RootsChat.Com

Hi Kat

Thanks for your post, I am related to John Snowden Robson by adoption only.  John was the older 'brother' of my GG Grandfather, Thomas Robson (born Thomas Janney, adopted by the RObson family somewhere between 1866 and 1871).  I found this out by chance, trying to trace my GG grandfather, I found his wife and family in Hartlepool in the 1901 census, Thomas himself was serving in the Army in South Africa at the time.  Their immediate neighbour was John Snowden Robson and his family.  Noting he was born in Whitby, I traced his family back and connected the dots.  Thomas Janney was born to Elizabeth Janney at Flowergate, Whitby in 1866, but after that I have found no trace of her.  There is no father listed on the birth record, and I can find no information through St Mary's at Whitby under either name.  He popped up in George and Ann Robson's household in the 1871 census, with his surname as Janney and a note that he was adopted.

There is a bit of a far-fetched chance that he may actually be John Snowden Robson's illegitimate son, who would have been 18 years old at the time of Thomas' birth.  We will probably never find out who his father actually is.

Kind regards from Australia
Bec

Thank you for your help.  I have traced John Snowden Robson back and found that his family had an adopted son in the 1871 census by the name of Thomas Janney, aged 4.  This fits with alot of Thomas' details and I am currently following this lead.

Hello and thank you for your help.

I do have their marriage certificate. 
Married by Banns, Whitby Parish Church, 13 May 1894. 
Thomas' age is a little difficult to read, it looks like 27 or 28 (bringing his birth year to circa 1866). 
Labourer, lived in Church Street Whitby, father's name George, deceased, fisherman. 
Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Brewster (relationship unknown at present) and Dora Ann Brewster, Sarah's sister.

Thomas' death was 21 September 1933, age 67, Middle Hospital Yard, Whitby.  Interred Larpool Lane Cemetery 25 September 1933.  Cause of death was Myocardis and Chronic Bronchitis.

I don't know alot about Parish records, but I am going to try and get his marriage and death record to see if they have any more information than his GRO records did.  I don't have any earlier census as I have found no matches yet.

Hello

I am researching a John Snowden Robson, born in Whitby 1848.  There is also a John Snowden Robson born 1890 in Hartlepool, Durham.

Does either of these names ring a bell?

Bec

Thank you for your help.  I am looking into John a little more (and making copious notes along the way!).  He had a brother named Thomas, but the birth year is out by 14 years.  Maybe he is a cousin?  I will let you know

Thank you again
Bec