When Robert Womersley was born on 27 November 1780, in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Womersley, was 37 and his mother, Mary Basset, was 27. He married Nanney Scurr on 19 November 1805, in New Malton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. In 1851, at the age of 71, his occupation is listed as manufacturing chemist in Stratford, Essex, England, United Kingdom. He died in 1864, at the age of 84.
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English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Womersley, a village in Yorkshire. The placename derives from an Old English personal name Wilmǣr (genitive Wilmǣres) + Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. Compare Wimberly .
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