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Robert Sword engine fitter

M, #843, b. 15 June 1850
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 17 May 2024

Parents:

Father*: Charles Robert Sword iron molder b. 24 Jun 1827, d. 16 Feb 1877
Mother*: Mary Richardson Combs b. 8 Jun 1829, d. 5 Feb 1889
  • Birth*: Robert Sword engine fitter was born on 15 June 1850 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .
  • He was the son of Charles Robert Sword iron molder and Mary Richardson Combs.
  • (Groom) Marriage*: Robert Sword engine fitter married Ann Fleming powerloom weaver, daughter of William Fleming and Betsy Taylor, on 7 November 1870 at 7 William Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1870 marriages in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee ref 237; 1870 on the seventh day of November at 7 William Street Dundee after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scoland, Robert Sword engine smith (journy) bachelor, aged 21, residing 73 Ellen Place Lyon Street Dundee, parents Charles Sword iron moulder (journy) and Mary Sword ms Combs; Ann Fleming powerloom weaver spinster, aged 23, residing 17 Princes Street Dundee, parents William Fleming general labourer (dec) and Betsy Fleming ms Taylor; signed Robert Hope Brown minister St Andrews Church Dundee, signed Henry Smith, Isabella Fleming, witnesses; registered 1870 November 8th at Dundee F MacDairmid registrar.1,2
  • (Informant) Death: Robert Sword engine fitter registered the death of Charles Robert Sword iron molder on 16 February 1877; age 49, iron moulder, pneumonia, informant son Robert.1

Census & Directory Entries

Principal3 April 1881Robert Sword engine fitter appeared in the 1881 census at 2 St Matthew Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert Sword, head, engine fitter at works, 30, mar, Dundee.1,3

Family:

Ann Fleming powerloom weaver b. c 1847, d. 1894

Children:

Robert John Sword b. 4 Apr 1871, d. 1953
William James Sword b. 20 Jun 1872
Charles Sword+ b. c 1876
Ernest Sword overseer at cotton mill b. Dec 1882

Citations

  1. [S40] From JM [July 2005].
  2. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriages 1780 St Andrew Dundee 282-...-237 [Oct 2006].
  3. [S30] LDS 1881 Census [July 2005].