Robert WYBURN

1831 - 1888  (57 years)

• Name	Robert WYBURN
  Birth	16 Feb 1831	Ilminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom   [1]
  	Address: Wesleyan
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	16 Feb 1831	South Petherton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom   [2, 3, 4]
  	Parents listed as Job and Ann Wyburn. "Robert, the son of Job Wyburn, cabinet maker of the Parish of Bridgewater in the County of Somerset and of Ann, his wife, was born and baptized February 16, 1831."
  Residence	6 Jun 1841	High Street, Bridgewater, Somerset, England   [1]
  Residence	1851	St Mary Magdalene Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England   [5]
  	Visitor at the home of Joseph Stagg, Confectioner
  Misc	14 Apr 1853	Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom   [6]
  	Applied for a patent to improve the construction of easy chairs
  Misc	8 Mar 1854	Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom   [7]
  	Robert Wyburn sells the stock of his furniture business
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  Residence	2 Apr 1871	St. Mary Newington, London, England   [8]
  	Commercial Traveler
  	Census recorded his birthplace was Ilminster, Somerset, England and that he was married.
  Misc	25 Aug 1880	New York City, New York, New York, United States   [9]
  	Arrival on the ship, Batavia.
  	Listed as John Wyburn, merchant, he appears to have traveled with his wife, Elizabeth, and a son, Frederick Robert Wyburn (listed as Frank R. Wyburn, merchant)
  Death	Sep 1888	St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States   [10]
  Person ID	I6067	Watkins
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Job \ Joseph D. WYBURN, Sr.,   b. 11 Feb 1806, West Cranmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom d. 5 May 1892, Pleasant Township, Hardin, Ohio, United States (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann MINSON,   b. 30 Apr 1808, Ilminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom d. 29 Nov 1886, Creech St. Michael, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1826
  	Estimated from age of eldest child in 1841
  Residence	6 Jun 1841	High Street, Parish of Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Somerset, England   [11]
  	Cabinet maker
  Family ID	F1161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hannah Jarman TRENCHARD,   b. Abt 1823, Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom d. 2 May 1896, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	26 Feb 1852	Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom   [2, 12]
  	Married in the Taunton Register Office.
  Residence	7 Apr 1861	Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom   [13]
  	Cabinet maker who employed one man and two boys
  	Census says she was 33, but she may have adjusted her age as she was younger than her husband.
  Children	1. Frederick Robert WYBURN,   b. 8 Jun 1854, Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom d. 10 Nov 1882, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age 28 years)   2. Mary Hannah WYBURN,   b. Jun 1856, Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom d. 16 Jan 1921, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (Age ~ 64 years)   3. John Henry WYBURN,   b. Jan 1858, Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom d. 17 Mar 1921, Clifton Springs, Ontario, New York, United States (Age ~ 63 years)   4. Sarah Jane WYBURN,   b. Mar 1859, Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom d. 5 Aug 1901 (Age ~ 42 years)   5. Joseph M. WYBURN,   b. Abt Jun 1860, Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom d. Abt 1895, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age ~ 34 years)   6. Alfred William James WYBURN,   b. Abt Mar 1863, Burnham, Somerset, England d. 27 Aug 1891, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (Age ~ 28 years)
  Family ID	F1166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Address: Wesleyan - 16 Feb 1831 - Ilminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Baptism - 16 Feb 1831 - South Petherton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Residence - Visitor at the home of Joseph Stagg, Confectioner - 1851 - St Mary Magdalene Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England Marriage - 26 Feb 1852 - Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Misc - Applied for a patent to improve the construction of easy chairs - 14 Apr 1853 - Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Misc - Robert Wyburn sells the stock of his furniture business - 8 Mar 1854 - Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Residence - Cabinet maker who employed one man and two boys - 7 Apr 1861 - Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Death - Sep 1888 - St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  WYBURN - The Conveyance of the property of Job Wyburn (1756-1833) This history tells of a property, located in Creech Saint Michael, Somerset, England. It was the home of Job Wyburn, the elder, (1756-1833). Job willed this property to his wife, Sarah Dicker Wyburn (1759-1838)and their son, Job Wyburn (1806-1892). It documents the legal work that had to be completed so that Job, the younger's, direct, living heirs could deed this property to William Durman in 1893.

  
  

• Sources

  [S263] 1841 England Census, Parish of Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Somerset, England Pg 23. [S278] Descendents of Job and Christiana Miller Wyburn, email dated 2/8/2008. [S86] ua, Source Citation: The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class: RG 4; Piece: 1555. [S9] 1930 United States Census, "England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8)," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7J2-K9W : accessed 03 Jan 2014), Job Wyburn in entry for Robert Wyburn, 16 Feb 1831. [S262] 1851 England Census, St Mary Magdalene Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England Pg 12. He was visiting at the home of Joseph and Sarah Flagg. Joseph Flagg, probably their son, was a witness at his marriage. [S24] Miscellaneous, Chronological Index of Patents. Wyburn, 14th April, 1853 Robert Wyburn of East Street, Taunton in the County of Somerset, for ___"Improvement in the construction of easy chairs." Letter Patent Sealed Chronological Index of Patents Applied for and Patents Granted, (London:Great Seal Patent Office, 1860), p. 129 no. 909 [S280] Bridgwater Times, 1 Mar 1854. [S264] 1871 England Census, St. Mary - Newington, London England Pg 5 Dwelling 30. [S86] ua, Source Citation: Year: 1880; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237; Microfilm Roll: 429; Line: 37; List Number: 1099. [S453] Land Conveyance of Job Wyburns land in Creech Saint Michael. [S263] 1841 England Census, Parish of Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Somerset, England pp 23-24. [S269] England & Wales Free BMD Index, 1837-1983. [S265] 1861 England Census, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey, England Page 5 Dwelling 20.