Gibbs family page
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 Elizabeth Mary Gibbs
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Origins of surname
This surname is derived from the Medieval pet name Gib, short for Gilbert, a Norman name introduced to England after the Conquest. The rough translation of Gilbert, which is Germanic in origin, is 'bright youth'.
Early records
The name first appeared in Jersey records in 1690-91 with the baptism of two children of Thomas and Beneste Doble. The first born, Thomas, married Jeanne Mauger in St Saviour in 1714 and settled in St John, but records end with the baptism of their fifth child, also Thomas, in 1729.
From early in the 19th century further Gibbs families became established.
Variants
- Gibbs
- Gibb
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Gibbs baptisms in Jersey
- Gibbs marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Gibbs marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Gibbs burials in Jersey
Great War service
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Sons of John W and Jane H Gibbs, of St Helier
- Hedley Rolland Gibbs (1899-1918) Private, Hampshire Regiment, killed in action
- Claude Rothwell George Gibbs (1896- ) (St H), Gunner RFA
- Reginald Harold McDonald Gibbs (1893- )(St H) ex-RMIJ, Private, RAF
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Gibbs family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Edward Gibbs (Sir, Major-General), Lieut-Governor of Jersey 3 February 1847 - D/Y/A/26
- Joseph Gibbs, 3 Castle Street, St Helier - 16 April 1918, D/Y/A/78
Burial records
Family businesses
Family gravestones
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St John's Church cemetery
Tips
The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.
New records
Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form
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