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HOLBORN, Robert
1814 - 1899 (85 years) Has 6 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
1788 - 1842 (53 years)-
Name HOLBORN, Robert Birth 1814 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk 
Christening 7 Aug 1814 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk Gender Male Death 26 Jul 1899 Hartland, Connecticut, USA Person ID I6804 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father HOLBORN, James, b. 1787, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother JOHNSON, Ann, b. 19 Aug 1788, Middleton, Norfolk, England d. 1842, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age 53 years) Relationship natural Marriage 28 Dec 1812 Middleton, Norfolk, England Family ID F1370 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WILKINSON, Harriett, b. Abt 1818 d. Nov 1901, Hartland, Connecticut, USA (Age 83 years) Marriage 19 Aug 1838 Chesterfield, Derbyshire Children 1. HOLBORN, William, b. Between 1840 and 1841 d. Yes, date unknown 2. HOLBORN, Harriet, b. 1842, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown3. HOLBORN, Charlotte, b. 1845, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 1848, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. HOLBORN, Robert, b. 1847, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. HOLBORN, Charlotte, b. May 1850, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. HOLBORN, Jane, b. Between 1855 and 1856, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. HOLBORN, Robert, b. Between 1856 and 1857, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown8. HOLBORN, Eliza, b. Between 1859 and 1860, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2550 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ROBERT HOLBORN 1814-1899
Robert, son of James and Anne HOLBORN of Terrington, was baptised at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on 7 August 1814. His father James HOLBORN was a bricklayer.
(www.freereg.org.uk)
Robert HOLBORN, bachelor, labourer, of Beetwell Street, Chesterfield, and son of James HOLBORN brick maker, married Harriett (sic) WILKINSON, spinster, of Beetwell Street, Chesterfield, and daughter of Valentine WILKINSON ropemaker, at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on 19 August 1838.
Witnesses were William CHARLESWORTH and Anne TODD.
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(GRO September Q 1838 Chesterfield 19 314)
Robert HOLBORN aged 34; Christopher HOLBORN, a 24 year old mason; Ann HOLBORN, aged 30, and presumably Christopher's wife; and an infant Ann HOLBORN arrived in New York, USA, from Liverpool on the ship Nathaniel Hooper on 30 May 1848.
(www.ancestry.com: Passenger Lists 1820-1957)
The following arrived at New York from Liverpool on the ship Bremen on 12 June 1849:
*Eliza HOLBORN, aged 28, female (sic) (=Elijah?)
Martha HOLBORN , aged 22
Anne HOLBORN, infant
*Harriott HOLBORN, aged 29
Wm HOLBORN, aged 8
Harriott HOLBORN, aged 6
Robert HOLBORN, infant
From the 1850 US Federal Census of Hartford, Connecticut enumerated on 27 August 1850:
*Robert HOLBURN (sic), aged 36, real estate worth $200, born in England;
Harriet HOLBURN (sic), aged 30, born in England;
William HOLBURN (sic), aged 9, born in Connecticut (?);
Harriet HOLBURN (sic), aged 7, born in England;
Charlotte HOLBURN (sic), aged 3 months, born in Connecticut.
From the 1860 US Federal Census of Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, taken on 29 June 1860:
*Robert HOLBORN, aged 46, farmer, real estate worth $800, personal estate worth $200, born in England;
Harriet HOLBORN, aged 42, born in England;
Jane HOLBORN, aged 4, born in Connecticut;
Robert HOLBORN, aged 3, born in Connecticut;
Eliza HOLBORN, aged 1, born in Connecticut.
NOTES & QUERIES:
The following may have been children of Robert and Harriet HOLBORN:
Thomas HOLBORN, a Terrington infant, was buried at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on 11 December 1840.
Hannah HOLBORN, a Terrington infant, was buried at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on 17 April 1847.
Robert HOLBORN of Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, was buried there on 28 April 1844 aged 8 months.
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