Mary Elizabeth Robinson1

(1876 - 1956)
Father*Friend William (Fred) Robinson1 b. 1855, d. 1924
Mother*Susannah Elizabeth Barron1 b. 1857, d. 1935
Mary Elizabeth Robinson was born in Queensland on 8 May 1876.1,2

She married William George Holmes in Queensland on 9 October 1895.3

She was widowed at age 48 on the death of her husband William on 12 April 1925.4

Mary died on 8 September 1956 in Queensland at age 80.5,6 She was buried on 12 September 1956 at the West End Cemetery, 33 Church St in Townsville.7

Family

William George Holmes (c 1875 - 1925)
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Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1876/C1726.
  2. [S753] Australian BDM Indexes 1788-1950, at https://www.ancestry.com/, Queensland births, Reg. No. 1726, p12711.
  3. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Marriage Reg. No. 1895/B17629, p22339.
  4. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1925/C2683, son of William Holmes, born England.
  5. [S778] Book - Brian Thomas Grenier, The Families of God's Acre, see Robinson family history associated with this cemetery.
  6. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1956/B15823.
  7. [S787] Townsville Cemetery headstone listing, at https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/…, aged 81.

Michael John Robinson1

(1961 - 1979)
Michael John Robinson was born in Waitara, New Plymouth, on 9 June 1961.1

Michael died on 22 April 1979 in Waitara, New Plymouth, at age 17.1,2 He was buried on 24 April 1979 at the Waitara Cemetery in Waitara.1,3

Citations

  1. [S312] Electronic Files - A Robinson, and subsequent correspondence.
  2. [S571] New Plymouth Cemeteries (Te Henui, Waireka) database, at https://www.npdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/…
  3. [S571] New Plymouth Cemeteries (Te Henui, Waireka) database, at https://www.npdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/…, Lawn area, plot 754, aged 17, a welder from Waitara.

Norman Robinson1

(1904 - 1985)
Father*Friend William (Fred) Robinson1 b. 1855, d. 1924
Mother*Margaret Green1 b. 1867, d. 1923
Norman Robinson was born in Coopers Plains, Brisbane, Queensland, on 4 April 1904.2,3

He married Ettie Kalmia Fischer in Queensland on 9 April 1924.4,5

Norman died on 20 June 1985 at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, at age 81 of scepticaemia, a urinary tract infection and congestive heart failure. The infomant was his son Henry.4,6 He was buried on 24 June 1985 at the Mt Gravatt Cemetery, 582 Mains Rd, MacGregor.7

Family

Ettie Kalmia Fischer (1904 - 1996)
Children
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Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1902/C9838.
  2. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1904/C10057, p22342, father Friend William Robinson, mother Margaret Green.
  3. [S929] BDM QLD Registry, birth record, Reg. No. 1904/C10057.
  4. [S778] Book - Brian Thomas Grenier, The Families of God's Acre, see Robinson family history associated with this cemetery.
  5. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Marriage Reg. No. 1924/B34497; claims she was also known as Ettie Calma Fisher.
  6. [S930] BDM QLD Registry, death record, Reg. No. 1985/04704.
  7. [S489] Brisbane City Council Cemeteries database, at https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/, Lawn, portion L8, grave 592.
  8. [S489] Brisbane City Council Cemeteries database, at https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/, LAW-L5-407.
  9. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1927/B001947, p1511.
  10. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1931/B15870.

Percy William Robinson1

(1892 - 1953)
Father*Friend William (Fred) Robinson1 b. 1855, d. 1924
Mother*Margaret Green1 b. 1867, d. 1923
Percy William Robinson was born in Queensland on 10 September 1892.2

He married Kathleen Bridget Dunlea in Queensland on 19 February 1917.3

Percy died on 30 June 1953 in Queensland at age 60.4
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Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1892/B51210, p9962 to Margaret Lily Green, no father recorded and registered under the name of GREEN.
  2. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1892/B51210, p9962 to Margaret Lily Green, no father recorded and registered under the name of GREEN, but appears to have lived as a ROBINSON.
  3. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Marriage Reg. No. 1917/B19826, p1700.
  4. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1953/B44055, p2029, mother Margaret Lily Green.

