Bertha Robinson1

b. 1904
ReferenceMs1779
FatherWilliam Edward Robinson1 b. 3 Jun 1876, d. 29 Sep 1943
MotherHarriet Mary Caroline Drake1 b. Dec 1882, d. 1960
Pedigree
Birth*1904 Bertha Robinson , daughter of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake, was born in 1904 at Canning Town, ESS, ENG.1 
(Witness) Census 19111911 Bertha Robinson appearedin the household of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake in the 1911 census at 30 Milton Road, at Plaistow; William Snr is 32, a carman employed by the City of London Corporation, married 9 years with 5 of 5 children living. & people live in the house which has 3 rooms plus, kitchen, but excluding closets, bathrooms etc.1 
Marriage*Mar 1927  On Mar 1927 Bertha Robinson married Samuel Edwards in West Ham, ESS, ENG.2,3 

Family

Samuel Edwards b. c 1900

Citations

  1. [S93] Findmypast.com: UK 1911 Census"Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 9416; Schedule Number: 291;."
  2. [S39] Information from Shila Clark.
  3. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Marriage: Bertha Robinson married Samuel Edwards [?]Name: ROBINSON, BerthaRegistration district: [?] West Ham County: EssexYear of registration: 1927Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar Spouse's last name EdwardsVolume no: [?] 4A Page no: [?] 455

    Name: EDWARDS, SamuelRegistration district: West Ham County: Essex Year of registration: 1927 Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-MarSpouse's last name: Robinson Volume no: 4A Page no: 455.
Last Edited4 Jul 2013

Caroline Robinson1

b. 1861
ReferenceMs1811
FatherJames Robinson1 b. c 1819
MotherMary Hazley1 b. c 1822
Pedigree
Birth*1861 Caroline Robinson , daughter of James Robinson and Mary Hazley, was born in 1861 at Midlands, Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG.1 
(Witness) Census 18617 Apr 1861 Caroline Robinson appearedin the household of James Robinson and Mary Hazley in the census at 2 Globe Rd, at Bethnal Green; James is now a silver polisher.1 
(Witness) Census 18712 Apr 1871  On 2 Apr 1871 Caroline Robinson appearedin the household of James Robinson and Mary Hazley in this census at 220 Globe Road, at Bethnal Green; James, 52, is a silver polisher. Mary is 44.2 

Citations

  1. [S2] 1861 Census :Ancestry: 1861 census: Class: RG 9; Piece: 252; Folio: 6; Page: 11; GSU roll: 542600.
  2. [S4] 1871 Census :FmP: 1871 Census: ROBINSON, James BETHNAL GREEN, London, Middlesex RG10 piece 486 folio 8 page 10.
Last Edited22 Jun 2013

Caroline Emily Robinson1,2

b. Mar 1883
ReferenceMs1803
FatherWilliam Henry Robinson1 b. 3 Mar 1849, d. Mar 1894
MotherMary Ann Skinner1 b. c 1852
Pedigree
Birth*Mar 1883 Caroline Emily Robinson , daughter of William Henry Robinson and Mary Ann Skinner, was born in Mar 1883 at Mile End Old Town, MDX, ENG.1 
(Witness) Census 18915 Apr 1891 Caroline Emily Robinson was listedin the household of William Henry Robinson and Mary Ann Skinner in the 1891 census at 103 Skidmore Street, at Mile End Old Town; William H is a Vellum Binder aged 42 born Bethnal Green and Marion is 39 born Edenbridge Kent.1 
(Witness) Census 190131 Mar 1901 Caroline Emily Robinson appeared as Caroline is a book vellum sewer age 18 in the home of Mary Ann Skinner in the 1901 census at 103 Skidmore Street, at Mile End Old Town; Mary is a widow age 49 a laundress.3 

Citations

  1. [S8] 1891 Census :Ancestry: 1891: Class: RG12; Piece: 307; Folio: 71; Page: 18; GSU Roll: 6095417.
  2. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Birth: ROBINSON, Caroline EmilyRegistration district: [?] Mile End Old Town County: LondonYear of registration: 1883Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3Volume no:[?]1CPage no:[?]574.
  3. [S50] 1901 Census :Ancestry: 1901 Census: Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 333; Folio: 40; Page: 21.
Last Edited8 Jul 2013

Constance H Robinson1

b. 8 Oct 1926, d. 14 Apr 2021
ReferenceMs1063
FatherWilliam Robinson b. 8 Jan 1902, d. 2 Nov 1989
MotherLily Florence Willis b. 18 Dec 1901, d. 25 Oct 1992
Pedigree
Name Variation  Constance H Robinson was also known as Connie Robinson. 
Birth*8 Oct 1926 She , daughter of William Robinson and Lily Florence Willis, was born on Friday, 8 Oct 1926 at Plaistow, ESS, ENG.2 
Note*1939  Connie Writes:

1939
On 1 September 1939, two days before the war started, I was taken to Leyton Station with some of my brothers and sisters. I was 12 years old. I was born in Plaistow and moved to Leyton when I was two. We were beginning our evacuation. All signposts had been removed or covered up as part of the preparations for war, and we had no idea where we were going. Evacuees had to be moved over 25 miles from their homes. We were heading for Essex. I travelled with my older sister, Lily, who was 14, and my two younger brothers, Peter and Billy, together with a teacher, Mrs Brace, from our school. My two youngest sisters, Olive and Sheila, were evacuated separately with our Mother.

