Rachel Gibbons

Rachel Gertrude Gibbons 

Born: 13 December 1862, Spalding 

Baptised: 31 December 1862, Donington in Holland 

Father: Edward Gibbons (b. 1801)

Mother: Eliza Gibbons (b. 1828)

Brothers: Clement Edward Gibbons (b. 1855), Harry Clifton Gibbons (b. 1861)

Sisters: Mary Jane Gibbons (b. 1851), Eliza Augusta Gibbons (b. 1854), Emma Eugenie Gibbons (b. 1857 Annie Rosamund Gibbons (b. 1859) [LDTC 1878], Kate Florence Gibbons (b. 1866)

In 1871 – 

She is at High Street, Donington. Her father is listed as ‘Boot Shoe Maker’. Rachel, her mother and her siblings (Clement, Emma, Annie, Henry and Kate) are unlisted.

In 1891 –

She is at Field Street, Boston as a visitor. Nancy Wallhead Clark (b. 1839) and his son, Charles Richard Clark (b. 1862), are listed as ‘Stationer’. His other children, Annie and Ernest, are unlisted. Rachel is listed as a visitor and ‘Schoolmistress Elementary’.  

In 1911 – 

She is at Pickworth, Folkingham. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Private Means’. Rachel is listed as ‘Assistant as Nurse’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Council Cottages, Kirkby Underwood. Rachel is listed as ‘School Teacher (Head Mistress)’. 

In 1929 – 

She is at Clifton, Empingham, Oakham. Rachel is listed as ‘School Teacher (Retired)’. 

d.         26 February 1951, Grantham

GIBBONS, Rachel Gertrude of Clifton, Empingham, Rutlandshire, spinster died 26 February 1951 at Lecavelle, Harlaxton Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire. Probate London 15 June to Harold Brewitt Gould, retired school headmaster and Florence Margaret Grant, widow. Effects £3,791, 1s, 8d.