Author: Gribble, J. B. (John Brown),

Gribble, J. B. (John Brown),

Date of birth: 1847
Date of death: 1893
Website: http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040338b.htm

GRIBBLE, JOHN BROWN (1847-1893), missionary, was born on 1 September 1847 at Redruth, Cornwall, England, son of Benjamin Gribble, miner, and his wife Mary, née Brown. He arrived at Port Phillip in 1848 with his parents. They settled at Geelong where John was educated and on 4 February 1868 married Mary Ann Elizabeth Bulmer.


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