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"Some
History of the Fouldes Family as I remember it"
by (George) Antony Fouldes (2006)
"Regarding the Gibson influence I have always understood, that came from
my Great Grandma Sarah Gibson
as she came from a higher level in the social standings than her husband James
Fouldes.
This would be a more important thing in those days but a marriage on June
6th was
probably enforced by the immanent birth of John Gibson (August 6th).
Uncle Harry Pearson used
to be a mine of information when I was younger.
They had a book containing family history which was passed on to his wife
Edith.
Unfortunately he loaned it out to someone in 1940 and it was lost when the
house was hit in the Sheffield Blitz.
He also used to say that the Guy Gibson of the R.A.F. Dambusters fame came
from Great Grandmothers branch of the family
(they all originated from the Oxton area of Notts) but I have never been able
to see anything to confirm this connection.
Uncle Harry was a great raconteur, always had a good story to tell.
I know my Grandfather
John Gibson worked at Newstead Abbey as a wheelwright,
that's not far from Oxton, before coming to Sheffield to work as a maintenance
man on the trams.
My brother Jack has researched this but I can't find the details which he
claimed he sent me.
It used to be very confusing
when we visited my Uncle Jack at Sleaford
as there would be three Jacks in the house - my brother, uncle and Cousin!
My Grandfather John Gibson ran away to sea in 1879 aged 18.
I have a copy of his discharge certificate from a ship, "Sobraon"
in London 1880.
Oddly he signed on in 1879 under the name John Bulder but signed off in 1880
as John Fouldes.
I have seen a photo of him from around this period and my son Peter is the
spitting image of him when he was about 20".
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