Born 1850 Easington
Married 15 June 1870 Eliza Smith
Born Derbyshire 1846
At Walts Street, Trimdon as per 1881 census
Children
George William Makepeace Born 1872
Emily Makepeace Born 1873
Mary Makepeace Born 1875
Martha Makepeace Born 1877
Robert H. Makepeace Born 1878
Eliza Makepeace Born 1879
Elizabeth Makepeace Born 1880
All born Trimdon Colliery or Trimdon
Eliza Died in 1881 and Robert married again and had a second family.
Mary Makepeace married James William Miller
She died in Wallsend in 1851
Her great granddaughter Helen Aird helped with much of this research
Robert married Margaret Lucas on September 19th 1882. Margaret was born in Whitehaven.
Their son Francis was born at Wingate Foundry on 7th August 1883
Frank went to Oxford University and married Dora Mary Curtis who he met while working at the Sun Alliance Assurance Company in Liverpool. They later moved to Denmark Hill, London where Frank had his own acturial business.
They were married in St John's Church, Egremont on 7 July 1914.
This information provided by Stephen Cook, the great nephew of Dora Mary Curtis.
Last updated August 2006