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Matthew Gibbs 1813 - 1905

Matthew Gibbs of Victoria Australia was born in 1813 in Somerset County, England United Kingdom to John Gibbs and Elizabeth Brice. He married Jane Talbott, and they had children Fanny Gibbs, Ann Gibbs, and Susan Gibbs. He married Mary (Doyle) Gibbs, and they had children Frances Mary Gibbs, Henrietta Louisa Gibbs, Catherine Anna Gibbs, Emily Gibbs, Charlotte Elizabeth Gibbs, George James Gibbs, Florence Eliza Gibbs, John Samuel Wesley Gibbs, Amy Gertrude Gibbs, and Arthur William Chapman Gibbs. Matthew Gibbs died at age 92 years old in 1905 in Shepparton, Greater Shepparton City County, VIC Australia.
Matthew Gibbs
Arcadia in Victoria Australia
1813
Somerset County, England, United Kingdom
1905
Shepparton, Greater Shepparton City County, VIC, 3630, Australia
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  • Introduction

    MATTHEW GIBBS was born 1816 in Bridgewater, Somerset. He married (1) JANE TALBOTT in 1841. He married (2) MARY DOYLE 1856 in Victoria, Australia, daughter of MICHAEL DOYLE and CATHERINE. Mary was born 1836 in Carlowe, Ireland, and died 1896 in Shepparton, Australia. He was an agricultural labourer and Lived at Puriton, Somerset, England Matthew was transported to Australia for sheep stealing. He was sentenced to 10 years at Wells Quarter Sessions on 25 March 1845 and was imprisoned in the hulks in Portsmouth until he sailed to Australia on the Thomas Arbuthnot on Jan 5 1847. The ship carried 289 male convicts. Matthew married his second wife, Mary Doyle, bigamously in 1856 as was acceptable in the colony, they lived in Taradale, Victoria and also Arcadia, Victoria. Matthew died in 1856 Children of MATTHEW GIBBS and JANE TALBOTT are: i. FANNY GIBBS, b. 1844. ii. ANN GIBBS, b. 1846; d. 1852, Puriton. iii. SUSAN GIBBS. Children of MATTHEW GIBBS and MARY DOYLE are: 5. iv. FRANCES MARY GIBBS, b. 1857, Tarradale, Victoria, Australia; d. 1889, North Carlton, Australia. 6. v. HENRIETTA LOUISA GIBBS, b. 1859, Tarradale, Victoria, Australia. 7. vi. CATHERINE ANNA GIBBS, b. 11 May 1860, Tarradale, Victoria, Australia; d. 25 June 1934, Melbourne, Australia. vii. EMILY GIBBS, b. 1861, Victoria, Australia. viii. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH GIBBS, b. 1863, Victoria, Australia; m. ANGUS MCCORMACK. ix. GEORGE JAMES GIBBS, b. 1864, Victoria, Australia. x. FLORENCE ELIZA GIBBS, b. 1865, Victoria, Australia; m. HERBERT DONALD GROSVENOR, 1894, Tarradale, Victoria. xi. JOHN SAMUEL WESLEY GIBBS, b. 1867, Victoria, Australia. xii. AMY GERTRUDE GIBBS, b. 1876, Victoria, Australia. xiii. ARTHUR WILLIAM CHAPMAN GIBBS, b. 1878, Victoria, Australia. Submitted by Researcher (4292) on 11 June 2015
  • 1813

    Birthday

    1813
    Birthdate
    Somerset County, England United Kingdom
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    English
  • Nationality & Locations

    England and Australia
  • Religious Beliefs

    Methodist
  • Professional Career

    Matthew was a convict and was transported to Australia for sheepstealing He was sentenced to 10 years at Wells Quarter Sessions 0n 25th march 1845 Matthew sailed from Portmouth, England to Williamstown, Victoria, Australia aboard the "Sir Thomas Arbuthnot" on 10th January 1847, the ship carried 289 male convicts and arrived on 4th May 1847 Occupation: Miller and Baker/Rugmaker Mathew was a farmer and lived at Taradale, Victoria, Australia as attested in "Taradale - My Home Town Valley"' by Raymond L Maltby, the Historical Taradale Book that notes every person and their occupation in the period 1860
  • 1905

    Death

    1905
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Shepparton, Greater Shepparton City County, VIC 3630, Australia
    Death location
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