Emma Chalcraft [Gibbins] (1848-1927)


Dates

Birth: 15 September 1848 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Father: William Chalcraft1814-1884
Mother: Ann Hoar 1815-1897

Christening: 29 October 1848 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK

Marriage: 13 June 1872 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Husband: Henry Edward (Edwarad) James Gibbins (Gebbins) 1842-1925

Death: 15 May 1927 in Hagville, Wokingham, Berkshire, UK
Burial: 21 May 1927 Eversley, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK

Children

Ralph Bryan Henry Gibbins (Gebbins) 1873-1944
Heathcote Henry Gibbins 1874-1895
Emma Mildred Gibbins [Stephens] 1875-1932
Ada Kathleen Gibbins 1877-a1901
Hilda Annie Gibbins [Morey] 1877-1957
Evelyn Sophia Gibbins 1878-1883
Edward Stuart Gibbins 1880-1957
Ida May Gibbins [Popper] 1883-1969
George Gordon Gibbins 1885-1892
Alice Mary Gibbins 1888-a1901
Dorothy Grace Gibbins 1890-a1911

Notes

Birth of Emma Chaleray_ (sic- in the index, Chalcraft on the handwritten original) in FreeBMD in October-December 1848 in Farnboro' (4 159) which included Bramshott 1847-1869.

Birth of Emma Chalcraft in the Ancestral File on 15 September 1848 in Bramshott, Hampshire, her christening on 29 October 1848 in Bramshott, parents William Chalcraft and Ann Hoar, her marriage to Henry Edward James Gibbins on 13 June 1872 in Bramshott, her seven children before the 1881 census, her death on 15 May 1927 in Hagville, Wokingham, Berkshire, and burial on 21 May 1927 at Eversley, Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Christening of Emma Chalcraft in the IGI on 29 October 1848 in Bramshot, Hampshire, parents William and Ann Chalcraft.

In the 1851 census as Emma Chalcraft aged 2, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, and living with her parents (William and Ann), brother (William H), three sisters (Ann, Elizabeth and Maria), a nurse (Ellen Curtis aged 21 and born in Bramshott), three house servants (Ann Denyer aged 24 and born in Lynch, Sussex, Harriet Ellis aged 22 and born in Hascomb, Surrey and Mary Smith aged 15 and born in Headley, Hampshire), two farm labourers (Edward Gosden aged 30 and born in Trotton, Sussex and John Bramble aged 24 and born in Headley, Hampshire) and a farmers boy (Matthew Cole aged 18 and born in Bramshott) at Bramshott House, Bramshott, Hampshire. Was this Hewshott House?

In the 1861 census as Emma Chalcraft aged 12, born in Lepbrook (sic - Liphook), and a pupil with some 27 other pupils including her sister Elizabeth at 1 & 2 Sussex Square, Kemp Town, Brighton Sussex.

In the 1871 census as Emma Chalcraft aged 22, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, and living with her parents (William and Ann), brother (John A), two sisters (Elizabeth and Maria), a groom (James Kandell aged 22 and born in Bramshott), four domestic servants (Emma Heather aged 42 and born in Chiddingfold, Surrey, Ether Bridle aged 21 and born in Steep, Hampshire, Emily May aged 22 and born in Kirdford, Sussex, and Mary Carpenter aged 15 and born in Rogate, Sussex) and two agricultural labourers (Edward Gosden aged 51 and born in Trotton, Sussex, and James Thoss aged 19 and born in Bramshott) at Hewshott House, Bramshott, Hampshire.

Marriage of Emma Chalcraft and Henry Edward J Gibbins in FreeBMD in April-June 1872 in Petersfield (2c 228) which included Bramshott from 1869.

Marriage of Emma Chalcraft, father William Chalcraft, and Henry Edwarad James Gibbins in the IGI on 13 June 1872 in Bramshot, Hampshire.

In the 1881 census as Emma Gibbins aged 31, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, and living with her husband (Henry E J), three sons (Edward S, Herbert H and Ralph B H), four daughters (Ada K, Emma M, Evelyn S and Hylda), and three servants (Mary Catchlove aged 15 and born in Bedhampton, Emily Peverill aged 20 and born in Knowlle, Dorset, and Catherine Stone aged 20 and born in Windsor, Berkshire) at Bidbury House, Bedhampton, Hampshire.

The family moved from Bedhampton to Southsea between 1888 and 1890 from the births of his daughters Alice and Dorothy.

In the 1891 census as Emma Gibbins aged 42, born in Bramshott, Hampshire and living with her husband (Henry E J ), four sons (Edward S, George G, Heatheote H and Ralph B H), and six daughters (Ada K, Alice M, Dorothy G, Emma M, Ida M and Hilda A), and two servants (Minnie M Stone aged 20 and born in Shoreham, Sussex and Flora E Baker aged 15 and born in Ambesham, Sussex) at 16 Worthing Road, Landport, Portsea, Hampshire.

In the 1901 census as Emma Gibbins aged 52, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, and living with her husband (Henry E), five daughters (Ada K, Alice M, Dorothy G, Emma M and Ida May), and two servants (Norah Tilford aged 19 in the index, 17 on the original, born in Bransgore, Hampshire ansd a cook, and Sarah White aged 39, born in Ringwood, Hampshire and a housemaid, both single) at Beacon Hill, Burley, Hampshire.

In the 1911 census as Emma Gibbins aged 62, and living with Henry Edward James (husband?) and Dorothy Grace (daughter?) in Lymington, Hampshire.

Her husband died in Odiham in 1925.

Death of Emma Gibbins in FreeBMD in April-June 1927 aged 78 in Wokingham (2c 427).

Kathy 'de Grussa' Hine put the following on Facebook on 15 June 2009 "OK, sorry my name isn't Gibbins but my Great Grandmother's was - is anybody here descended from Henry Edward James Gibbins and Emma Chalcraft?".

Relationship

Emma Chalcraft was my sixth cousin twice removed.

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