AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameRobert DAY 
Birth Date1833
Birth PlaceMarden, Kent, England
MemoLocation from 1881 census. 1851 census says Maidstone some 11km away
Reside Date30 Mar 18514720 Age: 18
Reside PlaceCroydon, London, England
MemoRobert Day, 18 was an assistant Linen draper living at 1 High Street, Croydon with GS Stapelton, Linen draper and family.
OccupationAssistant to linen draper(1851), linen draper(1861), draper(1871), factory manager(1881), accountant (1891)
FatherWilliam DAY (ca1801-1871)
MotherHarriet (ca1801-)
Spouses
Birth Date1836
Birth PlaceStepney, Tower Hamlets, London, England
MemoLocation from 1881 census. Enfield in 1891 census
Occupationdress maker
FatherHenry WHITE (1801-)
MotherSarah (ca1796-<1861)
Marr PlaceEdmonton, Enfield, London, England
Reside Date7 Apr 18614722
Reside PlaceEnfield, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia
MemoIn New Lane Enfield Robert Day, 28, linen Draper was staying with his future wife Maria White, 25, dress maker, and her father Henry,61, a superannuated letter carrier, and her step-mother Elizabeth, 54.
Reside Date2 Apr 18714723
Reside PlaceTonbridge, Kent, England
MemoLiving in High Street, Tonbridge were Robert Day, 38, master draper employer of 3, his wife Maria, 35 & children Caroline R, 9, Ann, 8, William H W, 6, Helen Q, 5, Robert R, 3 and Mary L, just born. Visiting them was Lomes Eldridge, 23 (F). Two servants and a nurse also resided with the family.
Reside Date3 Apr 18814724
Reside PlaceFarnham, Surrey, England
MemoRobert Day, 48 manager of a factory, his wife Maria, 45 and children Caroline R, 19, a daily governess, William H W, 16, apprentice draper, Helen Q, 15, Robert R, 13, scholar, Mary L,10, scholar, Albert S, 5, scholar. Staying with them were William & Eliza White, Maria’s brother and his wife.
Reside Date5 Apr 18914725
Reside PlaceTunbridge Wells, Kent, England
MemoThe Day family had moved back to kent by 1891 then living at 3 South Crove in Tunbridge Wells. Robert, 58 was now an accountant and his wife Maria was 56 years. Their son Albert, 15 a scholar lived with them as did a John B Day, 19, an ironmoulders assistant. Presumably John was a a newhew of Robert. Also staying with the family were two school mistresses most likely sisters Elizabeth C and Ann Saunders.
Reside Date31 Mar 19014726
Reside PlaceTunbridge Wells, Kent, England
MemoStill living at 3 South Gove in Tunbridge Wells Robert, 68, an accountant to Estate Agent, Maria, 58, his wife and daughters Caroline R, single, 39, a governess at a private school & Mary L, 30, also single were living there. A grand daughter Hellen ( recorded as Ellen) Suckling, 7 was visiting that night.
ChildrenCaroline R (1862-)
Anne (1863-)
William H W (1865-)
Helen Q (1866-)
Robert R (1868-)
Mary L (1871-)
Albert S (1876-)