Robert Gibson was born about 1800 in Mexborough, and became an agricultural labourer. There were a number of small farms at this time in what was to become a small mining and industrial town. In the early 1820s he married Sarah ?, who had been born around 1796 in Mexborough. Their known children were
George was baptised 8 February 1824 at Mexborough. On 1 August 1848 he married Elizabeth Goodman at Sprotborough. Elizabeth had been born in Sheffield. At the time of his marriage, George was a stone quarryman, and by the time of the 1851 census was listed as a mason. He probably worked in the stone quarry which was in the Dolcliffe Road area of Mexborough.
George and Elizabeth had four known children
George was still alive in 1883, when he is described as a labourer. Details of Anthony Gibson and his wife Clara Barber can be seen here.