Robert Close, 18671949 (aged 81 years)

Name
Robert /Close/
Birth
Death of a mother
Death of a father
Census 1891
Note: Boarding with the Pritchard family at Workington, Cumberland. Labourer.
Birth of a son
Census 1901 SC
Note: Living with wife Jane and family at Auchinleck, Ayrshire. Pig Iron Lifter.
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Death of a son
Note: Name: John Close

Name: John Close
Birth Place: Lugar, Ayrshire
Residence: Muirkirk, Ayrshire
Death Date: 2 Oct 1918
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Ayr
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
Battalion:5/6th Battalion
Number: 60191
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Burial of a son
Emigration
Note: Departed from Glasgow to New York aboard the Cameronia in 1930.

Departed from Glasgow to New York aboard the Cameronia in 1930.

Wife Jane is also present.

Photograph
Note: Photograph of Robert Close (1867) and some of his family.

Photograph of Robert Close (1867) and some of his family.

Possibly taken around 1925 at Muirkirk, Ayrshire.

Many thanks to Heather Tamara Close for the photograph.

Back, James Close (1908);

Left, standing: Elizabeth (Betty or Lizzie) Close

Right, standing: Matilda (Hilda) Close

Seated: Robert Close(1867) and Jane Anne Close nee Robinson (1866)

Immigration
Note: Arrived at Glasgow from New York aboard the Caledonia in 1936.

Arrived at Glasgow from New York aboard the Caledonia in 1936.

Son Robert and daughter Elizabeth are also present.

Emigration
Note: Departed from Glasgow to New York aboard the Caledonia 1936.
Death of a wife
Immigration
Note: Arrived from New York to Glasgow aboard the Caledonia in 1938.
Death
about 1949 (aged 81 years)
Family with parents
father
18321882
Birth: 22 June 1832Inishargy, Kircubbin, County Down, Ireland
Death: about 1882Newtownards, County Down, Ireland
mother
18291881
Birth: about 1829Ireland
Death: about 1881Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland
Marriage Marriage17 September 1853Cardy, Greyabbey, County Down, Ireland
18 months
elder brother
1855
Birth: 16 March 1855Cardy, Greyabbey, County Down, Ireland
2 years
elder brother
1857
Birth: 12 May 1857Ballydoonan, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland
3 years
elder brother
1881 Census
1860
Birth: 12 June 1860Ballydoonan, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland
2 years
elder sister
1862
Birth: 31 August 1862Ballydoonan, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland
2 years
elder sister
18641865
Birth: 12 December 1864Greyabbey, County Down, Ireland
Death: about 1865Newtownards, County Down, Ireland
2 years
himself
1891 Census (page 1)
18671949
Birth: 7 May 1867Greyabbey, County Down, Ireland
Death: about 1949Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
Family with Jane Anne Robinson
himself
1891 Census (page 1)
18671949
Birth: 7 May 1867Greyabbey, County Down, Ireland
Death: about 1949Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
wife
Passenger List
18661936
Birth: 13 June 1866Workington, Cumberland, England
Death: about 1936Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, America
son
Robert Close
daughter
Mary Close
son
CWGC Certificate
19001918
Birth: 6 January 1900Lugar, Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death: 2 October 1918Flanders, Belgium
3 years
daughter
Passenger List
1902
Birth: about 1902Lugar, Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
son
Andrew Close
daughter
Birth Register
19051973
Birth: 24 November 1905Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death: 29 September 1973Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, America
son
James Close
Census 1891

Boarding with the Pritchard family at Workington, Cumberland. Labourer.

Census 1901 SC

Living with wife Jane and family at Auchinleck, Ayrshire. Pig Iron Lifter.

Emigration

Departed from Glasgow to New York aboard the Cameronia in 1930.

Wife Jane is also present.

Photograph

Photograph of Robert Close (1867) and some of his family.

Possibly taken around 1925 at Muirkirk, Ayrshire.

Many thanks to Heather Tamara Close for the photograph.

Back, James Close (1908);

Left, standing: Elizabeth (Betty or Lizzie) Close

Right, standing: Matilda (Hilda) Close

Seated: Robert Close(1867) and Jane Anne Close nee Robinson (1866)

Immigration

Arrived at Glasgow from New York aboard the Caledonia in 1936.

Son Robert and daughter Elizabeth are also present.

Emigration

Departed from Glasgow to New York aboard the Caledonia 1936.

Immigration

Arrived from New York to Glasgow aboard the Caledonia in 1938.

Census 1891
Emigration
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Immigration
Emigration
Immigration
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