At Epping Station we were transferred to a coach, which took us to Potter Street School near Harlow. There a local councillor had the responsibility for allocating evacuees to local families. Because we were four siblings and a teacher, and had to stay together, there were fewer options. However, we were lucky because we were taken to Kingsdon Hall, a 23 roomed house lived in by Dr and Mrs Parry. The first night we four children slept in the same room. It was the first night we had ever been separated from our parents. During the night there was a violent thunderstorm. We were terrified because we thought the war had started. We ran into our teacher's bedroom and spent the rest of the night huddled together in one bed. Mum, Olive and Sheila were evacuated to Roydon.

The next day Dr Parry asked us to help him put black tape around the windows as part of the blackout. We asked him if there was going to be war. He said 'yes', but he and others told us that if there was no outbreak we would return to our London home within two weeks.

1940
We stayed at the Parry's house until May 1940. The war started and we, like everyone around us, learned to adapt to the unusual routines and privations of war, as well as being separated from the rest of our family. We attended the local school. The day was divided into two shifts; one for local children, the other for evacuees. When we were not at our desks we spent the rest of the school day knitting socks, scarves and other basic items for our soldiers.

Tucker, Parry's chauffeur, took us to see our Mum the first time. Sheila was transported in a washing basket. The Parrys did not have children and there was no equipment for babies. After that we used to see our parents every weekend. The four of us walked three miles early each Sunday morning to the Jacks Hatch bus stop in Parndon. There we met the bus from London with our Dad on, and we would all continue on the journey to Roydon together to meet up with our Mum and the youngest children. We would have a couple of hours together, and then we did the whole journey in reverse, eventually arriving back 1.00 for lunch whilst our Dad stayed for the rest of the day and caught the London bus in the evening.

We moved out then because the house was shut up to enable the household staff to go on holiday. Lily and I moved to Mr and Mrs Oliver's cottage and smallholding. Peter and Billy went to Mr and Mrs Laird, who lived in a small house in the village. Harlow at that time was littered with large numbers of abandoned cars. Council workers put them in prominent places, to be used as roadblocks in the event of a German invasion. The roads into the village had regular roadblocks.

Because we were living on a smallholding we ate better than many other evacuees and the rest of the population. The Oliver smallholding had pigs, chickens and ducks, as well as vegetable gardens and an orchard. At least some of our food was fresh, and it helped compensate for the shortages of other foods. Everything was designed to make the most of the small amounts of rationed items. Ingenuity led to bulking out tiny amounts of precious meat. Bacon and onion pudding was a mass of suet, with slivers of onion, complementing tiny specks of bacon. Onions became a staple, and were often a meal on their own, covered in various gravies and occasionally butter. The standard bread was National - grey and unappetising - but tolerable in the absence of anything else. Everyone enjoyed 'Imaginary pie', pretending that whatever you were eating was something much better. All children received National dried milk, but fruit was scarce; for example oranges were supplied only to hospitals. Pregnant women had green ration books and were able to go to the front of queues and obtain extra rations.

There were no televisions in ordinary houses, so all our news and entertainment came via the radio. It was placed on the table and we all sat on chairs to listen. The 'Make do and mend' approach applied to everything. Old adult clothes were cut up and made into children's clothes, toys were passed from one child to another. All metal gates, railings and other ornaments were taken to be melted down and turned into arms and equipment. As the war continued, clothes were rationed. Clothing coupons entitled you to buy things, but there was no choice. 'Utility' clothing appeared in 1941. Most were exported. People bought parachute silk and created all sorts of clothes from it. If a wedding was held, the bride and groom had to save rations from their guests to enable them to hold a reception, and parachutes provided the material for the dresses. Presents were often 'export rejects', cheap tea services, etc. that were slightly damaged. Such things were unobtainable so they were still considered special.

The countryside was normally quiet and dark at night. During the war there were no sounds or lights at all. This, combined with the removal or covering of names on buses and trains, departure boards, road signs, shop and factory names, etc, often led to a disoriented feeling, especially if you did not know an area very well.

There was no doctor in Potter Street itself. One came from Harlow and used the front room of a house in the village as a surgery. Before the war, children's teeth were looked after at their school. In Potter Street children were sent to the church hall at Harlow where a dentist saw them. Everyone had to carry a gas mask with them at all times. They were kept in cardboard boxes. We, like other children, decorated the boxes to brighten it up and make it more personal. Babies had an all-over cradle mask. Given that there were so many gas masks during the war, and you do not see any now, I wonder what happened to them all.

In March 1940 Peter developed appendicitis. The appendix burst and he was taken to Bishops Stortford Hospital. Our parents were informed and they came to see him in hospital. The councillor in charge of evacuation decided that it would be better if Mum could be with him. As a result she, with Olive and Sheila, came to live at Mrs Bayles' bungalow on Harlow Common. Billy decided he wanted to stay at the Laird's. Billy found a wild rabbit whilst he was at Mrs Laird. He called it Daisy, looked after it and eventually brought it to Hainault when we moved there later in the war.

