GIBBONS Hutt Valley - Upper Hutt - Wellington Family History Genealogy Miscellaneous Information (Weblink HVFGibbonsYoung) GIBBONS and YOUNG Family History Harry Clifton GIBBONS B 1860 Spalding Lincolnshire England D 31 March 1941 Wellington New Zealand M 1890 New Zealand Annie Elizabeth YOUNG B about 1871 place unknown D 06 September 1937 Wellington New Zealand Children: 1. Edward GIBBONS born 1893 New Zealand 2. Walter Jefferies GIBBONS born 1894 New Zealand 3. Winifred Lucy Clifton GIBBONS born 1895 New Zealand 4. Alice Lumby GIBBONS born 1897 New Zealand 5. Rhoda Gertrude GIBBONS born 1898 New Zealand Harry Clifton GIBBONS born 1860 Spalding Lincolnshire England (Reference Ancestry website RGO UK birth registration 1860 December quarter district Spalding County Lincolnshire England volume 7a page 276) 1881 Census 88 Westgate Sleaford Lincolnshire England Harry Clifton Gibbons boarder unmarried age 30 occupation Seedsmans Assistant born about 1851 Donnington Lincoln England (Reference Ancestry website 1881 Census 88 Westgate Sleaford Lincolnshire England ED 8 piece 3223 folio 43 page 22) Annie Elizabeth YOUNG born about 1871 place unknown NOT SURE = St Mary s Palmerston Otago Annie Elizabeth YOUNG birth date 29 April 1876 parents Lucy and William Alfred YOUNG occupation Miller address Palmerston Clergy E H Granger Harry Clifton Gibbons married 1890 New Zealand Annie Elizabeth Young (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1890 folio 0250 website 1890/324) Harry Clifton and Annie Elizabeth had a son Edward GIBBONS born 1893 (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1893 folio website 1893/15822 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons) 1893 Wellington Electoral Roll Henry Clifton GIBBONS Seedsman 131 Lambton Quay Residential (4568) Annie Elizabeth GIBBONS married women Tinakori Road residential (4565) Harry Clifton and Annie Elizabeth had a son Walter Jefferies GIBBONS born 1894 (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1894 folio website 1894/3521 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons) Harry Clifton and Annie Elizabeth had a daughter Winifred Lucy Clifton GIBBONS born 1895 (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1895 folio website 1895/11592 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons) 1896 Wellington Electoral Roll 1
Harry Clifton GIBBONS Seedsman Tinakori Road Residential (5130) Annie Elizabeth GIBBONS married women Tinakori Road residential (5126) Harry Clifton and Annie Elizabeth had a daughter Alice Lumby GIBBONS born 1897 (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1897 folio website 1897/1620 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons) Harry Clifton and Annie Elizabeth had a daughter Rhoda Gertrude GIBBONS born 1898 (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1898 folio website 1898/1765 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons) Upper Hutt School Admission date 02 November 1909 Winifred Lucy Gibbons birth date 22 September 1895 parents Henry C Gibbons address Upper Hutt last school Te Aro last day 16 December 1909 destination Hutt District High register number 1279 Admission date 02 November 1909 Alice Lumby Gibbons birth date 03 December 1896 parent Henry C Gibbons address Upper Hutt last school Te Aro last day 15 December 1910 destination Hutt District High school register number 1280 Admission date 02 November 1909 Rhoda Gertrude Gibbons birth date 15 June 1898 parent Henry C Gibbons address Upper Hutt last school Te Aro last day 19 December 1912 destination Hutt District High school register number 1281 Gibbons Road Upper Hutt appeared in a Dominion newspaper article on 01 November 1909. Gibbons Road was named after Harry Clifton GIBBONS and his property was situated on the south side of Gibbons Street. Harry Clifton GIBBONS was a councillor for the Upper Hutt Town Board from 1910 to 1912 New Zealand Times newspaper 23 September 1910 Upper Hutt Town District - In the matter of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1905 - Election of Seven Commissioners - I hereby notify that a Poll taken on Wednesday 21 st September 1910, to elect seven persons to fill the vacancies for the office of Town Commissioner the votes were recorded as under; BENGE George Isaac 149 BENGE John Thomas 153 BROWN William 119 BURRELL William 151 DAVIS Philip David 175 GIBBONS Harry Clifton 153 GIBBS Harold Rodier 114 GREENWOOD Edmund 47 HARRISON Job 137 KEYS William Richard 125 KIRKER Samuel Gilbert 131 KITCHEN Leonard 78 WEBB Reginald Herbert 150 WILKIE Francis Howard 125 Informal 8 I therefore declare George Isaac Benge, John Thomas Benge, William Burrell, Philip David Davis, Harry Clifton Gibbons, Job Harrison and Reginald Herbert Webb duly elected Commissioners for the Town District of Upper Hutt. Angus J McCurdy, Returning Officer 21 st September 1910 (Reference Papers past website New Zealand Times newspaper 23 September 1910) 1911 Hutt Electoral Roll Harry Clifton Gibbons seedsman Gibbons Road Upper Hutt (8216) 1914 Hutt Electoral Roll 2
