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Robert Fairbrother

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Adam

Adam Report 27 Nov 2008 21:44

Hello guys please could you help me tonight ? I'm looking for Robert Fairbrother born in Manchester in c1863 but unable to find him in the 1871 and 1881 census where could he be at this time ? Thank-you so so much i did find him in 1891 living in Heap in Lancashire and Heywood in 1901 but not the early years !!!!!!!

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 27 Nov 2008 21:46

What was his father's name and occupation? (I'm sort of assuming that you have have Robert's marriage cert ...)

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Adam

Adam Report 27 Nov 2008 21:50

No jill i have he's sons marriage cert this is where i started !!!!! he's also called Robert but born in 1896.

thanks

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 27 Nov 2008 21:54

Do you have Robert junior's birth cert? That should show Robert senior's occupation? Would also show Robert junior's mum. Depending on when Robert senior married that might help to pin him down in at least one of the earlier censuses ... maybe ...

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Adam

Adam Report 27 Nov 2008 21:59

i believe he was a cotton piercer his mum was called anne i think i found there marriage in 1874 in bury, but thats all i can get together, thanks for looking for me

sorry i mean 1884 my mistake !!!!!!

Kate

Kate Report 27 Nov 2008 22:01

In 1901 he seems to have been married for quite a while . . .

20 George Street, Heywood
Robert Fairbrother Head M 38 Cotton Male Piecer b. Manchester
Ann Fairbrother Wife M 35 Cotton Piecer b. Liverpool
Margaret A Fairbrother Daur 15 Cotton Rug . . . . b. Heywood
Mary A Fairbrother Daur 10 b. Heywood
John M Fairbrother Son 9 b. Heywood
Robert Fairbrother Son 5 b. Heywood
May A Fairbrother Daur 1 b. Carlton Yorkshire

Libby22

Libby22 Report 28 Nov 2008 02:06

Hi, could this be him? Right name and occupation. Our rellies didn't always get their birthplace correct

Name: Robert Fairbrother
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Richard
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Openshaw, Cheshire, England

Civil Parish: Chadderton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address: 7 Bentley St

Occupation: Piecer In Cotton Mill

Registration district: Oldham
Sub registration district: Chadderton

Elizabeth Fairbrother 40
Elizabeth Ellen Fairbrother 2
Richard Fairbrother 42
Richard Fairbrother 14
Robert Fairbrother 18