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Walter Thomas ROBINSON
1909 - 1982 (73 years)
Has 25 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Walter Thomas ROBINSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 29 Jan 1909 Hednesford, Staffordshire, England 
- GRO ref: Robinson, Walter Thomas q1 1909 Cannock RD 6b 533; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Gotham
Actual date and place from his father's WW1 service record, from 1939 register and from death registration index.
Gender Male Residence 1911 - In 1911 his mother seems to have been working as a live-in domestic servant, despite being married and having a child. I don't know where Walter's father was. There seems to be no Walter Robinson to match this Walter, either, in the census, but with his maternal grandparents is recorded a 'Walter Gotham', aged 2, born Hednesford. I think that is this Walter, with his surname wrongly recorded.
Died 12 Mar 1982 Leicester Central Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England - GRO ref: Robinson, Walter Thomas q1 1982 dob 29 Jan 1909 Leicestershire Central RD 6 1892
Actual date from probate calendar entry
Probate 18 Jun 1982 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England - "Robinson, Walter Thomas of 126 Sketchley Rd Burbage Leicestershire died 12 March 1982 Probate Oxford 18 June Not exceeding £25000 822805941J"
Patriarch & Matriarch 
Walter James ROBINSON, b. Mar Q 1884, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, d. Aft 1939 (Age ~ 56 years) (Father) 
Bridget DOWNEY, b. Abt 1833, Co. Roscommon, Ireland (Great Grandmother) Person ID I303769 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 17 Nov 2020
Father Walter James ROBINSON, b. Mar Q 1884, Stafford, Staffordshire, England , d. Aft 1939 (Age ~ 56 years) Mother Florence Elizabeth GOTHAM, b. 8 Aug 1883, Fenton, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1950, Nuneaton Reg Dist, Warwickshire or Leicestershire, England (Age 66 years) Married 7 Jun 1906 Christ Church, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Florence Elizabeth to Robinson, Walter James ROBINSON, q2 1906 Stoke T. RD 6b 285
(which of the 2 men on the register page from WW1 service record)
Local reg. ref: GOTHAM, Florence E to ROBINSON, Walter J, church: Fenton, Christ Church; registers at: Stoke-On-Trent, ref: 10/08/096.(From Staffordshire BMD website)
Actual date from Walter's WW1 papers.
If I have correctly identified Florence in the 1911 census then this shows that she and Walter only had one child (who was still living). Walter's 1911 service record agrees they had only one child.
Family ID F300507 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Phyllis May SAUNDERS, b. 5 May 1912, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married Jun Q 1938 Nuneaton Reg Dist, Warwickshire or Leicestershire, England - GRO ref: Robinson, Walter T to Saunders, Phyllis M q2 1938 Nuneaton RD 6d 1915
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301639 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Robinson, Walter Thomas q1 1909 Cannock RD 6b 533; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Gotham