Ooh, there's a baptism on FamilySearch Record Search pilot site for a John Murr Close, 27 Feb 1825, St Botoloph, Lincoln, father Henry Close, and there is another version of it on there with only the year but giving the parents as Henry and Sarah. Then there is a burial for Henry Close 13 Mar 1828 Lincoln age 28, which fits in nicely with Sarah Close's marriage to Edward Barton in 1833.
Henry Close married Sarah Murr 16 Sep 1822 St Botolph Lincoln, also on the pilot site.
On the baptism of Robert Henry Close 10 Jul 1869 St Martin's, Lincoln, it gives the parents' names as John Mar Close and Mary Ann. Probably Mar is a mistranscription of Mur. Edit - looking again, there are several other versions of this record on the pilot site and the rest say Mur! (Robert Henry died the same quarter that his birth was registered, which is why he isn't on the 1871 census).
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