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PLOWRIGHT, Robert
1858 - 1934 (76 years) Has 6 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1822 - 1891 (69 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, Robert Birth 1858 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 1934 Rotherham Registration District, Yorkshire Person ID I7458 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father PLOWRIGHT, Robert, b. 1820, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1885, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 65 years) Mother SAMPSON, Mary Anne, b. 1822, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk d. 1891, West Ham Registration District, Essex (Age 69 years) Marriage 16 Jul 1849 Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Family ID F2709 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ALLEN, Mary Jane, b. 1861 d. 1889, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 28 years) Marriage 1881 Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire Children 1. PLOWRIGHT, Jessie, b. 1884, Horbling, Lincolnshire, England d. 1891 (Age 7 years)2. PLOWRIGHT, Eleanor, b. 1887, Sutton St. Edmund, Lincolnshire, England d. Aft 1891 (Age > 5 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2711 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ROBERT PLOWRIGHT 1858-1934
The birth of Robert PLOWRIGHT was registered in 1858.
(GRO March Q 1858 Spalding 7a 289)
Robert, son of Robert and Mary Ann PLOWRIGHT of Wales, was privately baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 31 March 1858. His father was a labourer.
(FreeReg)
From the 1861 census of Lang-hold Drove, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
Robert PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 41, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Mary A. PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 39, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Thomas PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 11, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
William PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 7, born at St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire;
John PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 5, born at St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire;
*Robert PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 3, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Matilda Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 1, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Thomas WILES, lodger, widower, aged 66, sack mender, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2320/4/1)
From the 1871 census of Whales, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
Robert PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 51, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Mary Ann PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 49, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
John PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 15, bricklayer's labourer, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire;
*Robert PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 13, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Matilda Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Charles PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
James PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
John SAMPSON, father-in-law, widower, aged 86, agricultural labourer, born at Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire.
(RG10/3318/5/4)
The marriage between Robert PLOWRIGHT and Mary Jane R. ALLEN was registered in 1881.
(GRO December Q 1881 Peterborough 3b 533)
The death of Mary Jane PLOWRIGHT aged 28 was registered in 1889.
(GRO December Q 1889 Spalding 7a 221)
From the 1891 census of Moulton Eaugate, Lincolnshire:
*Robert PLOWRIGHT, head, widower, aged 32, farmer's servant, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Jessie PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 6, born at Horbling, Lincolnshire;
Ellenor PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 3, born at Sutton St. Edmunds, Lincolnshire;
Isabella ALLEN, servant, single, aged 26, general servant, born at Sutton St. Edmunds, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2564/54/8)
Note: Isabella ALLEN was his late wife's sister.
The marriage between Robert PLOWRIGHT and either Emily Eliza RILEY or Ellen STOUT was registered in 1892.
(GRO March Q 1892 Spalding 7a 477)
The death of a Robert PLOWRIGHT aged 76 was registered in 1934 [i.e born in 1857 or 1858].
(GRO June Q 1934 Rotherham 9c 722)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1881 Census: Untraced.
1901 Census: Untraced
1911 Census: Untraced
(© Michael J. Edgoose 29.07.2013)