Catherine Imilda Gibbs
1866–1889
Born: 17 Sep 1866 · Kempton, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 1889 · Urana, New South Wales, Australia
Married: 1888 · Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
Family
- Father
- George S Gibbs (Con
- Mother
- Susannah S Mellor Miller
- Spouse
- John De Renzy SHEKLETON
- Children
- William Hope Sheckelton
Biography
Born 17 Sep 1866 at Kempton, Tasmania. Married John De Renzy Shekleton in 1888 at Corowa, NSW, and died in 1889, leaving infant William Hope Sheckelton. There is a name-conflict requiring care: a NSW Government Gazette/coroner reference for “Catherine Imilda Gibbs” aged 4 3/4 drowned at Maitland in December 1889 appears to be a different child with the same name, not necessarily William’s mother.
Documents & Records
George Samuel Gibbs (Convict)
⚠️ Misleading attachment — certificate is for William Gibbs and Emily Rudd, not directly for George Samuel Gibbs or Catherine Imilda Gibbs.
Transcription
Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage. 1848, marriage solemnized at St Pancras Church in the Parish of St Pancras in the County of Middlesex. No. 368. When married: Dec 24. Name and surname: William Gibbs; Emily Rudd. Age: full age; full age. Condition: Bachelor; Spinster. Rank or Profession: Printer; —. Residence at the Time of Marriage: Tottenham Place; do. Father’s Name and Surname: George Gibbs; George Rudd. Rank or Profession of Father: Carpenter; Dead. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by banns, by me, Samuel Hobart. Witnesses: G. Gibbs; F. Gibbs.
Key facts
- This record is not a direct record for George Samuel Gibbs (born about 1830) and is probably attached in error.
- It may concern a Gibbs collateral family: William Gibbs, printer, son of George Gibbs, married Emily Rudd at St Pancras on 24 December 1848.
Research Notes
2026-05-31: Do not merge the adult Catherine Imilda Gibbs (born 1866, married John De Renzy Shekleton, mother of William Hope Sheckelton) with the separate NSW Government Gazette/coroner reference to a Catherine Imilda Gibbs aged 4 3/4 who drowned at Maitland in Dec 1889. Treat as unresolved same-name conflict until certificates/inquest details are compared.
2026-06-02 correction: the seated older-woman portrait originally imported from catherine-gibbs.png is Anne Hope Derenzy, not Catherine Imilda Gibbs.