Robert Close, 18781940 (aged 62 years)

Name
Robert /Close/
Birth
Note: Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911

Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911

Name: Robert Close
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1878
Birth Place: Down, Ireland
Father: John Close
Mother: Mary Jane Close Bell
FHL Film Number: 255997

Death of a brother
Note: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958

Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958

Name: John Close
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1885
Death Age: 12
Registration district: Belfast
Volume: 1
Page: 369
FHL Film Number: 101593

Death of a father
Note: Estimate
Birth of a son
Note: Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Name: James Lynas Close
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1897
Registration district: Belfast
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 1
Page: 380
FHL Film Number: 101066

Birth of a daughter
Census 1901 IR
Note: Living with wife Margaret at Belfast, County Antrim. Van Driver.
Birth of a son
Note: Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Name: William Thomas Close
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1901
Registration district: Belfast
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 1
Page: 364
FHL Film Number: 101068

Death of a son
Note: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958

Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958

Name: William Close
Estimated birth year: abt 1902
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1902
Death Age: 0
Registration district: Belfast
Volume: 1
Page: 314
FHL Film Number: 101601

Birth of a daughter
Note: Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Name: Mary Jane Close
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1904
Registration district: Belfast
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 1
Page: 395
FHL Film Number: 101070

Death of a sister
Note: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958

Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958

Name: Letitia Close
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1908
Death Age: 37
Registration district: Lisburn
Volume: 1
Page: 459
FHL Film Number: 0101604

Birth of a son
Note: Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

Name: David Close
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1909
Registration district: Belfast
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 1
Page: 377
FHL Film Number: 101072

Census 1911 IR
Note: Living with wife Margaret and family at Belfast, County Antrim. Carter.

Living with wife Margaret and family at Belfast, County Antrim. Carter.

Father-in-law, James Lynas, is also present.

Milit-Beg
Note: Drafted into the Royal Irish Rifles at Belfast, County Antrim. He appears to have been a bit of a scallywag.
Death of a brother
Note: Died on board H.M.S. Indefatigable, whilst on patrol in the North Sea.
Burial of a brother
Note: UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919

UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919

Name: John Close
Rank: AB
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1885
Birth Place: Belfast
Branch of Service: Royal Navy
Cause of Death: Died from disease
Official Number Port Division: 216280 (Dev)
Death Date: 2 Aug 1915
Location of Grave: Lair 1356.
Name and Address of Cemetery: Dalmeny Parish Cemetery, South Queensferry, Linlithgowshire, Scotland
Relatives Notified and Address: Mother: Mary, 143 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Ireland

Death of a son
Milit-End
Note: Applied for a military pension following his discharge as being unfit for active service.
Death of a mother
Death of a wife
Note: Estimate
Marriage
Death
Family with parents
father
18501901
Birth: about 1850Ballycarry, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: between 1894 and 1901Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
mother
1901 Ireland Census
18511919
Birth: about 1851County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 5 June 1919Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Marriage Marriage9 August 1870Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
2 years
elder brother
18721885
Birth: 15 October 1872Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 11 May 1885Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
19 months
elder sister
1901 Ireland Census
18741908
Birth: 3 May 1874Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: about 1908Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland
2 years
elder sister
18761877
Birth: 29 July 1876Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 28 December 1877Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
18 months
himself
1901 Ireland Census
18781940
Birth: 3 February 1878Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 31 March 1940Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
19 months
younger brother
1901 Ireland Census
18791944
Birth: 6 September 1879Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 15 December 1944Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
7 years
younger brother
1901 Ireland Census
18861915
Birth: 8 October 1886Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 2 August 1915Vessel: H.M.S. Indefatigable, North Sea, At Sea
7 years
younger brother
1901 Ireland Census
18931955
Birth: about 1893Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 29 November 1955Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Family with Margaret (Maggie) Lynas
himself
1901 Ireland Census
18781940
Birth: 3 February 1878Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 31 March 1940Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
wife
1901 Ireland Census
18771931
Birth: about 1877Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: before 1931Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
son
18971916
Birth: 10 October 1897Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 10 June 1916Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
2 years
daughter
1900
Birth: 20 February 1900Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
21 months
son
19011902
Birth: 4 November 1901Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 6 November 1902Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
3 years
daughter
1904
Birth: 23 June 1904Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
daughter
Letitia Close
son
19091945
Birth: 9 April 1909Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 29 January 1945Ireland
daughter
Caroline Helen Selina Kells (Beatrice) Close
daughter
Margaret Close
daughter
Gaia Close
son
Robert Close
Family with Elizabeth Unknown
himself
1901 Ireland Census
18781940
Birth: 3 February 1878Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 31 March 1940Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
wife
18791959
Birth: about 1879Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Death: 22 October 1959Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Marriage Marriage11 July 1932Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Birth

Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911

Name: Robert Close
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1878
Birth Place: Down, Ireland
Father: John Close
Mother: Mary Jane Close Bell
FHL Film Number: 255997

Census 1901 IR

Living with wife Margaret at Belfast, County Antrim. Van Driver.

Census 1911 IR

Living with wife Margaret and family at Belfast, County Antrim. Carter.

Father-in-law, James Lynas, is also present.

Milit-Beg

Drafted into the Royal Irish Rifles at Belfast, County Antrim. He appears to have been a bit of a scallywag.

Milit-End

Applied for a military pension following his discharge as being unfit for active service.