Robert Rochester ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Robert's name was probably spelt as Rodchester in the1861 census, He was living with his parents at 8 Model Row, Seaham Colliery in 1861 and he has been marked down as a widow aged 25 having married Elizabeth Anderson on the 4th October 1858, She subsequently died and he later married Mary Ann Fairbairn 1870 Mary Ann Fairbairn had 3 children Mary Ann Wilson Fairbairn, Alexander Fairbairn John Thomas Fairbairn my Gt Grandfather born 1863.

1881 Census 17 Seaham St Seaham, Durham, England [Rochesterlast.FTW]

Robert's name was probably spelt as Rodchester in the1861 census, He was living with his parents at 8 Model Row, Seaham Colliery in 1861 and he has been marked down as a widow aged 25 having married Elizabeth Anderson on the 4th October 1858, She subsequently died and he later married Mary Ann Fairbairn 1870 Mary Ann Fairbairn had 3 children Mary Ann Wilson Fairbairn, Alexander Fairbairn John Thomas Fairbairn my Gt Grandfather born 1863.

1881 Census 17 Seaham St Seaham, Durham, England ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Coal Miner. ^{1 2}

Robert married Mary Ann Fairbairn, daughter of Alexander Fairbairn and Janet Walton, on 27 Aug 1870 in Register Office Easington.¹ (Mary Ann Fairbairn was born in 1839 in Hartlepool ^{1 2}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Witnesses. Thomas C. Beatty and Lois Beatty

  Marriage Notes:

Mary and Robert were living at Seaton Colliery at the time of the marriage. the witnesses to the marraige appear to teh the Superintendant Registrar and his wife [Rochesterlast.FTW]

Mary and Robert were living at Seaton Colliery at the time of the marriage. the witnesses to the marraige appear to teh the Superintendant Registrar and his wife
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