Robert GIBBON

1839 - 1909  (70 years)

• Name	Robert GIBBON
  Birth	1839	Pos Australia
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Oct 1909	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia   [1]
  Person ID	I82399	Tree001D
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Harriet FLACK,   b. 3 Aug 1850, St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex d. 31 Jan 1927, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1872	Sydney, NSW, Australia   [2]
  Children	1. Robert Percy GIBBON,   b. 1874, Nerring, Victoria, Australia   2. Laura Edith GIBBON,   b. 1875, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia d. Nov 1900, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia (Age 25 years)   3. Arthur Bishop GIBBON,   b. 16 Aug 1878, Queensland, Australia   4. Archibald Sydney GIBBON,   b. 27 Jun 1880, Queensland, Australia   5. Ernest Lionel GIBBON,   b. 17 Dec 1885, Queensland, Australia   6. Harriet Grace GIBBON,   b. 11 Aug 1887, Pos Australia d. 1888, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia (Age 0 years)   7. Edward Horace GIBBON,   b. 24 Nov 1888, Queensland, Australia   8. Vivian Walter GIBBON,   b. 31 Jul 1890, Queensland, Australia   9. Gertrude Maud GIBBON,   b. 26 Mar 1892, Pos Australia d. 15 May 1917, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F12889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2023

  
  

• Notes

  The Brisbane Courier Friday 1 May 1908 ================================= Source: TROVE Digitised newspapers and more A Paralytic Stroke: Robert GIBBON aged 69 years, clerk of Queentown Shire Council and a leading Friendly Society officer, sustaines a rather severe paralytic stroke today(our Chartere Towers correspondent telegraphed last night) The Brisbane Courier Wednesday 13 October 1909 ========================================= Charters Towers News: An old resident and a well known officer of the MUIOOF in the person of Mr Robert GIBBON died yesterday aged 70 years. He came to Charters Towers in the early days and was for may years clerk of Dalrymple and then of Queenton Shires, and was corresponding secretary for the North Queensland branch MUIOOF having held other leading positions. The funeral today was largely attended.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3622] Queensland, Australia Burials Transcription, Burials Charters Towers - Lynd Reg Ref 117. 11 Oct 1909 Robert GIBBON aged 70 [est yob 1839] [S1397] NSW, Australia State Records, Marriages Sydney, NSW #834. 1872 Robert GIBBON and Harriet FLACK