Person:Charlotte Brown (15)

Charlotte Brown was baptised on 25th February 1855 at Aldingbourne in Sussex, daughter of a carter named George Brown and his wife Mary Ann. Charlotte had at least three elder siblings and one younger brother. Charlotte's mother appears to have died when Charlotte was about six years old.

Charlotte appears in the 1861 census living with her recently bereaved father and siblings at Lidsey, a hamlet to the south of Aldingbourne parish. They were still there ten years later, when Charlotte was described as housekeeper.

On 26th April 1879, aged 24, Charlotte was married at Aldingbourne to an agricultural labourer named Edward James Robinson, who was 26. They went on to have five children together, although one died young. At the time of the 1881 census Edward was away from home on census night, but 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. Charlotte's father was still living with them in the 1891 census.

Edward died in 1917. He and Charlotte had been married for 38 years. Charlotte survived him by six years, dying in 1923, aged 68.

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

   b. Female BROWN, March Quarter 1855, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 295

2. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 25 Feb 1855, Aldingbourne, Sussex: Charlotte daughter of George & Mary Anne Brown

   Needs to be confirmed at West Sussex Record Office. This baptism has been linked to the Charlotte Brown who married Edward James Robinson on the basis that their marriage certificate names her father as George Brown and she consistently claimed to have been born around 1855 in Aldingbourne in the censuses after her marriage and had her father living with her in the 1881 and 1891 censuses after her marriage.

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 620; Folio 14; Page 21, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Sack Road, Lidsey, Aldingbourn, Sussex
   George Brown, head, widower, male, 51 [1809/10], Ag Lab Carter, b. Bosham, Sussex
   Frederic Brown, son, male, 15 [1845/6], Ag Lab, b. Bosham, Sussex
   Mary A. Brown, daughter, female, 13 [1847/8], b. Bosham, Sussex
   Mark Brown, son, male, 8 [1852/]3, b. Aldingbourn, Sussex
   Charlotte Brown, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], b. Aldingbourn, Sussex
   Henry Brown, son, male, 3 [1857/8], b. Aldingbourn, 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 1115; Folio 9; Page 12, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Lidsey, Aldingbourne, Sussex
   George Brown Sen[io]r, head, widower, male, 62 [1808/9], Agriculturist Laborer, b. Bosham, Sussex
   Frederick Brown, son, single, male, 24 [1846/7], Agriculturist Laborer, b. Bosham, Sussex
   Mark Brown, son, single, male, 18 [1852/3], Agriculturist Laborer, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Charlotte Brown, daughter, single, female, 16 [1854/5], Housekeeper, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Stenning Brown, son, single, male, 13 [1857/8], Agriculturist Laborer, b. Aldingbourne, 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 1126; Folio 13; Page 19, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Lidsey, Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Georg Brown, head, widower, male, 72 [1808/9], Farm Bailiff, b. Funtington, Sussex
   Charlotte Robinson, daughter, married, female, 26 [1854/5], Housekeeper dom., b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Wilfred Allen Robinson, grandson, unmarried, male, 1 [1879/80], b. Aldingbourne, 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. Charlotte ROBINSON, December Quarter 1923, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 453, aged 68 [1854/5]