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Alli, thanks for your post re 13-year-old Elizabeth Carter living at Barlaston with the Suttons.  This would seem to fit.  If there was some way to tie the Suttons to the Robinsons or Carters, this would help piece the puzzle together.

Graham, the source citation for Mary Robinson living in the Evans household at Birmingham in the 1851 census is "Class:  HO107; Piece:  2055; Folio:  14; Page:  20  SGU roll:  87314."  The source citation for Mary Carter living with her daughter Elizabeth at Fenton in the 1871 census is "Class:  RG10; Piece 2872; Folio:  105; Page:  39;  GSU roll:  836386."

I can say with some certainty that Thomas Robinson's wife Elizabeth (nee Jervis) was my gr gr gr gandmother.  Her son James was my gr gr grandfather.  Thomas would, of course, be my gr gr gr grandfather.  However, there is some question as to whether he was James's natural father.  I say this because information (from a marriage certificate and census info) suggests that James was born around 1820.  But he and his brother Samuel were baptized together in 1824.  If Thomas and Elizabeth were married after 1820, it may be that Elizabeth brought James into the marriage from another relationship??

Sid Robinson

I was looking at the "Wishful Thinking" site's memorial inscriptions for Barlaston.  It has an entry numbered A30 that reads, "MARY CARTER, Of Highfield Cottage, Barlaston, Youngest d/o T & E ROBINSON, Of Titensor, 17 Oct 1832 - 6 March 1875."  It seems fairly clear that this is a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth since the baptism record for Thomas and Elizabeth's daughter Mary gives a baptism date of October 18, 1832.

Sid Robinson