GIBBONS
Gibbon, Gibbin(s), Gibben(s)1) 'Guiban' (a fly)2) Gibean, in Gaelic, signifies a hunch-back3) 'Gibb-ing' (the son of Gilbert) (Welsh)4) Patronymic form of Gibbon, a diminutive of Gibb and a pet form of the given name Gilbert5) Patronymic: 'Giboin' (gift-friend) (Old French, 12th century)Anne Mary "Hannah" GIBBONS' birth date is recorded as 24 June in our family bible.
The Anne Mary GIBBONS born on 24 June 1847 to merchant Sills John GIBBONS & Ann [CROOKES] and christened on 28 July 1847 in St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, England appears to not be our Hannah. Though our Hannah's NZ death certificate records her parents as Sills John GIBBONS, merchant of London & Ann [Crookes] GIBBONS, the above Anne Mary GIBBONS was still showing in England census records when our Hannah was in New Zealand and married to Samuel LINTERN.
Interestingly, one of Samuel & Hannah's daughters records her mother Hannah's maiden name as CROOKES on marriage and death registers.
1 Anne Mary "Hannah" GIBBONS b: ca 24 June 1845 in London, London/Middlesex, England?, d: 15 March 1927 in 2 Victoria Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand; aged 79 years, Burial: 17 March 1927 in Taita Old Cemetery, Kowhai Street, Nae Nae, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand; block O St James, plot 13 + Samuel "Darby" LINTERN b: ca 28 April 1839 in Marston Magna, Somerset, England, Baptism: 28 April 1839 in St Mary, Marston Magna, Somerset, England, m: 9 August 1867 in St Luke, cnr Tees & Itchen Streets, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand [C of E], d: 9 February 1917 in Singers Road, Korokoro, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand; his back yard; aged 78 years, Burial: 10 February 1917 in Taita Old Cemetery, Kowhai Street, Nae Nae, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand; block O St James, plot 13