Potter Street at the beginning of the war had one grocery store, a butcher, a sweet shop, two bakers, a dairy and a post office. The grocer sold most foods loose. We bought sugar, tea, butter, cheese, jam, peas and salt by weight. Milk was delivered from churns on the back of a horse and cart. It was fresh from the cows and was not rationed, so we drank lots of full cream milk. The meat sold in the butcher's was from local farms. It was rationed but it was fresh. The winter of 1939/40 was very hard. As children we just accepted whatever the weather was, but I do remember skating on the frozen pond at Harlow, not something you could do in the east end of London. The local children were curious about us and the other evacuees. We got on with them, as children do. A number became friends, and the bonds formed then lasted many years. Some of us attended reunions many years after the war.

In 1940, whilst we were in Harlow, our house in London was bombed and seriously damaged. I remember going with my Mum to sort out furniture. The windows had been blown in, and there was so much structural damage that the house had to be demolished.

In the summer of 1940 I was deemed old enough to work. I therefore began working in an aircraft factory in Sawbridgeworth. Lily worked in the army depot in the same village. I had started tap dancing as a child in London. When we moved to Harlow we found there was a dancing teacher in Harlow. Lily and I attended her classes and, as we improved, we began to take part in displays. Eventually we ended up performing in concerts for troops stationed nearby.

In 1940 the Battle of Britain took place. 300 planes were shot shot down on one Sunday. We heard a lot of the aircraft because we were near North Weald airfield. We could even see the orange sky over London from the huge numbers of fires. The day after the blitz hundreds of people arrived in Harlow, some of the thousands who fled London following the bombings.

Whilst we were in Harlow none of us had birthday celebrations. Our family was not together, and our previous carefree childhoods in London seemed a distsnt memory.

Essex was attacked by large numbers of doodlebug bombs. I remember my Uncle Stan saying that he had seen a plane with no pilot over London, and no-one believed him. They soon did, because they became a common sight in the skies. They landed anywhere, and caused enormous, random damage.

1941
We stayed in Harlow until March 1941. Our Dad was working at Spitalfields Fruit Market in London, and acting as an ARP warden at Leyton at night. The strain of being a scattered family was great on all of us, and he wanted to bring us all together again. His Mum lived in Hainault, and she asked her landlord if he knew of any suitable property. He owned a house in Ascot Close, and in March 1941 we were reunited and began a new life in Hainault. The first priority was to get a job. I got one at Watts Engineers. The owner, Mr Watts, had begun his career as a Singer Sewing Machine mechanic, and progressed to engineering and running his own business. The move back to Hainault, and finding a job at Watts' were important in themselves, but also because it was whilst working there that I met Frank, my future husband.

Hainault station was being built on the Central underground line when war broke out. The large buildings over the sidings were used initially to house Italian prisoners of war and later to station US troops when they joined the war. When bombings were imminent, the sirens at the barracks sounded and we all headed for the air raid shelters. If you were unable to reach your own shelter when the sirens sounded, you went to the nearest one. People allowed strangers to shelter with them, and many friendships began during air raids. In Hainault we spent most evenings in the shelter. We often took food with us and stayed all night.

Hainault was an important location during the war. The nearby Fairlop airfield was earmarked to be the third London Airport, which was eventually sited at Stanstead. However, the airfield was used continuously during the war, the base for our planes but also a target for the Germans. The Italians were rounded up when Italy surrendered and they were kept at the station. During the day they were empolyed in the war effort. They built roads and other facilities. They presented no risk, and most English people accepted that they were just caught up in the situation. Several remained in England after the war, marrying local girls. When the Italians went, the Americans came, bringing better equipment, food, music, stockings, chewing gum and some glamour to the area. Many families had a friendly American 'uncle' who visited regularly, dating local girls and bringing supplies of things unavailable during rationing. The troops were regularly employed to help after bombings.

Polish prisoners of war were also kept at the station. Some were pilots who had deserted by flying their planes to England. They faced the danger of being shot down and then, if they landed, being taken prisoner. However, their hatred and fear of the regime from which they were escaping gave them the courage. One of the Poles - Ernie - had escaped twice, once from the Germans and once from the Russians. He was kept at Hainault, met one of our cousins, and they married soon after the war.

Planes were shot down regularly. When they crashed people would run to the wreckage to see if the pilot had survived. Fortunately for most they did not, because the crowd would have lynched them. Some of the ack ack guns were mounted on railway wagons in the sidings of Hainault Station, immediately behind Frank's sister Doris' house. When they fired the noise was deafening. You also knew that there were probably enemy aircraft and a possibility of bombs dropping. If a shelter was not big enough, people went to communal shelters built near factories and public buildings. Doris and her family had a garden which backed on to the railway in Hainault, and was too small for a shelter. When the sirens sounded they had to run 400 metres to The Hughes factory shelter. The Plessey company in Ilford used pre-dug tube tunnels as shelters for its workers. The indoor shelters were vulnerable because the building could collapse on them. Some outside ones were also the scenes of tragedies. At Bethnal Green tube station a bomb went into the entrance of the station and exploded, killing and injuring many people sheltering on the platforms and tunnels.

1942
In 1942 Frank's whole family moved to Ascot Close and he left the woodyard. He tried to get a job at Hughes, a large engineering firm, but was unsuccessful. He managed to get one at Watts, and his first tasks consisted of cutting up sheets of metal into thin layers, to eventually be shaped and covered as buttons for uniforms. After that he made parts for military equipment. He learned about sewing machines at Watts, which helped him after the war in other jobs. Connie and Frank met at Watts.

