Robert GRIGGS

Abt 1842 - 1872  (~ 30 years)

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• Name	Robert GRIGGS
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Abt 1842	Margate, Kent, England
  	From the 1851 census, where shown as aged 8. His army papers show him as aged 22 yrs and 8 months when he attested; this suggests he was born in Feb or the first few days of March, but that would make him 9 at the time of the census, so I suspect he was a few months younger. This would also be more likely with a baptism in September.
  Baptised	18 Sep 1842	Margate, Kent, England
  	From FamilySearch (transcribed data) Shows Robert, son of William and Martha Griggs Fits perfectly with Robert as shown in the censuses, but there is no entry in the PR for St. John's. In the BTs but not the PRs or baptised at another church? On FS from LDS film 1835618; this has both ATs and BTs for St John's but ATs only to 1812 so it must be from the BTs. It looks like the PRs and BTs were kept separately, rather than the BTs being a copy of the PRs, and the baptism was accidentally omitted from the PRs.
  Gender	Male
  Education	1851
  	Scholar
  	According to the census
  Military Service	7 Nov 1864	Westminster, London, England
  	Attested for the 43rd Regiment
  Military Service	From 7 Nov 1864 to 7 Nov 1872
  	Private in the 43rd.Regiment of Light Infantry
  	In October 1872 Robert was discharged as unfit for further military service. This was due to him suffering from tuberculosis, which had originated in an attack of pleurisy the previous June.
  Military Service	15 Oct 1872	Cork, Ireland
  	Discharged as unfit
  Died	Dec 1872	The Union Workhouse, Minster in Thanet, Kent, England
  	Shown as his residence at the time of his death in the burial register. This does not necessarily mean he was there as he couldn't afford to live elsewhere, he may have been due to being ill. Workhouses provided the only hospital care available to most people at this time. His intended place of residence when discharged from the army was Church Street, Margate.
  Buried	17 Dec 1872	St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Jul 2019)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 5 sisters
  + 1. James GRIGGS,   b. Dec Q 1837, Mutrix, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. 9 Aug 1912, Holly Lodge, Lower Whitfield, Dover, Kent, England  (Age ~ 75 years) ▻ Mary Ann SOLLY,  m. 11 Apr 1862 ;   Louisa,  m. Mar Q 1893   2. Sarah GRIGGS,   b. Jun Q 1839, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. Aft 1851  (Age ~ 13 years)   3. Maria GRIGGS,   b. Abt Aug 1840, Kent, England ,   d. Jun Q 1842, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   4. Robert GRIGGS,   b. Abt 1842, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. Dec 1872, The Union Workhouse, Minster in Thanet, Kent, England  (Age ~ 30 years)   5. Frank GRIGGS,   b. Abt 1843, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. Aft 1901  (Age ~ 59 years)   6. Anna GRIGGS,   bap. 11 Oct 1846, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. Mar Q 1847, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   7. Ann GRIGGS,   bap. 3 Dec 1848, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. Jun Q 1850, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   8. Mary Ann GRIGGS,   b. Abt 1849, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. George GRIGGS,   bap. 22 Jun 1851, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	George GRIGGS,   b. Abt 1744,   d. 1784  (Age ~ 40 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Martha HARLOW,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I29031	All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	William GRIGGS,   b. 4 Oct 1812, St. Lawrence in Thanet, Kent, England ,   d. Jun Q 1851, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Martha ADAMS,   b. Abt 1816, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. Mar Q 1854, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1836	St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Jul 2019)
  Family ID	F11175	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart