Robert Lofthouse

before 26 February 1805–8 November 1834 (Age 29)
Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Robert

When Robert Lofthouse was born before 26 February 1805, his father, Ralph Lofthouse, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Ashby, was 35. He married Ursula Johnson on 7 June 1832, in Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 8 November 1834, in Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 29, and was buried in Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lofthouse
1805–1834
Ursula Johnson
1809–1835
Marriage: 7 June 1832
Margaret Lofthouse
1833–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
7 June 1832
Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
children

(1)

    Margaret Lofthouse

    Female1833–Female

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(12)

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World Events (6)

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

Age 3

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815

Age 10

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed

Age 16

The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.

Name Meaning

1 English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire called Lofthouse ( see Loftus ).2 Americanized form of the Norwegian cognate Lofthus .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

murder of Robert Lofthouse of Dallowgill

Newspaper report of the murder of Robert Lofthouse of Dallowgill. Born 1805. Died 1834. The Parish of Kirkby Malzeard near Ripon has been thrown into the greatest alarm by the commission of a crime …

Sources (1)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Robert Lofthouse - Church record: birth:

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