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Robert Gee (379)
1854 –19/10/1913
Robert Gee (379)
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Plot 379 Robert Gee (1854-1913)
Robert was born in 1854 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, the second son and fourth child of George Gee, a tailor, and Sarah (née Asher).
In 1861 the family lived at 48, Balderton Gate, Newark. Ten years later 16 year-old Robert was a
spirit merchant’s clerk, still living with his family.
He was clearly a sporting young man. In 1873 The Newark Herald reported on a “Trade v Profession” football match in which Robert played for the “Trade” side and in 1874 it reported on a one mile handicap walking race in which Robert took part. “This is one of the worst walking matches we have seen for many years, many of the competitors continually breaking out into an open trot.” That year he was the secretary of the Newark Amateur Rowing Club.
Robert married Kate Agnes (née Brooks), born in Clapham in 1879, and their first child Horace Randolph was born in 1880 in Clapham.
By 1881 Robert was a publisher.
The couple were to have three more children: Alfred Lionel (1883 Great Stanmore), Margaret (1886 Camberwell) and Kate Dorothy (1889 Camberwell).
In 1891 the family lived at “Prior’s Dene”, Beaufort Road, Kingston, Surrey. Robert was a newspaper proprietor and the family employed two servants.
In 1906 their son Horace married Alice Edwina Tyssen, a barrister’s daughter, and the newspaper account of the wedding gifts and their donors– Lord and Lady Amherst, Baron de Ferrieres and Sir Roland and Lady Wilson – gives an indication of the social circle the family moved in.
In 1901their address was “Winthrop”, Ashley Road, Epsom and Robert was described as a book publisher. Eighteen year-old Alfred was working with him as a clerk. The family employed a live-in cook and a domestic servant.
They had moved to Berkhamsted by the time of the 1911 census where they were at “Beechcroft”, Chesham Road with their daughters.
Robert died 19 Oct 1913 Beechcroft Chesham Road aged 59.
His son Alfred Lionel, who died in London in 1937, is buried here with him.
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Plot 379 Robert Gee (1854-1913)
Robert was born in 1854 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, the second son and fourth child of George Gee, a tailor, and Sarah (née Asher).
In 1861 the family lived at 48, Balderton Gate, Newark. Ten years later 16 year-old Robert was a
spirit merchant’s clerk, still living with his family.
He was clearly a sporting young man. In 1873 The Newark Herald reported on a “Trade v Profession” football match in which Robert played for the “Trade” side and in 1874 it reported on a one mile handicap walking race in which Robert took part. “This is one of the worst walking matches we have seen for many years, many of the competitors continually breaking out into an open trot.” That year he was the secretary of the Newark Amateur Rowing Club.
Robert married Kate Agnes (née Brooks), born in Clapham in 1879, and their first child Horace Randolph was born in 1880 in Clapham.
By 1881 Robert was a publisher.
The couple were to have three more children: Alfred Lionel (1883 Great Stanmore), Margaret (1886 Camberwell) and Kate Dorothy (1889 Camberwell).
In 1891 the family lived at “Prior’s Dene”, Beaufort Road, Kingston, Surrey. Robert was a newspaper proprietor and the family employed two servants.
In 1906 their son Horace married Alice Edwina Tyssen, a barrister’s daughter, and the newspaper account of the wedding gifts and their donors– Lord and Lady Amherst, Baron de Ferrieres and Sir Roland and Lady Wilson – gives an indication of the social circle the family moved in.
In 1901their address was “Winthrop”, Ashley Road, Epsom and Robert was described as a book publisher. Eighteen year-old Alfred was working with him as a clerk. The family employed a live-in cook and a domestic servant.
They had moved to Berkhamsted by the time of the 1911 census where they were at “Beechcroft”, Chesham Road with their daughters.
Robert died 19 Oct 1913 Beechcroft Chesham Road aged 59.
His son Alfred Lionel, who died in London in 1937, is buried here with him.
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