Henry Grattan ROBINSON, Trenton, Ontario

[snoons]

Does anyone know anything about a Henry Grattan ROBINSON? 
I have a letter written by him in 1935 to an Australian cousin.  From the letter I can say he has a wife, Irene; a daughter, Florence; and a sister, Florence - sister Florence has a daughter, Eleanor - he visited his sister Florence in New York prior to writing the letter.  He states in letter that he hasn't seen sister Florence for 35 years.  His mother would most likely have been born in Fermanagh, Ireland, and would have had the surname WOODS (possibly Anne Jane, as I've found an 1870 marriage in Enniskillen, Fermanagh, of Anne Jane WOODS to a William ROBINSON, born in Prescott, Lancashire, occupation: Merchant; aged 22). 
The letter Henry Grattan ROBINSON is written on "Canadian Pacific Railway Company" letterhead, whether this is of any significance I haven't yet worked out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[LindaGW]

The Quinte Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (which includes Hastings County, where Trenton is located) has a Henry Gratton Robinson in its name index.
According to their website, for a small fee they will send you what information they have.

http://www.snaphosting.ca/quinteogs/names_index_results.cfm?searchtxt=robinson+henry+gratton&B1=Search


Linda

[J.J.]

This is likely that same fellow in Ontario / his parents were indeed a William and Annie Jane ( no surname)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSZQ-KPP
there is this birth...  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F25G-JS7
I suppose he could remarried to an Irene later in life...

[snoons]

Thanks so much for the quick responses, LindaGW & J.J.
They are helpful leads, I'm looking into them and have already found Canadian Census for 1901 & 1911, and also some for his (1st ?) wife, known I see as Josephine...
Thanks again.

[Jacquie in Canada]

Josephine Theresa Robinson died 21 Sep 1932 in Hastings County, Ontario. The registration indicates she was born 21 Oct 1872 in Morrisburg. The information about her parents matches the marriage registration with the addition of her mother's maiden surname which looks to be Armond. Her daughter, Miss M. Robinson was the informant.

The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid indicates Josephine Robinson (nee Hummell) is buried in Mount Calvary Roman Catholic, Trenton. Mary Magdalene Robinson, wife of Michael Strometski, is also buried there along with her husband.

Jacquie

[snoons]

Thanks Jacquie.
The plot thickens.  I wonder if Henry Grattan ROBINSON and Josephine divorced...
I have been given a letter that Henry wrote mentions his wife Irene, (remembering it is dated 1935), and a daughter Florence!   In the letter he writes..."as there is not many of my mother's people living now only Florence her daughter and myself"... it doesn't mention his daughter Mary Magdalen - most likely Miss M. ROBINSON, informant you mentioned.
From an entry in the Quinte Branch database I'm wondering if Mary Magdalen, daughter, married a STROMETSKI, I'll need to get the enquiry going for some of those entries I think next.
Your help is invaluable, thanks again, Trisha.

[cosmac]

Jacquie's previous reply references the burial of Mary Magdelene Robinson with husband Michael Strometski in the Mount Calvary Roman Catholic cemetery Trenton.

Debbie

[RunKitty]

Hi,

Could this be your Mike Strometski in the Legion Last Post death announcements?  If so, he was RCAF in WW2. 

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0orx/

RK

[JaneyCanuck]

I'm wondering how to interpret what you said:

I have been given a letter that Henry wrote mentions his wife Irene, (remembering it is dated 1935), and a daughter Florence!   In the letter he writes..."as there is not many of my mother's people living now only Florence her daughter and myself"

Josephine died in 1932, so he remarried, to Irene, no?

When he says "Florence her daughter", isn't that Florence his mother's daughter, i.e. his sister?

So I don't think he had a daughter Florence -- unless there is something else in the letter, that you didn't quote, that indicates this? If there is, could it be that Irene was a widow when they married, and she had a daughter Florence?

If he was referring to Florence his sister, he didn't mention his own daughter Mary because he was talking about his mother's "people", her own immediate family (i.e. her own siblings and parents were deceased).


If what you are looking for is living family, there are only two Strometski listings in the Canadian phone book, both in Vancouver
http://www.canada.411
If you search for the surname at www.google.ca and then select "pages from Canada" on the right, you can narrow the results. There are a few other names, one of which is (a younger) Mike.