1944
In 1944 the Watts factory was badly damaged by a rocket landing nearby. It landed on a group of bungalows. One collapsed, trapping the woman inside under a hot water tank. Workers could hear her screams but were unable to help her. She died before she could be rescued. In the factory a foreman called Bob Rendell ran panic stricken up and down the aisles. Another was hit by a machine blown over in the blast and spent six months in hospital. Frank would have been in the path of the blast had he not stopped to talk to Connie. A little later, when the afternoon shift was expected, some did not appear. One, Margaret Wright, lived nearby and worried colleagues went to check. She was killed and her bungalow demolished by the rocket.

Mum and Dad, at the other end of Hainault, had seen the explosion, and started to run to the factory to see if we were alright. They passed people running in the opposite direction to get help.
By the time they arrived the injured had been laid outside the front of the factory. Mum and Dad spent the afternoon making tea and comforting the victims. The Civil defence soon arrived and took over. They combined the police, ambulance and fire services plus volunteers, the ARP and the home guard. Frank's parents lived in the road next to the factory. The blast travelled between the houses opposite and blew in the front door. My Mum was in the hall, but amazingly was not injured. The front wall of our house was replaced with breezeblocks. It was the first time we had seen them.

The Watts factory made airplane axles, guns and other essential supplies for the war effort. Relocating it was a priority. During the war companies bombed out of premises were required to relocate within three months. Watts found suitable premises in Hanover Road, Tottenham, and we moved with it. We cycled to work from Hainault to Tottenham on a tandem each day. This posed new problems. Once someone had left for work there was no way of knowing if they were safe, or what was happening, until they returned in the evening. Each day we cycled on unlit streets, trying to avaoid potholes by remembering where we had hit them on previous days. If sirens sounded we simply knocked at the nearest door and asked to join the family in their shelter.
The bike, like everything else, was patched up and mended to keep it going. The inner tubes were built up with patches, because replacements were unobtainable. The tyres were filled with grass to make them solid, and not susceptible to punctures.

We started going out together. On Friday we finished work early and we would go to the cinema. I would bring an apple from my father. It was a treat because they were not generally available.

1945
In 1945 rumours abounded about the possible end of the war. One day - 8 May - a delivery man arrived at the factory and said the war was over. Mr Watts sent me to check. When I returned with confirmation we were all sent home from work to celebrate. My brother George had been captured and imprisoned in Germany. He arrived home 18 May.

Frank had been reserved for National Service during the war, because he was too young. If the war had continued he would have been called up. In November 1945 he was called up and spent the winter at Padgate camp. Connie was still working at Tottenham but, because she could not cycle from Hainault to Tottenham on her own she found a job nearby at Barkingside.

Frank was transferred to Swindon, but became seriously ill. He was sent home, seen by his doctor, and sent to Cranbrook Hospital. He was suffereing from pneumolitis. He was home for seven weeks. When he recovered he rejoined the RAF and was sent to Egypt. Frank was eventually demobbed in 1948 and he and Connie were married in April of that year. in 1939.3 
1939 Register*29 Sep 1939  Constance H Robinson is listed in the 1939 Register at Kingston Hall Potter Street, Harlow, ESS, ENG, she is described as Constance Kennaby (Robinson) 08 Oct 1926 At School, living with the Parry family, is separated from the rest of her family. 
Marriage*3 Apr 1948  On Saturday, 3 Apr 1948 aged 21 Constance H Robinson married Frederick R Kennaby, son of Arthur Charles Kennaby and Edith May Sills, in Holy Trinity, Barkingside, ESS, ENG.4 
Death*14 Apr 2021 Constance H Robinson died at age 94 on 14 Apr 2021.5 

Family

Frederick R Kennaby b. Sep 1926, d. 12 May 2018

Citations

  1. [S159] GEDCOM File willis williams Oct16.GED imported on 10/25/2016.
  2. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Birth December Quarter 1926 Constance H Robinson (Willis) W.Ham 4a 151 (Source: GRO Index).
  3. [S39] Information from David Kennaby.
  4. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Marriage June Quarter 1948 Frederick R Kennaby (Robinson) Ilford 5a 771 (Source: GRO Index).
  5. [S39] Information from her sister Sheil Clark.
Last Edited12 May 2021

George Robinson1

b. 1881
ReferenceMs1802
FatherWilliam Henry Robinson1 b. 3 Mar 1849, d. Mar 1894
MotherMary Ann Skinner1 b. c 1852
Pedigree
Birth*1881 George Robinson , son of William Henry Robinson and Mary Ann Skinner, was born in 1881 at Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG.1 
(Witness) Census 18915 Apr 1891 George Robinson was listed as George is 10 at school in the household of William Henry Robinson and Mary Ann Skinner in the 1891 census at 103 Skidmore Street, at Mile End Old Town; William H is a Vellum Binder aged 42 born Bethnal Green and Marion is 39 born Edenbridge Kent.1 
(Witness) Census 190131 Mar 1901 George Robinson appeared as George is 20, a grocery shop assistant in the home of Mary Ann Skinner in the 1901 census at 103 Skidmore Street, at Mile End Old Town; Mary is a widow age 49 a laundress.2 

Citations

  1. [S8] 1891 Census :Ancestry: 1891: Class: RG12; Piece: 307; Folio: 71; Page: 18; GSU Roll: 6095417.
  2. [S50] 1901 Census :Ancestry: 1901 Census: Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 333; Folio: 40; Page: 21.
Last Edited22 Jun 2013

Harriett F Robinson1

b. 1909
ReferenceMs1781
FatherWilliam Edward Robinson1 b. 3 Jun 1876, d. 29 Sep 1943
MotherHarriet Mary Caroline Drake1 b. Dec 1882, d. 1960
Pedigree
Birth*1909 Harriett F Robinson , daughter of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake, was born in 1909 at Plaistow, ESS, ENG.1 
(Witness) Census 19111911 Harriett F Robinson appearedin the household of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake in the 1911 census at 30 Milton Road, at Plaistow; William Snr is 32, a carman employed by the City of London Corporation, married 9 years with 5 of 5 children living. & people live in the house which has 3 rooms plus, kitchen, but excluding closets, bathrooms etc.1 
Marriage*Jun 1931  On Jun 1931 Harriett F Robinson married Benjamin Grover in Poplar, MDX, ENG.2 

Family

Benjamin Grover b. c 1909

Citations

  1. [S93] Findmypast.com: UK 1911 Census"Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 9416; Schedule Number: 291;."
  2. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Marriage: Harriet F Robinson married Benjamin Grover [?]Name: ROBINSON, Harriet FRegistration district: [?] Poplar County: LondonYear of registration: 1931Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun Spouse's last name GroverVolume no: [?] 1C Page no: [?] 743

    Name: GROVER, BenjaminRegistration district: Poplar County: London Year of registration: 1931 Quarter of registration: Apr-May-JunSpouse's last name: Robinson Volume no: 1C Page no: 743.
Last Edited7 Nov 2016

Henry T Robinson1

b. 1911
ReferenceMs1782
FatherWilliam Edward Robinson1 b. 3 Jun 1876, d. 29 Sep 1943
MotherHarriet Mary Caroline Drake1 b. Dec 1882, d. 1960
Pedigree
(Witness) Census 19111911 Henry T Robinson appearedin the household of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake in the 1911 census at 30 Milton Road, at Plaistow; William Snr is 32, a carman employed by the City of London Corporation, married 9 years with 5 of 5 children living. & people live in the house which has 3 rooms plus, kitchen, but excluding closets, bathrooms etc.1 
Birth*1911 Henry T Robinson , son of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake, was born in 1911 at Plaistow, ESS, ENG.1 
Marriage*Sep 1941  On Sep 1941 Henry T Robinson married Grace V Rider in Ilford, ESS, ENG.2,3 

Family

Grace V Rider b. c 1911

Citations

  1. [S93] Findmypast.com: UK 1911 Census"Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 9416; Schedule Number: 291;."
  2. [S39] Information from Shila Clark.
  3. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Marriage: Henry T Robinson married Grace V Rider [?]Name: ROBINSON, Henry TRegistration district: [?] Ilford County: EssexYear of registration: 1941Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Spouse's last name RiderVolume no: [?] 4A Page no: [?] 1264

    Name: RIDER, Grace VRegistration district: Ilford County: Essex Year of registration: 1941 Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-SepSpouse's last name: Robinson Volume no: 4A Page no: 1264.
Last Edited4 Jul 2013

James Robinson1

b. Sep 1917
ReferenceMs1797
FatherWilliam Edward Robinson1 b. 3 Jun 1876, d. 29 Sep 1943
MotherHarriet Mary Caroline Drake1 b. Dec 1882, d. 1960
Pedigree
Birth*Sep 1917 James Robinson , son of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake, was born in Sep 1917 at West Ham, ESS, ENG.1 
Note*  James did not marry.2 

Citations

  1. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Birth: ROBINSON, JamesRegistration district: [?] West Ham County: EssexYear of registration: 1917Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Mother's maiden name: DrakeVolume no:[?]4APage no:[?]147.
  2. [S39] Information from Sheila Clark.
Last Edited4 Jul 2013

James Robinson1

b. c 1819
ReferenceMs1804
Pedigree
Birth*c 1819 James Robinson whose parents are unknown was born c 1819 at Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG.1,2 
Marriage*Dec 1846  On Dec 1846 James Robinson married Mary Hazley in Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG.1,3 
Census 1851*30 Mar 1851 In the 1851 census James Robinson and Mary Hazley appeared: at 10 Greens Place (?), Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG. James is 32, a rail porter born in Stepney. Mary, 29 was born in Reigate.2 
Census 1861*7 Apr 1861 James Robinson and Mary Hazley appeared in the 1861 census at 2 Globe Rd, Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG. James is now a silver polisher.4 
Census 1871*2 Apr 1871 The Census of 2 Apr 1871 lists James Robinson and Mary Hazley at at 220 Globe Road, Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG. James, 52, is a silver polisher. Mary is 44.5 
Census 1881*3 Apr 1881 In the census of 1881 James Robinson and Mary Hazley appeared at 220 Globe Road, Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG. James is now a Porter, 62. Mary is 59.6 

