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Robert Clement Major

Male 1822 - 1895  (73 years)


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  • Name Robert Clement Major  [1, 2] 
    Birth 12 Jun 1822  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Baptism 30 Jan 1823  Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1881  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • 1881 British Census Household:
      Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation
      Robert C. MAJOR Head M Male 58 Barbados, West Indies Commissary General Of The Commissariat Staff Retd List
      Mary E. MAJOR Wife M Female 53 Sierra Leone, Africa
      Jane M.R. MAJOR Daur U Female 30 Granada, West Indies
      Mary M. MAJOR Daur U Female 20 Barbados, West Indies
      Hannah COUGHLAN Serv U Female 24 Ireland Gen Serv Dom
      Ellen JONES Serv U Female 49 Poole, Dorset, England Medical Nurse
      Source Information:
      Dwelling Cavendish Road
      Census Place Portsea, Hampshire, England
      Family History Library Film 1341284
      Public Records Office Reference RG11
      Piece / Folio 1160 / 13 Page Number 20.
    Occupation
    • He was Assistant Deputy Commissary General in Grenada (& the Bahamas?) & appointed Assistant Commissary General of The Gambia
      Hart's Army Lists on 19 Dec 1843. He was appointed Assistant Commissary General of Malta. Hart's Army Lists on 1 Jan 1855.
    Death Dec 1895  Portsea Island, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • freebmd, online , Deaths Dec 1895 Major Robert Clement 73 Portsea Island 2b 307.
    Person ID I4556  Gittens Direct Line from REunion
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2014 

    Father Francis William Amiable Carpenter Major, Esq. D. C. C.,   b. 1788, Ireland? Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1864, Mount Edward, Dartmouth, , Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Skinner 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1821  Saint Peter, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F1458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Eliza Emerson,   b. Abt 1828, Sierra Leone, Africa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Bef 1846  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Annie Isabella Major,   b. Abt 1847, Sierra Leone, Africa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1921, Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. Jane Mary Rosina Major,   b. 16 Jun 1850, Richmond Hill, Grenada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1927, Westbourne, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. Robert Major,   b. 18 Aug 1857, Jersey, Channel Islands, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 4 Sep 1857, Jersey, Channel Islands, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Clement Major,   b. 18 Aug 1857, Jersey, Channel Islands, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1857, Jersey, Channel Islands, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Mary Matilda Major,   b. 18 Feb 1861, Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1953 (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F1459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

    Family 2 Eleanor Mardon Trenerry 
    Marriage Jun 1882  Portsea, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F1460  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

  • Sources 
    1. [S208] EW, E-mail correspondence with Cliff Gittens. Privately held by Gittens,, March 21, 2012>, "Major Family,".

    2. [S251] IGI, Batch: C513954 1815 - 1839 1157926.

    3. [S251] IGI, Batch: M513881 1779 - 1825 1157942.