Talk:Robert Mawer

Ancestry of Robert Mawer
I have copied the following from a discussion on Mhockey's talk page, because it may help others to further the research and to improve the article. Thank you very much, Mhockey, for your assistance with this. Storye book (talk) 20:11, 28 April 2019 (UTC) I looked long and hard for a Robert Mawer born around 1807. I only found two - one born in Lincolnshire, and one baptised at Middlesmoor in 1808 - the entry reads "Hathen Car. Robert son of William Mawer bap'd Nov. 5" (I have an image of the relevant page of the parish register entry, but I'm not sure if I can upload it to WP.)  I know from my other researches that there were several Mawer families in Stonebeck Up township, at the top of Nidderdale. Is this the Mawer grave in Ripley churchyard you mean? If so it seems that that Robert Mawer was born in 1822 and died in 1832. I found that Robert in the Ripley parish register, baptised in 1822, the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Mawer. But there is a connection with Middlesmoor. The aunt of Robert (1822-1832), Mary Beecroft nee Mawer, was baptised in Middlesmoor on 2 January 1801, the daughter of William Mawer. I found William's baptism at Middlesmoor on 13 March 1766, when his father Thomas was living at Haden Carr. William the son was baptised at Middlesmoor in 1796, the son of William and Mary. Amazingly, Mary lived long enough to be in the 1861 census, at Bishop Thornton, at the age of 100 although her birthplace was just recorded as "Nidderdale". In the 1851 census her birthplace was recorded as Kirkby Malzeard, a large parish which then included Middlesmoor. So it looks like Robert the sculptor was the uncle of Robert who died at Ripley aged 10 in 1832.--Mhockey (talk) 15:53, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * @ Mhockey. Please see File:Gravestones at Ripley (1).jpg which I have just uploaded, and where I have begun to attempt to clarify the relationships of these people with some of the Mawer group of sculptors. 11:07, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Old Church of St John the Evangelist, New Wortley, Leeds, 1853
A good faith attempt was made to edit the above section of the article with corrections on 28 December 2019. I had to undo the edit because it was confusing and messed up the format, rendering the corrections unreadable. If you have major corrections to this article, please register a username, so that we can discuss the corrections here, with citations and links where possible, then I can update the article properly. Storye book (talk) 19:42, 28 December 2019 (UTC)