Robert LOMAS

1871 - 1939  (67 years)

• Name	Robert LOMAS
  Birth	17 Dec 1871	Bury, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  Baptism	14 Jan 1872	Bury, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Address: 7 Barlow Street
  	Father is a Comedian
  Gender	Male
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Oldham, Lancashire, England   [4]
  	Age: 9y
  	Address: Tommyfield, Caravan
  	Relation to Head of House: Son Scholar
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Oldham, Lancashire, England   [5]
  	Age: 19y
  	Address: 45 Lord Street
  	Relation to Head of House: Step-son Hardware Dealer
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891	Oldham, Lancashire, England
  	Hardware Dealer
  	Age: 19y
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Oldham, Lancashire, England   [6]
  	Age: 28y
  	Address: 43 Lord Street
  	Acrobat
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901	Oldham, Lancashire, England
  	Acrobat
  	Age: 28y
  Newpspaper Entry	24 Dec 1910  [7]
  	Interview in 'The Era' Some excellent background info.
  Passenger List	22 Mar 1911	New York, USA   [8]
  	Age: 39y 3m
  	Arrived on SS Oceanic Name given as Robert Pender Pantomimist Home contact: Mrs Pender (Mother) 40a Barker Street Oldham
  Census	2 Apr 1911	USA
  	Address: On Tour in America
  	On tour in America
  Passenger List	28 Nov 1911	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [9]
  	Arrived from New York Travelling under the name Pender Travelling 2nd Class No ages or other information given Robert Pender Actor Maggie -do- Wife Willie -do- Actor Wilfred -do- Actor Henry John -do- Actor On same page there are a few other possibilities, but none confirmed Frank Hartley - Actor Bernard? Bradfield - Actor
  Passenger List	22 Feb 1914	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [10]
  	Age: 42y
  	Arrived in Southampton from Buenos Aires Ship: RMSPCo Aragon Travelled as Bob Pender
  Passenger List	31 Jan 1920	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [11]
  	Age: 51y
  	Travelling on his own.
  Passenger List	21 Jul 1920	New York, USA   [12]
  	Age: 48y
  	SS Olympic As Robert Lomas, Artist Address in UK: Margaret Pender 247 Brixton Road London SW9
  Passenger List	8 Nov 1920	Southampton, Hampshire, England   [13]
  	Age: 48y
  	Arrived in Southampton from New York Ship: Aquitania As Robert Lomas, Musician Travelled 2nd Class
  Passenger List	22 Feb 1921	New York, USA   [14]
  	Age: 49y
  	Address: 40a Barker Street
  	Arrived New York from Southampton Ship: Aquitania Travelled as Robert Lomas, Variety Artist Address given is his mother's 40a Barker Street Oldham, Lancashire, England
  Passenger List	5 Dec 1922	London, England   [15]
  	Age: 50y
  	Address: 247 Brixton Road
  	Arrive in Southampton from New York Ship: Mauretania Travelled as Robert L Lomas, Actor Travelled 2nd Class
  Passenger List	7 Feb 1923	Oldham, Lancashire, England   [16]
  	Age: 51y
  	Address: 40a Barker Street
  	Arrived in New York from Southampton Ship: Olympic Travelled as Robert Lomas, Music Hall Artist Address is his mother's On his own
  Passenger List	8 Oct 1923	London, England   [17]
  	Age: 50y
  	Address: 247 Brixton Road
  	Arrived in Southampton from New York Ship: Aquitania Travelled as Robert Pender, Artist Note that Ancestry has the ship indexed Berengaria (12/6/2011)
  Census	29 Sep 1939	Holt Heath, Martley, Worcestershire, England   [18]
  	Address: Holt Fleet Hotel
  	Born: 1871 Owner of Toy Shop Would appear that son-in-law owns the hotel
  Name	Bob Pender
  Reference Number	BR 0092a
  Death	6 Nov 1939	Southend, Essex, England   [19, 20]
  	Age: 66y
  	No entry for a will found as at 04/01/2020
  Person ID	I315	Simpson
  Last Modified	21 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard John LOMAS,   b. 30 Nov 1851, Salford, Lancashire, England d. 8 May 1889, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Maria BESTWICK,   b. Between Apr 1851 and Jun 1851, Bury, Lancashire, England
  Marriage	14 Mar 1871	Bury, Lancashire, England   [21, 22, 23]
  	Address: St. Pauls, Bury
  Family ID	F84	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Louise BOWMAN,   b. 3 May 1877, Holborn, London, England d. Between Jul 1943 and Sep 1943, Martley, Worcestershire, England (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1896	Greenwich, London, England   [24, 25]
  	St Alfege Church He is a Music Hall Artist His address: 23 Brand Street, Greenwich Her address: 43 Brand Street.
  Children	1. Doris Wilhelmina LOMAS,   b. 2 Mar 1897, London, England d. 24 Jul 1975, Sutton, Surrey, England (Age 78 years)   2. Richard Gordon George LOMAS,   b. 29 Sep 1900, Oldham, Lancashire, England d. Between Jan 1901 and Mar 1901, Oldham, Lancashire, England (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Dec 1871 - Bury, Lancashire, England Baptism - Address: 7 Barlow Street - 14 Jan 1872 - Bury, Lancashire, England Census - Age: 9y,Address: Tommyfield, Caravan - 3 Apr 1881 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Census - Age: 19y,Address: 45 Lord Street - 5 Apr 1891 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Occupation - Hardware Dealer,Age: 19y - 5 Apr 1891 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Marriage - 29 Jun 1896 - Greenwich, London, England Census - Age: 28y,Address: 43 Lord Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Occupation - Acrobat,Age: 28y - 31 Mar 1901 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Passenger List - Age: 39y 3m - 22 Mar 1911 - New York, USA Census - Address: On Tour in America - 2 Apr 1911 - USA Passenger List - 28 Nov 1911 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England Passenger List - Age: 42y - 22 Feb 1914 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Passenger List - Age: 51y - 31 Jan 1920 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Passenger List - Age: 48y - 21 Jul 1920 - New York, USA Passenger List - Age: 48y - 8 Nov 1920 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Passenger List - Age: 49y,Address: 40a Barker Street - 22 Feb 1921 - New York, USA Passenger List - Age: 50y,Address: 247 Brixton Road - 5 Dec 1922 - London, England Passenger List - Age: 51y,Address: 40a Barker Street - 7 Feb 1923 - Oldham, Lancashire, England Passenger List - Age: 50y,Address: 247 Brixton Road - 8 Oct 1923 - London, England Census - Address: Holt Fleet Hotel - 29 Sep 1939 - Holt Heath, Martley, Worcestershire, England Death - Age: 66y - 6 Nov 1939 - Southend, Essex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Photo - Bob Pender as Clown

