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Robert John Offen


1845
Male
Person 00002571

Born August 1845 at Ramsgate, Kent (RC)
Father: George Offen (1816)
Mother: Mercy Ann Holloway (1816)
Thanet Sept 1845 ref v/461

Christened 06/08/1845 at Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent (FH)
St George's

1851 at Ramsgate, Kent (C)
5

1861at sea? (C)
not at home or in Kent - perhaps at sea

1864 at Thanet, Kent ()
father died

1866 at Ramsgate, Kent (F)
mariner

Married 31/10/1866 at Ramsgate, Kent (FR)
to Jane Stead Day (1842)
Thanet Dec 1866 2a/1454
at St Georges - both previously unmarried, Robert John, mariner; witnesses Wm R Crocker and Henry Packer

from 1868 and 1877 at Ramsgate, Kent (F)

01/07/1869 at Ramsgate, Kent (S)
Robert, 25, mate on the Laurel

1871at sea (C)
25, married, master of the Laurel, with 4 hands inc. Geo Rich Offen

01/01/1874 at Ramsgate, Kent (S)
left the Laurel to be mate of the Forget me Not, under George Offen

01/07/1874 at Ramsgate, Kent (S)
mate on the Forget me Not

01/07/1874 at Ramsgate, Kent (S)
left the Pride to be master of the Regard

01/01/1877 at Ramsgate, Kent (S)
left the Regard to be master of the Mayflower

1881 at St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent (C)
age 35, boatman, with wife and 4 kids - 3 Claremont Gardens

1888 at Ramsgate, Kent ()
first wife died

Married June 1889 at Thanet, Kent (CR)
to Mary Ann Savage (1857)
2a/1459

1891 at Ramsgate, Kent (C)
"Robert L Office" (!), lighthouse assistant, 46, wife and kids at 25 , Albert St, also widow Maria Witherden (75 from Scotland) boarding

? possibly 1895 at Ramsgate, Kent (S)
RJ Offen listed in (trade?) directory at Nevill House

? 1899 at Ramsgate, Kent (S)
in town directory at Portlight, Poplar Road

? 1901 at Ramsgate, Kent (C)
lighthouse keeper age 54 at Portlight, Poplar Road, with wife and 3 kids

? 1903 at Ramsgate, Kent (S)
at Portlight in town directory

Died September 1908 at West Ham. Essex (FR)
age 63 - 4a/113

Children
Jane Elizabeth Offen (1867)
Robert George Offen (1870)
Mercy Ann Offen (1872)
Mary Ann Offen (1874)
Lily Offen (1875)
George Isaac Offen (1877)
Thomas William Offen (1881)
Harry Offen (1884)
Amy Ethel Offen (1885)
Walter Prewitt Offen (1890)
Annie Bertha Offen (1891)
Robert John Offen
George Offen (1816)
Wilkins (John Wilkins/Will) Offen (1775)
Richard Offin/Offings (1732)
Martha Swain (1736)
Susannah Dickenson (1779)
William Dickenson (1742)
Sarah Ladd (1735)
Mercy Ann Holloway (1816)
William Halloway (1772)
William Halloway (1745)
Mary Scarlet (1750)
Mary Gibbens (1785)
Vincent Gibbens (1742)
Susannah Grant (1745)

Last updated 07/11/2023

Source Key: A=Baptist records B=Burial register C=Census F=Family H=Christening register I=IGI L=Letter M=Marriage register P=Personally known R=Registry office (certificate or index) S=Website T=Tombstone W=Will Y=Boyds marriage index



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