Robert William Read Bloomfield (1861 - 1914)

Born 9 Sep 1861 in Matawhero, Poverty Bay, New Zealand [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella Louisa (Clarke) Bloomfield — married 1 Jun 1887 in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

Died 29 May 1914 at age 52 in St-Lawrence river, Canada

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Biography

Ce profil est un passager de l'Empress of Ireland qui a sombré le 29 mai 1914, où il périt

This profile is a passenger of the Empress of Ireland, which sank on May 29th 1914, where he perished.

William was born in 1861 in Matawhero.^[1]

Wiliam Read Bloomfield and Isabella Clarke were married on 1 June 1887. ^[2]
BLOOMFIELD-CLARKE.- On June 1, at St. Mary's Church, Parnell, by the Rev. G. H. S Walpole, Wm. Read, second son of the late Captain Bloomfield, Poverty Bay, to Isabella, only daughter of J. F. Clarke, Auckland.

Lieutenant Colonel William Bloomfield perished in 1914 with his wife Isabella Louisa (Clarke) Bloomfield and daughter Hilda Isabel Read Bloomfield.

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial Tablet Unveiled: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19150315.2.63&srpos=40&e=-------100--1----0william+read+bloomfield--
2. ↑ MARRIAGES., Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1887

• http://www.empress2014.ca/tragedie.html

• http://www.empress2014.ca/listepsc1.html

• http://www.empress2014.ca/accueil.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland

• Empress of Ireland 1st class passengers List, Compiled by Geoffrey E Whitfield and Chris Stringer,

• http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/visit/floor-plan/liners/empress/sinking.aspx

• Gravestone inscription: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=anz%2fcem_bur_pur%2f9818