Benjamin Robert STANFORD [1843-1892]
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Submitted by eurasian_david on Thu, 2021-09-16 06:24
Sex:
Male
Status:
Deceased
British shipwright in Hong Kong. Admitted as partner of J. MacDonald and Co., shipwrights Hong Kong 1868 (although on Hong Kong Jury List for 1863 already working for same company) and then the business carried on under his own name from 1st Janaury 1874. He was declared bankrupt by June 1876. He later worked as a probationary lightkeeper in Shanghai appointed 01/04/1883 but was shortly discharged from duty 1st June 1883. At the time of his death in 1892 he was living with a Japanese woman in a small shanty near Fandin-go with his occuaption documented as a boat builder.
Connections:
- Benjamin Robert STANFORD [1843-1892] parent of Eleanora Maria STANFORD [1871-1872]
- Benjamin Robert STANFORD [1843-1892] parent of Eliza Agnes STANFORD (aka Louisa; Louisa Eliza; Eliza Agnes Hannah Maud Davidson) [1874-1944]
- Benjamin Robert STANFORD [1843-1892] parent of Alexander Robert STANFORD [c.1873-????]
- Benjamin Robert STANFORD [1843-1892] spouse of Eliza Jane BAKER [1851-????]
- Benjamin Robert STANFORD [1843-1892] parent of Amy Lilian STANFORD [c.1884-????]
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Benjamin Robert Stanford 12 December 1843 -
India Select Baptisms
Benjamin Robert Stainford (sic) born 12 December 1843 Bengal India Baptism 12 January 1844 in Howra son of Robert William Stainford (sic) and Anna (sic)
However in the same record are:-
William Kent Stanford born 19 January 1832 baptised 13 March 1838 Calcutta son of Robert William Stanford and Hannah (sic)
Joseph John Stanford born 30 July 1837 baptised 13 March 1838 Calcutta son of Robert William Stanford and Hannah (sic)
Lydia Stanford born 5 November 1838 Baptism 1 January 1839 Howra daughter of Robert William Stanford and Hannah (sic)
Zetland Masonic Lodge Hong Kong
Benjamin Robert Stanford shipwright initiated 4 October 1867 aged 24
Marriage R C Cathedral 10 September 1870
Benjamin Robert Stanford to Eliza Jane Baker aged 19 daughter of Alexander and Ellen Baker
Baptisms RC Cathedral
21 September 1871 Eleanor Maria Stanford child of Benjamin Stanford and Eliza
20 January 1873 born Alexander Robert Stanford child of Benjamin Stanford and Eliza
16 January 1875 Eliza Agnes Stanford born 10 November 1874 child of Benjamin Stanford and Eliza
Carl Smith Card 143825
13 June 1876 Benjamin Robert Stanford bankrupt
Carl Smith Card 143817
Letter from Mrs Stanford of Cork requesting birth certificates of two of her children
Massachussetts US Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records
Eliza J Baker born 15 June 1851 baptised 16 June 1851
British Supreme Court for
Chinese maritime customs service record
British Supreme Court for China, Intestate memo books register record
British Supreme Court for China, Probate records, Index records
Benjamin Robert Stanford
It seems possible that his wife left and went to live in Cork and possibly needed the birth certificates to register her two surviving children there. I will check on her parents Alexander and Ellen Baxter.