See also

Robert James Heard (1877-1953)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • mariner then a Port of London Authority steward2 3 4

  • Birth:

  • 22 Feb 1877

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England1 5 2 3 6 4

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Benjamin and Charlotte, brothers Benjamin, William and Johnah (sic), and sisters Maria, Caroline and Nelly. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 14)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England7

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a mariner and living in four rooms with his parents Benjamin and Charlotte, brothers William, Johnee (sic) and Albert, and sisters Nellie and Zilpha. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 24)

  •  

  •  

  • presumably away at sea

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 33)

  • Royal Dock, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried crew member working as an able seaman living on board the Denewood (a cargo steamer of 712 tonnes employed on home trade) with 15 others. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Medals:

  • 3 Sep 19216

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  • Mercantile Marine Ribbon, British Medal Ribbon and the British Marine Medal, born in Tollesbury in 1877

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 62)

  • 66 Brockman Rise, Bromley, Kent, England4

  •  

  • a married clock and steward for the Port of London Authority living alone. Born on 22nd February 1877

  • Death:

  • Q2 1953 (age 76)

  • Brentwood "Registration District", Essex, England8

Individual Note

The 1939 register suggest that Robert may have married, but I cannot locate any such records

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1877 quarter:1 volume:4a page:335. Cit. Date: 16 September 2018.

2.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:43 folio:118 page:40. Cit. Date: 8 February 2021.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:20006 class:RG78 piece:1197B registration district:422 sub-district:1 enumeration district:55 schedule:115. Cit. Date: 20 May 2022.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0392F page:21 line:12 letter code:AOKI. Cit. Date: 20 May 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1778 folio:62 page:19 schedule:769. Cit. Date: 20 May 2022.

6.

National Archive, (on-line at www.discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk). Medal card ref:BT 351/1/60833 no:577590. Cit. Date: 20 May 2021.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1399 folio:43 page:11. Cit. Date: 8 February 2021.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Brentwood 1953 quarter:2 volume:4a page:237. Cit. Date: 20 May 2022.