The Line of Charles Richard Robinson and Ellen Sarah Adam

The Laurel House Today

Charles Alfred Robinson (1861-????) was the eldest son of Charles Richard Robinson and Ellen Sarah Adam. In 1901 he was living in The Laurel House, St. Peter’s Road, in St. Peter Intra, Kent, and was a retired bicycle manufacturer. He was a first cousin, once removed of Hetty Jane Owen. 

First Generation
1.			Charles Richard Robinson (1824-1901) m. Ellen Sarah Adam (1838-1921)
	2.	i	Charles Alfred Robinson (1861 - ????).  He was a grocer’s counterman in 1881. In 1901, he was living in St Peter Intra, Kent, a retired cycle manufacturer. He married Mabel Constance Miller (1876-????). The Laurel House, St. Peter’s Road, where Charles Alfred Robinson lived, and now a Dental Surgery. A word of explanation about St Peter Intra, Kent since it recurs repeatedly in this line: By the Local Government Act of 1894, the civil part of the parish called St Peter's intra has been formed into an urban district, and is divided into two wards-Broadstairs and St Peter's -each returning six members to the district council, while that part called St Peter's extra has a parish council consisting of five members. (see: http://ukga.org/england/Kent/towns/StPeter.html) Those Robinsons still living in St. Peter’s, Kent in 1916 may or may not have noted the birth on nearby Albion Road on the 9th July of Edward Heath, future Prime Minister, the son of a carpenter and builder, and maid, with whom there is every chance that they would have been at least acquainted.
	3.	ii	Sidney Herbert Robinson (1862–1917) was living in Clapham in 1901 and was also a cycle manufacturer. By 1911, he had moved to Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. His wife, Ada, was a Boarding House Keeper. He married i) Alice Maud Thompson (1867-????), ii) Ada Sarah Sutton (1871-????).
		iii	Alfred Wombwell Robinson (1865-1913). He was a newsagent’s assistant in 1881, and was living with his parents in 1901, employed as a clerk. He married Elizabeth Stone in 1902.
	4.	iv	Donald Adam Robinson (1867–1949). In 1901, he was a commercial clerk living in Battersea. He was living in Kingston and working as a bookkeeper in 1901, and as an accountant in Sunbury in 1911. He married Jane Emily Clarke (1872-????).
		v	Emily Florence Robinson (1869–????) was still living with her parents in 1891.
		vi	Kate Adelaide Robinson (1870–1933) was living on her own in in St Peter Intra, Kent in 1911. She was at that point an apartment housekeeper in Chandos Road.
		vii	George Ernest Robinson (1872–????) was living with his parents in 1901, and was a cycle maker.
		viii	Arthur Robinson (1874–????) was also living with his parents in 1901, and working as a cycle maker.
		ix	Helene Gertrude Robinson (1875–????). She was living in St Peter Intra, Kent in 1911 with her brother Charles.
		x	Ada Robinson (1878–????) was living at home with her parents in Wandsworth in 1901.
Second Generation (second cousins of Hetty Jane Owen)
2.			Charles Alfred Robinson (1861 - ????) m. Mabel Constance Miller (1876-????)
		i	Alfred Charles Robinson (1890-????). Alfred and all his brothers and sisters were living in St Peter Intra in Kent in 1911.
		ii	Horace Robinson (1892-????)
		iii	Gwendoline Mary Robinson (1900-????)
		iv	Doris Winifred Robinson (1905-????). She married Frank Edward Stubbs in 1927 in Windsor.
		v	Roy Charles Robinson (1910-????)
3.			Sydney Herbert Robinson m. i) Alice Maud Thompson (1867-????), ii) Ada Sarah Sutton (1871-????)
	5.	i	Olive Maud Robinson (1887-1966) (d. of Alice Maud Thompson). Olive married George Sheen Ryder in Finchley in 1907. Almost immediately thereafter they emigrated to Australia and settled in New South Wales, and subsequently South Australia.
		ii	Constance Phyllis Robinson (1902-????) (d. of Ada Sarah Sutton). Constance and her sister, Doris were living with their parents in Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex in 1911.
		iii	Doris Muriel Robinson (1904-????)
4.			Donald Adam Robinson (1867–1949 m. Jane Emily Clarke (1872-????)
		i	Dudley Harry Robinson (1901-1982). Dudley was both born and died in Kingston-upon-Thames
Third Generation (second cousins of Harold and Olwen Eldridge)
5.			Olive Maud Robinson (1887-1966) m. George Sheen Ryder (1877-1955)
		i	Stanley James Ryder (1908-1983). Stanley died in South Australia. The Hollister website on Ancestry has numerous records and photos of his life, particularly rich with regard to Stanley’s wartime service in the Royal Australian Airforce. He married Edith Laura Wyly and the line continues.
		ii	Maxwell Leslie Ryder (1916-1998). He was a grocer and also died in South Australia. He married Lyla Elizabeth Francis and the line continues.

A wonderful picture from the Hollister Ancestry web-page of Olive Maud Robinson (1887-1966). She was the daughter of Sydney Herbert Robinson, the second son of Charles Richard Robinson, and hence a second cousin of Hetty Jane Owen. She married George Sheen Ryder in Finchley in 1907. Almost immediately thereafter they emigrated to Australia and settled in New South Wales, and subsequently South Australia. In the photo below, copied from the same source, Olive Maud Robinson is on the far right – Stan and Max Ryder, her sons are in the middle. They were great-great-grandsons of Charles John Robinson and Harriett Wombwell, and second cousins of Harold and Olwen Eldridge. The photo was taken in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia.