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READ, Robert
1856 - 1918 (62 years) Has no ancestors but 9 descendants in this family tree.
1860 - 1935 (74 years)-
Name READ, Robert Birth 1856 St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England 
Gender Male Death 9 Nov 1918 Canning Town, Essex, England Person ID I408 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Family EDGOOSE, Mary A., b. 18 May 1860, Plaistow, Middlesex d. 18 Jan 1935, Hitchin Registration District, Hertfordshire (Age 74 years) Marriage 18 Aug 1879 Bromley, Middlesex, England Children 1. READ, Ellen, b. 10 Jul 1884, Poplar, Middlesex d. 1939 (Age 54 years)2. READ, Sarah, b. 17 Sep 1888, Plaistow, West Ham, Essex, England d. 1949, Ilford, England (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F274 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ROBERT READ 1856-1918
The birth of a Robert READ was registered at St. Pancras in 1856.
(GRO March Q 1856 [NEEVE] St. Pancras 01b 45)
Mary EDGOOSE was married at St. Michael and All Angels, Bromley, Middlesex, on 18 August 1879 to Robert READ, a 23 year old shoemaker of 7 Bishopgate Road, son of Charles READ shoemaker. Mary EDGOOSE was described as a 19 year old spinster of 12 Bishopgate Road and daughter of Albert (sic) EDGOOSE, carpenter. Witnesses were James HOPKINS and Henderika MODDERHOLK.
(GRO September Q 1879 Poplar 1c 1092)
The 1881 census returns list Mary and Robert READ at 7 Heath Street, Barking, Essex:
*Robert READ, head, aged 25, shoemaker, born at St. Pancras, Middlesex;
Mary READ, wife, aged 20, born at Plaistow, Essex.
(RG11/1748/47/25)
In 1891 the family were sharing 34 Falmouth Street, West Ham:
*Robert READ, head, aged 35, a shoemaker, born St. Pancras, London;
Mary READ, wife, aged 31, born at Canning Town, Essex;
Ellen READ, daughter, aged 6, born at ......... Town, Middlesex;
Sarah READ, daughter, aged 2, born in Canning Town, Essex;
Rose READ, cousin, aged 9
(RG12/1315/59/43).
At the time of the 1901 census they was living at 8 Fords Park Road, West Ham, London:
*Robert READ, head, aged 45, bootmaker on own account at home, born at St. Pancras, N. London;
Mary READ, wife, aged 41, born in Essex;
Sarah READ, daughter, aged 12, born in Essex.
(RG13/1583/79/30)
Two other families were living in the same house.
The 1911 census of 60 Bidder Street, Canning Town E., Essex:
*Robert READ, head, aged 54, boot maker, born at St. Pancras, London;
Mary READ, wife, aged 51, married 32 years, born at Canning Town, Essex;
Daniel MURPHY, boarder, aged 60, born in Soho, London.
(RG14PN9467/RG78PN507B/RD188/SD3/ED57/SN163)
Robert READ, bootmaker, died at 60 Bidder Street, Canning Town, on 9 November 1918. He was 62 years old, i.e born in 1856. Cause of death was influenza and congestion of the lungs. The informant was Mary READ, of the same address, widow of the deceased, present at the death.
(GRO December Q 1918 West Ham 4a 291)
(revised 12.11.2018)