Born in London (Kennington, St Mary Lambeth).1,2

Details from Dr. Williams' Library Register of Births :-
Name - Robert Humphrey Sears
Date of birth - 22 September 1824
Father - Robert Sears
Mother - Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Humphrey
Date of registration - 20 May 1829

Married Mary Ann ROCHFORT in India, Krishnagar.8

By licence
Bride - Mary Ann Rochfort, spinster, of Krishnagar
Groom - Robert Humphreys Sears, bachelor
Groom's occupation - Civil Engineer and Architect
Bride's father - Marcus Rochfort
Groom's father - Robert Sears
Witnesses :-
Patrick Smith
James Furlong
George Frames Lawford
J. Lang, Major

Witness at wedding in India, Calcutta, St John's.3

of Janet Stuart Smith & Thomas Smith

Licence obtained for marriage to Mary Ann Rochfort SMITH.9

Groom - Robert Humphrey Sears Esq., of the Parish of St George Bloomsbury, widower
Bride - Mary Ann Rochfort Smith, of the same Parish, a Minor of the age of twenty years and upwards but under the age of twenty one years.

"and lastly made oath that Delia Smith widow the natural and lawful mother if the said Minor and Alfred Granger Esquire the Guardians of the person of the said Minor lawfully appointed in and by the last Will and Testament of Thomas Smith deceased while living the natural and lawful Father of the said Minor are consenting to the said intended marriage"

Married Mary Ann Rochfort SMITH in Bloomsbury, St George.17,18

Groom - Robert Humphrey Sears, widower, gentleman, of 17 Bedford Place
Bride - Mary Anne Rochfort Smith, spinster, minor, of 17 Bedford Place
Father of the groom - Robert Sears, gentleman
Father of the bride - Thomas Smith, gentleman

Birth of son Robert Humphrey SEARS in Farnham.1,10

Birth of son Frederick William SEARS in Taunton.1,11

Occupation Annuitant.1

Recorded in census in Taunton (The Priory).1

Robert H Sears - Head - Married - 43 - Annuitant - born London
Mary Ann R Sears - Wife - 23 - born Bengal
Robert H Sears - Son - 2 - born Farnham
Fred W Sears - Son - 9 months - born Taunton
Delia Smith - Mother-in-law - Widow - 41 - Annuitant - born Bengal
Staff x 4

Birth of son Alfred Ernest SEARS in Taunton.12

Birth of son Arthur Holroyd SEARS in Taunton.13,14

Death of Mary Ann Rochfort SMITH in Taunton.15,16

Occupation Retired Engineer.7

Recorded in census in Taunton (The Priory, Canon Street).7

Robert H Sears - Head - Widower - 56 - Retired Engineer - born Kennington Surrey
Frederick W Sears - Son - 10 - Scholar - born Taunton Somerset
Alfred E Sears - Son - 8 - Scholar - born Taunton Somerset
Staff x 3

Occupation Magistrate &  retired engineer.4

Recorded in census in Taunton (The Priory).4

Robert H Sears - Head - Widower - 66 - Magistrate & Retired engineer - born Kennington
Frederick W Sears - Son - 20 - Scholar - born Taunton
Arthur H Sears - Son - 15 - Scholar - born Taunton,
Delia Smith - Mother in law - Widow - 61 - living on own means - born Bengal East Indies
Maria C Hoyle - Aunt - Widow - living on own means - born Bengal East Indies
Staff x 2

Died.5,6

Probate in Taunton.5

of the estate of Robert Humphrey Sears, of "The Priory" Taunton.
Effects : GBP 18,722. 4s. 7d.
Re-sworn - September 1898 - GBP 19,086. 10s. 0d.
Executors :-
John Edward William Wakefield
Frederick William Sears
Alfred Ernest Sears