For information about George Hibberd the convict who came to Van Diemen's Land in 1843, go to the GEORGE HIBBERD AUSTRALIA website.
Here is information about one of George Hibberd the convict's children, his first born Australian son, George Hibberd.
George Hibberd (junior) was born 16-2-1857 in Sandhurst. He spent all his life in the Bendigo area.
George Hibberd married Jane Maria Sidebottom on the 5-7-1881 in St. Paul’s Church of England, Bendigo.
Jane Maria Sidebottom was born 16-10-1863 in Bendigo. Her parents were Thomas & Mary Sidebottom (nee Bowden). Thomas Sidebottom was born 23-3-1818 in Tintwhistle, Cheshire, England. Mary Bowden was born 27-7-1822 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. They were married on 27-2-1843 in Lancashire. They arrived in Melbourne in June 1855 on the ‘Marco Polo’.
For more information go to the SIDEBOTTOM page.
George & Jane had 13 children:
1)George Hibberd. *Born 1881 in Sandhurst.
*Died 16-1-1923 in East Melbourne.
*Married 1905 to Frances (Queenie) Jane Barry in Victoria. (b.1884, par Richard Jos Barry & Maria Jane Mastin)
a)George Henry Hibberd. b.1905-Kangaroo Flat.
d.8-4-1953-Broken Hill. Aged 47.
m.Agnes Grogan.
Issue:
i)Ronald Hibberd.
ii)Dorothy Hibberd.
iii)Linda Hibberd.
b)Ian Hamilton Hibberd. b.23-7-1915-Kangaroo Flat.
Issue:
i)Barbara Hibberd.
b.c1950.
d.5-4-2008.
ii)Janice Hibberd.
2)Bessie Hibberd. *Born 1883 in Sandhurst.
*Died 22-5-1956 in Kew, Melbourne.
*Married 15-4-1903 to William George PURDY/LAMONT at Calvin St. Methodist, Bendigo.
Issue:
See LAMONT/PURDY.
3)William Henry Hibberd. *Born 1885 in Ballarat.
*Died 1934 in Ballarat.
*Married Florence Eveline Williams with issue.
4)John Thomas Hibberd. *Born 1887 in Sandhurst.
*Died 1954 in Gold, Victoria.
*Married 1908 to Eva May Hannan in Victoria with issue.
5)Bridget Mary Hibberd. *Born 1889 in Sandhurst.
*Died 1889 in Sandhurst.
6)Elsie May Hibberd. *Born 1889 in Sandhurst.
*Died 1889 in Sandhurst.
7)Henry (Harry) Hibberd. *Born 17-6-1890 in Sandhurst.
*Died 1937.
*Married 16-10-1912 to Elsie May Whelan in Bendigo.
Issue:
a)Leslie John Hibberd.
b)Doris May Hibberd.
c)Iris Lillian Hibberd.
d)Harry Hibberd.
e)Myrtle Alice Hibberd.
f)Lorna May Hibberd.
g)Lawrence Edward Stanley Hibberd.
h)Allan George Hibberd.
i)Phillip Hibberd.
j)John Hibberd. b.1932-Broken Hill. Worked as a greenkeeper and a fireman.
m.21-12-1957-Joan Louise Walford-Broken Hill.
Issue:
i)Peter John Hibberd.
ii)Christopher James Hibberd. b.1961-Glenelg.
iii)Catherine Mary Hibberd.
iv)Richard Patrick Hibberd.
k)Phyllis Hibberd.
8)Thomas Henry Hibberd. *Born 1892 in Bendigo.
*Died 1906 in Bendigo.
9)James Whelan Hibberd. *Born 1896 in Kangaroo Flat.
*Died 15-12-1898 in Bendigo.
10)Edward Roy Hibberd. *Born 1898 in Bendigo.
*Died 1948.
*Married 22-3-1919 to Ruby May Sanderson in Broken Hill. Ruby born in Broken Hill c1897.
11)Redvers Whelan Hibberd. *Born 1900 in Kangaroo Flat.
*Died 1964 in NSW.
*Married 1926 to Edna D. Sedunary in NSW.
12)Lilly May Bowden Hibberd. *Born 1903 in Kangaroo Flat.
*Died 1962.
13)Harold Stanley King Hibberd. *Born 1905 in Kangaroo Flat.
*Died 1980.
*Married c1929 to Anne Catherine Unknown.
George Hibberd (junior) died in 1913 in Bendigo.
Jane Maria Hibberd died in 1918 in Bendigo.
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Bessie Hibberd was born in 1883 in Sandhurst. You could assume she was named after her aunty, Elizabeth (Bessie) Stebbing.
She grew up in the Bendigo area.
Bessie married William George Purdy/Lamont on 15-4-1903 at Calvin St. Methodist, Bendigo.
For more information go to the LAMONT/PURDY page.