Harry Clifton Gibbons seedsman Gibbons Road Upper Hutt (2285) I was informed that during World War One Harry Clifton GIBBONS gave or leased part of his land in Gibbons Street to the Defence Department for the Remount Depot. This was where the Defence Department prepared the horses for overseas duty. I was also informed that he later gifted the same piece of land to the Catholic Church for a Convent. All these stories will have to be researched. Harry Clifton GIBBONS 1919 Wellington North Electoral Roll Annie Elizabeth Gibbons died 06 September 1937 at 46 Upland Road Kilburn Wellington New Zealand (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1937 folio website 1937/27958 age 66 born about 1871) Annie Elizabeth GIBBONS married women Wellington Probate files Court Wellington (Reference Archives NZ Wellington AAOM 6029 61381 filed date 23 September 1937 type Will Court Wellington) Harry Clifton Gibbons died 13 March 1941 at Upland Road Kilburn Wellington New Zealand (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1941 folio website 1941/16621 age 80 born about 1861) Harry Clifton GIBBONS retired Seed Manufacturer Wellington probate files Wellington Court (Reference Archives NZ Wellington AAOM 6030 2977 filed date 19 March 1941 type Will Court Wellington) Evening Post newspaper 14 March 1941 Mr H C Gibbons - The death occurred yesterday at his residence in Upland Road Kelburn of Mr Harry Clifton Gibbons for many years a successful seedsman and nurseryman. He came to New Zealand from England in 1884 subsequently carrying on for many years a business in Lambton Quay. Since he sold out to Mr F Cooper he has lived in retirement. Mr. Gibbons who was a widower leaves three daughters Mesdames Hill and Hall Wellington and Chance Auckland. He lost two sons in the Great War. Mrs Thomas Waugh Lower Hutt is a sister. The funeral will leave the residence Upland Road for the Karori Cemetery after the service at about 10 a.m. tomorrow. (Reference papers past website Evening Post newspaper 14 March 1941 page 9) Gibbons Street in Upper Hutt was named after Harry Clifton GIBBONS. Gibbons Street appeared in the Wises New Zealand Post Office Directory in 1955 & 1959 & 1961-1962 (Reference Heritage Centre Petone Library address Gibbons Street published in Wises NZ Post Office Directory volume 2 1955 & 1959 & 1961-1962) Harry and Annie GIBBONS their children and descendants 1- Edward GIBBONS born 06 March 1893 New Zealand died 12 September 1918 France (never married) #Edward GIBBONS born 1893 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1893 folio website 1893/15822 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons #Edwards GIBBONS Te Aro Infant reference Archives NZ Wellington Education Department 1894 ED-W8/18 #Edward GIBBONS Hutt School reference Archives NZ Wellington Education Department 1897 ED-W8/27 & 1898 ED-W8/30 #Edward GIBBONS birth date 06 March 1893 parent Mr Gibbons address 7 Kensington Street admission date 16 March 1904 last school Lower Hutt last day December 1907 register number 8213 Te Aro School #Edward GIBBONS seedsman Wellington Military Call up 1917 New Zealand Gazette page 915 #Edward GIBBONS occupation Seedsman address 80 Salamanca Road Wellington recruiting district First Reserves 3
