Edward Stanley Gibbons
Edward Stanley Gibbons (1840-1913) of Stanley Gibbons
1840 June 21st. Born the son of William Gibbons, a Chemist, and his wife Elizabeth Langridge.
1871 Living at 15 Neville Street, Plymouth: Edward Gibbons (age 30 born Plymouth), Chemist and Dealer in Foreign Stamps. With his widow mother and sister.[1]
1872 Married(1) at Plymouth to Matilda Woon (died 1877)
1881 Living at 8 Gower Street, London: Edward S. Gibbons (age 40 born Plymouth), Publisher and Stamp Dealer. Widower.[2]
1887 August 13th. Married(2) at Camden to Margaret Casey (died 1899), daughter of John Casey, a Publican.
1891 Living at Newry Lodge, Twickenham, Middlesex: Edward S. Gibbons (age 50 born Plymouth), Retired Publisher. With his wife Margaret and nephew Frank Langridge.[3]
1901 Married(3) to Georgina (?) believed to be married in Ceylon and she died there.
1905 October 12th. Married(4) at Twickenham to Bertha Barth, a widow, daughter of Edward Boswith, a Railway Clerk. Divorced in 1906 on the grounds she was still married to her first husband William Henry Barth (married 1899).
1909 January 16th. Married(5) at Twickenham to Sophia Crofts, a widow, and daughter of Thomas Shaw, a Wine Merchant.
1913 February 17th. Died, of 41 Portman Mansions, Marylebone. His estate is left to his wife and 'a dear friend', Edith Ethel Hedgecoe. At the inquest - 'Edith Ethel Hedgecoe said she lived at Portman Mansions. She was a single woman. She first met deceased at the Burlington Arcade. That was about four months ago, and she had since lived with him as his wife. She had travelled with him abroad, and they returned to England about three weeks ago.'[4]