Family

Mary Hazley b. c 1822
Children

Citations

  1. [S139] Ancestry: Baptism: William Henry Robinson Record Type:     Baptism Baptism Date:     13 May 1849 Father's Name:     James Robinson Mother's Name:     Mary Robinson Parish or Poor Law Union:     Bethnal Green St Simon Zelotes Borough:     Tower Hamlets Register Type:     Parish Registers.
  2. [S3] 1851 Census :Ancestry: 1851 census: Class: HO107; Piece: 1540; Folio: 142; Page: 7; GSU roll: 174770.
  3. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Marriage: ROBINSON, JamesRegistration district: [?] Bethnal Green County: LondonYear of registration: 1846Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Spouse's last name Not available before 1912Volume no: [?] 2 Page no: [?].
  4. [S2] 1861 Census :Ancestry: 1861 census: Class: RG 9; Piece: 252; Folio: 6; Page: 11; GSU roll: 542600.
  5. [S4] 1871 Census :FmP: 1871 Census: ROBINSON, James BETHNAL GREEN, London, Middlesex RG10 piece 486 folio 8 page 10.
  6. [S44] 1881 Census :FmP: 1881 Census ROBINSON, James BETHNAL GREEN, London, Middlesex RG11 piece 423 folio 21 page 35.
Last Edited10 Jul 2013

James Robinson1

b. 1848
ReferenceMs1806
FatherJames Robinson1 b. c 1819
MotherMary Hazley1 b. c 1822
Pedigree
Birth*1848 James Robinson , son of James Robinson and Mary Hazley, was born in 1848 at Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG.1 
(Witness) Census 185130 Mar 1851 James Robinson was listedin the household of James Robinson and Mary Hazley in the census of 1851 at 10 Greens Place (?), at Bethnal Green; James is 32, a rail porter born in Stepney. Mary, 29 was born in Reigate.1 
(Witness) Census 18712 Apr 1871  On 2 Apr 1871 James Robinson appeared as Young James is a Clerk age 23 in the household of James Robinson and Mary Hazley in this census at 220 Globe Road, at Bethnal Green; James, 52, is a silver polisher. Mary is 44.2 

Citations

  1. [S3] 1851 Census :Ancestry: 1851 census: Class: HO107; Piece: 1540; Folio: 142; Page: 7; GSU roll: 174770.
  2. [S4] 1871 Census :FmP: 1871 Census: ROBINSON, James BETHNAL GREEN, London, Middlesex RG10 piece 486 folio 8 page 10.
Last Edited22 Jun 2013

Jane L Robinson1

b. c 1858
ReferenceMs1810
FatherJames Robinson1 b. c 1819
MotherMary Hazley1 b. c 1822
Pedigree
Birth*c 1858 Jane L Robinson , daughter of James Robinson and Mary Hazley, was born c 1858 at Midlands, Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG.1 
(Witness) Census 18617 Apr 1861 Jane L Robinson appearedin the household of James Robinson and Mary Hazley in the census at 2 Globe Rd, at Bethnal Green; James is now a silver polisher.1 
(Witness) Census 18712 Apr 1871  On 2 Apr 1871 Jane L Robinson appearedin the household of James Robinson and Mary Hazley in this census at 220 Globe Road, at Bethnal Green; James, 52, is a silver polisher. Mary is 44.2 

Citations

  1. [S2] 1861 Census :Ancestry: 1861 census: Class: RG 9; Piece: 252; Folio: 6; Page: 11; GSU roll: 542600.
  2. [S4] 1871 Census :FmP: 1871 Census: ROBINSON, James BETHNAL GREEN, London, Middlesex RG10 piece 486 folio 8 page 10.
Last Edited22 Jun 2013

John A Robinson1

b. Dec 1922
ReferenceMs1799
FatherWilliam Edward Robinson1 b. 3 Jun 1876, d. 29 Sep 1943
MotherHarriet Mary Caroline Drake1 b. Dec 1882, d. 1960
Pedigree
Birth*Dec 1922 John A Robinson , son of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake, was born in Dec 1922 at West Ham, ESS, ENG.1 
Marriage*Jun 1945  On Jun 1945 aged 22 John A Robinson married Alice E Aries in South Western, ESS, ENG.2 

Family

Alice E Aries b. c 1922

Citations

  1. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Birth:ROBINSON, John ARegistration district: [?] West Ham County: EssexYear of registration: 1922Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Mother's maiden name: DrakeVolume no:[?]4APage no:[?]142.
  2. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Marriage: John A Robinson married Alice E Aries [?]Name: ROBINSON, John ARegistration district: [?] Essex South Western County: EssexYear of registration: 1945Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun Spouse's last name AriesVolume no: [?] 4A Page no: [?] 448

    Name: ARIES, Alice ERegistration district: Essex South Western County: Essex Year of registration: 1945 Quarter of registration: Apr-May-JunSpouse's last name: Robinson Volume no: 4A Page no: 448.
Last Edited4 Jul 2013

Lily Mary E Robinson1

b. 3 Apr 1925, d. 4 Nov 2002
ReferenceMs1062
FatherWilliam Robinson b. 8 Jan 1902, d. 2 Nov 1989
MotherLily Florence Willis b. 18 Dec 1901, d. 25 Oct 1992
Pedigree
Birth*3 Apr 1925 Lily Mary E Robinson , daughter of William Robinson and Lily Florence Willis, was born on Friday, 3 Apr 1925 at Plaistow, ESS, ENG.2 
Marriage*16 Sep 1950  On Saturday, 16 Sep 1950 aged 25 Lily Mary E Robinson married Leo Peter John Ford in Holy Trinity, Barkingside, ESS, ENG.3 
Illness*16 May 1984  On 16 May 1984 she was ill "Lily was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease."4 
Death*4 Nov 2002 Lily Mary E Robinson died at age 77 at Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, ESS on 4 Nov 2002.4,5 
Burial* She was buried at St Mary's Church Potter Street, Harlow, ESS, ENG.4 