#Edward GIBBONS service number 33347 Sergeant Occupation Seedsman next of kin father H C Gibbons 80 Salamanca Road Wellington reference Nominal Roll volume 3 roll 60 page 17 #Edward GIBBONS WWI service number 33347 Lance Corporal New Zealand Rifle Brigade killed in action 12 September 1918 France son of H C Gibbons of 114 Upland Road Kelburn Wellington NZ buried Gouzeaucourt New British cemetery #Edward GIBBONS died overseas reference RGO NZ WW1 death registration 1918 folio website 1918/79293 age 25 born about 1893 #Edward GIBBONS seedsman Wellington Probate files Wellington Court reference Archives NZ Wellington AAOM 6029 24759 filed date 29 November 1918 type Will Court Wellington 2- Walter Jefferies GIBBONS born 18 May 1894 New Zealand died 30 September 1916 France (never married) #Walter Jefferies GIBBONS born 1894 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1894 folio website 1894/3521 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons #Hutt Valley School Walter GIBBONS 1901 Wellington Education Board reference Archives NZ Wellington EB-W8/44 #Te Aro School Walter J GIBBONS birth date 18 May 1894 parent Mr Gibbons 7 Kensington Street admission date 16 March 1904 last school Lower Hutt Last day December 1907 Te Aro School #Walter Jefferis GIBBONS service number 17/303 Trooper Fifth Veterinary Corps Single last address Upper Hutt next of kin father Harry C Gibbons address Upper Hutt reference WWI Nominal Roll volume 1 #Walter Jefferis GIBBONS Service number 17/303 Lance Corporal WWI Wellington Infantry Regiment killed in action 30 September 1916 France (also served in Egypt) son of Harry Clifton Gibbons and Annie Elizabeth Gibbons of Wellington buried France Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial #Walter Jeffries died overseas reference RGO NZ WW1 death registration 1918 folio website 1918/57552 age 26 born about 1892 #Walter Jefferis GIBBONS Settler Wellington Probate files Wellington Court reference Archives NZ Wellington AAOM 6029 19721 filed date 08 November1918 type Will Court Wellington 3- Winifred Lucy Clifton GIBBONS born 22 September 1895 New Zealand died 1979 New Zealand 1 st married 1920 New Zealand Herbert Isaac HILL born 29 July 1887 New Zealand died 1975 New Zealand 2 nd married 1944 New Zealand John Vincent MCGRATH born 1883 place unknown died 1950 New Zealand #Winifred Lucy Clifton GIBBONS born 22 September 1895 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1895 folio website 1895/11592 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons #Te Aro School Winifred GIBBONS parent Mr Gibbons 7 Kensington Street admission date 16 March 1904 last school Lower Hutt Last day 27 October 1909 destination Hutt Te Aro School register number 8214 #Te Aro School Winifred GIBBONS birth date 22 September 1895 parent Harry Gibbons 10 Kensington Street admission date 24 January 1905 Te Aro School register number 8489 former 8214 #Upper Hutt School Winifred Lucy GIBBONS birth date 22 September 1895 parent Henry C Gibbons address Upper Hutt admission date 02 November 1909 last school Te Aro last day 16 December 1909 destination Hutt High School register number 1279 #1919 Wellington North Electoral Roll Winifred Lucy Clifton GIBBONS #Herbert Isaac HILL born 1887 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1887 folio website 1887/7888 parents Mary Ann and Benjamin Joseph Hill #Winifred Lucy Clifton GIBBONS married 1920 New Zealand Herbert Isaac HILL reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1920 folio 10134 website 1920/12479 #Herbert Isaac HILL died 1975 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1975 folio website 1975/32969 born 29 July 1887 4
#Winifred Lucy Clifton HILL married 1944 New Zealand John Vincent MCGRATH reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1944 folio 01271 #John Vincent MCGRATH died 1950 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1950 folio website 1950/17699 age 67 born about 1883 #Winifred Lucy Clifton MCGRATH died 1979 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1979 folio website 1979/43582 born 22 September 1896 4- Alice Lumby GIBBONS born 03 December 1896 New Zealand died 26 September 1984 Hutt New Zealand married 1930 New Zealand William Robert HALL born 25 December 1885 place unknown died 18 October 1973 Hutt New Zealand #Alice Lumby GIBBONS born 03 December 1896 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1897 folio website 1897/1620 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons #Upper Hutt School Alice Lumby GIBBONS birth date 03 December 1896 parent Henry C Gibbons address Upper Hutt admission date 02 November 1909 last school Te Aro last day 15 December 1910 destination Hutt high school register 1280 #1919 Wellington North Electoral Roll Alice Lumby GIBBONS #Alice Lumby GIBBONS married 1930 New Zealand William Robert HALL reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1930 folio 09690 website 1930/8749 #William Robert HALL died 1973 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1973 folio website 1973/37626 born 25 December 1885 #William Robert HALL died 18 October 1973 buried Taita Lawn cemetery Lower Hutt #Alice Lumby HALL died 1984 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1984 folio website 1984/49112 born 03 December 1896 #Alice Lumby HALL died 26 September 1984 buried Taita Lawn cemetery Lower Hutt 5- Rhoda Gertrude GIBBONS born 15 June 1898 New Zealand died 04 December 1962 Auckland New Zealand married 1928 New Zealand Alfred CHANCE born 1895 place unknown died 24 May 1956 Auckland New Zealand #Rhoda Gertrude GIBBONS born 15 June 1898 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1898 folio website 1898/1765 parents Annie Elizabeth and Harry Clifton Gibbons #Gertrude GIBBONS Hutt Infant reference Archives NZ Wellington Education Department 1898 ED-W8/30 #Te Aro School Rhoda Gertrude GIBBONS birth date 15 June 1898 parent Mr Gibbons address 7 Kensington Street admission date 16 March 1904 last school None last day 25 March 1904 destination Hutt register number 8216 Te Aro School #Upper Hutt School Rhoda Gertrude GIBBONS birth date 15 June 1898 parent Henry C Gibbons address Upper Hutt admission date 02 November 1909 last school Te Aro last day 19 December 1912 destination Hutt High School register number 1281 Upper Hutt School #Rhoda Gertrude GIBBONS married 1928 New Zealand Alfred CHANCE reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1928 folio 08106 website 1928/6437 #Alfred CHANCE died 24 May 1956 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1956 folio website 1956/27443 age 61 born about 1895 #Alfred CHANCE died 24 May 1956 age 61 years residence Epsom buried Purewa cemetery Auckland undertaker W Sibun & Sons #Rhoda Gertrude CHANCE died 04 December 1962 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1962 folio website 1962/40012 age 64 born about 1898 #Rhoda Gertrude CHANCE died 04 December 1962 age 64 years residence Parnell buried Purewa cemetery Auckland undertaker W Sibun & Sons Harry Clifton GIBBONS his parents and their descendants 0- Mr GIBBONS married UNKNOWN 0-0- Harry Clifton GIBBONS born 1860 Spalding Lincolnshire England died 31 March 1941 Wellington New Zealand married 1890 New Zealand Annie Elizabeth YOUNG born about 1871 died 06 September 1937 Wellington New Zealand (5 children) 5
0-0- Kate Florence GIBBONS born died 1952 Lower Hutt died 02 May 1952 Hutt New Zealand married 1896 New Zealand Thomas WAUGH born died 24 August 1945 Hutt New Zealand #Kate Florence GIBBONS Companion residence Grafton House Willis Street 1893 City of Wellington Electoral Roll (4572) #Kate Florence GIBBONS married 1896 New Zealand Thomas WAUGH reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1896 folio 1633 website 1896/?? #Thomas WAUGH died 24 August 1945 buried 25 August 1945 Taita cemetery Hutt #Kate Florence WAUGH died 02 May 1952 buried 05 May 1952 Taita cemetery Hutt #Kate Mary WAUGH widow Lower Hutt Probate records Court Wellington reference Archives NZ Wellington AAOM 6031 0358/1952 filed date 07 May 1952 type Will 0-0- Clement Edward GIBBONS born about died 1931 Christchurch married 1885 New Zealand Clara Lydia NASH born died 1934 New Zealand #Clement Edward GIBBONS married 1885 New Zealand Clara NASH reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1885 folio 1821 website 1885/?? #Clara Lydia GIBBONS married women residence Ohiro Road 1893 City of Wellington Electoral Roll (14741) #Clement Edward GIBBONS occupation Nurseryman place Christchurch probate recorded Court Christchurch reference Archives NZ Christchurch office CAHX CH 171 16021 filed date 07 August 1931 type Will #Clara Lydia GIBBONS occupation widow place Christchurch probate recorded Court Christchurch reference Archives NZ Christchurch office CAHX CH 171 17200 filed date 17 April 1934 type Will 0-0-0- Edward Clifton GIBBONS 16 May 1886 New Zealand died 1950 Christchurch New Zealand married 1913 New Zealand Ethel Margaret WALKER born died #Te Aro Infants School Edward Clifton Gibbons birth date 16 May 1886 parent Clement E Gibbons address Ohiro Road admission date 15 March 1892 register number 1579 #Edward Clifton GIBBONS married 1913 New Zealand Ethel Margaret WALKER reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1913 folio 7730 website 1913/?? #Edward Clifton GIBBONS occupation Seedsman place Christchurch Probate