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Thomas (Tom) James Robinson & Ann (Nell) Ellen Mather

Tom and Nell were married in a civil ceremony in June 1891 in Birkenhead.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- MATHER Ann Ellen ROBINSON Thomas 1891 Birkenhead, Civil Marriage Cheshire Wirral BW/37/155

They had a son named Willie. There are no more children.

Family Notes
- Married in Birkenhead, Recorded Q2-1891
  Wirral Cival Marriage BW/37/155
  Volume 8a, page 796

Personal Details
- Thomas (Tom) James Robinson
  Thomas, known as Tom, was born about 1849.
  - Birth Notes
    - Aged 50 at time of death, so born about 1849
  He died in September 1899 in Birkenhead.¹
  - Death Notes
    - Ann was widdowed on 1901 census.
      
      Deaths Sep 1899 (>99%)
      Robinson, Thomas James 50 Birkenhead 8a 339
      No others match for Birkenhead from 1891-1901
  Ann (Nell) Ellen Mather
  
  1895 Nell Mather
  
  Ann, known as Nell, was born in June 1866 in Bolton.²
  - Birth Notes
    - Three Ann Mathers born in Bolton in 1866, one of which was Ann E.
      
      MATHER, Ann E
      Bolton 8c 362
      
      1911 census confirms Ann Ellen Hopwood was born in Bolton and was aged 45 in April 1911
  - Death Notes
    - Still alive in 1911, aged 45
      
      Dad remembers going to see his old Aunt Annie somewhere near Huddersfield maybe. Her lounge had several layers of thick carpets, because each time she bought a carpet, it got laid on top of the previous. She had her "Laying out gear" in a big cardboard box on top of the bedroom wardrobe! This may not be the same Annie.

Children
- William (Willie) Robinson
  
  1901 Wiliam Robinson
  
  William, known as Willie, was born about 1892 in Bolton.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    Willie Robinson
    Born 31/01/? Think B/Day, Son of Nell & Tom Robinson
    
    From his picture in the Mather family wedding (Sarah Stocks and John Mather) of Aug 1901, he appears to be about 8, so born about 1892. This is consistant with the census record of 1901.
    
    His mother Ann Ellen was working in Claughton, Birkenhead in 1891, so Willie could have been born or registered in Birkenhead. Also, Ann Ellen married in Port Sunlight in 1891, but 1901 census shows he was born in Bolton. Perhaps she returned to her mother's for the birth!
  He died about 1908.
  - Death Notes
    
    The family remembered that Willie died in his teens. It must have been between the 1901 and 1911 census.
    
    The only match is for " William Henry Robinson", born Q4-1888 in Birkenhead (not Bolton) who died in 1906, but this was the son of Samuel and Sarah Robinson (another family). There are no young men registered for "Wirral".

Family Timeline

¹ FreeBMD.org.uk
² 1871 UK Census
³ 1901 UK Census

Source/Citation Mather Family Reunion

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