This article may be of interest to descendants and is transcribed below. My interest being in the GIDDINS family and their connection to the MOST / HABGOOD / MCALPIN / WHITEMAN / MERRY / BEARD families of Inverell and Districts in New South Wales Australia.


GIBBS, RICHARD PATRICK b 22-6-1856 Nth Richmond (s of Henry Gibbs & Mary Ann/Marianne Quigley who m 28-7-1840 Windsor) d 15-10-1890 Kurrajong/Freemans Reach bur R/C/ Windsor m 30-3-1881 Richmond to CHARLOTTE MATILDA SMITH b 24-3-1862 Wilberforce (d of Robert Smith & Margaret Hartley who m 17-8-1835 Pitt Town) d 30(31)-7-1919 Kyogle bur Kyogle C/E. Charlotte Matilda Smith also m Thomas Gibbs >1890. Issue: Ernest Bartley b 25-12-1882 Kurrajong d 13-5-1948 Rooty Hill m 1906 Rooty Hill/Wellington, Florence/Florrie Bull d 1954 Rooty Hill; Percy Richard b 19-9-1883 Kurrajong/Nth Richmond d 1951 Kyogle m 5-5-1905 Wellington, Rhonda Pearl Smith d 9-5-1958 Randwick; Walter b 5-9-1885 d 10-5-1959 Kyogle m 1916 Kyogle, Emily Elizabeth Weary d 8-12-1968 Kyogle. (109, 400).

GIBBS, THOMAS b 25-9-1851 Nth Richmond bp Parish of St. Matthew (s of Henry Gibbs and Mary Anne/Marianne Quigley who m 28-7-1840 Windsor) d 21-8-1929 Kyogle bur Kyogle R/C m 10-9-1881 North Richmond to ELLEN STONE b 10-3-1858 Agnes Banks (d of Richard John Stone & Maria Berry who m 17-6-1851 Exeter Dev Eng) d 17-9-1941 Auburn/Leichhardt bur Burwood/Enfield. Thomas Gibbs also m >1890 Charlotte Gibbs nee Smith. Issue: Lucy May b 25-5-1882 Nth Richmond d 22-11-1954 Sydney/Adelaide m 4-5-1904 Burwood/Erskineville, Alec Sydney Hough d 20-7-1955 Adelaide; Archibald William b 12-8-1884 Rookwood d 31-12-1952 Beverly Hills m 27-1-1909 Newtown, Sarah Ann Adams d 29-2-1944 Hurstville; Mary Ann b 2-11-1886 Rookwood d 16-5-1968 Auburn m 14-12-1910 Burwood, James Neil Eadie d 29-6-1964 Auburn; Lindsay Thomas b 26-11-1888 Rookwood d 1938 Leichhardt m 4-12-1909 Leichhardt, Edith Trevillion d 30-12-1928; Alberta b 15-8-1892 Quirindi. (109, 400).

GIDDINS, WILLIAM b ca 1807 Kingscliffe Nth Eng bp 12-6-1807 Eng (s of John Giddings & Elizabeth Jinks who m 21-7-1800 Kingscliffe Eng) d 27-7-01882 Kurrajong bur St.Stephen's C/E Kurrajong. Arr 11-3-1833 "Andromeda" 2 convict m 26-3-1849 St.Peter's C/E/ Richmond to HARRIETT BARWICK b 16-8-1831 Kurrajong (d of John Barwick and Charlotte Rogers/Richardson who m 5-6-1848 St.Peter's C/E/ Richmond) d 3-4-1899 Kurrajong bur St.Stephen's C/E/ Kurrajong. William Giddins also m ENG, Sarah .... and had issue. Issue: Henrietta b 22-11-1848 Kurrajong d 8-5-1938 Griffith m 5-7-1869 John Henry Turner d 31-8-1933 Griffith; Henry b 7-5-1850 Kurrajong d 2-11-1929 Warren m Mary Douglas; John b 24-6-1851 Kurrajong; Dinah b 3-3-1853 Kurrajong; Mary b 27-11-1854 d 3-3-1870; William b 23-1-1857 Kurrajong d 23-2-1935 Richmond m 11-9-1875 Elizabeth Agnes Griffiths d 26-8-1935 Richmond; Sarah b 11-11-1858 Kurrajong; James b 12-5-1860 Kurrajong; George b 1861 Kurrajong; Elizabeth b 1863 Kurrajong d 7-5-1935 Kurrajong m 1883 James Horan d 2-7-1944 Kurrajong; Isaac b 1865 Kurrajong d 6-1-1947 Toowoomba m 1886 Mary Jane Rose Vallas; Thomas b 1867 Kurrajong d 1867; Peter b 1868 Kurrajong d 1868; Joseph Nathaniel Robert b 29-12-1869 Kurrajong m.1. 1897 M. Badcock m.2. 25-6-1903 J.Ryan; Charlotte Ann b 17-9-1871 Kurrajong d 14-10-1953 m 1889 William James Dunston d 22-1-1953; Julia Edith Harriet b 22-5-1875 Richmond m 1895 Richmond, Frederick Mitchell. (357).

