• Born: 2 October 1853, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ³
• Christened: 13 November 1853, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ³
• Marriage (1): Margaret Lyons GRIBBIN on 3 December 1875 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{1 2}
• Died: 3 May 1927, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland at age 73
• Buried: 1927, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland

   Other names for Robert were Robert JEFFREY ⁴ and Robert Stevenston JEFFREY.

  Birth Notes

[1853]  November.  Robert Stevenston, son of John Jaffrey, weaver cotton row Irvine, and Ann Stevenston, spouses; was born second ult., and baptized thirteenth instant, their eighth child.

  Christening Notes

Relief Congregation

  Burial Notes

Shewalton Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He resided at Cotton Row in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on 13 November 1853. ³

• He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  
  Address:  Cotton Row
  

John Jaffrey     Head   52   Irvine, Ayrshire       Cotton Weaver
Ann Jaffrey      Wife   51   Glasgow, Lanarkshire   Muslin Sewer
Wilson Jaffrey   Dau    22   Irvine, Ayrshire       Muslin Sewer
John Jaffrey     Son    20   Irvine, Ayrshire       Mason
Janet Jaffrey    Dau    10   Irvine, Ayrshire       Scholar
Robert Jaffrey   Son     8   Irvine, Ayrshire       Scholar

• He appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  
  Address:  Cottage Row North Side No 9
  John Jaffrey       62   Irvine, Ayrshire   Cotton Weaver
  Ann Jaffrey       60   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
  Wilson Jaffrey       32   Irvine, Ayrshire   Winder
  Janet Jaffrey       20   Irvine, Ayrshire   Hand Sewer
  Robert Jaffrey       17   Irvine, Ayrshire   Mason

• He resided at 2 Underwood Buildings in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland in November 1875. ¹

• He worked as a journeyman mason on 3 December 1875 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. ¹

• He worked as a mason on 5 April 1891 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

Robert Jeffrey       Head   37   Irvine, Ayrshire   Mason
Margaret Jeffrey     Wife   35   Irvine, Ayrshire  
Margaret L Jeffrey   Dau    14   Irvine, Ayrshire   Cigarette Maker
John Jeffrey         Son    12   Irvine, Ayrshire   Scholar
Ann S Jeffrey        Dau    10   Irvine, Ayrshire   Scholar
Robert Jeffrey       Son     7   Irvine, Ayrshire   Scholar
Mary Jeffrey         Dau     5   Dalry, Ayrshire    Scholar
Jessie W Jeffrey     Dau     2   Dalry, Ayrshire  

• He was buried at the Shewalton Cemetery in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1927.
  
  Memorial Inscription
  
  Erected by
  ROBERT JEFFREY
  IN MEMORY OF
  HIS BELOVED WIFE
  MARGARET GRUBBIN
  WHO DIED 23RD JANUARY 1920
  IN HER 64TH YEAR.
  ALSO HIS GRAND-SON
  ROBERT STEVENSON JEFFREY
  WHO DIED 9TH JUNE 1923
  AGED 12 YEARS
  THE ABOVE
  ROBERT JEFFREY
  WHO DIED 3RD MAY 1927,
  AGED 72 YEARS.
  ALSO HIS SON
  JOHN JEFFREY
  DIED 11TH MARCH 1951
  AGED 72 YEARS.
  BELOVED HUSBAND OF
  MARY SINCLAIR
  
  ALSO THE SAID
  MARY SINCLAIR
  DIED 2ND JANUARY 1963,
  AGED 80 YEARS
  
  - IN AFFECTIONATE AND LOVING MEMORY OF OUR MOTHER FROM HER SONS -

Robert married Margaret Lyons GRIBBIN, daughter of John GRIBBIN and Margaret LYONS, on 3 December 1875 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Margaret Lyons GRIBBIN was born about 1855 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 23 January 1920 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland and was buried in 1920 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• Witnesses: James Love and Elizabeth Gribbin, 3 December 1875, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. ^{1 2}

• Officiating: Harry Reid, minister, 31 December 1875, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. ^{1 2}

  Marriage Notes

Fullerton Street, Halfway Irvine ²