**William Robinson (1831 – 1910) and **Hannah Daniel (1832 – 1908)

NB ** denotes direct descendants of mine in this text

**William Robinson (2.2.1831 – 9.1.1910 aged 79 years) of Baldersby and later of Stockton-on-Tees, was the fourth son of **William Robinson (born 8.4.1800) and **Elizabeth. William junior was a quantity surveyor and worked on the roads. He married **Hannah Daniel (3.6.1832 – 3.1.1908 aged 76 years) of Whixley Yorkshire and later of Stockton-on-Tees at the Whixley Parish Church, Yorkshire on the 5th August 1852. Hannah and William were both 21 years old then. Present at the solemnization of their marriage were Ann Benson and Thomas Robinson.

  • William and Hannah had 9 children:
    • 1) **Elizabeth (21.10.1854 – 1.11.1929) – birth certificate Baldersby
    • 2) Mary (Polly) (9.10.1856 – 22.1.1886) – ?married Mr Henry and had daughter Maggie Henry
    • 3) Daniel (1.3.1858 – 13.1.1933) – Topcliffe – married Nellie
    • 4) Sarah (2.7.1860 – 21.4.1941) – Topcliffe – never married
    • 5) Henry (10.7.1862 – 14.8.1876), died young aged 14 years and 1 month
    • 6) Margaret (15.6.1864 – 30.9.1876) died young aged 12 years and 3 months
    • 7) Hannah (2.7.1867 – 21.1.1940), baptized 1.8.1867 at the Wesleyan Church Stockton – never married
    • 8) William (10.1868 – 5.11.1868), died young aged 1 month
    • 9) William (15.11.1871 – 30.1.187), died young aged 3 years and 2 months
The Robinson Family with Sarah, Hannah, Dan and Elizabeth at the back, Grandfather William Robinson, grandchild Maggie Henry and Granny Hannah Robinson nee Daniel in the front row.
The Robinson family: Elizabeth? and Mary? in the back row. Hannah Daniel and William Robinson in the middle, with Maggie on Granny Robinson’s lap.

William Robinson was known to enjoy his drink. In her memoires written for her children, Nancie (Alice) Brown nee McDougall records:

“Great-grandfather Robinson was mighty fond of whiskey. Indeed he even paid a man a shilling per night to see him safely home when he was drunk. One night however, after having imbibed far too much, he mistakenly gave the man a guinea instead of a shilling. Being an honest fellow, he returned the next morning and said, “Sir, you gave me a guinea instead of a shilling.” Hereupon gr. grandfather said, “My good man, if I was so drunk that I did that, you must keep the guinea, and I will never touch the stiff again” – and he never did.”

William was spotted standing on the side of the road by a photographer while waiting to see the arrival of Prince Henry of Battenburg on the 28th October 1905. Prince Henry came to Stockton to open the Queen Victoria High school. Prince Henry was a morganatic descendant of the Grand Ducal house of Hesse and became a member of the British royal family by marrying Queen Victoria’s youngest child, Princess Beatrice. The photograph became a postcard and in it Prince Henry appears to have eye contact with Grandad William Robinson. (A morganatic marriage (or left-handed marriage) is a legally recognized union between a member of a royal or noble family and a person of lower rank. In this arrangement, the spouse and any children from the marriage do not inherit titles, estates, or privileges associated with the higher rank. The term originates from the medieval Latin phrase matrimonium ad morganaticam, which translates to “marriage for the morning gift,” referring to a dowry given to the bride.)

The postcard depicting the visit of Prince Henry of Battenberg 28th October 1905. The old gentleman on the left with the white beard is my great, great, great, grandfather William Robinson (b 1831). William and the Prince appear to have eye contact!

Hannah Robinson nee Daniels, in turn, was reported to bake dainty cakes that she sent to her grandchild **William Joseph Barker (my great, grandfather) at Bide College. She too had her sayings: “A stich in time saves nine, It sometimes saves you twenty, It saves the poor and lady fair, With little or with plenty“, and “It took a big man to lift me from the shelf“.

**William Robinson (1800 – ?) and **Elizabeth (1803 – 1887)

William Robinson (born 1800) and the second son and fourth child to **William (1768) and **Elizabeth Robinson. His four siblings were; John (of Rainton, baptized 11.8.1824), Charles (of Rainton, baptized 6.8.1826), Thomas (baptized 13.11.1828) and Margaret (of Baldersby, baptized 10.11.1833).

**William Robinson (1768 – ?) and **Ann Kirk (1770 – ?)

William Robinson (born 1768) of Rainton married **Ann Kirk (baptized 19.8.1770) of Raskelf (Easingwold). William Robinson “farmer of this Parish aged 25 years and Ann Kirk of the Parish of Kirkly Wiske aged 22 years were married in this Church by license this 9th day of March 1793. Signed William Robinson and Ann Kirk in the presence of Thomas Kirk and Simon Dawson.”

  • **William Robinson (born 1768) and **Ann Kirk had 5 children:
    • 1) John, born 18.1.1794
    • 2) Jane, born 24.3.1796
    • 3) Ann, born 24.4.1798
    • 4) **William, born 8.4.1800
    • 5) Margaret, born 8.9.1802
  • References
  • England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005: Elizabeth Robinson, Death date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1887, Death place: Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Birth date: Circa 1803, Age: 84, Volume: 9b, Page: 151.
  • England, marriage, 1538–1973: Ann Kirk & William Robinson, Marriage: Mar 9 1793 -Topcliffe By Thirsk, York, England, Wife: Ann Kirk (Robinson), Husband: William Robinson,
    Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M10476-1, System Origin: England-ODM, GS Film number: 0551579, 0551581