Name: Marian Edith Gibson
Date of Birth: 1887
Birth Location: Capel, Western Australia
Maiden Name: Payne
Also Known As:
Age: 68 years
Date of Death: 19th September 1955
Death Location: Bunbury
Date of Burial: 21st September 1955
Denomination: Anglican B
Row/Grave: Row 6 Grave #70
Grave Transcription:
In Loving Memory of
MARIAN EDITH
GIBSON
DIED 19TH SEPT. 1955
AGED 68 YEARS
PEACEFULLY SLEEPING
Father:
George Robert Payne, (Jnr) born 29 August 1840, England. Died 31 October 1895, Capel, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican B Section, Row 11, Grave #139.
- George Robert Payne had a previous marriage to Elizabeth Hough, they were married in 1868.
- Elizabeth was the daughter of James Hough and Ann Hurst, granddaughter of Abraham Hurst and Anne Howlett, she died on 24 April 1884, and is buried in the Capel Cemetery, Anglican B Section, Row 11, Grave #138 (Lucy Hurst and Elizabeth Hough were first cousins)
Mother:
Lucy Hurst, born 1863, Collie River, Western Australia. Died 24th October 1939. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican Section D, Row 3, Grave #18#19
- Lucy had a Second Spouse: William John Charles Delaporte: Married 1898, Bunbury, Western Australia.
- William John Charles Delaporte, born 1870, Capel, Western Australia. Died 17 October 1941, Capel, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican D Section, Row 3, Grave #18/19. William was the son of John Charles Delaporte and Anna Ellen House.
Grandparents (father):
George Robert Payne (Snr), born 1817, Kent, England. Died 5th November 1892 and Julia Horne, born 1811, England. Died 7th June 1878. Both buried at the Picton Church Yard, Bunbury, Western Australia
The Inquirer and Commercial News – 30th November 1892 – Mr. G. Payne – death
Grandparents (mother):
Basil Hurst, born 1828, Leicestershire, England. Died 2 May 1901, Collie Bridge, Greenwood, Western Australia. Buried Bunbury Pioneer Cemetery.
Married 5 July 1853 to Maria Gardiner, born 1831, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Died 17 October 1903, Collie Bridge, Greenwood, Western Australia. Buried Bunbury Pioneer Cemetery.
Marian’s Step Siblings: Parents – George Robert Payne and Elizabeth Hough
George William Frederick Payne, born 1869, Capel, Western Australia. Died 12 January 1953, buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican B Section, Row 11, Grave # 137. Married Mary Ann Jackson, born 1869, the daughter of Thomas Jackson and Catherine Lyons.
Ernest Albert Payne, born 1870, Capel, Western Australia. Died 6 February 1956, buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican B, Row 10, Grave #121.
Arnott James Payne, born 1872, Capel, Western Australia. Died 13 March 1939, Boyanup, Western Australia. Buried Boyanup Cemetery. Married Sarah Ellen Hurst, born 1874, the daughter of Thomas Hurst and Elizabeth Ann Ecclestone, granddaughter of Abraham Hurst and Ann Howlett.
Raymond Alfred Payne, born 1875, Vasse, Western Australia. Died 5 April 1955, Boyanup, Western Australia. Buried Boyanup Cemetery. Married Mary Matilda Hurst, born 1878, the daughter of Thomas Hurst and Elizabeth Ann Ecclestone, granddaughter of Abraham Hurst and Ann Howlett.
Bertha Fanny Christina Payne, born 1877, Vasse, Western Australia. Died 12 November 1962, buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican A, Row 3, Grave #21. Married Walter James Hutton, born 1877, the son of John James Hutton and Ann Alice Jackson
Laura Marie Payne, born 1879, Capel, Western Australia. Died 18 December 1947, Quindalup, Western Australia. Buried Dunsborough Cemetery. Married William John Harwood, born 1870, the son of John Harwood and Mary Elizabeth Scott.
Herbert Edward Payne, born 1881, Capel, Western Australia. Died 1952 Blackwood, Western Australia. Married Alice May Thomas
Laurence Arthur Payne, born 1883, Happy Valley, Western Australia. Died 30 June 1960, Donnybrook, Western Australia. Buried Donnybrook Cemetery. Married Violet May Payne, born 1912, daughter of Aubrey William Payne and Violet Matilda Sophia Scott.
Marian’s Full Siblings: Parents – George Robert Payne and Lucy Hurst
Ethel Rosina Payne, born 1886, Happy Valley, Western Australia. Died 15 November 1960, Bunbury, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican A Section, Row 1, Grave #8. Married Frederick Roland Henry Tucker, born 1888, the son of William Tucker and Rachel Williams
Ruth Evelyn Payne, born 1889, Capel, Western Australia. Died 25 February 1954, Donnybrook, Western Australia. Buried Donnybrook Cemetery. Married John Cross, born 1885, the son of John Cross Snr and Grace Kelly Pearce.
Justus Allan Payne, born 1891, Capel, Western Australia. Died 5 October 1960, Queensland. Buried Nundah Cemetery, Nundah Brisbane City, Queensland.
Cyril Thomas Payne, born 1893, Capel, Western Australia. Died 2 November 1916, Flers, Somme, Picardie, France. WW1
Marian’s Step Siblings: Lucy Hust and William John Charles Delaporte
Frederick Delaporte, born 7 April 1899, Coolingup (Capel), Western Australia. Died 1 March 1978, Capel, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican A section, Row 9, Grave #77. Married Doris Constance Jarvis, born 1908, daughter of Edward Thomas Jarvis and Blanche Capel Scott.
Stanley Vernon Delaporte, born 1901, Capel, Western Australia. Died 3 January 1966, Kirup, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican A section, Row 4, Grave #33. Married Annie Grace Landwehr, born 1910, daughter of Charles Henry Landwehr and Beatrice Wealands
Baby Girl Delaporte, stillborn, born 1903, Capel, Western Australia
Doris Martha Delaporte, born 1905, Capel, Western Australia. Died 9 April 1990, Busselton, Western Australia. Buried Capel Cemetery, Anglican A section, Row 10, Grave #83. Married Maxwell Gordon Bentley, born 1899, son of James Levi Bentley and Emily Scrivener.
Spouse: John Finlayson
Children:
Roy Campbell Gibson – born 1908
Laurence Hough Gibson – born 1914
Olive Marian Gibson – born 1916
Jessie Mavis Gibson – born 1920
Trevor Stanley Gibson – born 1922
Geoffrey Thomas Gibson – born 1924
Andrew George Gibson – born 1927
Thelma Doris Gibson – born 1930
Occupation: Housewife
Their Story
This story is under construction
Information Compiled by Researcher PP (CDCP Team Member)
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