Hi Lulis
Thanks for replying so quickly. Yes my Grandfather was William John Robinson formerly of Elkesley who married Ada Dobson in Wakefield. They had 5 children (birth dates & other dates I can confirm later, for reason see end of this reply)
John married Gladys (nee unknown) had 2 daughters. John died in 1980's.
Emily, never married, brought up the family when Ada died in 1923. She still lived at 3 Oak Street Wakefield until her death in 1963
Mildred, married Wilhelm Andrassy (part of the Wakefield Andrassy family) no children. Mildred died 1990's
Ernest, married Hilda Sutherington, 1 daughter! Ernest died 1990's
Harold, born 1920, married Joan Butcher, 1 son. Harold died in 1990.
Grandfather was a carter with Wakefield Corporation and his horse was called Selby Rose. He died in 1951, a few months before I was born.
Questions:
1 Is there much information in his Service Record as his involvement in the 1st World War was the reason for researching the family history?
2 In my very brief trawl one fact that puzzled me was that Great Grandfather Robinson died in the same year that Grandfather was born, 1876, but before his birth, yet in one of the later census, Great Grandma was the head of the household, no other male apart from Grandfather was present and yet 3 more children had been produced - who was the father?
As regards Kate and Edith Clara, because of other commitments, I won't be able to access the family album until early May and therefore check for any photos of them and confirm dates.
I also have Fanny's will which might be of some help as it lists the beneficiaries.
I also found a John Robinson, widower, farm labourer Elkesley living at the East Retford workhouse in 1881 aged 80. This was from
www.workhouse.org and was from the 1881 census.
Hope this will be of some use to you. The oral history information is how Grandfather joined up for the 1st World War and the cousins who ran the Robin Hood pub at Elkesley and why Grandfather didn't speak to any of his relatives.
