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Will of Hannah Gibbs, widow, 1918 (proved 1930)
Principal Probate Registry
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me HANNAH GIBBS of Avenue Road Winslow in the County of Buckingham Widow I give devise and bequeath the whole of my real and personal property of everydescription [sic] to my son George William Gibbs and to my daughter Harriett Hetty Turnham in equal shares for their own use and benefit absolutely and I authorise my executors (hereinafter named) to sell and convert into money any such part of my said property as shall not consist of money or to distribute the said property without such sale or conversion as they in their discretion shall think fit and for this purpose if they think proper to obtain a valuation of such property and if only one of my said children shall be living at the time of mydeath [sic] I give the whole of my real and personal property of every description to the survivor for his or her use absolutely and I hereby appoint my said son George William Gibbs and Henry Arthur Harrison of 4 Thorncombe Road Dulwich London S E 22 Insurance Official as EXECUTORS of this my will and I revoke all former wills and codicils Dated this twenty first day of September one thousand nine hundred and eighteen – HANNAH GIBBS – Signed by the testatrix for her last will in the presence of us both present at the same time who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our hands as witnesses – H A HARRISON 4 Thorncombe Road London S E 22 Clerk – O W HARRISON 4 Thorncombe Road London S E 22 Sapper R.E.
Proved 6th May 1930
DEATH ON OR AFTER 1ST JANUARY, 1898.
Will
BE IT KNOWN that Hannah Gibbs of 1 Avenue Road Winslow in the County of Buckingham widow died there on the 24th day of February 1930
AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last Will and Testament of the said deceased was proved and registered in the Principal Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice, and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to George William Gibbs of the same address builder son of deceased and Henry Arthur Harrison of 4 Thorncombe Road Dulwich Surrey insurance official the Executors named in the said Will
Dated the 6th day of May 1930.
Gross value of Estate … £1994. 19. 6
Net value of Personal Estate …£1067. 12. 1
Notes
Hannah (nee Cryer) was the widow of Edwin Gibbs (1851-1915). She came from Yorkshire, and they married in Northants in 1875. H.A. Harrison the executor also came from Northampton.
Their children were:
- Harriet Hetty (known as Hetty), b.1877 at Dallington, Northants; married the Winslow photographer J.H. Turnham; no children
- George William, b.1878 at Northampton; he was unmarried until after his mother died; when he died in 1944 he was the end of the male line of the family in Winslow
Edwin was the son of William Heley Gibbs (1821-1903); this branch of the family became Congregationalists, and the lack of an Anglican baptism makes it unclear exactly how they fitted in with earlier generations. See Gibbs family.