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PLOWRIGHT, John Robert
1880 - 1958 (77 years) Has 8 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1863 - Aft 1911 (> 49 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, John Robert Birth 7 Oct 1880 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Christening 5 Dec 1880 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Gender Male Death 1958 Rotherham Registration District, Yorkshire Person ID I7570 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father PLOWRIGHT, John, b. 1855, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England d. Between 1901 and 1911 (Age 46 years) Relationship natural Mother KING, Martha Ann, b. 1863, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire d. Aft 1911 (Age > 49 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1879 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F2741 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MENDHAM, Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1872, Chesterton Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1902 Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire Children 1. PLOWRIGHT, Oliver Eric, b. 1904, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England d. 1927, Sheffield, Yorkshire (Age 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. PLOWRIGHT, John H., b. 1911, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2743 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - 7 Oct 1880 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Christening - 5 Dec 1880 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire = Link to Google Earth
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JOHN ROBERT PLOWRIGHT 1880-1958
The birth of John Robert PLOWRIGHT was registered in 1880.
(GRO December Q 1880 Spalding 7a 354)
John Robert, son of John and Martha Ann PLOWRIGHT of Cross Gate, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, was born on 7 October 1880 and baptised at Pinchbeck on 5 December 1880. His father John PLOWRIGHT was a labourer.
(FreeReg)
From the 1881 census of Main Street, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
John PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 25, labourer, born at Ortsall, Nottinghamshire;
Martha A. PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 19, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Mary M. PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 1, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
*John R. PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 5 months, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3200/6/5)
From the 1891 census of River Glen Side, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
Martha PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 29, charwoman, born at Penny Hill, Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Mary PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 11 [?], scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
*John Robt. PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 10, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
James W. PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 8, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Martha Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 5, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2559/36/7)
From the 1901 census of 7 Meyrick Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire:
*John PLOWRIGHT, boarder [with the SCOTT family], single, aged 20, plaster pit labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/3198/97/40)
The marriage between John Robert PLOWRIGHT and Sarah Elizabeth MENDHAM was registered in 1902.
(GRO December Q 1902 Newark 7b 966)
The 1911 census of 228 Effingham Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
*John R. PLOWRIGHT, head, aged 30, married 8 years, 3 children 1 living, carter, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Sarah PLOWRIGHT, wife, aged 38, married, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Oliver PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 6, school, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Edgar MENDHAM, visitor, aged 10, school, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Lyarana MENDHAM, visitor, single, aged 22, domestic general servant, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.
(RG14/27893)
A John R. PLOWRIGHT died in 1958 aged 77.
(GRO June 1958 Rotherham 2c 572)
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