June 2005 RootsChat Challenge

[Chattykathy]

Have I missed something? 

Why are we researching Robinson??? 

Because of the link to sails and such???

kathy

[liverpool annie]

Kathy

Because of spellings - on census - look for Robertson Robinson etc.

It's OK Girl -  just keep with the Muirs don't worry

I found Claude under Robinson 

Annie

[Chattykathy]

Annie,

OKEY DOKEY!

I've found my little niche and I'm staying there!  Until I wear out, that is.

kathy

[Chattykathy]

Charlotte Muir

Maternal GM:  Mary Elizabeth Wilkinson

         dau of:  Jonas Wilkinson    b. 1766
                      Charlotte St. John b. 1784
                      m. Apr 18, 1801 St. Thomas Barbados
                      He was 35; she was 17

Jonas Wilkingson
         son of:  Light Wilkinson            (no dates yet)
                      Elizabeth Hollingshed  (no dates yet)  Hollinge ?
                      m. Dec. 22, 1757 St. John, Barbados

Light Wilkinson
         son of:  Richard Wilkinson    (no dated yet)
                      Constantinia Light   (no dates yet)
                      m.  no date yet

1 sibling  found:  Son, Richard Purkett Wilkinson  christening Feb. 3, 1730         

Then,  Joseph Wilkinson m. Mary E. Purkett
           Nov. 30, 1704 St. Phillip Bardados

           Maybe Joseph is Richard's father??[/color]     

All of above from IGI extracted sources.

kathy

[Elizabeth Revel]

Playing with the W. Indian connection and the components of Charlotte's mother's name I searched for King.
I found on the 1881 census a Mary Barrow Atkinson of South Shields, Durham, home alone with 6 dependent children, a servant and a house guest named James Hall King whose place of birth was listed as (W.I.) Jamaica, occupation Ship Stewart.
Since Charlotte's sister's name was Mary Barrow Muir I was intrigued with the co-incidence so checked with Free BMD, where, for her marriage in 1867, and her birth as a Sanderson, in 1845 the Barrow is transcribed as Barron. Disappointed but persistent I tried it and found a Mary Sanderson, St. Michael's, Barbados christening 1689. I also tried the Jenkins connection in Barbados and found that they also had been at St. Michael's in the 1600's

[liverpool annie]

A. F. KING  Gender: Male Marriage: 09 SEP 1865 Banff, Banff, Scotland
Spouse: ELIZABETH LYALL
Marriage: 09 SEP 1865  Banff, Banff, Scotland

MARGARET KING   Gender: Female Marriage: 14 NOV 1857 Banff, Banff,Scotland
Spouse: JOHN MOORE
Marriage: 14 NOV 1857 Banff, Banff, Scotland

ANDREW KING  Gender: Male Marriage: 11 DEC 1863 Banff, Banff, Scotland
Spouse: ISABELLA JACK
Marriage: 11 DEC 1863  Banff, Banff, Scotland

ALEXANDER KING  Gender: Male Marriage: 23 SEP 1861 Banff, Banff, Scotland
Spouse: ISABELLA CORMACK
Marriage: 23 SEP 1861  Banff, Banff, Scotland

Annie

[liverpool annie]

Cotton brokers in Liverpool

http://www.lca.org.uk/History/HistoryMain/histMainFrame.html

[liverpool annie]

Cotton Brokers in Liverpool

Waterhouse & Co, cotton brokers
Liverpool, Lancashire
Sykes, Allen & Co, cotton brokers
Liverpool, Lancashire

[Manchester Rambler]

Possible for another son of Charlotte Muir and Allan Robertson (seems we've almost forgotten about Allan with all this excitement in the Carribean )

England & Wales Civil Registration Index, Deaths:

William Muir Robertson Aug 1992 Stafford
Born 17th October 1904

Any ideas on how we can prove/disprove a link other than shelling out 7 quid  ? (and that'd be after we'd found the birth reference - it's not on FreeBMD )

Looks like a very strong possibilty to me - if it was my own family, I'd probably order the cert, but for the purposes of the challenge....  We can leave it as supposition, or try looking for a newspaper obit, perhaps?  If it's not on Free BMD (or Lancashire BMD -I checked), there's a possibility he was born abroad.  (Although Free BMD coverage isn't total, of course.)

Rambler