Robert Alexander Love (abt. 1814 - 1876)

Born about 1814 in Ireland

Husband of Priscilla (Laby) Love — married about 1852 in USA

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1876 at about age 62 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Birth

Robert was born about 1814 in Ireland. Informatino from family sources on the birth certificates of sons born in Australia state that his birth place was Londonderry, one document and County Donegal on another. His birth year was also provided through the Zenith Lodge in Sandhurst Victoria where he was a member and profession listed as Architect. He was the son of Mary Moore and Alexander Love. ^[1]

US Citizenship

Robert took an oath of allegiance in Philadelphia in 1844 and states his age as 30.

Profession

Architect. Robert Love, who was born in 1814, had set up in practice as an architect in the High Street, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, by 1 May 1841, the date of an advertisement which he placed in Martin's Belfast Directory for 1841-42. In this he 'informs the public generally, that he has just finished his course of studies in Architecture, under the most eminent professors in Edinburgh. This combined with his own practical experience, enables him to offer himself with confidence before a discerning public, to take orders for executing ORIGINAL DESIGNS , in the various styles, as he spared neither pains nor expense in visiting, at different times, the most celebrated towns in the three kingdoms, in order to see and study the works of the great masters.' He is listed in the Ballymena section of the directory (p. 273), followed by James Love & Co, 'grocers, tea dealers, iron mongers, lead, lead pipe, slate and timber merchants', also of the High Street, to whom he was presumably related. By 1844 he had emigrated to Philadelphia. He was in Cincinnati from 1846 to 1855, in California from 1855 to 1858 and in Australia from 1858^[2][3] until his death in 1876.

References All information in this entry is from a letter to the IAA from Mike Butcher, 6 Denmark Street, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia 3556, 10 May 1997, who is researching Love's architecture. Mt St Martin front view

Death

It appears that Robert must have returned to Cincinnati leaving wife and children behind and died while over there. There is a letter on Ancestry that he has written to his son Horace about his delays in the US and a love poem to his wife Priscilla in 1875.

He died 25 Jun 1876 at Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States of America.^[4]

Sources

• Ancestry Tree - Tree Owner Arthur Love (Direct Descendant and holder of the family bible). https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89945539/person/83004847951/facts

1. ↑ England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921. Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Register of Contributions: Country and Foreign Lodges, 1121-1235 NameRobert Alexr. LoveGenderMaleInitiation Age52Birth Year1814Initiation Date1 Oct 1866First Payment Year on Register1866Year range1863-1887ProfessionArchitectLodgeZenithLodge LocationSandhurst VictoriaLodge Number1133Folio Number28 Ancestry Document Viewer: Freemason register.
2. ↑ 1858 'SHIPPING.', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 30 June, p. 4. , viewed 21 Mar 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154858426

   June 29— Glimpse, American barque, 501 tons, S. A. Dayton, from San Francisco, April 14th, and Sydney 17th instant.

   Passengers— cabin : Mr and Mrs Love and family, Mrs M'Combe and family, Miss Bailey, Messrs Pearman, Briston, W. C. Hale, Ettling, and 13 in the steerage. Newell, Hooper, and Stevens, agents.

3. ↑ Public Records Office of Victoria - Search Terms: LOVE - Ship: GLIMPSE - Date Arrived: 1857 to 1859

   Family name	Given name	Age	Year arrived	Month	Ship	Captain
   LOVE	R A	Adult	1858	JUN	GLIMPSE	DAYTON S A
   LOVE	WIFE WITH	Adult	1858	JUN	GLIMPSE	DAYTON S A
   LOVE	CHILD WITH	Child	1858	JUN	GLIMPSE	DAYTON S A

4. ↑ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

   Name: Robert A. Love

   Birth Date: 1814

   Birth Place: Ireland

   Death Date: 25 Jun 1876

   Death Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States of America

   Cemetery: Spring Grove Cemetery

   Burial or Cremation Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States of America