NameRobert Benns
Birth1815, Mutford
Notes for Robert Benns
Robert Benns was the son of Robert Benns (1791) and a woman called Mary and was born in Mutford in 1815. In 1851 he was living with his widowed mother in North Cove, Suffolk, and working as an agricultural labourer. He married Susanna Banns from Aldeby in Norfolk on 28th January 1854. In 1861 he was living in Marsh Lane, Mutford and working as a labourer. Susanna died in 1867. In 1871 Robert was living in Boston Lane, Barnby, and working as an agricultural labourer. In 1881, still an agricultural labourer, he was living at the Beer House, Carlton Colville. In 1891 he was a pauper in Oulton Workhouse. He died in 1893.
Sources
• 1. 1881 Census. Beer House, Carlton Colville. Robert Benns. Head. Widower. Age 65. Ag. Lab. Born Mutford. • 2. 1871 Census. Boston Lane, Barnby. Robert Benns. Widower. Age 52. Ag. Lab. Born Ellaugh. • 3. 1861 Census. Marsh Lane, Mutford. Robert Benns. Head. Age 43. Labourer. Born Mutford. • 4. 1851 Census. North Cove. Robert Benns. Son. Age 36. Ag. Labourer. Born Mutford. • 5. Death Registers. Benns, Robert. Sep. 1893. 4a. 609. Mutford. Age 76. • 6. 1891 Census. The Workhouse, Oulton. Robert Benns. Pauper. Widower. Farm Labourer. Born Mutford. • 7. David Barnes's data. Robert Benns. Born 1816. Married Susannah Banns on 28 Jan 1854. (Susannah died in 1867). Father: Robert. Mother: Mary.