EDGOOSE:
In search of Ancestry
HORRY, Robert John
1889 - 1918 (29 years) Has 64 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1862 - 1940 (77 years)-
Name HORRY, Robert John Birth 1889 Boston, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 10 Nov 1918 Person ID I1144 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HORRY, John Thurbon, b. 1860, Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 1923, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 63 years) Mother BATTERHAM, Ruth, b. 24 Oct 1862, West Walton, Norfolk d. 12 Jun 1940, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 77 years) Marriage 1882 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F731 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HUNT, Mabel Beatrice, b. 14 Mar 1889, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1981, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 91 years) Marriage 1914 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. HORRY, Joyce M., b. 19 Sep 1915, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 2006, Cambridge Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 90 years)Family ID F740 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
-
Notes
ROBERT JOHN HORRY 1889-1918
The birth of Robert John HORRY was registered in 1889.
(GRO December Q 1889 Boston 7a 437)
The 1891 census of 44 West Street, Boston, Lincolnshire:
John T. HORRY, head, aged 30, married, watchmaker & jeweller, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HORRY, wife, aged 28, married, born West Walton, Norfolk;
Ethel M. HORRY, daughter, aged 8, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
*Robert J. HORRY, son, aged 1, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2574/55/4)
The 1901 census of 11 Market Place, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
John T. HORRY, head, married, aged 40, watchmaker & jeweller, practical workman, also dealer in gold & silver electroplate &c fruitgrower and farmer, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HORRY, wife, married, aged 38, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Ethel M. HORRY, daughter, aged 18, single, learning music, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
*Robert J. HORRY, son, aged 11, attending school, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth E. HORRY, daughter, aged 7, attending school,, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/1555/55/4)
The 1911 census of Lyndhurst, Norwich Road, Walsoken, Norfolk:
John Thurbon HORRY, head, aged 50, married, fruitgrower, employer, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HORRY, wife, aged 48, married 28 years, 4 children 3 living, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*Robert John HORRY, son, aged 21, single, working on fruit farm, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth Evelyn HORRY, daughter, aged 18, single, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/PN9321/RD187/SD5/ED2/SN7)
The marriage between Robert J. HORRY and Mable B. HUNT was registered in 1914.
(GRO December 1914 Wisbech 3b 1473)
Able Seaman Robert John HORRY (R/1707) was killed on active service on 10 November 1918 aged 28. He was a member of the Anson Bn R.N. Div. and was described as the only son of John Thurbon HORRY and Ruth HORRY; husband of Mabel Beatrice HORRY, of 2 Bowthorpe Road, Wisbech. Born at Boston, Lincolnshire. He was buried in Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension.
"HORRY Robert John of Walsoken Norfolk died 10 November 1918 in France Probate London 24 April to Mabel Beatrice HORRY widow.
Effects £523 18s. 9d."
(National Probate Calendar 1919)
(revised 27.02.2016)