Robert Fryer Rawston was born in 1862 in Little Walsingham and was the son of Henry Rawston (1837) and Rebecca Plane. In 1871 he was living in the Crown Inn. In 1881 he was working as a builder's apprentice and was living at the Robin Hood inn in Guild Street, Little Walsingham. He married Bessie Pearson (1863) in Little Walsingham in 1887. He was a carpenter and innkeeper in Warham All Saints between 1888 and 1892. In 1901 he was working as a carpenter and wheelwright and living in Scarborough Road, Great Walsingham. In 1911 he was working as a wheelwright and living in Brinton.

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• 1. 1881 Census. [The Robin Hood Inn], Guild Street, Little Walsingham. Fryer Rawston. Son. Age 18. Builder's Apprentice. Born Little Walsingham. • 2. Marriage Registers. Rawston, Robert Fryer. Sep. 1887. 4b. 487. Walsingham. • 3. Birth Registers. Sep. 1862. 4b. 282. Walsingham. • 4. 1901 Census. Scarboro Rd, Great Walsingham. Fryer Rawston. Head. Age 37. Carpenter & Wheelwright. Born Little Walsingham. • 5. Norfolk Transcription Archive. 1891 Census data, Walsingham district, Warham All Saints. Fryer Rawson. Age 28. Head. Married. Carpenter & inn keeper. Born Walsingham. • 6. 1871 Census. The Crown Inn, Little Walsingham. Robert F. Rawston. Son. Age 8. Scholar. Born Little Walsingham. • 7. 1891 Census. Warham All Saints. Fryer Rawston. Head. Age 28. Carpenter & Innkeeper. Born Walsingham. • 8. 1911 Census. Brinton & Birmingham. Robert Fryer Rawston. Head. Age 47. Wheelwright. Born Walsingham.