Robert was baptised on 9 December 1809 in Owston. He was the son of Robert Gabites and Mary Fletcher. The Gabites family lived in Owston Ferry[1].
Robert married Mary Platts at St Sepulchre's in London on 1 January 1837[2]. Their first child, Robert, was born in 1838 and baptised at Clerkenwell, London at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in City Road.
The family moved back to Owston, where Robert worked as a Draper, Grocer and Master Painter[3]
England and Wales Census 1851
Robert Gabiles
Head
M
41
Ferry, Lincolnshire
Mary Gabiles
Wife
F
36
Belton, Lincolnshire
Judith Gabiles
Daughter
F
7
Ferry, Lincolnshire
Alice Gabiles
Daughter
F
5
Ferry, Lincolnshire
Robert Gabiles
Son
M
13
London, Middlesex
Fletcher Gabiles
Son
M
3
Ferry, Lincolnshire
Alfred Gabiles
Son
M
2
Ferry, Lincolnshire
Henry Gabiles
Son
M
1
Ferry, Lincolnshire
Judith Platts
F
56
Hull, Yorkshire
William Brownel Baynton
M
20
Conisborough, Lincolnshire
William Lumley
M
14
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Mary Saister
F
16
Burnham, Lincolnshire
Hannah Bennet
F
14
Ferry, Lincolnshire
Mary passed away in Owston Ferry on 22 December 1856[4] and Robert married Jane Waterhouse in 1858[5]
In 1861, Robert, Jane and their children lived in North Street in Owston, Lincolnshire. He was a Master Painter and Plumber[6].
↑ Ancestry.com. England, Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Image: Fryer-137_ph-ser1374085 Accessed on ancestry.co.uk, September 2021.
View Image on ancestry.co.uk, (requires subscription).
↑ Family Search: "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGNS-47N : 9 November 2019), Robert Gabiles, Owston, Lincolnshire, England; citing Owston, Lincolnshire, England, p. 13, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Family Search: "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7C7-9ZX : 3 March 2021), Robert Gabites, Owston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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