Some information for everyone interested in this topic and answers a few questions posted previously.
IGI
MARY ANN ROBSON
Christening: 11 NOV 1832 W, Rainton, Durham, England
Father: MICHAEL ROBSON
Mother: ISABELLA
Maybe Michael married for a 2nd time?
Brother Robert
IGI
ROBERT ROBSON
Birth: 05 OCT 1835 E, Rainton, Durham, England
Father: MICHAEL ROBSON
Mother: MARGARET
1841 census – Mary Robson is living with father Michael Robson, (possible) mother, Margaret (Margrit) and brother Robert in East Murton. Michael is recorded as being a Tinker. (Many reports say he was a miner when he died). He must have died before Margaret Robson remarried, so was not a Miner for very long. HO 107/311/8
Marriages Sep 1843
ROBSON Margaret Easington 24 82
STOTT George Easington 24 82
1851 Census shows George Stott is a Miner at Murton Colliery and Mary Ann Robson is recorded to be aged 18. (Many reports, including Wikipedia, state that Mary Ann’s mother, Margaret, married Robert Stott – Also that Mary Ann left home at the age of 14). Maybe she returned home for some time. Mary’s birth location is identified as West Rainton.
1861 Census shows Mary Ann (now Mowbray) living with husband, William, and daughter Isabella (same name identified as her mother in the IGI record) at Public House in South Hetton. Identifies William as being a Stocker. Living next door is George and Margaret Stott. If Mary did not like living with her stepfather (as some reports identify) then why live next door?
1871 census shows Mary Ann living in Walbottle with husband Frederick Cotton with children Frederick, Charles and Robert. Birth location is identified as West Rainton.
