Person: SAMBRIDGE, R.J. (1861-1918)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Robert John SAMBRIDGE

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

professional lantern operator

Main period of activity

1880s-1910s

Relationships to other people

associated with GUINNESS, Dr Harry (1861-1915)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1861

born at

Bow, London E, England

17 June 1883

~22

marriage

England and Wales index of marriages
– occupation “Soap Cutter”; marriage to Sarah Rebecca Bolt, at St Mark's Bow, London

1901

resident

15 Lefevre Road, Poplar, London, England

31 March 1901

~40

census record

1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/340.129.32
– occupation “Commercial Clerk”

1911

resident

101 Fairfield Road, Bow, London E, England

2 April 1911

~50

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/1658
– occupation “Lantern Operator, Missionary Institution”

1918

resident

78 Tredegar Road, Bow, London E, England

16 February 1918

~57

died at

Bow, London E, England

12 July 1918

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1918 p.155

Hardware linked to this person

owner: 'Docwra' triple lantern (triunial or triple lantern, W.C. Hughes, 1888)

Reference

‘Prominent men in the lantern world: no. XVIII -- Mr R.J. Sambridge’ in OMLJ 10.121 (June 1899)

Lucerna ID 6003294

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 24 June 2017

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Person: SAMBRIDGE, R.J. (1861-1918)