Sidney Robinson1

(1894 - 1894)
Father*Friend William (Fred) Robinson1 b. 1855, d. 1924
Mother*Margaret Green1 b. 1867, d. 1923
Sidney Robinson was born at Randwick in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1894.2

Sidney died in 1894 in New South Wales.1
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Citations

  1. [S284] Index - New South Wales BDMs online, at https://www.nsw.gov.au/births-deaths-marriages, Death Reg. No. 2240/1894, son of Friend W ROBINSON and Margaret.
  2. [S284] Index - New South Wales BDMs online, at https://www.nsw.gov.au/births-deaths-marriages, Birth Reg. No. 28538/1894, son of Margaret L, no father recorded, registered under name of GREEN, but death registered under ROBINSON.

Violet Ellen (Dolly) Robinson1

(1906 - 1994)
Father*Friend William (Fred) Robinson1 b. 1855, d. 1924
Mother*Margaret Green1 b. 1867, d. 1923
Violet Ellen (Dolly) Robinson was born in Coopers Plains, Brisbane, Queensland, on 9 June 1906.1,2

She married John Irvine in Queensland on 1 February 1928.3

Violet died on 15 August 1994 at age 88.

Family

John Irvine
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Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1906/C9507, p22354 to Friend William ROBINSON and Margaret GREEN.
  2. [S929] BDM QLD Registry, birth record, Reg. No. 1906/C9507 (mis-indexed as Voilet).
  3. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Marriage Reg. No. 1928/B2850, p3434.

William Alfred Robinson

(1830 - 1917)
Father*James Robinson1 b. c 1797, d. 1861
Mother*Mary Kidney1 b. c 1807, d. 1846
William Alfred Robinson was born in Boughton Malherbe, Kent, in February 1830.2,3 and was baptised on 21 February 1830 in Boughton Malherbe.4
He was listed in the 1841 census in Lenham, Kent, with his parents, James Robinson and Mary Kidney.1
He was listed in the 1851 census in Lenham, Kent, in the household of his father James Robinson, as an agricultural labourer, like his father.3

He married Ellen Baker, daughter of Robert Baker and Elizabeth Moseley, at All Saints Church in Maidstone, Kent, on 6 May 1854.5,6,7

William arrived at Moreton Bay, on 19 June 1858, on board the 'Ascendant' (509 tons), having left Plymouth on the 2nd of March accompanied by his wife Ellen Baker and children Friend William (Fred) and Henry. The records show William could neither read nor write, although Ellen could read; he also stated that a sister was living in Sydney.8

William died on 12 April 1917 at Kitchener St in Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland, at age 87 of senile debility, exhuastion and heart disease. The informant was his son William.5,9,10,11 He was buried on 14 April 1917 at the Balmoral/Bulimba Cemetery, 441 Wynnum Rd in Morningside.12,13
Grave - William A ROBINSON (1830-1917) Balmoral cemtery QLD
Grave - ROBINSON family Balmoral cemetery QLD

Family

Ellen Baker (1838 - 1921)
Children
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Citations

  1. [S117] Census - 6 Jun 1841, UK census, ED 3 HO107-459-19 Folio 39 p3 GSU roll 306853.
  2. [S237] Family Tree - A Agnew, "James Robinson descendants" , incorrect date and place in this source.
  3. [S118] Census - 30 Mar 1851, UK census, ED 5e HO107-1618 Folio 290 p17-18 GSU roll 193519.
  4. [S189] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch No. I00751-4, Film 1785999 ref no 35 276, son of James Robison and Mary; note the surname 'Robison' - the 1841 census also uses this name, although by 1851 it has become 'Robinson.'
  5. [S237] Family Tree - A Agnew, "James Robinson descendants."
  6. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Marriage: District of Maidstone, Vol 2a, p593.
  7. [S871] FamilySearch, at https://www.familysearch.org/en/, FHL 1866562, item 1 p17, Batch No. I01114-2, Marriage Banns 1833 - 1901.
  8. [S716] NSW State Records, at https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/, Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists), Series #5317, Reel: 2477.
  9. [S183] National Archives Film - Queensland BDM Indexes, Microfilm, Reg. No. 1917/025136.
  10. [S753] Australian BDM Indexes 1788-1950, at https://www.ancestry.com/, Queensland, Reg. No. 1917/B25136, p1721, son of James Robinson and Mary.
  11. [S930] BDM QLD Registry, death record, Reg. No. 1917/25136.
  12. [S489] Brisbane City Council Cemeteries database, at https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/, Grave 77, Portion 12.
  13. [S537] Newspaper - Brisbane Courier / Courier Mail, issue of 13 Apr 1917, Funeral notices, p6, col1.
  14. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Hollingbourne, Vol 2a, p409, 3Q1855, mother's maiden name BAKER.
  15. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Hollingbourne, Vol 2a, p461, 4Q1857, mother's maiden name BAKER.

