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I referred to JOSEPH’S death - the one you said you weren’t sure of

NameThomas GibsonBaptism Date3 Mar 1845Baptism PlaceLiverpool, St Peter, Lancashire, EnglandFatherThomas GibsonMotherMary Gibson

wrong Thomas

I have Samuels death cert


Thomas's birth
NameThomas GibsonAge0Birth Date29 Nov 1886Baptism Date21 Dec 1886Baptism PlaceSt Anthony's, Liverpool, Lancashire, EnglandFatherJosephi GibsonMotherSarae GibsonHousehold members

Get the death cert for informant’s details

I posted the census for the helpers' info.


There's also a son Thomas, born c1845 per 1851 census - can't see his birth or baptism either.


Death of Samuel, who is on the 1851 census (birth posted above):

GIBSON, SAMUEL 5
GRO Reference: 1856 M Quarter in LIVERPOOL Volume 08B Page 48

I have all the census , Death looks about right, Birth is eluding me ...so Thanks for the Death, His wife married again ...

Some siblings' births - note varied spellings of Holbrook:

GIBSON, MARY ELLEN mmn HOLDROOK
GRO Reference: 1849 J Quarter in LIVERPOOL Volume 20 Page 335

GIBSON, WILLIAM mmn HOLDBROOKE
GRO Reference: 1842 J Quarter in LIVERPOOL Volume 20 Page 408

GIBSON, SAMUEL mmn HOLDBROOKE
GRO Reference: 1850 S Quarter in LIVERPOOL Volume 20 Page 420

GIBSON, JOHN mmn OLDBROOK
GRO Reference: 1854 S Quarter in LIVERPOOL Volume 08B Page 15

GIBSON, CATHERINE mmn HOLBROOK
GRO Reference: 1852 J Quarter in LIVERPOOL Volume 08B Page 217



Joseph's isn't the only birth I can't find.


Betsy's baptism, but I can't see her birth:

Elizab Gibson
in the Liverpool, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1741-1919
Name: Elizab Gibson
Age: 0
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1847
Baptism Date: 20 Jun 1847
Baptism Place: St Anthony's, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Father: Thomas Gibson
Mother: Mary Gibson

For our reference:

Joseph Gibson
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Joseph Gibson
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: 1857
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas Gibson
Mother's Name: Mary Gibson
Gender: Male
Where Born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: Liverpool
Sub-registration District: St Martin
ED, institution, or vessel: 40
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 133
Piece: 2654
Folio: 245
Page Number: 37
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Gibson 39
Mary Gibson 38
William Gibson 18
Thomas Gibson 15
Betsey Gibson 13
Catherine Gibson 8
John Gibson 5
Joseph Gibson 4
Rosana Holbrook 60

Also with his parents and siblings in 1871 - DOB c1856, Liverpool.
1881 , 1891, 1901 all say born c1857 Liverpool.

Joseph Gibson
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Joseph Gibson
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Death Registration Place: West Derby, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Death Date: Jun 1901
Inferred Death Place: Lancashire, United Kingdom
Volume: 8b
Page: 196

I can not find the birth or death of my great grandfather Joseph Gibson 1856 /57 Born Liverpool
Parents Thomas Gibson 1820 Born Liverpool
Mary Holbrook 1824 Born Liverpool
Married to
Sarah Daley 1859 born Liverpool

Death was in 1901 possibly buried in Ford Cemetery Liverpool