Robert LockeAge: 49 years1850–1899
- Name
- Robert Locke
- Given names
- Robert
- Surname
- Locke
| Birth | calculated 1850 Citation details: Marriage: Robert LOCKE and Charlotte Maria PEARCE (1873), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F770513684%2F1 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 Citation details: Census: Robert LOCKE and household (1881), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1881/0015914953 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 7 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
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| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 11 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/ETtxkC Note: American Civil War: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War
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| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 23 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
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| Birth of a son #1 | Robert Arthur Locke August 12, 1876 (Age 26 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f21479%2f0437%2f3 : accessed 5 June 2016 Text: BET 1877 AND 1879 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0022267627 : accessed 5 June 2016 Citation details: Baptism: Robert Arthur LOCKE (1876), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F765818853%2F1 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 Source: 1939 Register, UK Citation details: War register: Robert A LOCKE and household (1939), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=TNA/R39/4033/4033G/027/24 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Baptism of a son | Robert Arthur Locke September 13, 1876 (Age 26 years) Citation details: Baptism: Robert Arthur LOCKE (1876), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F765818853%2F1 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Marriage | Charlotte Maria Pearce — View this family December 14, 1876 (Age 26 years) Husband: 23 years Wife: 20 years Citation details: Baptism: Robert Arthur LOCKE (1876), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F765818853%2F1 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 Citation details: Marriage: Robert LOCKE and Charlotte Maria PEARCE (1873), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F770513684%2F1 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Laura Locke calculated 1879 (Age 29 years) Citation details: Census: Robert LOCKE and household (1881), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1881/0015914953 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Julia A Locke calculated February 1881 (Age 31 years) Citation details: Census: Robert LOCKE and household (1881), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1881/0015914953 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 30 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Census | April 3, 1881 (Age 31 years) Citation details: Census: Robert LOCKE and household (1881), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1881/0015914953 : accessed 15 Mar 2020 |
| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 2 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 (Age 4 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 15 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 17 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Diamond Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 31 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga#Gold Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area
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| Economic Event | 1886 (Age 36 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
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| War | from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (Age 49 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War Note: Second Boer War
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| Death | before December 25, 1899 (Age 49 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f770311166%2f2 : accessed 22 Jan 2015 |
- Generation 1
Robert Locke , son ofRobert Locke , was born calculated 1850 in Norfolk, England and died before December 25, 1899. He marriedCharlotte Maria Pearce , daughter ofJohn Pearce , on December 14, 1876 in Chelford, Chesire, England. She was born calculated 1853 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.Children of
Robert Locke andCharlotte Maria Pearce :Robert Arthur Locke (1876–1948)Laura Locke (1879–)Julia A Locke (1881–)
- Generation 2back to top
Robert Arthur Locke , shoemaker and repairer (in 1901) and leather Merchant (in 1911), son ofRobert Locke andCharlotte Maria Pearce , was born on August 12, 1876 in Macclesfield, Chesire, England and died on August 10, 1948 in Penzance, Cornwall, England at the age of 71. He marriedLaura Stubbs , daughter ofJoseph Stubbs andEmma Lawrinson , on December 25, 1899 in St Michael, Macclesfield, Chesire, England. She was born on January 21, 1883 in Macclesfield, Chesire, England and died between April 1967 and June 1967 in Garstang, Lancashire, England.Children of
Robert Arthur Locke andLaura Stubbs :Esmeralda Locke (1906–1985)
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Esmeralda Locke , daughter ofRobert Arthur Locke andLaura Stubbs , was born on April 17, 1906 and died between January 1985 and March 1985 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. She marriedJames Arthur Skeggs , son ofThomas Skeggs andEmma Hewitt , on April 3, 1929 in St Michael, Macclesfield, Chesire, England. He was born on June 23, 1896 in Woolwich, Kent, England.Children of
Esmeralda Locke andJames Arthur Skeggs :Keith Robert Locke Skeggs (1931–2010)