Family of John ROSEBLADE and Ruby Eliza GIBBONS

Husband:	John ROSEBLADE (1883-1966)
Wife:	Ruby Eliza GIBBONS (1896-1936)
Children:	Joan Eileen GIBBONS (1924-2015)

Husband: John ROSEBLADE

Name:	John ROSEBLADE
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Note:	https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/100960238/person/360005826882/facts
Birth	12 Aug 1883	Clapham, Wandsworth, London, England
Death	Sep 1966 (age 83)	Brent, Greater London, England

Wife: Ruby Eliza GIBBONS

Name:	Ruby Eliza GIBBONS
Sex:	Female
Father:	Arthur Williams GIBBONS (1859-1931)
Mother:	Louisa Laura LORD (1859-1906)
Cause of Death:	The Infirmary Friern Barnet U.D. Cerebral Tumour: right temporal lobe.
Note:	https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/631179/person/-1999629574/facts
Birth	24 Jul 1896	Trimley, Suffolk, England
Death	2 Jan 1936 (age 39)	Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
	Cause: The Infirmary Friern Barnet U.D. Cerebral Tumour: right temporal lobe.

Child 1: Joan Eileen GIBBONS

Name:	Joan Eileen GIBBONS
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Ernest William RIGGS (1883-1966)
Children:	Keith John RIGGS (1949-2015)
Note 1:	https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/100960238/person/360081472387/facts
Note 2:	Joan was born to Ruby Gibbons on 7th March 1924 at the Queen Charlotte Hospital, Marylebone, London; this maturnity hospital took unmarried women bearing their first child as charity cases. Joan was named after the midwife that delivered her. Ruby went to the Crossroad Club, Alexandra Rd., St. Johns Wood: The Cross Roads Club was founded in May 1919 by HRH Princess Christian as a mother and baby home, primarily for unmarried mothers. Lack of funds in the early 1930s prompted the Foundling Hospital to take an interest in the running of the club and by 1936 it had become a branch of the Hospital, a home for single mothers in need of care It is not known how long she stayed at the mother and baby home. For the next four and a half years Joan was resident at a childrens home in East Finchley; Joan's earliest memories are of sitting on a bench at a long table drinking cocoa, trying to eek it out as she had to go to bed when it was finished. She also remembered queing up for a bath, girls in one line, boys in another. When Joan had just turned four she went to live with her Uncle John and his wife Ethel, who could not have children of their own. Her natural mother Ruby visited Joan only once before she died of a brain tumour at the age of thirty-nine. Joan recalls sitting on the hearth in the front room of 21 Thorpe Crescent while Ruby played 'cats cradle' with her. Joan felt that she could not ask her 'mum' Ethel about her real mother, so sadly spent her life wondering about her origins. Saying that Joan had a loving, wonderful life with her 'Mum & Dad', Jack and Ethel Gibbons. Posted 11 Jul 2017 by julierosalie @ ancestry.com
Birth	7 Mar 1924	Marylebone, London, England
Death	30 Nov 2015 (age 91)	Newbury, Berkshire, England

Note on Husband: John ROSEBLADE

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/100960238/person/360005826882/facts

Note on Wife: Ruby Eliza GIBBONS

https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/631179/person/-1999629574/facts

Note on Child 1: Joan Eileen GIBBONS (1)

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/100960238/person/360081472387/facts

Note on Child 1: Joan Eileen GIBBONS (2)

Joan was born to Ruby Gibbons on 7th March 1924 at the Queen Charlotte Hospital, Marylebone, London; this maturnity hospital took unmarried women bearing their first child as charity cases.

 

Joan was named after the midwife that delivered her.

 

Ruby went to the Crossroad Club, Alexandra Rd., St. Johns Wood:

 

The Cross Roads Club was founded in May 1919 by HRH Princess Christian as a mother and baby home, primarily for unmarried mothers. Lack of funds in the early 1930s prompted the Foundling Hospital to take an interest in the running of the club and by 1936 it had become a branch of the Hospital, a home for single mothers in need of care

 

It is not known how long she stayed at the mother and baby home. For the next four and a half years Joan was resident at a childrens home in East Finchley; Joan's earliest memories are of sitting on a bench at a long table drinking cocoa, trying to eek it out as she had to go to bed when it was finished. She also remembered queing up for a bath, girls in one line, boys in another.

 

When Joan had just turned four she went to live with her Uncle John and his wife Ethel, who could not have children of their own. Her natural mother Ruby visited Joan only once before she died of a brain tumour at the age of thirty-nine. Joan recalls sitting on the hearth in the front room of 21 Thorpe Crescent while Ruby played 'cats cradle' with her.

 

Joan felt that she could not ask her 'mum' Ethel about her real mother, so sadly spent her life wondering about her origins. Saying that Joan had a loving, wonderful life with her 'Mum & Dad', Jack and Ethel Gibbons.

Posted 11 Jul 2017 by julierosalie @ ancestry.com