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What happened to John Robson
« on: Monday 05 July 21 04:22 BST (UK) »
I was wondering if anyone knew anything about a John Robson, born 1879 in Ancrum. I know that he was illegitimate and it looks like his Grandmother looked after him, with the neither mother or father in his life. I’ve located him in he 1881 census with his grandparents and her children. As well as the 1891 census when he moved up to Midlothian and was living with his grandmother, Christiana Robson née Brown and his uncle (Christina’s son), Christopher Robson. I can’t locate him passed this date, however. No death certificates or concrete proof that he moved abroad. I’ve attached his birth certificate if it help.

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Re: What happened to John Robson
« Reply #1 on: Monday 05 July 21 09:56 BST (UK) »
No census other than a number of that name on SP but none in Edinburgh, except for John S but he was probably from Roxburgh, however I did find this below on family search,

Military Service John Robson1918
Residence Place:Edinburgh, Midlothian
Military Regiment:178305
Machine Gun Corps

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Clarke, Trickett, Orton, Lawless, Norton, Detheridge, Kirby, Goodfellow, Wagstaff, Lowe, etc.

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Re: What happened to John Robson
« Reply #2 on: Monday 05 July 21 10:21 BST (UK) »
What was his birth date and mothers name ?

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Re: What happened to John Robson
« Reply #3 on: Monday 05 July 21 11:49 BST (UK) »
What was his birth date and mothers name ?

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Sorry, forgot to attach the birth certificate! Mother was Mary Robson and he was born 14th June 1879.


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Re: What happened to John Robson
« Reply #4 on: Monday 05 July 21 11:53 BST (UK) »
It's possible that he used his father's surname in later life, which would make him hard to find.

Have you looked at the Ancrum Kirk Session minutes? 1879 is a bit late, but there just might be some record of his parentage there.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: What happened to John Robson
« Reply #5 on: Monday 05 July 21 12:03 BST (UK) »
I've attached the transcribed two census' from ancestry. The Mary in the first one is not his mother, but a Mary Walker that had married into the family as well as Thomas Robson, aged 1, who is definitely not his brother.
In the second one i believe the Christina moved up to Midlothian/Edinburgh with her son Christopher as he was joining the Police. Her husband had passed away at that point and her two other son's that were alive at that time had moved to Australia.
I've checked Australian records of those two Robson's and i don't think he moved there with them.
Also his mother was born 8th December 1851 and died 1st February 1885. She did marry in Edinburgh, however, to an Andrew Brown in 1883. She died in St Boswell's, Roxburgh.

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Re: What happened to John Robson
« Reply #6 on: Monday 05 July 21 12:19 BST (UK) »
It's possible that he used his father's surname in later life, which would make him hard to find.

Have you looked at the Ancrum Kirk Session minutes? 1879 is a bit late, but there just might be some record of his parentage there.

Yes, that's always possible, perhaps Andrew Brown was his father. I've looked on SP for deaths and the only John that comes up with a mother's maiden name of Robson that was born 1879 is a John Scott who died in 1900.

Sadly the Kirk sessions in Ancrum only go up to 1732.

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Re: What happened to John Robson
« Reply #7 on: Monday 05 July 21 12:55 BST (UK) »
Maybe Andrew Brown was his father ..a possibility on the 1901 census
Edinburgh Newington
John Brown age 27 born Ancrum  about 1878 assistant librarian
Lodging at 3,Lord Russel Place Edinburgh

Not seeing any records for a John Brown born Ancrum on previous census records

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Re: What happened to John Robson
« Reply #8 on: Monday 05 July 21 14:14 BST (UK) »
SP index lists the death in 1912 of Andrew Robson Brown aged 33 in Edinburgh St George (685-1/589)

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