Family History

I have been putting the information that Grandma did on family history into the PAF (personal ancestral file) and looking up some of the place names as I go. Here are some maps.

The "A" bubble on this map shows Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales where Francis Gibbs was from. He was christened in 1792. His son was John Duggan Gibbs whose son was Joseph Edward Gibbs (pictures below) whose daughter was Zina Elizabeth Gibbs whose daughter is Grandma!

This is an 1835 map of Gloucestershire county England where a lot of the Harris’ are from. I have circled and highlighted in green some of the place names but because of the detail on the map it is hard to tell where I did that and where there are just green places on the map. The places are primarily on the East side of the river South of Gloucester. Some of the place names are: Hucclecote, Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England; Badgeworth, Gloucestershire, England; Twigworth, St. Catherine, Gloucester, Gloucs, England; Apperley, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England; Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England; Standish, Gloucestershire, England; Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, England

I have scanned this whole journal if you would like a digital copy of it. I have only read a page or two but it was very interesting. Joseph Gibbs was talking about getting a letter from his daughter telling him that she had gotten married. She had included some wedding cake and he had divided it into 22 pieces to share with others.