By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Fall 2007 and Revised 24 Jul 2011
1. Robert William Prentice was b. c. 1870, Diss, Norfolk, England. He appears in the 1901 England Census in Civil parish: Shildon, Ecclesiastical parish: New Shildon All Saints. He does not appear in the 1871 census, but does appear in the 1881 census in Auckland St. Helen, Durham, living with his grandparents, Robert Coates, b. c. 1815, Summerhouse, Durham, andhis wife, Mary J,, b. c. 1831, Banham, Norfolk.
He m. Margaret Argyle in Dec 1892, Auckland, Durham, who was b. c. 1873, Shildon, Durham. Her Ancestor Chart can be found at Ancestry.com . Children of Robert and Margaret per 1901 census and Ancestry.com:
- Ethel Prentice, b. c. 1894, Shildon, Durham.
- Hilda Prentice, b. c. 1896, Shildon, Durham.
- Robert W. Prentice, b. c. 1898, Middridge, Durham.
One would suppose that Robert Prentice is related to the Prentice families of Diss who are discussed in our Summer 2000 article at Mary Ann Prentice of Diss, Norfolk . We have not yet, however, idenfied Robert's parents.
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