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Robert Walter Vanderplank
c1852-1924
Robert Walter was born c1852 in Romsey, Hampshire, he was baptised on the 8th February 1852 in Romsey, the son of James (an Innkeeper, later a Labourer) and Jane Vanderplank (nee Mills).
Robert’s father James was born c1795 in Romsey. He married his 1st wife, Elizabeth Sharp on the 10th November 1816.
They had the following children:
Eliza baptised 20th December 1818
Stephen baptised 23rd January 1824
Charles James (aged 6) and Elizabeth baptised on the 30th December 1827
Edward baptised 17th October 1830
Frederic baptised 16th November 1834.
Elizabeth died aged 54 in 1849 in Romsey. James died aged 65 in 1860, in Romsey.
Robert’s mother Jane was born c1824 in Bramshaw, Hampshire.
His parents married in 1850 in Romsey.
James and Jane also had a daughter Sarah Edith born in Romsey in 1854, baptised in Romsey on the 10th September 1854.
James Vanderplank died aged 65 in 1860 (death registered in Romsey)
Jane remarried in 1863, her 2nd husband was Jame Major Wheeler.
In 1861 Robert Walter (9) (surname recorded as Vander on ancestry) was living in Latimore/Latimer Street, Romsey, with his widowed mother Jane (35), his sister Sarah Elizabeth (6) and a lodger, Mary Ann Adams (24).
The 1871 census records Robert (19) (surname recorded as Vandenbosch on ancestry) working as a Carpenter & Joiner. He was recorded living in Romsey Extra Hundred, Romsey with his step-father James Major Wheeler (72), a Boot Maker, his mother Jane (46), a Laundress and a lodger.
Robert married in 1875.
Marriage details:
Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29th March 1875
Groom: Robert Walter Vanderplank, aged 23, bachelor, occupation, Carpenter, abode, Romsey
Bride: Emma Kate Lucas, aged 20, spinster, abode, Romsey
Fathers: James Vanderplank, a Labourer and John Lucas, a Coach Builder
Witnesses: James Lucas and Henrietta Lucas
(Emma Kate had an illegitimate daughter, Edith Kate Lucas born in 1872 in Romsey.)
(Emma Kate Lucas was born in 1855 in Southampton the daughter of John and Emma Lucas (nee Coles) who were married in 1840 in Southampton).
Robert and Emma had the following children (all births registered in Basingstoke):
Leonard Walter born c1876
Robert Frank born c1878
Laura Lucy born 1880
Frederic James born 1882
Emma Grace born 1885
Ethel Jane born 1887
Herbert born 1888 (died 1888)
Dorothy Faith born c1892
Arthur Lucas born 1894
In 1878 and 1880 the family were recorded living in Clifton Terrace, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
The 1881 census records Robert (29), as a Carpenter & Joiner, living in Longcroft, Basingstoke, Hampshire with Emma (26) and their children, Edith, (8), Leonard (5), Robert (2), Laura (10 months) and a lodger, Harry Gosling (21), a Butcher.
In 1891 Robert (39), (no occupation recorded for Robert, surname recorded as Vanderplaats on ancestry)) Emma (36) and their children Leonard (15), a Grocer’s Apprentice, Robert (13), Laura (10), Frederic (8), Emma (5) and Ethel (3), were living at 97 May Street, Basingstoke.
The 1901 census records the family living at 2 Brooke Street, Basingstoke. Robert (49) was recorded as a Joiner/Carpenter, Edith (28) was recorded as a Restaurant Waitress and Emma (15) was recorded as a Fancy Trader Apprentice.
In 1911 Robert (59), Emma (56), Edith (38), Dorothy (19), Arthur (16) and 4 Boarders, Philip Henry Turner (60), a Journalist, Claude Hayes (58), an Artist (Landscape, watercolour and oil), Jessica Hayes (39) and Helen Page (42), living on her own means, were recorded living at The Litten Boarding House, Newtown Road, Newbury. Robert was recorded as the Boarding House Keeper, Edith and Dorothy were recorded as Assisting in the Business and Arthur was recorded as an Outfitter’s Apprentice at a Clothier’s Shop.
Robert died aged 72 on the 29th January 1924 at the Litten, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2nd February.
The 1930 Electoral Register records Emma Kate and Edith Kate Vanderplank living at 3 Highfield Avenue, Newbury
His daughter Edith Kate died aged 58 on the 12th February 1932, she was laid to rest with Robert on the 15th February.
Robert’s widow Emma Kate died 82 in 1937, in Bristol.
Probate: VANDERPLANK Robert Walter of The Litten Hotel Newbury Berkshire died 29th January 1924 Probate Oxford 3rd March to Emma Kate Vanderplank widow. Effects: £226 9s
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