Robert Thomas Penman (1892 - 1965)

Born 7 Mar 1892 in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Son of Robert Thomas Penman and Agnes (Jack) Penman

Husband of Sarah (Cameron) Penman — married 7 Dec 1912 (to 19 Mar 1919) in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Annie (Mulholland) Penman — married 2 Jul 1920 in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Margaret Wilson (Shanks) Penman — married about 1949 in Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1965 at age 73 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Bob Penman was born in Scotland.

Bob was born to Robert Thomas Penman and his wife Agnes Jack in Bothkenner Parish^[1]

Bob served in the Scots Guards as a signaller during WWI and was gassed on 14 Sep 1918 at Boulogne. ^[2]

Robert married Sarah Cameron on 7 Dec 1912 in Blythswood.^[3] Robert requested a divorce from Sarah in 19 Mar 1919 and that divorce was granted and the marriage entry corrected on 26 May 1919 ^[4]

Robert married Annie Mulholland 2 Jul 1920 in Larbert.^[5]

Robert married Margaret Wilson Shanks in 1949 in Blythswood.^[6]

Bob originally started out training to be a coal hewer ^[7] switched to learning to be a blacksmith but decided he wanted the finer things in life. He opened a haberdashery which went bankrupt and then took a job as a sheriff of Lanarkshire. He was caught with council money and jailed for embezzlement. After that he worked at ICI for the rest of his life ^[8]

Bob died in Glasgow in 1965 of Left Ventrical Failure, and Myocardial Infarction^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Scotland's People Statutory Records, New Registry House 473/ 19; Edinburgh.
2. ↑ British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920;http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=britisharmy&h=783477&ti=5538&indiv=try
3. ↑ "Scotland: Statutory Register of Marriages" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 03 May 2021), R. T.Penman and S. Cameron, 7 Dec 1912, Blythswood; citing Parish Number 644, Reference Number: 10 1617.
4. ↑ "Scotland: Statutory Register Corrected Entries" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 03 May 2021), Robert Thomas Penman in Carron vs. Sarah Cameron Penman in Falkirk; citing Parish Number 644, Reference Number: 10 007 0112.
5. ↑ "Scotland: Statutory Register of Marriages" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 02 May 2021),Robert Penman and Annie Mulholland, 2 Jul 1920, Larbert; citing Parish Number 485, Reference Number: A 54.
6. ↑ "Scotland: Statutory Register of Marriages" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 03 May 2021), Robert Penman and Margaret Wilson Shanks, 1949, Blythswood; citing Parish Number 644, Reference Number: 8 844.
7. ↑ GRO - Scotland Census for 1911, District of Larbert, 19 McLaren Terrace
8. ↑ personal recollection of Elizabeth Russon
9. ↑ GRO Deaths, District of Glasgow New Registry House 644/03 0348, Edinburgh

• • Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Elizabeth (Penman) Russon and Phyllis Ross, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Robert Penman and Agnes Jack, the great grandparents of both Elizabeth (Penman) Russon and Phyllis Ross. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 294 cM across 66 segments.