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I am trying to find about Major Edgar Gibson b. 1798 on 1841 census in Kent with wife Charlotte and in Calais employing my relative Alfred Greenhill in 1851.

They were in Calais ????

Is him first name major or was that a military rank??

My G Grandfather Alfred Greenhill was killed in suspicious circumstances while in the employ of Major Gibson in Calais. There was also employed a Jane Roberts who was pregnant by Alfred.(assumed married as Alfred was a widower) His body was found by friends and I cannot ascertain why he was killed.

He was military

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Name: Edgar Gibson
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: Wateringbury
Hundred: Twyford
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

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Registration district: Malling
Sub-registration district: East Peckham
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Piece: 464
Book: 2
Folio: 6
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Edgar Gibson 45
Charlotte Gibson 35
Charles Gibson 5
Charlotte Gibson 3
Elizabeth Gibson 1

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Name: Edward Gibson
[Edgar Gibson]
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: 1790
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: St Anns John, Middlesex, England
[St Anns Soho, Middlesex, England]
Civil Parish: St George Hanover Square
Town: Westminster
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation??? retired on half pay

Condition as to marriage:widower

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Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Sub-registration district: May Fair
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
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Household schedule number: 1
Piece: 45
Folio: 3
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward Gibson 71
Charlotte C Gibson 22
Charles E Gibson 25
Georgeana E Gibson 24
Horatio Brown 28
Erina Valdesera 43
Harriet Atkins 24
Elizabeth Gething 26

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Name: Edgar Gibson
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1834
Marriage Place: Wateringbury,Kent,England
Spouse: Charlotte Lucas
FHL Film Number: 0992538, 0992539

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Name: Edgar Gibson
Death Date: 1 Jun 1869
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Probate Date: 2 Jul 1869
Registry: Principal Registry

Late of wateringbury but lately of 20 half moon street Piccadilly a major general in her majesty's army

Effects under £5000

Thanks..seems an important soldier..wonder why they were in Calais. I think there was some Napoleonic coup at the time. Perhaps my relative got involved in something. Ill never know.

Have you got the death cert

Was Arthur also military or a civilian employee

Alfred was employed as a civilian...was down as a commission agent and then as domestic.

No Death certificate, just a report by the police after interviwing the men who found him dead.

Had a look at my records and I think the death was in Boulogne sur Mer not Calais and that was where he was working.

Record Transcription:
1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Ditton Common, Thames Ditton, Kingston, Surrey, England

Edgar Gibson's Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Harriet Gibson Head Widow Female 94 1757 Landed Proprietor London, Middlesex, England
Anne Salkeld Daughter Widow Female 67 1784 Proprietor Of Houses London, Middlesex, England
Edgar Gibson Son Married Male 59 1792 Major Unattached Army London, Middlesex, England xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Susannah Christophers Visitor Unmarried Female 58 1793 Landed Proprietor Dartmouth, Devon, England
John Trew Visitor Married Male 58 1793 Archdeacon Of Bahamas Armagh, Ireland
Laura Trew Visitor Married Female 48 1803 Proprietor Of Houses Hutton Bonville, Yorkshire, England
Sarah Peasley Servant Unmarried Female 43 1808 Housemaid Esher, Surrey, England
Mary Smith Servant Unmarried Female 29 1822 Cook High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Elizabeth Russell Servant Unmarried Female 20 1831 Housemaid Thames Ditton, Surrey, England
James Eaves Servant Unmarried Male 17 1834 Footman Long Ditton, Surrey, England

Connected thread about Alfred Greenhill:

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1370734

Major Gibson must have taken his family Wife and children to France later in 1851 as the record I have with the death is in December that year. It seems from his age that he may have retired.(his age seems to fluctuate)