Robert Read GROOM (1846 – 1911)
Name
Robert Read GroomGender
MaleBirthdate
1846Birthplace
Dartford, Kent, EnglandMarriage(s)
18 April 1869
Bethnel Green, Middlesex, England
Date of death
02 December 1911Place of death
OrmondvilleParents
- Robert Groom (1861-1891)
- Eliza Groom (born 1823)
Partner(s)
- Susannah Matilda Groom, nee Beale (1851-18/3/1938)
Children
- Robert Charles Beale Groom (1874-2/7/1945)
- Bernard Groom (1876-3/6/1946)
- Susannah Eliza Groom (1877-1879)
- Sidney Groom (1880-22/8/1931)
- Louisa Fothergill (1881-8/1/1935)
- Samuel Groom (1883-1883)
- Susannah Alexander (17/9/1888-22/10/1925)
- Eliza Wilmer (27/9/1889-21/11/1920)
Primary education
Dartford, Kent; Church of England School, London, EnglandRelated records
Biography
Arrived in Napier on the “Winchester”, 1874
Storekeeper in Ormondville from 1876
Chairman of the Ormondville Town Board, 1886 to 1898
Chairman of Ormondville School Committee, Domain Board, Cemetery Board and Library Committee
Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board, Waipawa County council, Masonic Order and Oddfellows
Justice of the Peace
Lost house and posessions in a fire, November 1878
Accession number
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