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Robert Henry Humphrey                    1866-1944
Robert was born about 1866, the son of Dan Humphrey and Margaret Bowser, at Acklam, Yorkshire. He married Margaret Jane Thompson.
Margaret Jane "Mary" Thompson     1866-1929
Margaret was born on 14 July 1866, the daughter of Joseph Lowes and Hannah Thompson, at Sunderland, County Durham.
I have identified the following child.
  Dan Born abt 1892   Darlington (Just a possibility.)

Birth of Parents
Robert Henry Humphrey b: abt 1866         Acklam, Yorkshire
son of Dan Humphrey and Margaret Bowser

Margaret Jane Thompson b: 14 Jul 1866   c: 5 Aug 1866         Dock Street Methodist Chapel
daughter of Joseph Lowes and Hannah Thompson, Dock Street East

1881 Census RG11-4857 4 April 1881 West Acklam, Yorkshire
Kader Close Farm
Dan Humphrey
Margaret (Wife)
Wm. J.
Robt. H.
Plus 5 Servants 		Age 58
Age 58
Age 20
Age 14 		Farmer of 160 Acres Penshaw
Long Newton
Acklam
Acklam 		Durham
Durham
Yorkshire
Yorkshire 		abt 1822
abt 1822
abt 1860
abt 1866

Marriage
23 Apr 1890
Robert Henry Humphrey
Margaret Jane Thompson 		Monkwearmouth, Venerable Bede               1890 2Q Sunderland 10a 1012
Bachelor, Farmer, Heworth, Father: Dan Humphrey, West Acklam, Farmer
Spinster,,Ashville, Father: Joseph Lowes Thompson, Ashville, Shipbuilder

1891 Census RG12-4045 6 April 1891 Neasham, County Durham
Neasham Hall Farm
Robert Humphrey
Margaret (Wife)
Sarah Thompson (Sis-Law)
Lydia Adamson (Visitor)
 Plus 9 Servants 		Age 24
Age 24
Age 22
Age 28 		Farmer Acklam
Sunderland
Sunderland
Darlington 		Yorkshire
Durham
Durham
Durham 		abt 1866
14 Jul 1866
6 Apr 1868
abt 1862

Children
Dan Humphrey b: 3 Aug 1892               County Durham         1892 4Q Darlington 10a 1
son of Robert Henry Humphrey and Margaret Jane Thompson

1901 Census RG13-4614 1 April 1901 Neasham, County Durham
Neasham Hall Farm
Robert Henry Humphrey
Margaret Jane (Wife)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 34
Age 34 		Farmer Acklam
Sunderland 		Yorkshire
Durham 		abt 1866
14 Jul 1866


1901 Census RG13-4614 1 April 1901 Hurworth, County Durham
Chatburn House (School)
Jonathan Emerson
Jane (Wife)
Elizabeth F. Dau)
Annie M. (Dau)
Mary A. (Dau)
 Dan Humphrey (Boarder)
Seven others (Boarders)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 68
Age 62
Age 36
Age 35
Age 33
 Age 8 		Retired Schoolmaster

School Principal
Teacher
Teacher 		Stanhope
Croft
Hurworth
Hurworth
Hurworth
 Oxter Dimsdale 		Durham
Yorkshire
Durham
Durham
Durham
 Yorkshire 		abt 1832
abt 1838
abt 1864
abt 1865
abt 1867
 abt 1892

1911 Census RG14-81 3 April 1911 Low Dinsdale, Neasham, and Sockburn, County Durham
Neasham Grange, Darlington   (10 Rooms)
Robert Henry Humphrey
Margaret Jane (Wife)
Charles Neasom (Visitor)(W)
William Nesom (Visitor) (s)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 44
Age 44
Age 48
Age 47 		Farmer

Farmer
Farmer 		Acklam
Monkwearmouth
Great-Stainton
Great-Stainton 		Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham 		abt 1866
14 Jul 1866
abt 1862
abt 1863
Margaret had One child, and it is still living.

Death
Margaret Jane (Thompson) Humphrey Died 13 Mar 1929, Age 62,       1929 1Q Darlington 10a 6

LONDON   28 May 1929                         Probate
HUMPHREY, Margaret Jane - of Glen Lea, Harworth-on-Tees, Durham (wife of Robert Henry Humphrey) died 13 March 1929, Probate London 28 May, to the said Robert Henry Humphrey, retired farmer.
  Effects £3,205 2s. 3d.

Death
Robert Henry Humphrey Died 10 May 1944, Age 77,       1944 2Q Durham West 10a 229


Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 12 May 1944
  HUMPHREY - May 10, at Glen Lea, Hurworth, near Darlington, Robert Henry Humphrey, JP., late of Neasham Grange. Funeral Service and interment at All Saints Church, Hurworth, to-morrow (Saturday), May 13, at 3 p.m.
DURHAM   3 Aug 1944                         Probate
HUMPHREY, Robert Henry - of Glen Lea, Harworth-on-Tees, county Durham, died 10 May 1944, Probate Durham 3 August, to Dorothy Brodribb, single woman (formerly wife of Frederick James Brodribb) and Dan Humphrey, farmer.   Effects £10,513 12s. 9d.