When Margaret Gibbon was born on 10 May 1813, in Trimdon, Durham, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Gibbon, was 33 and her mother, Eleanor Laverick, was 38.
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English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Giboin (ancient Germanic Gebawin).
English: alternatively, a diminutive of the personal name Gibb .
Scottish and Irish: variant of McGibbon .
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