Looking for any Gibbons

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lindalou
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Looking for any Gibbons

Post by lindalou » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:57 am

Hello i am very new to all this n need a little help .my Grandmother was called Agnes Gibbons (nee Barry) Grandfather John Gibbons both from Govan Glasgow. thanks lindalou

LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:44 am

Hello lindalou
...and welcome to Talking Scot :D

Have you looked for your grandparents on the Scotlands People site? (link at top of page) You should be able to find marriage, birth and death records for them there, if these events all happened in Scotland. The information given on these records will help you trace your family further back.

Another option is to spend a day in Park Circus in Glasgow or New Register House in Edinburgh and look up the records there.

Best wishes
Lesley

LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:46 am

There seems to be a marriage in Govan in 1911 for people of those names on the Scotlands People site. If it is the same couple, then downloading the marriage entry would give your their parents' names.

Best wishes
Lesley

lindalou
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gibbons family

Post by lindalou » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:39 am

Hi Lesley, thats great i will check that out n go form there it,s so hard when i have no close family members to ask but i will let you know how i get on.thanks lindalou

lindalou
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Found my Gibbons

Post by lindalou » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:18 am

GREAT I found my Grparents Agnes Barry n John Gibbons married 1911 in Govan, (easy peasie) or so i thought untill i come across another name on my grand mothers death cert AGNES CUNNINGHAM.HELPPPPP.Lindalou :?

Russell
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Post by Russell » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:52 am

Hi Lindalou

This is where a look at what was happening in the wider world can give some clues.
Agnes married just before the start of the Great War. It is possible that she lost her husband in that awful conflict but was luckier than many women and found another husband. Men were in short supply after the war was over :!:

Look now for the marriage of Agnes Gibbons to someone called Cunningham probably between 1918 and 1925.
If she remained in the Lanarkshire area till she died that cuts down the possible options a little.
Fingers crossed for a successful search :idea:

Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
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