Robert Swift Matkin

1889 - 1973  (83 years)

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• Name	Robert Swift Matkin
  Relationship	with George William Craxford
  Born	27 Aug 1889	Selhurst, Croydon, Surrey
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	10, Saxon Road, Croydon, Surrey   [1]
  Residence	1901	(304), Penn Street, Oakham, Rutland   [2]
  Residence	1911	Strand Road, Pembroke East, Dublin, Ireland
  Physical Description	1915
  	Height 5ft 8½in; Hair black; Eyes: bluish grey
  Military Service	1915
  	Signaller Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve Mersey S/489
  Residence	1915	141, Tritonville Road, Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland
  Occupation	1915
  	Clerk
  Residence	1928	Glen-Dhu, Sweetcroft Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex
  Died	1973	Christchurch, Hampshire   [3]
  Person ID	I16620	Extended Craxford Family | Branch for Wainwright, Liston-Smith based on Leonard K Wainwright (553) and John Cotterill (634)
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Joseph Matkin,   b. 2 Dec 1853, Uppingham, Rutland ,   d. 27 Oct 1927, St Pancras Hospital, London  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary Swift,   b. 1859, Oakham, Rutland ,   d. 28 Oct 1939, Bedford, Bedfordshire  (Age 80 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1880	All Saint's Church, Oakham, Rutland   [4]
  Witnesses	9 Sep 1880
  	Thomas (her father) and Susannah (her mother) Swift, Sarah (Craxford) Matkin (his mother)
  Photos		The Matkin family Standing: Sarah (Craxford) Matkin; Joseph Matkin Seated: Harriett Cotterill; Mary (Swift) Cotterill with baby Charles
  BMD Certificates		MC: Matkin, Joseph (1880) and Mary Swift They married after he returned from the Challenger Expedition
  Family ID	F10385	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

  Family	Kathleen Edith Sims,   b. 6 Apr 1892,   d. 1983, Bromley, Kent  (Age 90 years)
  Married	Sep 1917	Dublin, Ireland
  Children	1. Robert Geoffrey Swift Matkin,   b. 15 Apr 1918, Dublin, Ireland ,   d. 28 Mar 1943, M.V. Silverbeech, Atlantic Ocean  (Age 24 years)   2. Denis George Matkin,   b. 27 Feb 1921
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F11120	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - Sep 1917 - Dublin, Ireland  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location/Street       : District/Village       : City/Town       : County/State       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] 1891 England Census, Croydon RG12/593 73 43 (Reliability: 4). [S19] 1901 England Census, Oakham RG13/3015 82 40 (Reliability: 4). [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Christchurch 6B 686 (AMJ 1973) (Reliability: 3). [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Oakham 7a 443 (JAS 1880) (Reliability: 3).