Fanny Gibson (buried 1897)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Gibson
First name: 
Fanny
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
292
Born: 
0/0/1825
Died: 
01/12/1897
Buried: 
04/12/1897
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
6
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Fanny Gibson died Dec. 1st 1897 "Fear not for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name. Thou art mine"

Life story

Life story

Fanny Gibson was born in Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire, she was baptised on 31st October 1827. She was the daughter of Edward Gibson, 40yrs, Ship Builder and Ship Owner, and Isabella, 35yrs, nee Kellock. Her father was a Justice of the Peace for the county of York.

Fanny had 5 siblings, Mary Ann b.1813, Esther Anna b.1818, William Graeme b.1822, Lucy Sarah b.1829, and Frederick Denhame b.1831.

At some point after 1851 Fanny and her parents moved to Hornsea, Yorkshire, where both died in 1859. Her father left estate close to £1m. (2022 value) enabling Fanny and her unmarried sisters to live on private means. Fanny appears to have lived with her sister, Esther, until she died in 1891 in Kent, and she then moved to Worthing, Sussex, where her married sister, Lucy Nisbet, lived, residing at Eriswell Villa, Eriswell Road.

Fanny died on 1st December 1897, aged 70yrs, probate was granted to her nephew, Edward Gibson Nisbet, solicitor, and the Rev. Lucius Henry Deering, Clerk, effects £3701 2s 5d. Value 2022 - £512K.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1825

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
01/12/1897
Age (at time of death): 
70
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Eriswell Villa, Eriswell Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Edward Gibson Nisbet status: Solicitor: Lucius Henry Deering status: Clergyman
Probate pounds: 
£3,701

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Living at Great Union Street, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire. Edward Gibson, 63yrs, J.P., Ship builder/owner, wife, Isabella, 58yrs, daughter Fanny, 23yrs, visitor, Kate Farley, 21yrs, plus 3 domestic servants.

1861 census: 

Living at East Gate, Hornsea, Yorkshire. Esther A. Gibson, Hd. 40yrs, sister, Fanny, 30yrs, Ship builders daughters, plus 2 domestic servants.

1891 census: 

Lodging at 60, London Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Esther Gibson, 72yrs, Fanny Gibson, 63yrs, both living on private means.