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     Joanna Isabel Gibbs was born on 29 August 1907.¹ She is the daughter of Reverend Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland.¹ She married Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis, son of Reverend John Bremner Purvis, on 1 October 1945.¹
     Her married name became Purvis.

     Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis is the son of Reverend John Bremner Purvis.¹ He married Joanna Isabel Gibbs, daughter of Reverend Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland, on 1 October 1945.¹

     Reverend John Bremner Purvis died before 1963.
     Reverend John Bremner Purvis held the office of Rural Dean of Bedlington, Northumberland.¹

     Christopher Thomas Bremner Purvis was born on 15 April 1950.¹ He is the son of Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis and Joanna Isabel Gibbs.¹
     Christopher Thomas Bremner Purvis was educated at Bradfield School, England.¹

     Lucia Elizabeth Purvis was born on 3 October 1946.¹ She is the daughter of Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis and Joanna Isabel Gibbs.¹

     Denis Dunbar Gibbs was born on 19 July 1927.¹ He is the son of Very Reverend Michael McCausland Gibbs and Edith Marjorie Ward.¹ He married Rachel Elizabeth Youard, daughter of Geoffrey Bernard Youard and Hon. Rosaline Joan Atkin, on 11 April 1953.¹
     Denis Dunbar Gibbs was educated at Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa.¹ He was educated at Keble College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1962 with a Doctor of Medicine (D.M.).¹ He was registered as a Member, Royal College of Physicians, London (M.R.C.P.).¹ He lived in 1999 at 16 London Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.¹

     Rachel Elizabeth Youard is the daughter of Geoffrey Bernard Youard and Hon. Rosaline Joan Atkin.¹ She married Denis Dunbar Gibbs, son of Very Reverend Michael McCausland Gibbs and Edith Marjorie Ward, on 11 April 1953.¹
     Her married name became Gibbs.

     Geoffrey Bernard Youard married Hon. Rosaline Joan Atkin, daughter of Sir James Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin and Lucy Elizabeth Hemmant, on 9 February 1929.²
     Geoffrey Bernard Youard lived at Longfield, Kent, England.¹

     Hon. Rosaline Joan Atkin is the daughter of Sir James Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin and Lucy Elizabeth Hemmant.^1,2 She married Geoffrey Bernard Youard on 9 February 1929.³
     Hon. Rosaline Joan Atkin graduated from London University, London, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).³ Her married name became Youard. She was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1937 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law.³

     Sir James Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin was born on 28 November 1867 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.² He was the son of Robert Travers Atkin and Mary Elizabeth Ruck.² He was baptised at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.² He married Lucy Elizabeth Hemmant, daughter of William Hemmant and Lucy Ground, on 16 May 1893 at Sevenoaks, Kent, England.² He died on 25 June 1944 at age 76, without issue.³
     Sir James Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin was educated at Christ College, Breconshire, Wales.² He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.² He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1891 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law.² He was invested as a King's Counsel (K.C.) in 1906.² He held the office of Bencher of Gray's Inn in 1906.² He was invested as a Knight in 1913.² He held the office of Treasurer of Gray's Inn in 1913.² He held the office of Judge of the High Court of Justice between 1913 and 1919.² He held the office of Judge of the Munitions Tribunal Appeal Court between 1916 and 1919.² He held the office of Lord Justice of Appeal between 1919 and 1928.² He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 28 March 1919.^1,2 He was admitted to Honorary Fellow of Oxford University in 1924.² He was created Baron Atkin, of Aberdovey in the County of Merioneth [U.K. Law Lord] on 6 February 1928.² He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.) by Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1931.² He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1936.² He was invested as a Fellow, British Academy (F.B.A.) in 1938.² He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) in 1938.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