Robert Plant (b. 1841 - d.1902)

[MPlant-Staffs]

Hi,

I took a DNA test for the Plant Family Society and didn't match anyone, which was a little disappointing but since so few people have taken tests with links to Staffordshire; its hard to say whether it was something to do with my lineage or the family in general.

Since Francis moved away from Cheadle I know very little about him beyond census information, although I know he was shareholder in his brother's Cheadle Colliery Company and our local paper (at the time) published a long notice of his death.

Regards

Mike

[jewelking]

he was my 3 great grandfather and i found out that he became a successful farmer in sutton coldfield.
shame i didn't inherit all those acres of prime residential land by the park. do you have the first James as the founder of the colliery business?

[jewelking]

thanks for info about francis being shareholder in Cheadle colliery i didn't know that.

[MPlant-Staffs]

There's a colliery company called Plant and Co. mentioned in 1859 with a colliery at Iptones Park and later in 1861 it's associated with James and Robert Plant in a trade directory. In 1863 the partnership is dissolved, so I'm not completely sure whether it was always the brothers operating the firm, or whether their father James (who died in 1859) was in business with Robert.

Cheadle Colliery Company was formed in 1866 by Robert and other local businessmen, Francis became a shareholder in 1867 (I'll check that date for you) with 50 shares.

[jewelking]

thanks

[MPlant-Staffs]

Francis was a shareholder in 1872 holding 20 shares, by this time Robert was the only major shareholder in the company. Two other minor shareholders were their brothers George and Thomas.

Robert's true gift was getting people to invest in his business schemes, later in life he was able to secure funding for a Cheadle railway almost entirely from London investors.

[softly softly]

To add to your original posting
1. Hannah Maria Plant born1861 died aged 67 Sept q 1928 Barnet 3a 373.
2. Annie Roberta Plant married Jonathan Franks Saunders sept q 1891 Edmonton. 1901 census ref rg13 173 40 27, also appear on 1911 census.
3. Alphonso Ferdinand Plant died aged 7 Sept q 1887 Edmonton 3a 148
4 Henry Vincent Plant married 25.6.1908 Fulham bride Florence Edith French.

John

[softly softly]

Sarah Elizabeth Plant married William Philip Johnson 1897, 1901 census ref rg13 2631 129 12.

John

[softly softly]

Pretty sure William Buckley Plant married Ellen Maria Gregory Dec q1897 Stourbridge 6c 272. 1901 census ref rg13 657 51 1, also appear on 1911 census with 4 children.

John