Hi Ambly,
Thank you for responding!
Here are the answers to your questions as far as I know them... The exact birth dates and locations are passed down information and I have not yet been able to verify except with census information. I've also added notes I found out about each person below their names in case it helps.
Nathaniel & Emaline's 12 children:
1) Charles Warren RobinsonBorn: 7/23/1844 - Delaware Co., NY (verified by obituary)
Died: 11/23/1938 - Mason, Ingham County, MI (verified burial)
*Civil War Vet (in Dixon, Illinois) and never married
2) Hiram RobinsonBorn: 3/8/1847 - Middletown Delaware Co., NY
Died: abt 1939 in Calhoun Co., Iowa
*Married Louisa E. Livingston and had at least 5 children
3) Jerusha Jane RobinsonBorn: 5/10/1848 – Middletown Delaware Co., NY
Died: 12/10/1927 - Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa (verified burial)
*Married Charles C. Buttz in 1874 in Iowa and had at least 5 children
4) Joseph RobinsonBorn: 10/8/1850 – Middletown Delaware Co., NY
Died: 1914
*No spouse records, last known residence aged 10 in Buffalo, Ogle Co., Illinois
5) Mary Jane RobinsonBorn: 1/7/1853 – Middletown Delaware Co., NY
Died: before 1938
*Possible spouse William Albert Tremaine, one child Marjorie but not verified
6) Thomas RobinsonBorn: 3/8/1856 – Buffalo, Ogle Co., Illinois
Died: after 1880 (supposedly struck by lightening while baling hay, but perhaps it was Edward instead... no proof or burial info)
*Married Emma Jane (maiden name unknown) and had two children
7) Edward A RobinsonBorn: 1858 – Buffalo, Ogle Co., Illinois
Died: 1874 - Mason, Ingham County, MI
*No spouse or child info
Lucinda M RobinsonBorn: 1861 – Buffalo, Ogle Co., Illinois
Died: 1944 – Mason, Ingham County, MI
*Married Christopher Columbus Hine around 1881 and had 5 children
9) John Horton RobinsonBorn: 8/8/1863 – Buffalo, Ogle Co., Illinois
Died: 10/17/1950 – Michigan
*Married Emma Jane Osterhoudt in 1888 in Nebraska, had 12 children
10) Phebe Abigail RobinsonBorn: 5/10/1865 – Ogle Co., Illinois
Died: 3/19/1953 – Traer, Tama Co., Iowa
*Married George Irvin Robb around 1881 and had at least 16 children
11) Daniel Jonathan Robinson--
My 2X Great GrandfatherBorn: 6/13/1867 – Buffalo, Ogle Co., Illinois
Died: 7/25/1950 – Mason, Ingham County, MI (verified burial)
*Married Margaret Belle Knight in 1886 and had 8 children (one of his granddaughters living with him in 1930 was named
Emaline).
12) Emaline RobinsonBorn: 1869 – Buffalo, Ogle Co., Illinois
Died: suspected young death, no date
13) James Lewis RobinsonBorn: 1/6/1871 – Buffalo, Ogle Co., Illinois
Died: 11/5/1921 – Died in Saskatchewan, CA, buried in Rockwell City, Iowa
*Married Olive Millicent Davidson around 1891 in Iowa and had at least 2 children
Which of them were named after Emaline's side of the family:Lucinda Robinson could be named for one of Emaline's sisters of the same name
Thomas Robinson could be named for one of Emaline's brothers of the same name
Did he participate in the Civil War?I have not found any proof that he served in the Civil war, but you'll see above that his son, Charles Warren was a civil war vet
All Census records you have: I have found Nathaniel in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. All of them say he was born in NY except for one which says Pennsylvania (recorded as his place of birth on one of his children's censuses)
From when about did he live in Illinois? Do you have him living at any time in any other state? I cannot say precisely, but his last child to be born in NY was Mary Jane in 1853, and in 1856 Thomas was born in Illinois. I do not have him living in any other state but those two.
Source of his birth as "Mar. 4th 1823 in Middletown, Delaware County, NY": To be honest, this date (and most of the precise birth dates of his children) was something I obtained through ancestry . com records. I cannot say how accurate they are, so I am tempted to just go by the approximate years on the censuses.
Thank you again for the attention to my post, if you need anything else I will do my best to get the info for you.
Lynnsey