ROBERT GEORGE OFFEN was born circa 1870 in Ramsgate, Kent
(source : Collette Kendall). His birth was registered in March quarter 1870 (source : Ancestry
England and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent, volume 2a, page 879).
On the 1881 census, he was an 11-year-old scholar, living with his family in St Lawrence.
He married CHARLOTTE NEWELL in December quarter 1894
(source : Ancestry England and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent, volume 2a, page 1759).
Judging by the fact that his children were born in Sheppey, it would seem logical that he is the ROBERT OFFEN,
H.M. CUSTOMS, listed at 8 High Street (Woodhall Terrace) in Queensborough, Isle of Sheppey in the 1902
Parsons' Isle of Sheppey Directory & Guide.
Robert died in 1912 in W Ham reg district (source : Collette Kendall).
The Children of ROBERT GEORGE OFFEN and CHARLOTTE ?:
ROBERT HENRY OFFEN was born in 1896
in Sheppey (source : Collette Kendall).
He married
ETHEL MAY WEATHERLEY in 1927 in Ilford Parva (source : Collette Kendall).
She was born circa 1903 (source : Collette Kendall).
JOHN DANIEL OFFEN was born on 11th May 1901
(source : death register)
in Sheppey reg district (source : Collette Kendall). He married
LOTTIE MARJORY PAGE in 1932 in West Ham (source : Collette Kendall).
She was born circa 1901 (source : Collette Kendall). John died, aged 94, in Barnstaple, Devon in June quarter
1995 (source : death register - Register Number: A20C , Entry number: 88).
REGINALD V OFFEN (mother's name NEWELL)
was born in September quarter 1911
in West Ham reg district (source : Free BMD, district West Ham, volume 4a, page 288 ).