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James William ROBINSON
1862 - Yes, date unknown
Has 73 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
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Name James William ROBINSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Jun Q 1862 Nettlesworth, Co. Durham, England 
- GRO ref: ROBINSON, James William q2 1862 Chester le St RD 10a 409; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Emmerson
Gender Male Occupation 1881 Coalminer Occupation From 1901 to 1911 Coal miner stoneman Died Yes, date unknown Siblings3 brothers and 4 sisters Half-siblings1 half brother (family of [ - ? - ] and Margaret EMMERSON) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Ralph ROBINSON, b. Est 1705, d. Jan 1774, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 69 years) (3 x Great Grandfather) 
Barbara HUTCHINSON, b. Abt 1782, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, d. 12 Feb 1858, Smith’s Court, Prudhoe Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England (Age ~ 76 years) (Great Grandmother) Notes - Shown as John William in marr index (I checked image not just transcription), William in 1891 census. But wedding fits due to niece Mary Cowburn, she was dau of a William and Margaret nee Cameron.
living in 3 John St., Whitburn (a 2 room house) with wife, 3 sons and an 11 yr old niece Mary Cowburn (b Ferryhill) in 1891
living in John St., Whitburn (1901)
In the 1911 census James and his family were living in 4 rooms at 14 Hylton Street, Marsden.
All 6 children found in 1901 were single and living at home at the time of the 1911 census. From the 1911 census it is apparent that James and Elizabeth had had 2 other children who had died.
Also with the family in 1911 was 66 year old Peter Cameron - described as "Relative" - maybe bro-in-law? (a retired mason, single, and like Elizabeth, born at Newbottle)
Person ID I666 All | henryAdorbailey Last Modified 10 Mar 2018
Father James ROBINSON, b. 31 Mar 1829, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England , d. 23 Nov 1899, 4, James Street, Marsden, Whitburn, Co. Durham, England (Age 70 years) Mother Margaret EMMERSON, b. Abt 1837, Benwell, Northumberland, England , d. 1 Feb 1922, 6, Hedworth Terrace, Whitburn, Co. Durham, England (Age ~ 85 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ]Married Between 1857 and 1861 Research notes
I have looked hard for the marriage in the index on FreeBMD. TO DO: look at the local indexes in case mistranscribed to the central ones (or to FreeBMD)
Either,
* they may have married but an error in the register or failure to send a copy of the PR entry to the local registration office and GRO means it cannot be found indexes;
* as above but the entry was sent but lost (index-wise) at the GRO (the GRO created slips of paper to make the index - inevitably some will have been lost)
* they married but an error in the PR entry and / or index means the entry cannot be found
* they married but Margaret wasn't an Emmerson at marriage (see consideration of this below - summary: unlikley explanation)
* they did not bother to marry - seems unlikely unless there was a good reason
* they did not marry as one of them was not free to marry. It is worth noting that the likely date of marriage, c. 1859, James would have been aged 30, so there had been plenty of time for him to marry and for the couple to part company. With divorce effectively unavailable some chose to marry bigamously but others to live as though married.
Living in a highly populated area, with many moving in from elsewhere and themselves moving around it would probably have been easy for James and Margaret to live without any but close relations of Margaret knowing they weren't married.
Could Margaret have married and been widowed and then married James?
3 Margaret Em(m)ersons married in the period 1857 - 1860,
one in Southwark RD, very unlikely, one in Guisbro RD, not very likely, one in Sunderland - quite possible (q2 1859).
Latter was to a Joseph Walker or George Baker.
What's more, I haven't found Joseph or George with a wife Margaret in the 1861 census suggesting one of the couple had died (though of course, esp given that the marr was in Sunderland, they could have been at sea, and I haven't searched thoroghly for mis-transcriptions etc.)
Marriages of a James Robinson to a Margaret, 1857 - 1861 include one of a Margaret Baker (but q2 1858 so can't be Margaret widow of Geo as they weren't even marr by then!), one of a Margaret Walker; no surnames matching those in the Guisbro and Southwark marriages.
Marriage to Margaret Walker was q1 1861, Skipton. 2 snags - Skipton abt 90 miles from Washington and after the birth of Ruth, who was registered as a Robinson, not Walker. There were a no. of James and Margarets in or nr Yorkshire in 1861, incl one in Skipton, who could probably have been the couple who married in 1861 - I haven't checked them thoroughly (e.g. children), BUT I haven't found the Skipton couple in the 1851 census and they don't have any children, despite both being shown as aged 39 in the 1861 census, so I suspect it was them who married in Skipton RD, not my James and Margaret.
Family ID F213 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth CAMERON, b. Abt 1860, Newbottle, Co. Durham, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 1883 Houghton Le Spring Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England - a2 10a 617
Children6 children Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 Family ID F501 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Jun Q 1862 - Nettlesworth, Co. Durham, England 
Child - George ROBINSON - Jun 1885 - Whitburn, Co. Durham, England Child - Matthew ROBINSON - Abt 1887 - Whitburn, Co. Durham, England Child - Ethel ROBINSON - May 1894 - Whitburn, Co. Durham, England Child - Florence ROBINSON - Jul 1896 - Whitburn, Co. Durham, England Child - William Cameron ROBINSON - Dec Q 1898 - Whitburn, Co. Durham, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
