Sydney James Vibert (1869 - 1959)

Born 17 Feb 1869 in St Peter, Jersey, Channel Islands

Ancestors

Died 1959 at about age 89 in Victoria. Australia

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Biography

Sydney was born about 1869, the son of Phillip Vibert, a carpenter, and Hatty Vibert, nee Asplet. Sydney was baptised 3 Mar 1869 in the parish of Saint Peter, on the Island of Jersey (Channel Islands). The names Francois Gabeldu, Philip Vibert, and Ellen Asplet are written in the godparents' section of the register.

When the 1871 Census was taken, Sydney was 2 years old, his older siblings were at school, and

The 1881 Census shows the family had moved to Teston, in Kent (England) by that time, Sydney now aged 12 being a scholar.

Sydney was a painter and decorator. He came to Australia on the Cuzco in 1889 with his parents and siblings.

He spent time in Western Australia during 1890s and 1900s, working close to his Philip. For example, in 1893, he and Philip were noted to be "Brothers" of the new Duke Street Lodge of the Order of Good Templars, as noted in a newspaper article.

Aan acknowledgement of Sydney's condition as an unmarried man was noted in an article of the Shepparton advertiser regarding his involvement in the Rechabites in 1915.

Sydney moved back to Shepparton. In 1924 he put this in the Shepparton Advertiser: "HOUSE PAINTING - Try Syd Vibert, Practical Painter, Decorator, and Signwriter. Care Vibert's Timberyards, Shepparton. 'Phone 18."

The Australian Electoral rolls indicate Sydney lived with his brother Edmund and his family during his 60s and 70s, and later, he lived with his sister Florence.

Sydney's death was registered in Shepparton in 1959.

Sources

From Ancestry.com.au:

• Baptism records - Jersey Heritage; St Helier, Jersery; Jersey Parish Registers; Reference Number: G/C/15/A2/3 , (Ancestry.com. Jersey, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. )
• Channel Islands 1871 Census
• England 1881 Census
• Passenger list of the Cuzco showing Vibert family members from VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947] (Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2009. )
• Australian Death Index - Reg 26366 of 1959, Victoria.

From the National Library of Australia's 'Trove' website

• 27 Mar 1893 The West Australian (newspaper) trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3046628
• 29 May 1896 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3091287
• 1 Jul 1915 The Shepparton Advertiser trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/121143423
• 2 Jun 1924. Shepparton Advertiser. Advert.