Georges

1881 Census
RG11/473 F92 P29
4 Antcliffe Street, Mile End Old Town, London
Walter Gibson, Head, M, 25, Dock Labourer, Middx St Geo East
Fanny A do, Wife, Mar, 22, , Middx White Chapel
- in same house, different households - William and Jane Davey and Wm Bullen (all from Norfolk)

1891 Census
Address 19 Ethel Road, Canning Town, West Ham
RG12/1317 Folio 93 P40 - County Essex, Parish West Ham ED8, Eccl Par St Luke
Gibson, Walter, Head, M, 35, Lamptrimmer, Middlesex, St Georges
Gibson, Fanny, Wife, M, 32, , Middlesex, Whitechaple
Gibson, Arthur, Son, , 11, Scholar, Middlesex, St Georges
Gibson, William, Son, , 4, Scholar, West ham;custom house
Gibson, Ernest, Son, , 2, , West ham;custom house
Gibson, Rhoda, Daur, , 3m, , West ham;custom house

1901 Census
Florence Lavinia is said to be aged 8 (actually 7) - address was 60 Sutton Court Road in Plaistow - St Andrews Parish
RG13/1572 F69 P32
Walter Gibson, Head, age 43, Dock Labourer, born Middlesex London
Fanny A Gibson, Wife, age 42,, born Middlesex London
William W M Gibson, Son, age 14,Port Labouring boy, born Essex West Ham
Ernest Gibson, Son, age 12,, born Essex West Ham
Rhoda Gibson, Daughter, age 10,, born Essex West Ham
Florence Gibson, Daughter, age 8,, born Essex West Ham
Jessie Gibson, Daughter, age 4,, born Essex West Ham

1911 census
RG14PN9441 RG78PN507B RD188 SD3 ED31 SN181
14 Dundee Road, Plaistow E Essex
Walter Gibson, Head, 55, Married, Dock Labourer, London St Georges
Fanny Gibson, Wife, 52, Married, London St Georges E
Ernest Gibson, Son, 22, Single, Ledger Clerk, Essex Custom House E
Rhoda Gibson, Daughter, 20, Single, Shorthand Typist, Essex Custom House E
Florence Gibson, Daughter, 18, Single, do Typist, Essex Custom House E
Jessie Gibson, Daughter, 14, -, -, Essex Custom House E
against Fanny it states she has been married 32 years and has had 8 children born alive, 6 living, 2 died
The house had 5 rooms
This matches with previously known information
- no infirmities shown in the final column of the form

1939 Register
In West Ham C.B.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Confectioner, 19 Jan 1879.

• Occupation: Lamp Trimmer, 1891, Plaistow, West Ham, London, England.

• Occupation: Dock Labourer, 13 Oct 1893, West Ham, Essex, England. on birth certificate of Florence Lavinia

• Occupation: Dock Labourer, 1896, West Ham, Essex, England.

• Occupation: Retired Stevedore, 5 Feb 1940.

Walter married Fanny Agnes POTTER, daughter of Humphrey POTTER and Elizabeth ABELL, on 19 Jan 1879 in Mile End, London, England. (Fanny Agnes POTTER was born on 25 Mar 1859 in Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England, baptised on 5 Mar 1861 in Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England, died on 15 Jul 1924 in Leytonstone, Essex, England ² and was buried on 21 Jul 1924 in City Of London Cemetery, London, England ¹.)