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Record #12022

Name :: : Elizabeth Harriet ROBINSON (1864 - )
aka : Lizzie Robinson
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1864 (approx.)
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey, Putney

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 15 Jun 1874
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sarmatian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Maria Rye

NotesElizabeth "Lizzie" Robinson was born about 1864. Her parents were Henry Robinson and was Eliza Hill. She had six brothers and sisters.

Eliza Sarah Hill married Henry George Robinson probably around 1860. Henry was a "laborer" at the time they married and thereafter worked as a brick layer and a plasterer. In 1861 they were living on High Street in Putney. Her father Henry, appears to have abandoned the family about the time the twins George and Alfred were born. Eliza was apparently trying to support the family as a charwoman. A charwoman was a person for hire on an hourly or daily basis as a maid or housekeeper.

Unable to provide, Susan's mother Elizabeth gave Eliza and her sister Susan up to Maria Rye's Home for Destitute Little Girls in Peckham.

1872/73 Annual Peckham Report - #122, E.R. aged 10, father deserted; mother left with six young children. In the Home at Peckham; to sail in the spring. (Sister of Susan)

In 1874, Elizabeth Robinson, 10 (along with sister, Susan Robinson, 7), arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 148 Maria Rye children en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Susan's sister Elizabeth ended up being placed in Drayton, a village some eight miles from Arthur.

From the "The Confederate" 4 April, 1876. (Newspaper)

Magistrates Court. - A court composed of seven J.P.'s was convened on Wednesday last, in Moorefield, upon a complaint, laid by Nelson and Hiram McKague, charging James and Emily McKague with beating and otherwise abusing one of Miss Rye's "waifs," named Lizzie Robinson, about 13 years old. The decision of the court was that Emily McKague pay a fine of $1, and costs $14.45 - $15.45, besides the expenses of six witnesses which she had present. The man, James McKague, was acquitted. The child was taken away from the McKague's and brought by Constable House to Miss Rye's agent here, S. Smith, Esq., in whose charge she was left. Since then the girl has been given for keeping to Mr John Avery, Bosworth, upon the recommendation of the constable.

Note: Nelson and Hiram McKague were brothers of the accused James McKague.

1875 Inspection Report -

(1) Guelph Centre - Rev W Ball, Inspector, Peckham 1874, with Jas McKay (?McKague), Drayton.
(2) Guelph Centre, 13, Peckham 1874, Meth, goes to Church & Sunday School, with Mr Avery, (Every?) Drayton, usual terms, here 9 months, housework. Former employer, Jas McKay, ill treated. Lived one other place. A very good girl in an excellent home.

Mr. Avery also had another "home child" by the name of Francis McMillan. Francis was brought to Canada in 1873, at age 10, from Glasgow, Scotland. A 1875 Inspection report for Francis reads: Guelph Centre, 12 (age), came with Miss Macpherson, Meth, goes to Church & Sunday School, with Mr. Avery, Drayton, usual terms, here 4 years, farm work. A splendid boy in an excellent home. It would appear that the "here 4 years" should read "here 2 years"?

On June 7, 1887, at Lindsay, Victoria, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Elizabeth Harriet Robinson, 24, born in England to William Henry and Eliza Robinson; and James Wesly Edwards, 22, painter, born in Mariposa to John and Elizabeth Edwards. (James was also known as "Hector" Edwards.)

James Wesly and Elizabeth Harriet Robinson Edwards had at least 4 four children: Gertrude May Edwards, born December 20, 1888; Cora Irene Edwards, born November 10, 1892; Herbert Wesley Edwards, born September 24, 1895 (died April 22, 1916); and Reginald Charles Kinver Edwards, born November 23, 1906.

James and Elizabeth resided in Peterborough and later relocated to 182 Strachan Avenue, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.

James Wesley Edwards and his son, Herbert Samuel Wesley Edwards both joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1915 and were both assigned to the 39th Battalion. Herbert died on April 22, 1916, while a part of the 4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps in Belgium. He is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Ieper, Belgium.

Elizabeth and her sister, Susan, Robinson stayed in touch during their lives in Canada, although the relationship was not the most harmonious.

ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-25 15:13:03 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-06-25 16:34:09 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3033	ABBOTT, Frederick	1893	ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	National Childrens Home
3106	ABSALOM, Richard	1874	ENG, SRY, Cobham	Apr 1890 : Sardinian	CAN	Unknown
7354	ADDISON, Annie Louise	1879	ENG, SRY, Newington	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
7355	ADDISON, Emily Josephine	1880	ENG, SRY, Newington	Oct 1892 : Sardinian	CAN	Barnardos
19366	AKEHURST, Wilfred John Kelly	1896	ENG, SRY, Chertsey	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
16539	ALDRED, Albert	1904	ENG, SRY, Balham	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
26426	ALLEN, Walter Bevis	1901	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Jul 1913 : Belgic	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
13065	ANDERSON, Samuel	1874	ENG, SRY, Croydon	Jul 1887 : Sardinian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
9798	ANDREWS, Alice Doris	1905	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Mar 1920 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
27648	ANDREWS, William	1902	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Jul 1914 : Victorian	CAN	MacPherson's
13311	ANSELL, George Edward Cecil		ENG, SRY, Lambeth	Aug 1927 : Alaunia	CAN	Church Army
25271	ARTHUR, Frederick	1913	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Feb 1924 : Euripides	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10900	ASHLEY, Bernard Cecil	1896	ENG, SRY, Richmond	Jul 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
4566	ATKINS, Ena Mary	1906	ENG, SRY, Croydon	Sep 1915 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3568	ATTWELL, Frederick William	1909	ENG, SRY, Old Windsor	Sep 1920 : Metagama	CAN	MacPherson Homes
25141	ATTWELL, Richard	1916	ENG, SRY	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3932	BACKHURST, Frank	1895	ENG, SRY, Kingston	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9835	BAGUST, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, SRY, Peckham	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3968	BAKER, Edith Jemima	1887	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
17019	BALDWIN, William Jeffery	1876	ENG, SRY	Jun 1885 : Sarmatian	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
11941	BANKS, Bernard	1910	ENG, SRY, Bermondsey	Jun 1924 : Athenia	CAN	Salvation Army
17167	BARNARD, Reginald	1885	ENG, SRY, Lambeth	May 1899 : Gallia	CAN	Young Colonists Aid
17255	BARNICOAT, Ethel	1898	ENG, SRY, Battersea	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17670	BARNICOAT, Harold Frederick	1901	ENG, SRY, Battersea	May 1911 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
8267	BARRETT, Frank	1915	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
17169	BARTH, Ethel Florence	1889	ENG, SRY, Brixton	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3855	BARTH, Evelyn Winifred	1887	ENG, SRY, Brixton	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4238	BEAGLE, George William	1868	ENG, SRY, Camberwell	Apr 1885 : Circassian	CAN	Barnardos
9249	BEARE, Joseph George	1893	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5682	BEATON, George Edward	1898	ENG, SRY, Norwood	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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