Sproughton Bob

[heywood]

Yes, I saw the Facebook message and thought the same. Perhaps the name was handed down to a/some eccentric figure around the town.
I am not sure if the death certificate would help in identifying him. I think the later one fits best though.

[littlesis 76]

There is a death in Ipswich but it is 1938
Robert E Jacobs 80 yrs 

I might just get it but he didn't have a middle name .I suppose only rhe person registering could of got it wrong.
I wonder if I could find any parish records online ....suffok is still digitising all theirs

[heywood]

It is perhaps a bit too recent for parish records 

What about local newspaper archives?

[littlesis 76]

It is perhaps a bit too recent for parish records 

What about local newspaper archives?

The newspapers are only online to 1900 then there abit sparse for Ipswich ,again I think they are slowly getting them on. I have ordered the 1938 certificate as I cannot find another Robert Edward Jacobs in Ipswich that fits so that may be him and people have got the death muddled. Just hope I recognize a name on the cert

[heywood]

Do you recognise Mrs Robinson on the postcard?

[littlesis 76]

Hi
No that's not a name I am familiar with . Roberts father was married and had 8 children (the eldest was 40 years older than Bob ) , the 1st wife died and he married Mary Ann Bugg . There was a big age gap between the two and they had Mary Ann ,Robert and Emily.
Mary Ann married a Charles Warden and they both died in there 30s and Emily married a Walter Hood. As I am a  descendent from Emily I haven't spent much time researching the first lot of children and that may be where the Mrs Robinson comes from.
I will check my tree and see what I have got with the other children, I know they lived in the same village but thats about it

[littlesis 76]

Just a quick update. I received the  1938 dert cert today and it had nothing on there to prove it was Bob . It does say formerly of Hampton Road U.D ? I am not sure what the U.D means .It also has he was a former farm labourer which I would expect if it was Bob . The death was registered by someone from the hospital.
I did speak to a lady from Sproughton who wrote the piece for the paper in 1985 ,she wrote it from tales her mother had told her and she wasn't clear when he died but would like me to tell her if I find out.
I was also given the name Serry Cottage for Bobs home too.We have also discovered another postcard with Bob on so they certainly are some still about.
So still blank and no closer to finding him

[heywood]

I did a search for Serry  Cottage and there is a reference to Chas Whight in 1881.
Looked him up and no names of cottages shown. However, a few pages before there is a Lloyd family shown at Serry Cottage.
The Jacobs are living in the same area, Robert is 21 yrs, no cottages named on the census form.
In 1891 he is living with his mother in Upper Street, Sproughton.
What is the context given to you re Serry Cottage?

U.D. means urban district, the local district, presumably Ipswich.

On a modern map, Hampton Road is off Branford Road. Closeby, Sproughton Road is also off Branford Road and Sproughton is less than 2 miles away.

[heywood]

Looking at the choices, there are only the two deaths mentioned here - 1913 and 1938.
There is a possible for the 1913 death living in Ipswich in 1911.