Edward Thomas GIBSON b. 1854, Hobart Town, Tasmania, son of Edward GIBSON married in 1867, Victoria to Sarah Ann McDONALD b. 1847, Ovens River, Victoria, daughter of John McDONALD and Sarah Jane BROWN.

Many of the children in this family attended Digby State School in southwest Victoria from 1884 to 1893.

Edward and Sarah GIBSON are both buried in the Digby Cemetery.

Edward and Sarah GIBSON had the following family:

1. James Alexander GIBSON b. 1868, Ararat, Vic, m. Catherine Lucy DENNEHY;
2. Herbert John GIBSON b. 1869, Vic, d. 1904;
3. Sarah Ann GIBSON b. 1871, Ararat, Vic, d. 1872;
4. Mary Ann GIBSON b. 1872, Vic, m. John McMURTRIE;
5. Sophia GIBSON b. 1874, Donald, Vic, m. John RUSTON;
6. Edward Thomas GIBSON b. 1876, Sandford, Vic, m. Lillian Agnes KELLY;
7. Catherine GIBSON b. 1878 Sandford, Vic, m. David McLEAN;
8. Phoebe GIBSON b. 1879, Merino, Vic, m. William McLEOD;
9. Alice GIBSON b. 1881, Merino, Vic, m. Charles Spurgeon WILLIAMS;
10. William Frederick GIBSON b. 1882, Coleraine, Vic, d. 1934 Ballarat
    • WW1 1st AIF, 58th Battalion, enlisted 3-05-1915
    • RTA 1-04-1919
    • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 9, planted by Mrs GIBSON
11. Ellen GIBSON b. 1884, Digby, Vic, mar William Enoch WEAVEN;
12. Annie GIBSON b. 1885, Digby, Vic, mar Henry 'Harry' Lockley TOMKINS;
13. Walter Henry GIBSON b. 1889, Digby, Vic, d. 1889.

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