See also
| Husband: | Robert Thomas PALMER (1847-1903) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth MAYERS (1846-1890) | |
| Children: | Mary PALMER (1873- ) | |
| Thomas (Pedlar) PALMER (1876-1949) | ||
| Matthew (Matt) PALMER (1879-1914) | ||
| Marriage | 19 Mar 1878 | Canning Town, London |
| St Lukes Parish Church. | ||
| Name: | Robert Thomas PALMER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John PALMER (1796- ) | |
| Mother: | Ellen KELLY (1815- ) | |
| Birth | 1847 | Edmonton, Middlesex |
| Occupation | Dock Labourer | |
| Death | 13 Dec 1903 (age 55-56) | Leytonstone, Essex |
| Cause: Enteric Fever Address: Whipps Cross Hospital |
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| Burial | 18 Dec 1903 | West Ham Cemetery |
| Forest Gate, London | ||
| Name: | Elizabeth MAYERS | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1846 | Plaistow, London |
| Death | 6 Mar 1890 (age 43-44) | Rendel Road. |
| Name: | Mary PALMER | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Henry Thomas (Joe) COURTNEY (PALMER) (1870-1967) | |
| Birth | 3 Nov 1873 | Canning Town, London |
Thomas (Pedlar) PALMER, 1899, age 23, Pedlar Palmer USA2
Spouse: Margaret 'Minetta' MCKAY, Margaret McKay
Spouse: Rebecca HALL, 1945, age 69, Nan
| Name: | Thomas (Pedlar) PALMER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Margaret 'Minetta' MCKAY (1875-1948) | |
| Spouse 2: | Rebecca HALL (1876-1955) | |
| Birth | 25 Sep 1876 | Canning Towm, West Ham, Essex |
| 5 Forty Acre Lane Plaistow | ||
| Death | 13 Feb 1949 (age 72) | Brighton |
| General Hospital | ||
| Burial | Bear Road Cem. Brighton | |
| Occupation | Pugilist/Boxer | |
| Name: | Matthew (Matt) PALMER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1 May 1879 | Canning Town, London |
| Death | 21 Sep 1914 (age 35) | London |
| Cause: Effects of Syphilis | ||
| Occupation | Boxer/Shop keeper | |
1871 census and 1873 living at 5 Eagle Street, Canning Town. 1875 living at 5 Forty acre Lane, Canning Town. 1879 at 5 Poplar Street. 1881 census living at 33 York Street, Canning Town. 1891 census living with sons at 5 James Street Canning Town, West Ham, London. 1901 living with daughter Mary at 64 Laleham Road, Lewisham. At Death living in Lincoln Street, Mile End, London
Stated age at marriage as 18.
Some records incorrectly show birth date as 19th November 1876. World Batamweight Boxing Champion 1895 to 1899. Known as 'The Box of Tricks'.
On 8th Nov 1893 'Pedlar' Palmer had a 3 round Benefit exhibition fight with William Pike at the Custom Kouse Victoria B.C.Freemasons Road in aid of his father Robert Palmer.
He owed a Tobacco shop in 213 Barking Road, Plaistow run by his brother Matthew. In 1906 after leaving his first wife he lived with Rebecca Hall. Spent 1 month in prison at Xmas 1906 for assault. Address given as 33 Shandy Street Mile End. He killed Robert Choat on a train returning from Epsom races on 22 April 1907. Choat died from a fatal blow to a neck artery following a argument with Palmer. After 3 months in custody Palmer was found guilty of Manslaughter at Guildford Assises on 15th July 1907 and given five years penal servitude. Released from Portland Prison on 29th April 1911 on licence. Father of Robert Thomas born 1914 and claimed to be father of Timothy born 1907.
Suffered from bad health and told to give up boxing. Managed his brother Thomas's Tobacco shop.