Robert James Stroud (1882-1973)
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Contents

1 Biography

2 Sources

2.1 Footnotes

2.2 Acknowledgments

Biography

Robert was the first born son of Elizabeth Oliver and James Stroud.

About 1910 he and one of his brothers travelled to Haslemere, Surrey, where they found work as brick layers and general laborourers. During this time he met and courted my grandmother, Francis Withall.

He married Frances Withall in 1912 at St Bartholmews Parish Church at Haslemere. Witnesses to their wedding were John and Clara Withall. In 1915 a daughter Annie Elizabeth was born.

Robert served in the Navy during WWI on the ship HRH Princess Royal. On October 26 1915 he was appointed temporary Sub-Lieutenant.

Robert was a quiet unassuming man and known to be very clever with his hands.

Robert James Stroud died age 88 at Haslemere, Surrey.

Sources

ancestrylibrary.com

England & Wales Civil Registration Death index, Vol 5g, pg 177

England & Wales Civil Registration Birth index, Vol 2a, pg 76

Surrey England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937

England Census - 1891, 1901, 1911

UK Navy Lists 1888-1970

Royal Navy Registers of Seaman's Services, 1848-1939

T Smithers

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