| Birth | James Gibbens was born circa 1832 in Wootten, Kent, England. |
| INFO | BIOG INFO Hannah Grace Atkins b. 1Nov1835 Dover married (regn.27.1a.1856 Dover) to James Gibbens ag lab, b. 8 Oct 1831 Wootton. Info from Mrs. A.M. Gibbens, Carterton. (EKPI ref.346 27Jun2001.) |
| INFO | KENT COUNCIL BMD INDEX. James Gibbens. 1856 marriage, entry 47, register D/D/3 Thanet and Dover; date 1856-10-22. (KenCounBMD.) |
| Marriage | He married Hannah Grace Atkins, daughter of Henry Holmes Atkins and Hannah Tams, 22 October 1856 in Kent, England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Marriage. 1856 DecQ Gibbens, James. Dover, 2a, 130? [last digit not legible for either entry]. (GBCivRegInd LDS6102577.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1861 (7 Apr 1861). Kent Wootton. #12 Gibbletters? James Gibbens, head, mar 26?, laborer, b. Kent Wootton. Wife Hannah Grace, 25, b. Kent Dover. Children all b.Kent Wootton: dtr Hannah G. 3, son James Henry? 1, son Henry James under 1. (GBCens1861 LDS542659 f.195.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1871 (2 Apr 1871). Kent Nonington. Ratling St. James Gibbens, head, mar, 39, farm bailiff, b.Kent Wootton. Wife Hannah G. 35 b.Kent Dover. Son James H.,11, ag lab, b. Kent Wootton. Son Henry J. 10, employed in farm yard, b. Kent Wootton. Daur Sarah J.,8,scholar, b. Kent Shepherdswell. Son Edward E. 6, scholar, b. Kent Shepherdswell. Son Frederick W. 4, b. Kent Shepherdswell. Son Albert C. 4mo b. Kent Nonington. NOTE: next family is farmer Troward Harvey, 44 of Ratling Court Farm, and then Henry S. Pledge, miller and farmer where daughter Hannah Gibbens, 13, is servant. (GBCens1871 LDS827256 p.2.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1881 (3 Apr 1881). Kent, Worth, Fenderland Lane. James Gibbens, head, mar, 49, working farm bailiff, b. Wootten Kent. Wife Hannah, mar, 45, housekeeper, b. Dover, Kent. Daur Sarah, unmar, 18, assist - mother, b.Shepherds Well Kent. Son Frederick, 14, farmer's boy, b.Shepherds Well Kent. Son Albert, 10, scholar, b. Shepherds Well Kent. Note in address column: "Same House but Separate Families". The first family is William Bowes, head, unmar, 52, farmer of 70 acres employ 3 men & 4 boys, b. Eastry Kent. Uncle Thomas, unmar, 59, Retired Draper, b. Sandwich Kent. Servant George Strood, unmar, 23, Ag. Lab., b. Eastry Kent. Servant Edward Gibbens, unmar, 16, Ag. Lab. b. Shepherdswell Kent. (GBCens1881 RG11/994 111:8.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1891 (5 Apr 1891). Kent Eastry, Felderland, James Gibbens hear mar, 59, Agric Labourer. b. Wooton. Wife Hannah G. ,55, b. Dover. Sons Frederick W. sing, 24?, miller b. Silbertswold. Albert C. sing, 20?, grocer's assistant, b. Nonington. (GBCens1891 LDS6095844 Eastry p.12.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1901 (31 Mar 1901). Kent Worth. Mill Lane Cottage. Gibbens, James, head, 69, ag labourer, worker, b. Kent Wootton. Wife Hannah, 65, b. Kent Dover. Jane King, 61, P..?? nurse. (GBCens1901 RG13/832:43:6) Note--listed immediately after son Fred's family. |
| Death | James Gibbens died 1908 in Kent, England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Death 1908 MarQ Gibbens, James. 76 Eastry 2a,748. (FreeBMD.) |
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