Robert Simeon Childs
- Born: 21 Aug 1869, Great Gaddesden, Watershed, Hertfordshire, England
- Married: 5 Oct 1897, Fort Erie?
- Died: 10 Oct 1938, Duluth, Minnesota
- Buried: 12 Oct 1938, Park Hill Cemetery, 2500 Vermilion Road, Duluth, lot O-10-5
- (Section 'O' Ten feet north of water spigot, then east to the 10th row.)
Bob Childs ca. 1935
His wife and children Oct 12, 1938
 Cause of his death was Cerebral Thrombosis.
Previous name of Robert Childs was Robert Child. He added an s to the end of his name about 1900.
Research Notes:
A stationary steam engineer
for 30 years. He drove the pilings for the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge.
His father willed a blacksmith shop to him but he would not return to
England. He had previously been an Atlantic Sailor; came to Canada by
ship, naturalized in Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 26, 1896; moved to Duluth ca. 1901
- 1938
Robert married Isabella
Grimston, daughter of Edward James Grimston and Isabella Gatt, on 5 Oct
1897 in the Buffalo-Fort Erie area. (Isabella Grimston was born on 6 Aug 1879
in Isle of Wight or Man, died on 19 Aug 1958 in Duluth, Mn and
was buried on 20 Aug 1958 in Park Hill Cemetery,
Duluth, lot O-10-5, Section 'O' Ten feet north of water spigot, then east to the 10th row.)
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