George was born Sept. 1833 (baptised 11/11/1833) in Great Bookham. His father was reverend, too. He was educated privately, then at Oriel College, Oxford, as of 1853. He obtained bis BA in 1856, his MA in 1859. As of 1860 he was Rector of Ranmore, Surrey.

St Barnabas' Church, Ranmore, Surrey.  Image from Wikipedia.	Rectory at Ranmore. Built 1859. George was the first resident.  Image from Developm. plan 2015.
Visitors to St Barnabas Church in its remote rural location have asked: Why is this extraordinary building here, apparently in the middle of nowhere? For a hundred years the church was at the centre of life on the Denbies Estate. Its foundation and construction was the result of the efforts of three architects: Thomas Cubitt, his son George Cubitt and George Gilbert Scott.  (From achurchnearyou.)

His mother was the daughter of a reknown physician in Madras (India).

Dorothea's father was reverend, too, as was her maternal grandfather.

Children (all but the last three were born in Great Bookham, Surrey):
- George Alfred *27/04/1860; From Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates... Ed. J.Venn, 2011, p.319: George Alfred, went 1880 to Jesus College. He was district surgeon at Kenhardt (1893-94) and Barkly West (1895). Served in the South African War (Boer War, 1899-1902) as medical officer to Mounted Forces. Stayed in South Africa and died 1916 in Maitland, Cape Province.
- Reginald Charles *08/09/1863, Jesus College (1882).
- William Stanley *06/12/1864. Was sent to Malvern College at the age of 12. Became surgeon working mostly in SA.
- Hector Vaughan *23/01/1869, lived in 1938 in Grahamstown, SA.
- Louis Edward *10/09/1870, civil engineer, died 1945, Ceres, South Africa.
- Josephine Emily *31/01/1861.
- Isabel Mary *01/05/1867, died 1938, unmarried.
- Hugh Percy *22/06/1872, became mining engineer, unmarried, died 1938 in Grahamstown SA.
- Evelin Alice.
- Dorothea Blanche.
- Evelina Catherine.

Their residencies were (census data):  1851 and 1861 Great Bookham, Surrey;  1881 Allithwaite, Lancashire. 

After Ranmore George was vicar of Rothwell co. York 1872-1882; and vicar of Clifton Hampden 1882-1889.
Then George decided to go to South Africa. George suffered from t.b.c. (from GEM).

George died 1891 in Ceres (170 km NE of Cape Town), South Africa, and was buried in Ceres Cemetery. A Memorial Inscription exists there as well as a Memorial window in Ranmore Church. Will dated 15 September, 1880, proved 18 August 1891 (from Gibbs family tree).

Dorothea moved back to England and lived 1901 Chelsea, London (census data), but died soon after the census. She was burried 21/03/1901 in Clifton Hampden, Ox.
Most of the children had moved with the family to South Africa and stayed there.

The information about Dorothea's ancestry as well as the census data are taken from Gibbs family tree. However, that Gibbs database tuns out to not be flawless....

GEM = Greg Martin, great-great-grandson.
 

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