Family

Leo Peter John Ford b. 28 Jul 1922, d. 13 Sep 2003

Citations

  1. [S159] GEDCOM File willis williams Oct16.GED imported on 10/25/2016.
  2. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Birth June Quarter 1925 Lily M E Robinson (Willis) W.Ham 4a 159 (Source: GRO Index).
  3. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Marriage September Quarter 1950 Lily M E Robinson (Ford) Ilford 5a 962 (Source: GRO Index).
  4. [S39] Information from Denise Elizabeth Ford.
  5. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Death registered November 2002 Lily Mary E Ford b 03 April 1925 Harlow Reg No 30B Entry No. 22.
Last Edited2 Mar 2017

Margaret Robinson1

b. 27 Mar 1892, d. Mar 1977
ReferenceD1337-S1
Pedigree
Chartsline of Richard's Father c 1505
Birth*27 Mar 1892 Margaret Robinson whose parents are unknown was born on Sunday, 27 Mar 1892.2,3 
Marriage*Dec 1919  On Dec 1919 aged 27 Margaret Robinson married Arthur Edgar Bandy, son of Ephraim Bandey and Mary Elizabeth Rich, in Bedford, BDF, ENG.1 
1939 Register*29 Sep 1939  Margaret Robinson is listed in the 1939 Register with Arthur Edgar Bandy at 32 Cedar Avenue, Chelmsford, ESS, ENG, the entry contains 25 Mar 1892 Male Bank Manager & 27 Mar 1892 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties.3 
Death*Mar 1977 Margaret Robinson died, Chichester, SSX in Mar 1977 (Born about 1892.)4 

Family

Arthur Edgar Bandy b. 25 Mar 1892, d. 13 Dec 1986

Citations

  1. [S25] Researcher: Peter G Jones' complete extract of the GRO Index :PJ: GRO 3b 970(D:18)x-refd.
  2. [S25] Researcher: Peter G Jones' complete extract of the GRO Index :PJ: GRO 3b 920(D:18).
  3. [S101] Derek BandyFind My Past, "1939 Register" :FmP: 1939 Register: RG101/1492B/028/36 Letter Code: DBPE.
  4. [S25] Researcher: Peter G Jones' complete extract of the GRO Index :PJ: GRO 18 1687(D:64).
Last Edited1 Jul 2016

Mary A Robinson1,2

b. 1851
ReferenceMs1807
FatherJames Robinson1 b. c 1819
MotherMary Hazley1 b. c 1822
Pedigree
Birth*1851 Mary A Robinson , daughter of James Robinson and Mary Hazley, was born in 1851 at Bethnal Green, MDX, ENG.1 
(Witness) Census 185130 Mar 1851 Mary A Robinson was listed as listed a s"infant 4 days old" in 1851 in the household of James Robinson and Mary Hazley in the census of 1851 at 10 Greens Place (?), at Bethnal Green; James is 32, a rail porter born in Stepney. Mary, 29 was born in Reigate.1 
(Witness) Census 18617 Apr 1861 Mary A Robinson appeared as Named as Mary A in the household of James Robinson and Mary Hazley in the census at 2 Globe Rd, at Bethnal Green; James is now a silver polisher.2 

Citations

  1. [S3] 1851 Census :Ancestry: 1851 census: Class: HO107; Piece: 1540; Folio: 142; Page: 7; GSU roll: 174770.
  2. [S2] 1861 Census :Ancestry: 1861 census: Class: RG 9; Piece: 252; Folio: 6; Page: 11; GSU roll: 542600.
Last Edited22 Jun 2013

Mary E Robinson1

b. Mar 1920
ReferenceMs1798
FatherWilliam Edward Robinson1 b. 3 Jun 1876, d. 29 Sep 1943
MotherHarriet Mary Caroline Drake1 b. Dec 1882, d. 1960
Pedigree
Nickname  Mary E Robinson also went by the name of Doll.2 
Birth*Mar 1920 She , daughter of William Edward Robinson and Harriet Mary Caroline Drake, was born in Mar 1920.1 
Marriage*Sep 1951  On Sep 1951 aged 31 Mary E Robinson married Robert Turner in Woolwich, KEN, ENG.3 

Family

Robert Turner b. c 1920

Citations

  1. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Birth: ROBINSON, Mary ERegistration district: [?] West Ham County: EssexYear of registration: 1920Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar Mother's maiden name: DrakeVolume no:[?]4APage no:[?]284.
  2. [S39] Information from Sheila Clark.
  3. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :FmP: Marriage: TURNER, RobertRegistration district: [?] Woolwich County: LondonYear of registration: 1951Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Spouse's last name RobinsonVolume no: [?] 5D Page no: [?] 2415 Name: ROBINSON, Mary ARegistration district: Woolwich County: London Year of registration: 1951 Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-SepSpouse's last name: Turner Volume no: 5D Page no: 2415.
Last Edited4 Jul 2013

Nora Robinson1

b. a 1905
FatherArthur Robinson1 b. c 1880
MotherEthel Bandy1 b. Jun 1882
Pedigree
Birth*a 1905 Nora Robinson , daughter of Arthur Robinson and Ethel Bandy, was born a 1905.1 
Note*1950  One of their 8 children Ethel Bandy married an Arthur Robinson, they had two
children Rene and Nora. As a child in the 50's and 60's I spent much time
with Nora and her husband mainly at CHristmas times with my family, at
Dunstable and laterly at Eaton Bray. Nora actually owned most of those
houses in Dunstable that the Bandy's are listed as living in, (plus many
others). I can remember her going out to collect the weekly rents.

