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Robert Henry Aspden

(1889 - 1937)


Father: Alfred Aspden (1866 - 1934)
Mother: Carrie Maria Rice (1862 - 1941)

Siblings:

Children:

None


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1889-09-01 Birth
  • Baptism record
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
1889-09-19 Baptism
  • Place: St John the Baptist, Gannow
  • Abode: 218 Accrington Road, Burnley
1891-04-05 Census
  • Abode: 218 Accrington Road, Burnley
  • Age: 1
  • Birthplace: Lancashire Burnley
  • Census record RG12-3371-12-18:  F2  F3  F4  T4
1901-03-31 Census
  • Abode: 59 Padiham Road, Burnley
  • Age: 11
  • Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Census record RG13-3874-87-1:  F5  F6  T5
1911-04-02 Census
  • Abode: 59 Padiham Road, Burnley
  • Age: 21
  • Occupation: Assistant draper
  • Birthplace: Burnley, Lancashire
  • Census record RG14PN24856-RD472-SD2-ED33-SN34:  F7  F8  F9  T6
abt.1937-03-27 Death
  • Age: 47
  • Abode: 39 Hulme Street
  • Estimated from burial record
  • lancashirebmd:  T7
1937-03-30 Burial
  • Place: Grave 14150, Burnley Cemetery


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
ASPDEN Robert Henry  RICE   1889   Burnley         Lancashire         Preston         BU/188/100
        
T2
Page 35  BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Gannow in the Counties of Lancaster & Burnley
in the Year One thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine
1889 Sept 19 No. 273  Robert Henry  Alfred & Carrie  Aspden  218 Accrington Road  Weaver  W.J.Gerratt
Sept 1st/89 [in right margin]
        
T3
Baptism: 19 Sep 1889 St John the Baptist, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Robert Henry Aspden - [Child] of Alfred Aspden & Carrie
    Born: 1 Sep 1889
    Abode: 218 Accrington Road
    Occupation: Weaver
    Baptised by: W. J. Gerratt
    Register: Baptisms 1887 - 1893, Page 35, Entry 273
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T4
RG12 Piece 3371 Folio 12 Page 18

Administrative County of Lancashire
Civil Parish of Habergham Eaves  County Borough of Burnley  Municipal Ward of Gannow
Urban Sanitary District of Burnley  Town of Village or Hamlet of Burnley
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Burnley  Ecclesiastical Parish or District of St John's

Schedule 109  Accrington Rd 218

Nancy Aspden       Head         Widow        57  Charwoman      Lancashire Darwen
Alfred Aspden      Son          Married  25      Cotton Weaver  Lancashire Burnley
Carrie Aspden      Daur in Law  Married      28  Cotton Winder  Lancashire Burnley
Mary Ellen Aspden  Grand Daur   Single       3                  Lancashire Burnley
Robert Hy Aspden   Grand Daur            1                      Lancashire Burnley

        
T5
1901 census  RG13 Piece 3874 Folio 87 Page 1

Administrative County 
Civil Parish of Burnley
Ecclesiastical Parish of Habergham Eaves Holy Trinity
County Borough of Burnley
Ward of Municipal Borough of Whittlefield
Parliamentary Borough of Burnley

Schedule 7  59 Padiham Rd

Alfred Aspden       Head     M  35     Draper                 Employer  At home  Lanc Burnley
Carrie [Aspden]     Wife     M     38                                            Ches. Chester
Mary E. [Aspden]    Daur     S     13  Apprentice Dressmaker  Worker    At home  Lanc Burnley
Robert H. [Aspden]  Son      S  11                                               [Lanc Burnley]
Ethel [Aspden]      Daur     S     5                                             [Lanc Burnley]
Matthew [Aspden]    Son      S  1                                                [Lanc Burnley]
Kate King           Boarder  S     25  Dress[maker?]          Worker    At home  Somerset Bridgewater


Transcribed from Census-1901-RG13-3874-87-1.jpg by dh

        
T6
1911 census  RG14 PN24856 RD472 SD2 ED33 SN34

Registration District      472
Registration Sub-District  2
Enumeration District       33

