Researching Robert Close
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2613 people with the Close surname? In that year Close was ranked number 1506 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Close on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Close and the Close Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Close Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Close family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4215 people with the Close surname in the UK? Close is now ranked number 1385 for popularity in the UK. |
Close Genealogy Databases
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Close Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Close surname in the USA? Close is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Robert Close
Robert Close
Robert Close (15 July 1903 in Camberwell, Victoria – 17 July 1995 in Palma, Majorca) was an Australian novelist.
His early life was clouded by disappointment. He hated school, and his a passion for a life at sea was blighted when he was found to have colour blindness. Tuberculosis thwarted a possible singing career. During the 1930s Depression, he worked variously as a labourer, manager, salesman, and debt collector. He was an avid reader and won prizes as a short-story writer.
In a widely publicised case, in 1946 he and "Georgian House Pty Ltd", the publisher of his 1945 novel Love Me Sailor, were prosecuted in the Supreme Court of Victoria for "obscene libel". During the first trial, the entire 90,000-word book was read to the jury by counsel for the prosecution twice: the first jury was discharged when the court was notified that the foreman of the jury had discussed the case with one of Close's friends. Close was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and a fine of £100. This was later overturned on appeal; he served 10 days in prison and was fined £150.
Close left Australia for France in 1950. His later works included Eliza Callaghan (1957), loosely based on the life of Elizabeth Callaghan, the spouse of Australian pioneer and businessman John Batman, and The Voyage Continues (1969). He returned to Australia in 1975 but after two years relocated to Majorca, where he died in 1995. His autobiography, Of Salt and Earth, was published in 1977.
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