by Sylcec » Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:24 am
There are a couple of family trees on Ancestry - is one of them yours? They both have place of origin as Brigham, Yorkshire. One tree has Robert sr's wife is apparently named Eleanor and they married about 1820. The other doesn't name a wife. Both have first child - John, b.abt 1815 in Exeter.
Familysearch has 2 possible births (there may be others not included ) in Yorkshire.
Name: Robert Woodhouse
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 18 Mar 1781
Christening Place: ROTHERHAM,YORK,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1781
Father's Name: John Woodhouse
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
or
Name: Robert Woodhouse
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 15 Oct 1782
Christening Place: GLAISDALE,YORK,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Matt. Woodhouse
There's an entry for Robert Woodhouse on the Peninsula Medal Roll from 1814 - he was an Ensign in the 38th foot Regt - but am sceptical about the relevance of this.
Note that the 1851 census includes his daughter, Mary, age 31 born in Brigham.