Address  59 Padiham Rd  Burnley

Schedule  34

Name                  Rel       M   F  Status   Ma  C  L  D  Occ     Industry     Worker    Birthplace
Alfred Aspden        Head      45     Married               Draper                 Drapery  Employer  -    Lancashire Burnley
Carrie Aspden        Wife         48  Married  24 4 4 None  [1]                    -        -         [3]  Lancashire Burnley
Robert Henry Aspden  Son       21     Single                Assisting in Business  -        Worker    -    Lancashire Burnley
Matthew Aspden       Son       11                           School                 -        -         -    Lancashire Burnley
Ethel Aspden         Daughter     15  Single                [2]                    -        -         [3]  Lancashire Burnley

[Entered and struck out: 1 - House Work, 2 - Assisting House Work, 3 At Home]

Enumerator RSB   3 Males  2 Females  5 Persons     5 rooms. Signed Alfred Aspden
                                                                   59 Padiham Road, Burnley, Lancashire

Transcribed from Census-1911-RG14PN24856-RD472-SD2-ED33-SN34.jpg
             and Census-1911-RG14PN24856-RD472-SD2-ED33-SN34-cover.jpg by dh

        
T7
Death:  ASPDEN  Robert Henry  47  1937  Preston North East  Lancashire  Preston  PNE/3B/86
        
T8
Burial: 30 Mar 1937 Burnley Cemetery, Burnley, Lancs.
Robert Henry Aspden -
    Age: 47yrs
    Abode: 39 Hulme Street
    Grave: 14150
    Gender: M
    Register: Burials 1933 - 1940, Page 173, Entry 109008
    Source: Original Registers Book 14
        
T9
Burnley Cemetery grave register entries for grave 14149 and 14150

Grave register book 3

       BURNLEY CEMETERY    GRAVE BOOK
14149  P  3/2/6   Alfred Aspden  Nov. 13. 1918    421P  ---  8ft  85806 105397 113421
15150  P  2/15/-  Selina Aspden  March 30th 1937  205V  ---  8ft  109008


Family grave register book P page 421
Left page: not photographed

Right page:
     Grant No. 14859    421

 1/15/-   1/7/6   85806    1918 Nov.13     Ethel Aspden         yrs 23   Jno. W. Houlden
          2/-/-   105397   1934 Febry 22   Alfred Aspden        yrs 67   Albert H. Baker
          1/15/-  113421   1940 Jany 25    Carrie Maria Aspden  yrs 78   Albert H. Baker


Family grave register book V page 205
Left page: not photographed

Right page:
     Grant No. 20395    205

 2/15/-   4/6/0   109008    1937 Mch 30     Robert Henry Aspden         yrs 47   Albert H Baker

Transcriber's notes:
* In the 14159 grave book entry, Selina Law  July 16 1906  49N      66137  has been struck out
* Burial no. 105397 appears to be an error in both images for grave 14149

Transcribed from BurnleyCemetery-Graves-Book-3--g14131.jpg, BurnleyCemetery-FamilyGraves-Book-P-421.jpg
and BurnleyCemetery-FamilyGraves-Book-V-205.jpg

        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image 4225054_00124.jpg
F2 Image Census-1891-RG12-3371-12-18.jpeg
F3 Image Census-1891-RG12-3371-12-18-ancestry.jpeg
F4 Transcript Census-1891-RG12-3371-12-18-S109-Aspden.text
F5 Image Census-1901-RG13-3874-87-1.jpg
F6 Transcript Census-1901-RG13-3874-87-1-S7-Aspden.text
F7 Image Census-1911-RG14PN24856-RD472-SD2-ED33-SN34.jpg
F8 Image Census-1911-RG14PN24856-RD472-SD2-ED33-SN34-cover.jpg
F9 Transcript Census-1911-RG14PN24856-RD472-SD2-ED33-SN34-Aspden.text
F10 Image BurnleyCemetery-Graves-Book-3--g14131.jpg
F11 Image BurnleyCemetery-FamilyGraves-Book-P-421.jpg
F12 Transcript BurnleyCemetery-Grave-14149.text


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