I'm looking for any info regarding Robert SERCOMBE b1853 in Ide. His parents were William SERCOMBE and Mary BULFORD.
Robert married Sarah HUTCHINGS in 1877 and they had 12 children, although only 9 survived by 1911. Sarah died in 1910 but I can't find a death entry for Robert. Can anyone help? Robert ran a greengrocers in exeter and was also a painter and decorator.
Other children that may have descendents are Walter William b1878, Mary Elizabeth b1879, Milly Frances b1884 (married Arthur SHEPPARD 1913), Percy Reginald b1887 and Robert Junior b1893. Any info on these children would be greatly appreciated as I cannot locate there whereabouts and what familieis they had from there.

The 1891 census shows:
Piece: RG12/1689 Place: Exeter -Devon Enumeration District: 17
Civil Parish: Holy Trinity Ecclesiastical Parish: Holy Trinity
Folio: 49 Page: 32 Schedule: 240
Address: 26 Magdalen St



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Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
SERCOMBE Robert Head M M 38 Greengrocer(Notem) Devon - Ide
SERCOMBE Sarah Wife M F 40 Devon - Crediton
SERCOMBE Walter Son - M 13 Scholar Devon - Exeter
SERCOMBE Mary E Dau - F 12 Scholar Devon - Exeter
SERCOMBE Emily Dau - F 10 Scholar Devon - Exeter
SERCOMBE Milly H Dau - F 6 Scholar Devon - Exeter
SERCOMBE Bertie Son - M 5 Devon - Exeter
SERCOMBE Percy R Son - M 3 Devon - Exeter
Page: 50/33 SERCOMBE Katie L Dau - F 1 Devon - Exeter
SERCOMBE Nelly J Dau - F 6m Devon - Exeter

By 1901, the family living at home consisted of:
Robert SERCOMBE 48 b. Ide Jobbing Mason
Sarah SERCOMBE 50 b. Crediton Shopkeeper, greengrocer
Walter W. SERCOMBE 23 b. Exeter Painter
Elizabeth SERCOMBE 22 b. Exeter Domestic
Milly SERCOMBE 17 b. Exeter Dressmaker
Bertie J. SERCOMBE 15 b. Exeter Juvenile
Percy SERCOMBE 13 b. Exeter Juvenile
Kate SERCOMBE 11 b. Exeter Juvenile
Lucy SERCOMBE 9 b. Exeter Juvenile
Robert SERCOMBE 8 b. Exeter Juvenile
Cassie SERCOMBE 6 b. Exeter Juvenile

I am doing a one-name study of the surname SERCOMBE and have traced this family back to the 1600s and "sideways" to probably a few hundred SERCOMBE cousins. Please take a look at my website http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html and send me an email.

If you have trouble finding Robert on my website, use control-F in your browser to search for his baptism date
6 Mar 1853

DOM7 - Thanks for your help. for some reason I have struggled to find the family in 1901... must be a senior moment! thanks for the transcript.