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Durham / Re: Robinsons Shipbuilders, Sunderland 1839-1870s
« on: Tuesday 03 August 10 12:35 BST (UK) »
James Robinson (born Skelton 1784) was also an ancestor of mine with his second son James being my 2 x GG father. To date I have had little success in researching any further back than James snr and have few details save that I think his wife was Mary. Their son James married Jane Robinson from Loftus. I do however have all of their son’s (a third James) birth, marriage and death certificates and the original census details from 1851 showing both families living side by side in Mount Pleasant together with a servant girl each.
I am fairly new to research and have found the information on the shipbuilding subject so far very helpful. Thank you Stan, it’s been brilliant to read your replies.
Both my late father and grandfather were master mariners with the British India line and although none of their descendants has followed in their footsteps (does rowing count?) we are all very proud of our heritage.
I was told by an elderly aunt decades ago that the book “Where Ships were Born: Sunderland 1346-1946 mentions the Robinsons contribution and understand that it is still in circulation.
Good luck in your own research
Millie
I am fairly new to research and have found the information on the shipbuilding subject so far very helpful. Thank you Stan, it’s been brilliant to read your replies.
Both my late father and grandfather were master mariners with the British India line and although none of their descendants has followed in their footsteps (does rowing count?) we are all very proud of our heritage.
I was told by an elderly aunt decades ago that the book “Where Ships were Born: Sunderland 1346-1946 mentions the Robinsons contribution and understand that it is still in circulation.
Good luck in your own research
Millie