Robert Whitfield BEST

1851 - 1921  (70 years)

• Name	Robert Whitfield BEST
  Birth	1851	Consett Co Durham
  	FreeBMD Mar 1851 Durham & c. 24 85 1881 Census
  Baptism	26 Mar 1851	Wesleyan Methodists Shotley Bridge Co Durham
  	Ancestry Select Births and Christenings
  Gender	Male
  Death	1921
  	FreeBMD Jun 1921 Sedgefield 10a 187 aged 69
  Person ID	I1843	Main Tree
  Last Modified	3 May 2025

  
  

  Father	James BEST,   b. 1821, Newton Northumberland d. 1899 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Jane HUDSON,   b. 29 Nov 1824, Ruffside Co Durham d. 1887 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary GREGORY,   b. 1853, Wigan Lancashire
  Marriage	1872
  	FreeBMD Jun 1872 Gateshead 10a 1117
  Children	+ 1. Jane Ellen BEST,   b. 5 Dec 1872, Swalwell Co Durham d. 23 Aug 1968 (Age 95 years)   2. Thomas BEST,   b. 1874, Swalwell Co Durham + 3. James BEST,   b. 1876, Swalwell Co Durham   4. Robert BEST,   b. 1879, Swalwell Co Durham   5. Polly BEST,   b. 1881, Swalwell Co Durham + 6. Harriet BEST,   b. 23 Mar 1883, Swalwell Co Durham d. 1950 (Age 66 years)   7. Farrimond BEST,   b. 1885, Swalwell Co Durham   8. Lydia BEST,   b. 1886, Swalwell Co Durham   9. Ruth BEST,   b. 1890, Swalwell Co Durham   10. Hudson BEST,   b. 1892, Swalwell Co Durham   11. Edwin Whitfield BEST,   b. 1896, Swalwell Co Durham
  Family ID	F576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  1861 RG9 3732 104 at Berry Edge son sinlge aged 10 born Consett 1871 RG10 5066 45 Cuthbert Street Blaydon son single labourer aged 20 born Lancester 1881 RG11 5043 78 24 at Whickham Road Pit Cottages Whickham head married joiner aged 30 born Consett 1891 RG12 4187 56 at Whickham Road Swalwell head married grocer and general dealer aged 37 born Consett 1901 RG13 4761 106 at Whickham Road, Swalwell head married greengrocer aged 49 born Consett 1911 RG14 30497 116 at 1 Crowley Road Swalwell 3 rooms head married grocer & provisions dealer aged 59 born Consett