Tue 26/11/2002 05:04 Rodney Marks [rodneyjmarks@hotmail.com] in 1950. 

Citations

  1. [S63] Researcher: Rodney Marks [e-mail address].
Last Edited18 Dec 2009

Olive M Robinson1

b. 31 Jan 1937, d. 20 Oct 2004
ReferenceMs1066
FatherWilliam Robinson b. 8 Jan 1902, d. 2 Nov 1989
MotherLily Florence Willis b. 18 Dec 1901, d. 25 Oct 1992
Pedigree
Birth*31 Jan 1937 Olive M Robinson , daughter of William Robinson and Lily Florence Willis, was born on Sunday, 31 Jan 1937 at Leyton, ESS, ENG.2 
(Witness) 1939 Register29 Sep 1939 She is listedat the same address as Lily Florence Willis in the 1939 Register at Ambitions, Mulberry Green, at Harlow; Lily and daughter Olive are living with Edmund and Ethel BRACE, one closed record, presumably Sheila. Lily is Lily F Robinson 18 Dec 1901 Unpaid Domestic Duties Married. Olive is Olive M Clark (Robinson) 31 May 1937 Under School Age.3 
Marriage*8 Jun 1957  On Saturday, 8 Jun 1957 aged 20 Olive M Robinson married Douglas Clark, son of Henry William Clark and Janet Tingay, in Holy Trinity, Barkingside, ESS, ENG.4 
Death*20 Oct 2004 Olive M Robinson died at age 67 , Harlow, ESS on 20 Oct 2004. 

Family

Douglas Clark b. 3 Sep 1933, d. 14 Nov 1993

Citations

  1. [S159] GEDCOM File willis williams Oct16.GED imported on 10/25/2016.
  2. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Birth September Quarter 1937 Olive M Robinson (Willis) Essex S.W. 4a 361 (Source: GRO Index)
    1939 Register confirmed date of birth as 31 May 1937.
  3. [S101] Derek BandyFind My Past, "1939 Register" :FmP: Ref: RG101/1573E/013/41 Letter Code: DDIX
    Lily F Robinson 18 Dec 1901 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 151 3
    Edmund Brace 22 Jul 1890 Male Farm Work Glass House Food Production Married 151 1
    Ethel P Brace 12 Sep 1900 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 151 2
    Olive M Clark (Robinson) 31 May 1937 Female Under School Age Single 151 4.
  4. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Marriage June Quarter 1957 Olive M Robinson (Clark) Ilford 5a 532 (Source: GRO Index).
Last Edited2 Mar 2017

Peter H Robinson1

b. 14 Jul 1933, d. 28 Jun 2019
ReferenceMs1065
FatherWilliam Robinson b. 8 Jan 1902, d. 2 Nov 1989
MotherLily Florence Willis b. 18 Dec 1901, d. 25 Oct 1992
Pedigree
Birth*14 Jul 1933 Peter H Robinson , son of William Robinson and Lily Florence Willis, was born on Friday, 14 Jul 1933 at Leyton, ESS, ENG.2 
Marriage*2 Apr 1955  On Saturday, 2 Apr 1955 aged 21 Peter H Robinson married Joan Taylor in All Saints, Chigwell, ESS, ENG.3 
Death*28 Jun 2019 Peter H Robinson died at age 85 at Southend University Hospital, Southend-on-Sea, ESS on 28 Jun 2019 (peacefully at 6.20 pm. Of 3 Doric Lodge, Wickford Road, WESTCLIFF on SEA).4 

Family

Joan Taylor b. c 1955, d. 2006

Citations

  1. [S159] GEDCOM File willis williams Oct16.GED imported on 10/25/2016.
  2. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Birth September Quarter 1933 Peter H Robinson (Willis) W.Ham 4a 391 (Source: GRO Index).
  3. [S6] General Register Office Index Entry :Sarah Smethem: Marriage June Quarter 1955 Peter H Robinson (Taylor) Epping 5a 123 (Source: GRO Index).
  4. [S39] Information from Jane Nelson (daughter).
Last Edited1 Jul 2019

Rene Robinson1

b. a 1905
FatherArthur Robinson1 b. c 1880
MotherEthel Bandy1 b. Jun 1882
Pedigree
Birth*a 1905 Rene Robinson , daughter of Arthur Robinson and Ethel Bandy, was born a 1905.1 
(Witness) Census 192119 Jun 1921 Rene Robinson appeared as Rene,16 y 2 m Visitor[granddaughter]     : Straw Hay Maker: A Warren, Staw Hat Manufacturers: High St, Dunstable. in the household of Alfred Edward Bandy and Rebecca Jane Plater in the 1921 census at 3 Lovers' Walk, at Dunstable; Alfred, 66 y 11 m Head: Builder & Cotractor. Emp: Employer. EmpPlace: No Fixed Place, Hedquarter At Home.
Rebecca, 68 y 2 m, Wife.
Son Leason is with them as well as two nieces; Rene ROBINSON 16y and Kathleen KING 5y.2 

Citations

  1. [S63] Researcher: Rodney Marks [e-mail address].
  2. [S114] Findmypast.com: UK 1921 Census"FMP1921 Census Of England & Wales:GBC/1921/RG15/07996/0659/02."
Last Edited18 Dec 2009