My Genealogy Home Page:Information about Robert Jefferson
Robert Jefferson (b. 14 Oct 1832, d. Nov 1900)
Notes for Robert Jefferson:
Robert Jefferson showed up in both the census returns from 1851 and also in the familysearch.org.website. In the 1851 Census, he shows up as being bon in Paull, Yorkshire. Paull is fairly close to where his parents married and died. In the 1851 Census he shows up living with Robert and Ann Leak in the village of Hedon, which is just outside Kingston upon Hull. He was shown to be an apprentice bricklayer along with two other. He was however the only one listed asliving with the Leak family. He was eighteen and had lost his parents in 1846. This meant he was on his own from the age of fourteen. The familysearch.org website shows him to have been christened in Paull on the 18th October 1832 (*). Paull is just a mile or so south of Hedon on the coast of the Humber Estuary.
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I've been unable to confirm to my satisfaction where the Jefferson family were living in 1841. Two Jefferson families show up living in the area around Kingston upon Hull, however neither fully 'fit'. One shows a family living in North Frodingham which almost 'fit'. The other a familly living in Brandesburg.
By 1861 Robert has married and has a family. He has marries an Ann Sawdon. The 1861 Census shows her to have been born in Sleight. Yorkshire in 1834.Strangely this Census shows the family head as Thomas, but it's undoubtedly the right one.They are living in Pilgrim Street in the civil parish of Stranton, Hartlepool. He is listed as a bricklayer. They have the one child Thomas who was born in 1860.
The 1871 Census found the family are still living in Hartlepool but have moved to Lamb Street. Strangely Robert is named as being Ralph, but is nevertheless Robert. The family has grown. They now have three more children. These being Williamaged 9; Hellena aged 4, and fred aged 1. They also have a lodger William Markinson. In 1881 the family were still living in Lamb Street, with no additions to the family, who were all still living with their parents. The two older sons wer both working as joiners The 1991 Census showed the family still living in Lamb Street, but somewhat smaller, as the two older boys had left home, leaving Frederick (Fred) 21 and Hannah Mary19 still living with their parents. I noted with some interest that Fred was listed as a watchmaker.
Robert showed up in the FreeBMD website as dying between October and December 1900. His wife Ann went to live with her daughter Hannah Mary who'd married a Robert Hinchley.
More About Robert Jefferson and Ann Sawdon:
Marriage: 1859, Stockton, Durham.
Children of Robert Jefferson are:
- +Thomas Jefferson, b. 1861, W. Hartlepools, Durham, d. 1904, Lancester, Durham.
- +William Jefferson, b. Jun 1862, W. Hartlepools, Durham, d. date unknown.
- +Fred Jefferson, b. 1870, W. Hartlepools, Durham, d. date unknown.
- +Helena Jefferson, b. 1867, W. Hartlepools, Durham, d. date unknown.
Children of Robert Jefferson and Ann Sawdon are:
- +Thomas Jefferson, b. 1861, W. Hartlepools, Durham, d. 1904, Lancester, Durham.
- +William Jefferson, b. Jun 1862, W. Hartlepools, Durham, d. date unknown.
- +Fred Jefferson, b. 1870, W. Hartlepools, Durham, d. date unknown.
- +Helena Jefferson, b. 1867, W. Hartlepools, Durham, d. date unknown.
- +Hannah Mary Jefferson, b. 1873, W.Hartlepools,Durham, d. date unknown.