Robert Homer Clemitson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1885 - 1919  (33 years)

• Name	Robert Homer Clemitson
  Birth	28 Dec 1885  [2, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Mar 1919  [2, 5]
  Person ID	I1080	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas William Clemitson,   b. 14 Apr 1850, Hexham,Northumberland,England., d. 4 May 1888, Hexham,Northumberland,England., (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Mary Anna Emerson,   b. Jan 1850, Hexham,Northumberland,England., d. 29 Oct 1919 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	20 Apr 1879
  Family ID	F356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  After the accident in 1888 which killed their father Robert's family sold the family grocery business and the family moved to Sunderland. Robert a carpenter by trade emigrated to Australia. Robert returned to Britain in July 1914 to enlist. It was his intention to return to Australia , after the hostilities where he and his elder brother George hoped to set up a business. Robert - a Sergeant, was hit by " friendly fire" on returning from patrol in the closing stages of the War, subsequently succumbing to the 1919 Influenza outbreak, whilst recovering in Dobson Red Cross Hospital Blackheath. His Mother and immediate family had at this stage moved to Belfast. Robert was buried in a plot owned by his in-laws, the Emersons, in Hexham Cemetary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Information provided by Godfrey Clemitson, January 2006. [S41] Information provided by Godfrey Clemitson, January 2006, Email exchanges with Godfrey (Reliability: 2). Godfrey reported receiving much of this information from Michael Arthur Clemitson (b 31.1.1949) of Cardiff, Wales [S214] Godfrey Clemitson, (January 2006). [S973] Information provided by Godfrey Clemitson, January 2006. [S973] Information provided by Godfrey Clemitson, January 2006, Email exchanges with Godfrey (Reliability: 2). Godfrey reported receiving much of this information from Michael Arthur Clemitson (b 31.1.1949) of Cardiff, Wales