Timbs, Gabriel Snr

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NameTimbs, Gabriel SnrOccupationFarmer, Business Owner.Place of ResidenceAlbion Park.BiographyGabriel Timbs was born in 1824 at Waddeson, Buckinghamshire, England, the first child of William and Martha Timbs.

Gabriel arrived to Australia aboard the 'Formosa' in with his parents in 1839, and the family settled at Marshall Mount, where they worked for Mr. Henry Osborne.

In 1844, Gabriel married Eliza Charlotte Fogarty and they had eight children before Eliza’s death in 1862.

Thomas b.1845 (married Sarah Mulville, died 1924, Grafton)
Alice b.1846 (Married George Duffy, died 1932, Croydon)
Charlotte Honora b.1848 (married James Casey, died 1936, New Lambton)
William Henry b.1850 (married Margaret Stewart, died 1924, Sydney)
Ellen b.1851 (married Patrick McCarthy, died 1915, QLD)
Joseph b.1853 (married Margaret Ward, died 1921, Granville)
James b.1854 (married Catherine O’Keefe, died 1881, Albion Park)
Mary Ann b.1858 (married Patrick Mulville and Jacob Bilich, died 1950, Randwick)

Gabriel married Ellen O’Gorman in 1862, and had another 13 children, making Gabriel the father of the grand total of 21 children.

Ann b.1863 (married John Sanders, died 1851, Naremburn)
Martha b.1864 (married Denis Daley, died 1848, Bangalow)
Elizabeth b.1865 (married Jeremiah Daley and Patrick Daley, died 1922, Ballina)
Gabriel b.1866 (married Mary Ann Scanlon, died 1945, Manly)
Agnes Honora b.1868 (married Charles McGlinchey, died 1942, Jamberoo)
John b.1869 (married Mary Agnes Condon, died 1936, Albion Park)
David b.1871 (married Martha Elizabeth Daley, died 1942, Albion Park)
Bridget b.1872 (died 1872, Albion Park)
Theresa Ellen b.1873 (married Mathew Luke Carroll, died 1953, Albion Park)
George b.1874 (married Catherine Donnelly, died 1947, Wollongong)
Bridget b.1876 (married Samuel Downes, died 1952, Albion Park)
Catherine b.1877 (married James Leslie Martin, died 1859, Carlton)
Blanch Margaret b.1880 (married Thomas Hogan, died 1973, Muswellbrook)

In 1860, at the sale of the Terry’s Meadows Estate (Albion Park), Gabriel bought several lots in the town and set about building shops: a butcher, blacksmith, shoemaker, dressmaker and general store.

The Kiama Independent 9 December 1879 reported, ‘the spirited enterprise of our Mr. Timbs must not pass unnoticed and no man has spent more money or energy in advancing the welfare of this neighbourhood’. One reporter said the town should be called Timbs’ Town.

Gabriel built the famous Albion Park Hotel, a two storied building with 12 large rooms for guests and verandahs. James Condon became the proprietor of Gabriel’s new hotel, though Gabriel always pronounced it ‘O’tel. Many years later, the O’Gorman family took over operations.

Gabriel died at his 'Rosetta Hill' home at Mount Terry in 1901 when he was 77 years old. He bequeathed his entire estate to his wife Ellen.

External LinkObituary Mr Gabriel Timbs 1901Obituary The Late Mr Gabriel Timbs 1901Mr Gabriel Timbs, Albion Park 1901

Place

Thomas Timbs' Coach Service

Timbs Park

The Albion Park Hotel

Tara Farm Fig Tree

Rosetta Hill

Cabbage Palm and Pear Tree - 'Rosetta Hill'

John Shepherd Reserve

Georgian Style Cottage

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Rosetta Hill

Albion Park Hotel in the 1920s

Gabriel Timbs with grandson Laurence Kirby

Gabriel Timbs Snr

Gabriel Timbs Snr (1824-1901)

Gabriel and Ellen Timbs

Details in Gabriel Timbs' cash book

Person

Timbs, Gabrielle

Family

Timbs

Gabriel Timbs Snr.

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CollectionPeopleFamilyTimbsO'GormanLocalityAlbion ParkPersonTimbs, GabriellePlaceTerry's Meadows EstateAlbion Park HotelRosetta Hill and TreesTimbs ParkMount Terry Homestead

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