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Robert "Bob" Brockbank

Male 1893 - 1959  (65 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Robert "Bob" Brockbank 
    Nickname Bob 
    Birth 28 Nov 1893  23, John Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Apprenticeship 1911 
    Spindle Maker's Apprentice 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  25, Rose Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Between 1919 and 1926 
    Railway Man 
    Residence 1919  11, Spring Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Feb 1926 
    7 Poole Street, Bolton 
    Occupation Feb 1959 
    Goods Checker for British Railways 
    Residence Feb 1959 
    24 John Brown Street, Bolton 
    Death 6 Feb 1959  Royal Infirmary, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Chronic Cor. Pulmonale/Emphysema 
    Person ID I29  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2025 

    Mother Elizabeth "Lucy" Brockbank,   b. 9 May 1863, Rhodes, Middleton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1934, 264, Lever Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bertha Greenhalgh,   b. 1892   d. 1924, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 11 Apr 1914  St Mark's Church, Fletcher Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage entry:
      Robert Brockbank = Bertha Greenhalgh
      Jun 1914 Bolton 8c 647

      Marriage: 11 Apr 1914 St Mark, Bolton, Lancashire, England
      Robert Brockbank - 22, Spindle Maker, Bachelor, 55 Leach St.
      Bertha Greenhalgh - 22, Spinster, 49 Leach St.
          Groom's Father: Robert Brockbank, deceased, Carrier
          Bride's Father: John Greenhalgh, Fire Beater
          Witness: Peter Partington; Arline Windsor
          Married by Banns by: Henry R. Tomlinson Vicar
          Register: Marriages 1907 - 1918, Page 157, Entry 314
          Source: LDS Film 1966171
    Children 
     1. Lilian Brockbank,   b. 1914, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1915, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     2. Robert Brockbank,   b. 21 Nov 1919, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1939, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
    Family ID F142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2023 

    Family 2 Private 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2006