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Thanks for all the replies. I think the lady is either my grandmother or one of her sisters. My grandmother was born in 1893 so if it's her then the picture was taken about 1913 if she was about 20 in the picture.  I do have a picture which I know is her and I attach it for your perusal. If anyone wants to give it a clean they are most welcome!

My grandmother didn't have any children until the late 1920s so I doubt she's pregnant in the picture... (!)

Many thanks

John

This picture came from a glass negative (which is now sadly lost), from which a contact print was made by a photographer about 20 years ago. The negative size was about 2" by 3". I'd love to have rough idea when it dates from.

Many thanks

John

Hi Gillian and Emms

Thanks for your friendly replies. Gillian... we are fifth cousins.

Your research all stacks up perfectly. What I've found out is as follows:

William Robinson married Ann Palmer in Bridekirk in 1798. They had 7 children; the reason you cannot find the baptism of John Robinson in 1801 is because they registered the births of their children with the Quakers (though they were not members), and you may know that Quakers do not baptise.

William and Ann had the followng children, all born in Gt Broughton:
Palmer (my GGG Grandfather), born 7 Jul 1799,
John, born 18 Jan 1801
Joseph, born 9 Dec 1802
Whitaker, born 3 Mar 1805
William, born 16 Feb 1807 and who died 14 May 1807
Jonah, born 14 Sep 1808
Dorothy Ann, born 17 Mar 1811.

By the time Dorothy Ann was born, William was listed as  a Yeoman.

I've traced Palmer's descendants since they are my own direct line, but know nothing about the others, with the exception of Dorothy Ann. She was mentioned in a letter which belongs to my mother's cousin, and from this I know she married a John Lacklinson. I ordered the certificate of her marriage of 26th June 1839, and it appears that her father, William Robinson who was listed as a weaver, was still alive at that time. Dorothy Ann and John married in the Registry Office at Cockermouth, as good Quakers did!

I've not been able to find William or Ann on the 1841 census.

My GGG Grandfather Palmer (born 1799) was baptised in 1821 at the Scotch Presbyterian Church in Maryport on the birth of his first son, Turner Shevils. He had married Sarah Shevils (or Shiffield or Sheffield) in 1821 and had two other children: Ann born 1823, and Mary (my GG Grandmother) born 1831. Palmer was a master mariner.

Thanks to your post Gillian I now know more about John's line!

Do you know what happened to any of the other siblings, and have you been able to trace what happened to William and Ann?

John