William Alfred Robinson1

(1909 - )
Father*Friend Alfred Robinson1 b. 1883
Mother*Annie Wilhelmine Weigel1 b. 1889
William Alfred Robinson was born in Queensland on 4 March 1909.1,2
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Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1909/C5221.
  2. [S753] Australian BDM Indexes 1788-1950, at https://www.ancestry.com/, Queensland births, Reg. No. 5221, p22357.

William Henry Robinson

(1865 - 1956)
Father*William Alfred Robinson b. 1830, d. 1917
Mother*Ellen Baker b. 1838, d. 1921
William Henry Robinson was born in Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland, on 20 March 1865.1,2,3

He married Sarah Jane Collins, daughter of Henry Collins and Margaret Stevenson, at St Johns Cathedral in Brisbane, Queensland, on 31 March 1885.1,4,5

He was the informant of William Alfred Robinson's death at Kitchener St in Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland, on 12 April 1917.6,7,8,9

He was widowed at age 69 on the death of his wife Sarah on 23 April 1934.1,10

William died on 30 January 1956 in Brisbane, Queensland, at age 90.11,12,13
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Citations

  1. [S120] Family Group Sheet - I Kemp, "Family group: Robinson-Collins."
  2. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1865/B3744.
  3. [S183] National Archives Film - Queensland BDM Indexes, Microfilm, Reg. No. 1865/B003744.
  4. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Marriage Reg. No. 1885/B009609.
  5. [S183] National Archives Film - Queensland BDM Indexes, Microfilm, Reg. No. 1885/B009609.
  6. [S237] Family Tree - A Agnew, "James Robinson descendants."
  7. [S183] National Archives Film - Queensland BDM Indexes, Microfilm, Reg. No. 1917/025136.
  8. [S753] Australian BDM Indexes 1788-1950, at https://www.ancestry.com/, Queensland, Reg. No. 1917/B25136, p1721, son of James Robinson and Mary.
  9. [S930] BDM QLD Registry, death record, Reg. No. 1917/25136.
  10. [S183] National Archives Film - Queensland BDM Indexes, Microfilm, Reg. No. 1934/B023904.
  11. [S120] Family Group Sheet - I Kemp, "Family group: Robinson-Collins", details in these records appear erroneous.
  12. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Death Reg. No. 1956/B12253.
  13. [S753] Australian BDM Indexes 1788-1950, at https://www.ancestry.com/, Queensland deaths, Reg. No. B12253, p2190.

William Wallace Robinson1

(1893 - 1974)
Father*Friend William (Fred) Robinson1 b. 1855, d. 1924
Mother*Susannah Elizabeth Barron1 b. 1857, d. 1935
William Wallace Robinson was born in Queensland on 5 September 1893.1,2

He enlisted in the 301st Company (Mechanical Transport), 8th Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Column, 6th Reinforcement) as a cleaner (though he was a linotype operator) on 28 January 1915 at Queensland.3,4
He served with the AIF, embarking on HMAT A63 Karoola on 12 Jun 1915 before eventually joining the 14th Field Artillery Brigade as a gunner (#6823); he returned to Australia on 21 March 1919.4,5

William died on 15 September 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales, at age 81.6,7
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Citations

  1. [S488] Index - Queensland BDMs (online and fiche), at https://www.qld.gov.au/law/…, Birth Reg. No. 1893/B53281.
  2. [S753] Australian BDM Indexes 1788-1950, at https://www.ancestry.com/, Queensland births, Reg. No. B53281, p22359.
  3. [S714] World War 1 Australian Service Records, at https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/…
  4. [S391] AIF database for WW1 Servicemen, at https://aif.adfa.edu.au/aif/
  5. [S684] World War 1 Australian Embarkation Roll, at https://www.findmypast.com.au/
  6. [S396] Ryerson Index to Australian Newspaper Death and Obituary Notices, at http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm, Sydney Morning Herald of 16 Sep 1974.
  7. [S284] Index - New South Wales BDMs online, at https://www.nsw.gov.au/births-deaths-marriages, Death Reg. No. 15454/1974.