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Robert Norton Look
Robert Norton Look, the son of farmers George (Jnr) and Anna Couzens [Corpe] Look, was born on 25 November 1877 in Ditcheat, Somerset. His wife Mary Ann Champion Board was born on 16 May 1880 in East Pennard. They were married on 10 May 1910 at St Mary Magdalene Church, Ditcheat. The couple went on to have five children: Vera, Beryl, Audrey, Leslie and Robert Norton (Jnr). Robert died on 11 April 1943 while Mary Ann passed away on 24 February 1952 and they are buried in the churchyard at St Mary Magdalene.
Robert Norton Look was baptised at St Mary Magdalene Church, Ditcheat on 23 December 1877.
Mary Ann Champion, the daughter of farmers Joseph and Elizabeth Board, was baptised at All Saints’ Church, East Pennard on 6 June 1880.
Three-year-old Robert Norton was living in Sutton with seven brothers and sisters in the 1881 census.
The census of 1891 shows the Look family lived at Lower Sutton Farm in Sutton.
In the 1901 census there were just three children living at home including 23-year-old Robert Norton. His youngest brother Jack was a boarder at Kingston School in Yeovil while his younger sisters Edith and Ada Margaret had married.
Robert Look was assisted on his dairy farm by his son Robert Norton (Jnr) in the 1939 register. His daughter, Beryl, born in 1916, was also living at home.
The gravestone of Robert Norton Look, who died on 11 April 1943, and his wife Mary Ann Champion, who died on 24 February 1952, at the church of St Mary Magdalene in Ditcheat, Somerset. It also remembers their three daughters, Beryl Norton, Vera and Audrey Mabel.
Robert Norton Look’s son, also named Robert Norton, is buried with his wife Susan Mary at St Mary Magdalene Church in Ditcheat.
Robert Norton Look and his bride Mary Ann Champion Board were married at St Mary Magdalene Church, Ditcheat on 10 May 1910. This photo may have been taken at the bride’s home which was Pennard Hill Farm, East Pennard. They did not get married at Pennard church (which would have been usual) because the Board family had fallen out with the vicar, so they were married in Robert's father’s parish church. The honeymoon was spent in London and they stayed at the Strand Palace Hotel.
Seated from left are: George Look (bridegroom's father) and Elizabeth Board (bride’s mother), Annie Look (bridegroom’s sister), Agnes Board (bride's sister), Joseph Board (bride’s father) and Anna Look (bridgegroom's mother).
Standing from left are: Mabel Board (bride’s sister), Harold Board (bride’s brother - later married Annie Look), Douglas Board (bride’s brother and became a vicar), Robert Norton Look (groom) and Mary Ann Champion Board (bride), Walter Look (groom’s brother and best man), Blanche and Lionel Board (bride’s brother and wife who were newly married too), Edward Look (groom’s brother).
Robert Norton Look and Mary Ann Champion Board were married at St Mary Magdalene Church in Ditcheat on 10 May 1910 with Robert’s brother Walter and Mary’s sister Agnes as witnesses.
Robert and Mary Look had been married less than a year in the 1911 census and were living in Sutton.
The probate of Robert Norton Look’s will was granted to his widow Mary Ann Champion. £13436 in 1943 is about £485,000 today.
The probate of Mary Ann Champion Look’s will was granted to her children Vera and Robert Norton (Jnr).