NameRobert SPENCER, 1C4R
Birth1824
Baptism18 Apr 1824, Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
OccupationClothier
Spouses
Birth1821, Rawdon, Yorkshire
Baptism25 Nov 1821, Rawdon, Yorkshire
Death1859
Notes for Robert SPENCER
Parish Records St. Margaret, Horsforth, Yorkshire.
Baptism April 18, 1824 Robert Spencer, parents Jeremiah and Sarah Spencer, of Horsforth, father is a cloth maker, ceremony performed by J.A. Rhodes, officiating minister.
In the 1841 census Bachelor Row, Horsforth, Guiseley, Yorkshire.
Jeremiah Spencer, age 40, clothier, born in Yorkshire.
Sarah Spencer, age 35, born in Yorkshire.
Robert Spencer, age 15, born in Yorkshire
George Spencer, age 10, born Yorkshire.
Joseph Spencer, age 8, born Yorkshire.
[Every worker on that street was a clothier, except 1 shoemaker.]
Parish Records St. Oswald, Guiseley, Yorkshire
Marriage June 22, 1846, Robert Spencer, full age, bachelor, clothier, of Horsforth, father Jeremiah Spencer, clothier and
Mary Greaves, full age, spinster, of Horsforth, father Joseph Greaves, clothier
after banns by J.H.F. Kendall
in the presence of William Pinder, Adam Holiday and Samuel Clapham
In the 1851 census Town Street, Horsforth, Yorkshire.
Head Robert Spencer, age 27, clothmaker, born Horsforth.
Wife Mary Spencer, age 29, born Rawden, Yorkshire.
Son William Spencer, age 3, scholar, born Horsforth.
Daughter Sarah Spencer, age 1, born Horsforth.
In the 1861 census Lane Head, Horsforth, Yorkshire.
Head Robert Spencer, widower, woolen weaver (hand), born Horsforth.
Son William Spencer, age 13, woolen weaver, (hand), born Horsforth.
Daughter Sarah Spencer, age 11, scholar, born Horsforth.
In the 1871 census Town Street, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Head Robert Spencer, widower, age 47, cloth weaver, born Horsforth.
Daughter Sarah Spencer, unmarried, age 21, cloth weaver, born Horsforth.
Boarder [brother] George Spencer, age 41, cloth weaver, born Horsforth..
Notes for Mary (Spouse 1)
Parish Records Baptist, Buxtone Chapel, Rawdon, Yorkshire
Mary Greaves, parents Joseph and Grace Greaves, baptized at Rawdon Guiseley, November 25, 1821
In the 1841 census Craig Bottom, Rawden, Guiseley, Yorkshire.
Joseph Greaves, age 42, clothier, born in Yorkshire.
Grace Greaves, age 42, born in Yorkshire.
Mary Greaves, age 19, born Yorkshire.
Elizabeth Greaves, age 17, born Yorkshire.
John Greaves, age 15, born Yorkshire.
Sarah Greaves, age 13, born Yorkshire.
margaret Greaves, age 10, born Yorkshire.
Martha Greaves, age 9, born Yorkshire.
William Greaves, age 7, born Yorkshire.
Eliza Greaves, age 5, born Yorkshire.
Emma Greaves, age 2, born Yorkshire.
Izabella Greaves, age 11 months, born Yorkshire.
Samuel Greaves, age 23, clothier, born Yorkshire.
In the October to December 1859 death index Mary Spencer, Hunslet district, Yorkshire West Riding, volume 9b, page 161.