records Court Christchurch reference Archives NZ Christchurch Office CAHX CH 171 28557 filed date 10 March 1950 type Will 0-0-0- Kate Florence GIBBONS born 05 February 1887 New Zealand died 1970 Christchurch (never married) #Te Aro School Kate Florence Gibbons birth date 05 February 1887 parent Clement Gibbons address Ohiro Road admission date 20 February 1893 last school Private School last day 15 December 1894 destination Clyde Quay register number 18 #Kate GIBBONS Hutt School 1897 & 1898 Wellington Education Board reference Archives NZ Wellington 1897 EB-W8/27 & 1898 EB-W8/30 #Richmond School Christchurch Kate Florence Gibbons birth date 05 February 1888 parents C E Gibbons address Stanmore Road admission date 22 May 1900 last school Taita Wellington register 931 #Kate Florence GIBBONS spinster Christchurch Court Probate records reference Archives NZ Christchurch office CAHX 2989 CH684 box 3 CH248/1970 0-0-0- Sydney GIBBONS born 17 October 1889 #Sydney GIBBONS Hutt School 1898 Wellington Education Board reference Archives NZ Wellington EB-W8/30 #Richmond School Sydney W GIBBONS birth date 17 October 1889 parent C E Gibbons address Stanmore Road admission date 22 May 1900 last school Taita Wellington last day 30 September 1904 destination DHS register number 932 #West Christchurch DHS School Sydney W GIBBONS birth date 17 October 1889 parent C Gibbons address 82 Cambridge Street admission date 19 October 1904 last school Richmond last day 01 February 1906 destination work register number 179 0- Arthur GIBBONS born 17 February 1894 GIBBONS miscellaneous information 6
#Arthur GIBBONS birth date 1894 Guardian W Clark address Akatarawa Upper Hutt School Maungaroa Upper Hutt admission date 17 February 1902 last day 25 February 1903 destination Government register number 296 Maungaroa School now known as Brown Owl #Arthur GIBBONS birth date 24 July 1894 parent Mr Gibbons address Woodville admission date 29 February 1904 Woodville School last school College Street Palmerston North register number 3093 Woodville School 0- John GIBBONS born died married 0-1- Arnold R GIBBONS born 05 May 1896 #Arnold R GIBBONS birth date 05 May 1896 parent J Gibbons address Akatarawa Upper Hutt School Maungaroa Upper Hutt admission date 25 September 1906 last day 07 May 1913 School now known as Brown Owl register number 318 Maungaroa School 0-2- William GIBBONS born 07 April 1898 #Wm GIBBONS birth date 07 April 1898 parent John Gibbons address Akatarawa Upper Hutt School Maungaroa Upper Hutt admission date 25 September 1906 last day 07 May 1913 School now known as Brown Owl register number 322 Maungaroa School #William GIBBONS occupation Retired Soldier Upper Hutt Probate records reference Archives NZ Wellington AAOM 6031 0405/1954 filed date 10 May 1954 type Will 0-3- Doris E GIBBONS born 23 August 1900 #Doris Gibbons birth date 23 August 1900 parent Gibbons address Main Road Upper Hutt School Karapoti Upper Hutt admission date 11 December 1912 last school Maungaroa last day 19 December 1912 destination Maungaroa register number 16 #Doris E GIBBONS birth date 23 August 1900 parent John Gibbons address Akatarawa Upper Hutt School Maungaroa Upper Hutt admission date 25 September 1906 last day 13 May 1913 School now known as Brown Owl register number 344 Maungaroa School #Doris E GIBBONS birth date 23 August 1900 Guardian Mrs Auckram address Akatarawa Upper Hutt School Maungaroa Upper Hutt admission date 14 June 1909 last school Akatarawa last day 12 July 1909 school now known as Brown Owl register number 373 Maungaroa Upper Hutt School #Doris GIBBONS married 1919 New Zealand Geoffrey Whall OSBORNE reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1919 folio 1894 website 1896/?? #Geoffrey Whall OSBORNE died 02 August 1965 buried 05 August 1965 Akatarawa cemetery Upper Hutt #Doris OSBORNE died 09 May 1984 buried Akatarawa cemetery Upper Hutt 0-4- Louisa GIBBONS born 18 October 1902 or /20 November 1900 #Louisa GIBBONS birth date 18 October 1902 Guardian Mrs Auckram address Akatarawa Upper Hutt School Maungaroa Upper Hutt admission date 14 June 1909 last school Akatarawa last day 11 July 1909 school now known as Brown Owl register number 374 Maungaroa Upper Hutt School #Louisa GIBBONS birth date 20 November 1900 parents John Gibbons address Eketahuna admission date 12 March 1915 Featherston School last school Nireaha last day 05 October 1915 destination at work register number 543 7