Hello Jackie
I saw your posting re the Gibbard Family. I don't think there is any connection between your Emma and my family but I do have an extensive database of Gibbards and I may be able to help you find something about her family. I am always pleased to help fellow Gibbard researchers if I can.
In the 1881 Census Index for Suffolk I see in Gorleston a Frederick Gibbard, aged 56, a mast and block (maker), which would make him a shipbuilder, with his children, most of whom were born in Barking (or Barling) Essex. This is the only Frederick I can find in this census that would fit your description and is a possible for Emma's father.
If you wish, I can give you more information on this and, if it is your family, I can get you the references you will need to order birth certificates and suggest other places where you might look.
Please contact me at
sggibb@wimsey.com if you would like further information.
Regards
Glen Gibbard