Person:Edward Robinson (30)

Edward James Robinson was born on 19th December 1852 at North Mundham in Sussex, son of Fanny Robinson, formerly Edwards, and her husband James Robinson, an agricultural labourer. Edward was their eldest child; they had only married fourteen days before his birth. Edward's maternal grandparents were both still alive and living locally, as were his maternal grandmother's parents, his great grandparents, Ann and John Hammond, who died in 1858 and 1860. Edward appears in the 1861 census living with his parents and a brother at Mill in Sidlesham. They are listed under the name Allen which was Edward's father James's stepfather's name, which the family sometimes used.

Edward's parents went on to have six children in total, but the next three after Edward each died young. By the time Edward was ten years old he had had a brother who died at the age of eight months, a sister who died at the age of nine months, and another brother who had died at the age of two years old. Edward's two youngest brothers did survive to adulthood, but the age gap between him and them was considerable; he was seventeen when Henry was born and nineteen when George was born. Edward's grandfather John Edwards died in 1872.

Edward was married on 26th April 1879, aged 26, to Charlotte Brown from Aldingbourne, where she had grown up in the hamlet of Lidsey. They went on to have five children together, although one died young. On census night in 1881 Edward was away from home, lodging at Patching with a couple named William and Ellen Edwards, who may have been distant relatives on his mother's side. Meanwhile, Charlotte and her eldest son were still living at Lidsey with Charlotte's father.

Around the mid 1880s the family moved from Lidsey to the neighbouring hamlet of Shripney, which fell within the parish of South Bersted. They appear there in each census from 1891 to 1911, with Edward working as a labourer. Charlotte's father was still living with them in the 1891 census.

Edward's eldest son married in 1901. Edward's maternal grandmother Sarah Edwards died in 1903, aged 95. She had lived to see Edward's son (her eldest known great grandchild) married. Edward's first known grandchild was born in 1905.

Edward's father James Robinson appears to have died in either 1913 or 1915. Edward did not long outlive his father; he died in 1917, aged 64. He and Charlotte had been married for 38 years. Charlotte survived him by six years, dying in 1923, aged 68. Edward's mother also outlived him.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Edward James ROBINSON, December Quarter 1852, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 297

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Parish Register Transcription Society. North Mundham Parish Register Transcript.

   When baptised: 23 Jan 1853
   Born: 19 Dec 1852
   Name: Edward James
   Parents: James & Fanny
   Surname: Robinson
   Abode: Bramber
   Occupation: Labourer

   This baptism has been linked to the Edward James Robinson who married Charlotte Brown on the basis that their marriage certificate gives his father's name as James Robinson, and in the censuses after their marriage Edward claimed to have been born variously in Sidlesham or Mundham around 1852 - and the Edward baptised in 1852 was baptised in North Mundham but spent most of his childhood in Sidlesham.

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 617; Folio 68; Page 10, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
   James Allen, head, married, male, 28 [1832/3], Farm Laborer, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Fanny Allen, wife, married, female, 28 [1832/3], Farm Laborer wife, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Edward Allen, son, male, 8 [1852/3], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Allen, son, male, 1 [1859/60], b. Sidlesham, Sussex

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1111; Folio 69; Page 13, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Sidlesham, Sussex
   James Robinson, head, married, male, 39 [1831/2], Ag Lab, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Fanny Robinson, wife, married, female, 39 [1831/2], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Edward Robinson, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1852/3], Ag Lab, b. Mundham, Sussex
   Henry Robinson, son, 11mo [1870], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Alfred Edwards, lodger, unmarried, male, 27 [1843/4], Ag Lab, b. Mundham, Sussex

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1121; Folio 109; Page 16, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Patching Street, Patching, Sussex
   William Edwards, head, married, male, 51 [1829/30], Ag Lab, b. Cocking, Sussex
   Ellen Edwards, wife, married, female, 54 [1826/7], b. Patching, Sussex
   Edward J. Robinson, lodger, married, male, 28 [1852/3], Ag Lab, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

6. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 842; Folio 109; Page 10, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Shripney Street, Shripney, South Bersted, Sussex
   Edward J. Robinson, head, married, male, 38 [1852/3], Ag Labourer, employed, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Charlotte Robinson, wife, married, female, 36 [1854/5], b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Wilfred Allen Robinson, son, male, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Edward Listen Robinson, son, male, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Olive Manar Robinson, daughter, female, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Hurburt John Robinson, son, male, 3 [1887/8], Scholar, b. Shipney, Sussex
   George Brown, father, widower, male, 81 [1809/10], employed, b. Bosham, Sussex

7. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 966; Folio 10; Page 11, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Shripney, Bersted, Sussex
   Edward J. Robinson, head, married, male, 48 [1852/3], Labourer, worker, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Charlotte Robinson, wife, married, female, 46 [1854/5], b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Wilfred A. Robinson, son, single, male, 21 [1879/80], Farm Carter, worker, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Edward A. Robinson, son, single, male, 18 [1882/3], Labourer, worker, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Olive M. Robinson, daughter, single, female, 16 [1884/5], b. Shripney, Sussex
   Hurbert J. Robinson, son, single, male, 13 [1887/8], b. Shripney, Sussex

8. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 5381; Schedule 97, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Shripney, Bersted, Sussex
   6 rooms occupied
   Edward James Robinson, head, male, 58 [1852/3], married, Labourer Farm, worker, b. Mundham, Sussex
   Charlotte Robinson, wife, female, 56 [1854/5], married 32 years, 5 children born to marriage, 4 children still living, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Olive Marian Robinson, daughter, female, 26 [1884/5], single, Dressmaker, own account, working at home, b. Bersted, Sussex
   George Gardener, boarder, male, 21 [1889/90], single, Farm Labourer, worker, b. Dunks Green, Kent
   Ernest Edward Dickenson, boarder, male, 24 [1886/7], single, Gardener, worker, b. Walpole St Andrews, Cambridgeshire

9. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Edward J. ROBINSON, September Quarter 1917, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 384, aged 64 [1852/3]