Robert Lofthouse

Malebefore 26 February 1805–8 November 1834

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Lofthouse was born before 26 February 1805, his father, Ralph Lofthouse, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Ashby, was 11802. He married Ursula Johnson on 17 June 1832, in Kirkby, 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, and was buried in Kirkby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lofthouse
1805–1834
Ursula Johnson
1811–1835
Marriage: 17 June 1832
Margaret Lofthouse
1833–

Sources (9)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Robert Lofthouse - Church record: birth:
  • Robert Lofthouse, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Robert Lofthouse, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 June 1832Kirkby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

    • Children (1)

    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

    English: variant of Loftus 1.

    Americanized form of the Norwegian cognate Lofthus .

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

    Possible Related Names

    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 …

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