Emma Ellen Peace née Gibbs born 1836
Canal Side/Frogmoor


Picture from the SWOP website
Reference number BFP : 03214

My mother died when I was young (Pa wed again soon after)
My auntie said ‘now please be strong, we like to hear your laughter,
Live with us in Wycombe town, I’m sure things will work out’,
So this is where I settled down and made friends round about.
My mother was of Williams blood and she had links in Herts
So when another Williams bud came visiting these parts,
James Peace his name, and all alone, took up a post next door
It wasn’t long he called to woo, then called to woo some more.
A draper, he, with higher aims, he took me for his own
And now he seeks to make his name, while I maintain his home.

Emma Ellen Gibbs, daughter of John and Margaret Gibbs, went to stay with her aunt Sarah Redington (née Gibbs) when her mother died. She married James George Peace (son of Samuel Peace and Elizabeth Williams) and went to live at Castle Hill House.

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