  
  

• Notes

  1911 Census - they were in the USA - arrived 22 March 1911 under the name Pender Robert Lomas was also known as Bob Pender. As Bob Pender he managed a troupe of acrobats and stilt walkers. One of his troupe was Archibald Leach (Cary Grant)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 31 May 2009, 1872 JFM Bury 8C 504. GRO Checked [S1368] 1939 Nat Reg - RG 101-5814-5814F-013, 16 Feb 2016, RG101/5814f/013/43. [S1231] Baptism Cert - Lomas, Robert (Bob Pender), 4 Jul 2015. [S37] 1881 Census - RG 11/4068 F108 P41 - Lomas, Robert, 1 Jan 1980. [S330] 1891 Census - RG 12/3301 F040/041 P02/03 - Broadbent, Maria (nee Lomas), 1 Jan 1980. [S71] 1901 Census - RG 13/3806 F035 P12 - Lomas - Ratcliffe, 1 Jan 1980. [S3244] Newspaper Cutting - Lomas, Robert (Pender) 1910, 11 Dec 2019. [S1985] Passenger List - Oceanic - 1911 - Lomas, 15 Apr 2018. [S3290] Passenger List - Lomas, Robert (As Pender) - Aquitania 1911, 4 Feb 2020. [S989] Passenger List - Aragon 1914, 12 Jun 2011. [S2051] Passenger List - Olympic - 1920 (Jan) - Lomas, Robert, 13 Feb 2019. [S1984] Passenger List - Olympic - 1920 - Lomas, Robert, 15 Apr 2018. [S986] Passenger List - Aquitania, 1920, 12 Jun 2011. [S1940] Passenger List - Aquitania, 1921 v2, 23 Feb 2018. [S987] Passenger List - Mauretania 1922, 12 Jun 2011. [S1983] Passenger List - Olympic - 1923 - Lomas, Robert, 15 Apr 2018. [S988] Passenger List - Aquitania - 1923, 12 Jun 2011. [S1368] 1939 Nat Reg - RG 101-5814-5814F-013, 16 Feb 2016, RG101/5814f/013/42. [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 4 Nov 2012, 1939 OND Rochford 4A 1251. [S3267] Newspaper Cutting - Robert Lomas Death, 4 Jan 2020. [S329] 1871 Census - RG 10/4095 F015 P24 - Lomas, Richard, 18 Apr 2010, 1871 JFM Bury 8C 464. Note that he is listed as LomaX [S1236] Marriage Entry - Lomas, Richard John, 4 Jul 2015. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 4 Jul 2015, 1871 JFM Bury 8C 464. Richard is recorded as Lomax [S3266] Marriage Cert - Lomas, Robert - Bowman, Margaret, 26 Dec 2019. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 19 Oct 2014, 1896 AMJ Greenwich 1d 1656.