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FREDERICK WILLIAM GIBBON 1889 - 25th August 1918 Frederick William Gibbon was born in Cardiff in the April quarter of 1889. His father, Harry, was 38 and his mother, Hannah (nee Davies), was also 38. Harry was from Wick, Glamorgan and Hannah from Carmarthen. Harry and Hannah had 9 chlidren: Elizabeth Jane born April 1873; Gertrude, born October 1876; Edith Winifred, born August 1880; Harry Miles, born July 1882; Frank Oswald, born January1884; Walter Stanley, born April 1885; Frederick William, born April quarter 1889, Gladys Mabel, born June 1891 and Charlie Dunster Gibbon, born March 1894. In the 1881 census Harry is living with his parents, Charles and Elizabeth, at 4, Clyde Street, Road. Harry, their son is a joiner, like his father. By 1891, Harry and Hannah are living in their own house at 185, Richmond Road, Cardiff. Harry is now a contractor man and some of the children are now in school. By 1901 their fortunes must have increased as Harry is now a building contractor, employing people, Harry Miles is a contractor’s clerk, Frank Oswald is a builder’s apprentice and Walter Stanley is a shipbroker’s clerk. The older girls are at home, with no profession, and the younger children are all in school. (Gibbon's Wood Yard, Richmond Road, Cardiff) In the 1911 census, we see that, in fact, Hannah has had 12 children: three have died and 9 still living. Harry Gibbon is now a merchant in Timber & Building and two of the boys are involved in the same line of work, with Frank Oswald also an employer. Gibbon supplied most of the wood for the houses of Roath in Cardiff. Frederick William is an accountant, working on his own account.