Fanny Agnes POTTER

   Another name for Fanny was Frances A POTTER.

  General Notes:

Name (Frances Gibson) obtained from birth certificate of Florence Lavinia - address is given as 125 Freemason's Road, West Ham. All other references give name as Fanny Agnes

Birth register Jun qtr 1859 Whitechapel Vol 1c P386
entry 34 in register on 29 April 1859 of birth on 25 March 1859 at 30 Gowers Walk Whitechapel
Fanny Agnes, Girl, Humphrey Potter, Elizabeth Potter late Watts formerly Abell, Carman. Informant was Elizabeth Potter mother of same address.
(30 Gowers Walk is right next to Wageners Building where Humphrey Potter was living in 1851 and 1871 - unfortunately that part of the 1861 census is missing)

Baptism at St Mark's, Goodman's Field, Whitechapel
on Page 214, Entry 1710
March 5 1861, Fanny Agnes, Humphrey & Elizabeth, Potter, 30 Gowers Walk, Carman

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 found was found to be 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

According to her husband's will he was a widower when he died in 1940

Deaths Sep 1924
West Ham 4a 142 Gibson Fanny A aged 65
Died on 15 July 1924 at the Central Home, Leytonstone, Essex
Fanny Agnes Gibson, Female, 65 years, of 14 Dundee Road West Ham wife of Walter Gibson Dock Labourer. Informant was Walter Gibson widower of deceased of 14 Dundee Road Plaistow on 15 July 1924

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) - confirmed with the Cemetery

CoL Cemetery Burial Register
Register 71 (Aug 1922-Aug 1924), page 377
354898, 1924 July, 21st, Fanny Agnes Gibson, 14 Dundee Road Plaistow, Fem, 65 years, district death registered South Leyton Essex, parish Leyton, grave square 37, grave 93716, grant 21395, 3rd class private grave, Consecrated

1861 RG9/272 There are missing pages towards the end, and these cover Wageners Building, which is where I would expect to find the family.
Not found on the index on findmypast.com either (which also ends at the same point). PRO has confirmed that the last page available is F134 P30 (which has part of the Costin Family) and that the last 6 pages do not exist.
Searched on Ancestry.com - no match (also checked the surname Marshall)

1871 Census entry - this means that it was Elizabeth who married again to William Marshall - at least one of the children (Fanny) should be called Potter
RG10/559 F105 P27 & P28
25 Wellesley Street? Mile End Old Town
William Marshall, Head, Mar, 31, Police Constable, Aldgate London
Elizabeth Marshall, Wife, Mar, 40, No occupation, Middlesex Whitechapel
Fanny Marshall, Daur, Single, 12, Scholar, Middlesex Whitechapel
Grace Marshall, Daur, Single, 6, Scholar, Middlesex Stepney
Walter Marshall, Son, Single, 2, Scholar, Middlesex Stepney
Edward Marshall, Brother, Single, 20, Carman, Middlesex Stepney
Alfred Marshall, Brother, Single, 20, Coachman, Middlesex Whitechapel
Thomas Bird, Lodger, Married, 58, Labourer, Middlesex St George East
Jane Bird, Wife, Married, 55, No Occupation, Middlesex Limehouse
-there is a birth Mar 1851 Marshall Edward Stepney 2 594
- no obvious birth for Alfred Marshall. I think this must be Humphrey Abell Potter, who used the name Alfred in later years

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

According to her husband's will he was a widower when he died in 1940

Fanny married Walter GIBSON, son of Arthur Joseph GIBSON and Lavinia SMITH, on 19 Jan 1879 in Mile End, London, England. (Walter GIBSON was born on 22 Mar 1856 in Ratcliff, Stepney, London, England, died on 5 Feb 1940 in Leytonstone, Essex, England and was buried on 9 Feb 1940 in City Of London Cemetery, London, England ².)