BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

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Generation: 1

James Robinson was born in 1807 in Lathom.

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Occupation: Boatman
Baptism: 15 Nov 1807, St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk

James married Catherine Foster on 24 Nov 1834 in St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk. Catherine died before 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Mary Robinson was born in 1835 in Burscough.
3. James (Smith) Robinson was born in 1837 in Burscough; died on 2 Jun 1908 in Girdlestone Street, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
4. Margaret Robinson was born in 1837 in Burscough.

James married Sarah Jane Swindells on 27 Jan 1840 in Manchester Cathedral. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Swindells and Ann) was born on 21 May 1819 in Woolwich, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

2.
Mary Robinson (1.James¹) was born in 1835 in Burscough.
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Baptism: 1 Mar 1835, St John the Baptist, Burscough

James (Smith) Robinson

(1.James¹) was born in 1837 in Burscough; died on 2 Jun 1908 in Girdlestone Street, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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Occupation: Carpenter, Port Elizabeth harbour
Baptism: 8 Feb 1837, St John the Baptist, Burscough

Notes:

Apparently changed surname to Smith on arrival in South Africa in 1850s. Married as Smith, but no father named on MC. Subsequently told family that his birth name was Robinson. Death notice in the Port Elizabeth Herald states: "James Smith . . . late of Burscough Bridge, Lancashire . . ."
(Smith possibly maternal grandmother's maiden name. Information from his great-grandson Tony Smith of Tasmania, who has established a DNA match with James Robinson's 2X great-grandmother, Elizabeth Shelton.)

James married Catherine Mullins on 28 Jan 1862 in St Augustine, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Catherine was born in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

4.
Margaret Robinson (1.James¹) was born in 1837 in Burscough.
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Baptism: 8 Feb 1837, St John the Baptist, Burscough