Robert Lamplough Grainger was born in 1819 in Hutton Cranswick, a thriving village south of Driffield in Yorkshire East Riding, where the chalk Wolds meet the fertile valley of the river Hull. [1]
In 1851 when Robert is already 32 he and the other children seem to be helping their parents in a farmstead at Auburn, the last remnant of a village south of Bridlington and immediately north of Fraisthorpe, eaten away by the sea. [2]
Marriage 1856 Skirlaugh District
Robert's wife, Ann Byass, comes from Hornsea and after his marriage in 1856 he farms in that area, just north of Seaton village, so it is no surprise to find the marriage itself in that general area. [3]
A Farm and Family of his Own 1881 Seaton
In 1881 Robert is back close to where his father was born, with a farm of 87 acres at Bonfield, just north of Seaton and Wassand and so just west of Hornsea. His grown children are helping to work the farm as he did for his father, while one younger son is still a scholar. [4]
Death and Burial 1908 Seaton
Robert Lamplough Grainger lives on in the Skirlaugh, or mid Holderness Registration District until he passes away in early 1908. [5][6]
Buried with his wife at St. Lawrence Churchyard
Sigglesthorne.[7][1]
A farm labourer if lucky might earn one pound a week so Robert's savings and belongings equaled 25 year's wages, over half a million pounds today (2020).
GRAINGER Robert Lamplough of Seaton Yorkshire died 10 February 1908 Probate London 14 September to Ann Grainger widow and Joseph John Grainger and Thomas Grainger farmers.
Effects 1251. 2s. 8d."
↑UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current; Name: Robert Lamplough Grainger, Gender: Male, Birth Date: 1820, Death Date: 10 Feb 1908, Cemetery St. Lawrence Churchyard, Burial or Cremation Place: Sigglesthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Burial or Cremation Place: Sigglesthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232147274/
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232147274/robert-lamplough-grainger: accessed 01 December 2023), memorial page for Robert Lamplough Grainger (1820–10 Feb 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 232147274, citing St. Lawrence Churchyard, Sigglesthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; Maintained by CJH (contributor 50217396).
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