Frank Dibble (1862 - 1946)

Born 11 Oct 1862 in East Brent, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Pine) Dibble — married 9 Mar 1895 (to 1909) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Mary Eliza (Humphries) Dibble — married Jun 1916 in Axbridge, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Died Mar 1946 at age 83 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

by Richard Oliver 2022

Frank was born in 1862. He was the son of Edwin Dibble and Mary Dibble.

Unlike almost all the males in his family in the entire nineteenth century, Frank chose not to be a dairy farmer, but instead took up market gardening. He married twice. At his first nuptials, celebrated in a Baptist Chapel in Weston-super-Mare, the officiating Minister, for whatever reason, chose to record the groom's name as "Francis" Dibble, though he had been born, registered and baptised as "Frank". However, his marriage certificate makes it clear that he was Edwin's son.

Following his marriage, Frank and his wife Jane crossed the Bristol Channel and settled in Roath, near Cardiff, where he carried on his business for a dozen years. He and Jane had three daughters. Tragically, however, Jane herself died in Roath, in 1909, aged 43, and Frank found himself a widower. By 1916 he had moved back to Somerset and found a new wife, Mary Eliza Humphries. Together they produced one more Dibble daughter, and survived well into the 1940s.

Sources

• Somerset Archives - Somerset Baptism Index - East Brent : Frank Dibble, baptised 28 Jan 1863, son of Edwin (farmer) and Mary Dibble, Archive reference BRNT E 2/1/7 page 52
• GRO INDEX : Marriages Mar 1895 Dibble Francis & Pine Jane Axbridge 5c 740
• GRO INDEX : Marriages Jun 1916 Dibble Frank & Humphries Mary E Axbridge 5c 921
• GRO INDEX : Deaths Mar 1946 Dibble Frank 85 Weston 5c 556