| In 1871, then aged 15, the census shows him as living with his parents and siblings Lucy Harriet aged 11, Amy 6, George 4 and young Sophia 1, at 21 Alderminster Road, Bermondsey. No occupation is shown for Henry Robert unlike the son of the other family in the house Samuel Dawson who, only 14, was working as a carman and might possibly have worked with Thomas William., There was no requirement then for anyone aged 15 to attend school.
In 1881, then aged 25, Henry Robert was still living with his parents, this time at 102 Abbey Street, Bermondsey. He was still single and shown as a carman the same as his father. His sister Lucy Harriet had died when he was 23 and George had died a little while after the previous census. His other siblings, Sophia 11, Thomas James 9 and the 7 year old twins Florence and Minnie were all shown as 'scholars' and due to the compulsory nature of elementary education since the passing of the 1870 Education Act were of the first generation of Gander's we can expect to have really attended school.
5.2 MARRIAGE
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Robert married when he was 31 to Alice Louisa Till then 26 (although
the marriage certificate says 3O and 27 respectively). She was the
Lambeth born daughter of a Walworth cab-proprietor William Francis
Till and Alice Till, The marriage took place, following banns, on
New Years Eve 1887 at All Saints church just off the Old Kent Road
in Surrey Square, Walworth.
Both signed their names but the handwriting was very poor. His occupation was again given as carman and his father Thomas William was also described as such.
Just as Thomas William had been at least the third generation of Gander's who were hoop benders so Henry Robert was the third generation of Gander's who were also carmen. | |
lthough
of a generation nearer to our own than William, James and
his own father, Thomas William, Henry Robert is one Gander
of whom we know comparatively little.