Richard Gibbs

Brief Life History of Richard

When Richard Gibbs was born on 7 June 1825, in Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Gibbs, was 42 and his mother, Mary Bradbury, was 34. He married Frances Gilson on 27 January 1857, in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 24 September 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Richard Gibbs
1825–1859
Frances Gilson
1838–1921
Marriage: 27 January 1857
Heber Richard Gibbs
1858–1906

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1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: from the common medieval personal name Gibb (see Gibb ), a pet form of Gilbert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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