William Pierie Gibbs (1862)

Born 10 Jun 1862 in Haughton le Skerne, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Gertrude (Lister) Gibbs — married 3 Jul 1890 in Newington, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

William Pierie Gibbs was born on June 10, 1862 in Haughton le Skerne in England. He was the son of accountant George Sleight Gibbs and Isabella Smith.

He had married Gertrude Lister born on July 1, 1861 in Newington i Edinburgh, Skottland, on July 3, 1890. She was the daughter of deceased commercial traveller Richard Lister and his deceased wife Mary Cane. Witnesses were John B Gibbs, probably a brother of William's, and Davina M. Mackay.

They had daughter Isabella Mary born on May 7, 1891 in Old Kilpatrick in Scotland.

He belonged to the Quakers, the South Division of Wales Monthry meeting and his wife to the United Presbyterians.

He and his family came moving in from Canada to Underåker parish in Jämtlands län, Sweden on December 12, 1906 and moved to Odalen, Hardanger in Norway on February 10, 1908.

He was a chemist (kemist) and they lived in Skansegan during their time in Undersåker.

Research notes

Gertrude Lister (1861-) might be his wife.

Found him and the family in Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada census in 1901. They arrived in 1899, and from Swedish records, we know that they came from Canada in DEcember 1906.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKC-HB8 : Sat Mar 09 07:05:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Wm P Gibbs and Gertrude M Gibbs, 1901.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB8M-LQ1 : Sat Feb 24 02:28:59 UTC 2024), Entry for George S Gibbs and Isabella S Gibbs, 1871.
• "England and Wales Census, 1881", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-5RSS : Thu Mar 07 23:08:57 UTC 2024), Entry for George K Gibbs and Isabella S Gibbs, 1881.
• Marriage record downloaded from ScotlandsPeople webpage: Gibbs-Lister 1890. : Statutory registers Marriages 685/5 292. 1890, Marriages in the District of Newington in the city of Edinburgh, page 149 number 292.
• William Pierie Gibbs, wife and Gertrude Gibbs born Lister and daughter Isabella Mary Gibbs in Undersåker in Jämtland, Sweden 1906-1908: Undersåkers kyrkoarkiv, Församlingsböcker, SE/ÖLA/11100/A II a/3 (1897-1918), bildid: 80008942_00104, sida 696 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/80008942_00104