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1874 - 1936 (62 years)
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Name |
Richard Shepherd CLOSE |
Born |
6 Mar 1874 |
Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [1, 2] |
Christened |
12 Apr 1874 |
Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [3] |
Address: St Chad |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1881 |
Wardleworth, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [4] |
Address: 203 Yorkshire Street |
Census |
1901 |
Norden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [5] |
Address: Calder Cottages, Bury Road |
Occupation |
Between 1901 and 1908 [5, 6] |
life assurance agent |
- 1901: insurance agent
1908: life assurance agent
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Census |
1911 |
Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [7] |
Address: 332 Edenfield Road |
Occupation |
1911 [7] |
life insurance inspector |
Census |
1921 |
Ireland [8] |
Probate |
4 Dec 1924 |
London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom [9] |
- £19,792 18s. 5d.
- Role: Executor
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Died |
25 Apr 1936 |
St Annes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [2, 3, 10, 11] |
Address: 61 Clifton Drive North |
Probate |
6 Jul 1936 |
London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom [11, 12] |
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Notes |
- Lived at time of marriage: Primrose Lea Manchester Road Rochdale He founded the cricket club, or gave the land for it, in Rochdale. There is a plaque up at the Cricket Club He was an Assurance Agent working for Britannic Assurance. He made a lot of money working from that. In 1901 living at Oulder Cottage, Bury Road which is near Rochdale Cricket Club. Address at time of birth and death of daughter Alice Close Tonacliffe House Arbury Avenue Rochdale Also on death certificate of Alice, Richard Shepherd Close a Life Assurance Superintendent was in attendance at the house at the time of death. Alice's cause of death a name which means kidney failure (probably caused by premature birth) In his will in 1936 he left £132,330, he also left a weekly amount of £5 to Harriet Crowther, the Housekeeper 25 April 1936. On his death certificate (Mum has) Insurance Superintendant, retired. Living 61 North Drive, St. Annes, now called 380 Clifton Drive North, St. Annes. Cause of death, cardiac syncope, myocarditis, diabetes melitus. JR Glover signature and informant and in attendance, address Yewcliffe, Charley Road, Grange over Sands. Book, History of Rochdale Cricket Club 1824 - 1902. Printed in 1903. In it mentions R. Close junior of St. Annes (so living in St. Annes in 1902) and George A Close of Lauriston, Rochdale. He was President and bought them the land for the cricket club. Also mention of J. E.Brearley an acting vice president of Messrs. Brearley, Tattersall, & Parrington, who helped sort financial affairs.
- from Kimberley Hubbard (GR - Kimberley Allen)
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Person ID |
I658 |
Close One-Name Study |
Last Modified |
11 Dec 2022 |
Father |
Richard Shepherd CLOSE, b. 1848, Claughton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. 4 Jul 1924, St Annes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (Age 76 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Ann CARVILL, b. 1849, Everdon, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown |
Married |
1873 |
Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
Family ID |
F138 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Alice BREARLEY, b. 20 Feb 1877, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown |
Married |
28 Jun 1898 |
Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [3, 13, 14] |
Address: St Alban |
- 1911: 3 children, 2 living
1921: "married but living apart from husband"
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Separation |
Bef 1921 |
Children |
| 1. Dorothy Selina CLOSE, b. 12 Feb 1902, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. Marjorie May CLOSE, b. 21 Jan 1905, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. 1974, Lytham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (Age 68 years) |
| 3. Alice CLOSE, b. 8 Jul 1908, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. 9 Jul 1908, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (Age 0 years) |
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Last Modified |
1 Mar 2024 |
Family ID |
F516 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 6 Mar 1874 - Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Christened - Address: St Chad - 12 Apr 1874 - Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Census - Address: 203 Yorkshire Street - 1881 - Wardleworth, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Married - Address: St Alban - 28 Jun 1898 - Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Census - Address: Calder Cottages, Bury Road - 1901 - Norden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Census - Address: 332 Edenfield Road - 1911 - Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Census - 1921 - Ireland |
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| Probate - 4 Dec 1924 - London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
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| Died - Address: 61 Clifton Drive North - 25 Apr 1936 - St Annes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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| Probate - 6 Jul 1936 - London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
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Sources |
- [S136] _GRO, 1874 Q1 Rochdale 8e 39.
- [S91] Rootsweb.
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hubbardshenton&id=I0068
- [S85] Genes Reunited, Kimberley Hubbard.
- [S355] 1881 Census, RG11/4115 F90 P4.
- [S333] 1901 Census, RG13/3838 F92 P9 S60.
- [S85] Genes Reunited, Kimberley Hubbard.
information from Alice's death certificate
- [S505] 1911 Census, RG14PN24645 RD470 SD4 ED11 SN332A.
- [S510] 1921 Census, RG15/19976 S74.
daughters listed with housekeeper Harriett CROWTHER;
margin note: Head - R S Close Junr. away, Ireland. Daughters: (Dorothy Selina, Marjorie May)
- [S127] Ancestry.co.uk, National Probate Calendar.
CLOSE Richard Shepherd 04 December 1924 London Will
d. 04 July 1924 Rochdale Glen Eldon Road, St Annes-on-Sea LAN
£19,792 18s. 5d. Richard Shepherd CLOSE, gentleman; George Alfred CLOSE, insurance superintendent
- [S136] _GRO, 1936 !s Fylde 8e 700.
Richard S CLOSE, age 62
- [S127] Ancestry.co.uk, National Probate Calendar.
CLOSE Richard Shepherd 06 July 1936 London Will
d 25 April 1936 61 Clifton Drive North, St Annes-on-Sea LAN
£140,491 7s. 8d. Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Ltd
- [S102] The Times, 9 Jul 1936.
CLOSE, Mr Richard Shepherd, of St Annes-on-the-Sea (net personalty £132,330) £140,491.
- [S136] _GRO, 1898 Q2 Rochdale 8e 60.
- [S127] Ancestry.co.uk, Lancs marriages - image.
RSC 24 B assurance superintendent, Primrose Lea, Manchester Road, father Richard Shepherd CLOSE, assurance inspector;
AB 21 S - Market St, Whitworth, father John Thomas BREARLEY, butcher;
wit. John Thomas BREARLEY, George Alfred CLOSE, Ellen May BREARLEY, Isabella Mildred HALL
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