| [Index] |
| George GRIBBLE (1868 - 1947) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| George GRIBBLE (1868 - 1947) + Margaret Courtney MOORE (1871 - 1942) |
Thomas GRIBBLE (1837 - 1927) | Thomas Samuel GRIBBLE (1808 - 1889) | ||
| Agnes Sandford JONES ( - 1876) | ||||
| Katherine WARREN (1832 - 1920) | ||||
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| b. abt 1868 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia |
| m. 1910 Margaret Courtney MOORE (1871 - 1942) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 1947 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 79 |
| Near Relatives of George GRIBBLE (1868 - 1947) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Thomas Samuel GRIBBLE | abt 1808 | Totnes, Devon, England | 1889 | 81 | |
| Grandmother | Agnes Sandford JONES | 1876 | ||||
| Father in Law | William MOORE | 16 Dec 1840 | Tuggeranong, ACT, Australia | 28 Jan 1913 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 72 |
| Mother in Law | Catherine MCKENZIE | 1844 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 17 Feb 1914 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 70 |
| Father | Thomas GRIBBLE | 1837 | West Teignmouth, Devon, England | 19 Jul 1927 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 90 |
| Mother | Katherine WARREN | abt 1832 | Ireland | 27 Jan 1920 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 88 |
| Self | George GRIBBLE | abt 1868 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1947 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Wife | Margaret Courtney MOORE | 21 Aug 1871 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1942 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 71 |
| Sister | Emma Louisa GRIBBLE | 1862 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Sister | Jane M GRIBBLE | 1864 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Brother | William Henry GRIBBLE | 1866 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 11 Mar 1946 | Hall, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Sister | Mary GRIBBLE | 1870 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Sister | Agnes Florence GRIBBLE | 1872 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 20 Apr 1948 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Brother | Thomas GRIBBLE | abt 1874 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1950 | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia | 76 |
| Niece | Ethel Merlie GRIBBLE | Hall, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Nephew | Thomas GRIBBLE | Hall, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Niece | Zeta Mary GRIBBLE | Hall, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Niece | Evelyn Harriett Ruth GRIBBLE | 1893 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 17 May 1975 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 82 |
| Niece | Milton S GRIBBLE | 1894 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Ernest William GRIBBLE | 1896 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1920 | 24 | |
| Nephew | Jack Edwin GRIBBLE | 1899 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Florence GRIBBLE | 1900 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Veronica Kathleen (Vera) CURRAN | 1893 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1938 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 45 |
| Nephew | Arthur Henry CURRAN | 1895 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Henry Everard 'Babe' CURRAN | 1896 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | Oct 1964 | 68 | |
| Nephew | Philip H HARDY | 1902 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | William Charles HARDY | 1903 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1963 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 60 |
| Niece | Catherine M B HARDY | 1906 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Norman McKenzie MOORE | 1896 | Burra, New South Wales, Australia | 10 Jul 1965 | Croydon Park, New South Wales, Australia | 69 |
| Nephew | Karl N OLDFIELD | 1902 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Athol W OLDFIELD | 1903 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Cecil Lindsay MOORE | 1894 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 22 Aug 1969 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 75 |
| Niece | Lavinia Catherine MOORE | 1896 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 12 Nov 1979 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 83 |
| Niece | Louisa Jane MOORE | 1897 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | William Alexander McKenzie MOORE | 1899 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | John James Robert MOORE | 1902 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Walter Donald MURTY | 1911 | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Harold Colin MOORE | 1914 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Donald McKenzie MOORE | 1915 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Marjorie Catherine MOORE | 1917 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Minnie Helen Kathleen MOORE | 1920 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Curtis James Bass MOORE | 1922 | ||||
| Sister in Law | Elizabeth Louisa MOORE | 17 Aug 1864 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 08 Mar 1959 | Sutton, New South Wales, Australia | 94 |
| Brother in Law | Richard MOORE | 01 Jan 1867 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1958 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 91 |
| Sister in Law | Sarah Jane MOORE | 21 Jan 1869 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 15 May 1955 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 86 |
| Brother in Law | William MOORE | 19 Oct 1874 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 24 Jun 1967 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 92 |
| Brother in Law | Alexander MOORE | 22 May 1879 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1958 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Brother in Law | James Courtney MOORE | 29 Dec 1881 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1962 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Brother in Law | Henry McKenzie MOORE | 20 Feb 1885 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Sister in Law | Catherine Bass MOORE | 17 Jul 1888 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1888 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Sister in Law | Emily Ruth MOORE | 25 Jun 1890 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1961 | Manly, New South Wales, Australia | 71 |