GIDDINS, WILLIAM b 23-1-1857 Kurrajong bp 4-3-1857 C/E Richmond (s of William Giddins & Harriett Berwick who m 26-3-1849 St.Peter's C/E Richmond) d 23-2-1935 Richmond bur C/E Richmond m 11-901875 Kurrajong to ELIZABETH AGNES GRIFFITHS b 27-5-1957 Kurrajong bp 24-6-1857 (d of John Griffiths & Catherine Mahon who m 23-6-1853 R/C Church Windsor) d 26-8-1935 Richmond bur C/E Richmond. Issue: Henry Oswald b 23-5-1876 Kurrajong d 28-2-1946 Rose Bay m 1902 Windsor, Elizabeth M. Huxley; Ernest William b 10-10-1877 Kurrajong d 21-8-1934 Waverley m 1901 Mosman, Kathleen C. Hargraves; Aimee Harriet b 23-11-1879 Kurrajong m.1. 1902 Redfern, Maurice R. Maltby d 1914 m.2. 1916 G.A.Jones; Edith Eliabeth b 1882 Kurrajong d 10-7-1901 Richmond; Minnie Ethel b 26-3-1884 Kurrajong d 8-5-1920 Richmond m 21-12-1904 John Joel Elliott; Hilda May b 1885 d 23-7-1951 m 1909 Sydney, Charles W. Burdus; Ruby Irene b 16-6-1888 Richmond d 31-3-1961 Richmond m.1. 24-10-1908 Richmond, John Roland Eather d 1918 Petersham m.2. 29-1-1921 A.B. Riley; Ida Mary b 8-9-1889 d 4-8-1984 m .... Bryant; Mary Septimus b 29-3-1891 Richmond d 26-4-1891 Richmond; Sarah Effie b 19-12-1892 Richmond d 15-1-1893 Richmond; Andrew Richmond b 29-011-1894 Richmond d 29-5-1964 Richmond m 1913 Parramatta, Lily Kitchener; Donald Kennedy b 2-10-1895 Richmond d 4-12-1896 Richmond; Leslie Ray b 27-4-1896 Richmond d 5-9-1938 Richmond unmarried; William Kenneth b 2-5-1899 Richmond m Emily J.; Kathleen Beryl b 10-9-1901 Richmond m. .... Simmons; Raymond b 29-6-1902.
NOTES: William Giddins farmed, worked Hawkesbury Agricultural College from c.a. 1891 to retirement in 1916. (357).

Websites of Interest:-

Hawkesbury on the Net - Church Registers - St. James Marriage Register 1893-1904. Click on their homepage to see Registers currently being transcribed...

St James (Pitt Town) Burial/Baptism Registers
St Johns (Wilberforce) Marriage/Burial Register
St Joseph's Catholic (Macdonald River) Marriage/Baptism Register
St Peter?s (Richmond) Registers

RootsWeb - Port Jackson Convicts

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