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N Florence Robson

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1881 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Robson Thos. J., M, Married, 38, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
James, M, Married, 69, born England, origin: English, Church of England;
Ann, F, Married, 62, born Nova Scotia, origin: English, I Methodist;
Frank, M, 20, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Joseph, M, Married, 45, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
Teressa, M[sic], Married, 44, born Ont, origin: French, Catholic;
Ralph, M, 20, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Henry C., M, Single, 17, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Willis, M, Single, 15, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Student;
Florence, F, Single, 13, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Student;
Joseph, M, Single, 8, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
James, M, Single, 5, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Ivan, M, Single, 2, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England.

1901 personal census, Leamington, Essex Co., ON, I2-9:
Wilkinson Frederick, M, Married, 8 April 1873, 27, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Eng [Church], Laborer;
Florence, F, wife, Married, 10 Sept 1868, 32, born Ont, origin: Eng, Can, R Bapt;
Gerald, M, son, Single, 10 Mar 1895, 6, born Ont, origin: Eng, Can.

Obituary, Leamington Post, 25 September 1919:
Mrs. Fred Wilkinson - After over a year's illness, Mrs. Fred Wilkinson, Erie street south, passed away Monday night, aged 50? years. Surviving are her husband and one son, Mr. Gerald Wilkinson of Henderson, Ky., also her parents and brothers, Mr. Colin Robson, McGaw street, James, Joseph and Willie Robson of the lst concession, Mersea. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Father Glesson at St. Michael's R. C. church this forenoon at 10 o'clock, interment following at Lakeview cemetery.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 197-198:
George Foster Robson is a prominent citizen and successful farmer of Mersea township...
     Grandfather Joseph Robson was born on the Scottish border, near Northumberland, England, and there grew up and married Anne Trimel...
     James Robson, son of Joseph and father of George Foster, was born in Northumberland England, where he grew up and received a good education. When he was twenty-one he came to Canada with the rest of the family, and settled first in Brantford, where he found employment in the home of a clergyman. After a time he came to Mersea township, where his father had located, and began farming on a tract of 100 acres, 70 acres in Concession No. 1, and 30 acres in Concession A. He made many improvements on this farm, which he cultivated successfully, and where he passed the remainder of his life, dying at the age of eighty, and being buried in Lake View Cemetery. He was a stanch Conservative, and served as a private in the Rebellion of 1837-38. He was a well-read man, and active in all public matters in the township and county, serving as school trustee, and for three terms as a member of the township council. He married Anne Foster, of Prince Edward Island, daughter of the late Ralph Foster, Sr. Mrs. Robson died in Leamington, and is buried in Lake View Cemetery. She and her husband were members of the Church of England. Their children were as follows: ... (2) Joseph, born Jan. 27, 1836, married in 1861, Theresa De Laurier, daughter of Charles De Laurier, and had nine children, of whom four are living, namely: Ralph William, who was drowned in Lake Erie, Nov. 7, 1899; Charles, who died young; Henry Colon, who married Emma Peas; Willis; Florence, who married Frederick Wilkinson; Jeannette, who died young; Joseph, at home; James, also at home; and Irwin, who was drowned with his brother, Nov. 7, 1899...

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James Robson ca 1810-   Anne Foster ca 1818-    
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Joseph Robson 1836-   Theresa De Laurier ca 1836-
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Florence Robson 1868-1919