| Brother in Law | Arthur FLOWER | 1868 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1905 | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 37 |
| Sister in Law | Mary Ann Marianne SOUTHWELL | 1866 | Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia | 29 May 1961 | Hall, New South Wales, Australia | 95 |
| Brother in Law | Henry Roland CURRAN | 1867 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 17 Aug 1956 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 89 |
| Sister in Law | Helen May FLANAGAN | 1875 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1947 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 72 |
| Events in George GRIBBLE (1868 - 1947)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1868 | George GRIBBLE was born | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 6 | ||
| 1910 | 42 | Married Margaret Courtney MOORE (aged 39) | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 27 Jan 1920 | 52 | Death of mother Katherine WARREN (aged 88) | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 6 | |
| 19 Jul 1927 | 59 | Death of father Thomas GRIBBLE (aged 90) | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 6 | |
| 1942 | 74 | Death of wife Margaret Courtney MOORE (aged 71) | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1947 | 79 | George GRIBBLE died | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 80 | |
| Source References: |
| 6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001 |
| - Reference = 126 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 126 (Birth) |
| 80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/ |
| - Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2023/george-gribble.html (Death) |
| - Notes: Farrier Sergeant George Gribble
search Born: 1868; Died: 1947; Married: Margaret Moore Farrier Sergeant George Gribble Related Places Ginninderra Blacksmith's Workshop The Ginninderra smithy is one of just a few standalone blacksmith shops left in Australia and,... The Valley Thomas (Tom) Gribble was a Devonshire cobbler's son, who migrated to the colony in 1857.... The Gribbles were a well-known Ginninderra family. Tom Gribble and Kate (nee Warren) settled at what was to become known as The Valley in 1860. The fourth of their seven surviving children, George, was born in 1868. George was to become, arguably, the first international sporting star of the Limestone Plains. George and two of his brothers (William and Thomas) served as members of the local detachment of the NSW Mounted Rifles. George was the most talented of the trio. His ability was first noticed when the mounted riflemen were drilled before senior officers at Duntroon in 1893. He was soon promoted to the rank of Farrier-Sergeant. Four years later, George was one of four local men selected to represent the Australian colonies in military competitions in Dublin and London to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee. The three others were: William Rolfe, F.E. Smith and Harry Oldfield. Unexpectedly, Gribble easily won the tent pegging - i.e. a competition for horsemen using a lance. According to reports in the Queanbeyan Age and other newspapers, Queen Victoria personally presented him with a silver cup as a trophy. George's victory had been a shock result. In the Jubilee celebrations, he also even won the buck-jumping contest and top-scored in a cricket match in which the Australians defeated the British eleven. No doubt, it was long enough ago for the British public not to have begun to tire of Australian sporting successes and their audiences were still keen to applaud the efforts of the Antipodeans. George and the other lancers were recruited to participate in staged re-enactments of a shoot-out between troopers and bushrangers for the English crowds, reminiscent of the pantomimes of the American Wild West shows. When Gribble returned to Australia, he continued his sporting activities. He was not only a formidable footballer and cricketer for the Ginninderra teams, but he became the district's champion steel-quoit player (undefeated for a decade). During working hours, George toiled on his parents' farm, in the family butcher's shop in Hall and he also had a stint helping his brother-in-law, Henry 'Harry' Curran in the Ginninderra Blacksmith's Workshop. But mostly, he worked with his brothers and nephews on the family's steam-powered traction engine when it was hired out. In 1907 a young Queanbeyan man named, Nicholas McInnes, had his arm mangled in the Gribbles' chaff-cutter. George's first aid saved McInnes' life, but not his arm. He rode the man to Queanbeyan hospital at such pace, that the poor horses were never fit enough to pull a dray again. George Gribble also had a more colourful side to his life. In 1893 he had to answer a charge of stealing seed-corn from John Southwell at the Queanbeyan Police Court. The stolen property was discovered, suspiciously, in the Ginninderra smithy. But the case against Gribble was weak, relying on footprints in the mud, and he was acquitted. Nevertheless, he seemed to have a reputation for being a little 'wild'. In 1908, during a visit to Sydney, it is said that, after a bout of drinking, Gribble was seriously injured by a tram. George Gribble did, eventually, settle down to a quieter life. By 1905, he seems to have taken over the running of The Valley with his brother, Tom. At the age of 42, in 1910, he is recorded as moving to Queanbeyan, where he married Margaret Courtney Moore, the daughter of the well-known Queanbeyan couple, William and Catherine Moore (nee McKenzie). George and Margaret Gribble settled down to family life in Queanbeyan. Margaret, who was also aged 42 when they wed, was to have just the one child: a son named, Courtney. George used his experiences from running the family traction engine to secure a job as an engine driver on the NSW Railways, stationed at Queanbeyan. George Gribble, one of the district's most colourful and celebrated personalities, died in 1947 at the age of 79, five years after his beloved, Margaret. |