Joshua James Robbins (1900 - 1965)

Born Dec 1900 in North Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Ivy Godby (Harris) Robbins — married 17 Apr 1943 (to 13 Sep 1965) in Durban, Natal, South Africa

Died 13 Sep 1965 at age 64 in Durban, EThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Biography

Joshua Robbins was born in Kensington, Middlesex, England.

Other Rank Joshua Robbins served in the British Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): Middlesex Regiment
Service ended: 1919

Joshua James Robbins
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1901
Event Place: Kensington, London, England

Geographical Notes and Social context: Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace in 1819. At that time the population of Kensington amounted to some 12,000 souls, and was already growing fast. By 1901 it exceeded 176,000, having multiplied itself over twenty times during the preceding century..
The ancient parish to the north of Kensington High Street, together with those parts of Kensal New Town and Kensington Palace Gardens were incorporated into the Royal Borough of Kensington on its formation in 1900. This area measures a mile or less in breadth and two and a half miles north-westward to Kensal Green.
The inhabitants of Victorian northern Kensington included all ranks of society, from the dukes on Campden Hill and the great men of commerce in Kensington Palace Gardens down to the pig-keepers of the Potteries and the laundresses of Kensal Green. The great majority of them belonged to the middle classes. The existence of a middle-class required many local services for its maintenance: a substantial amount of unskilled or semi-skilled employment. In Kensington Registration District more than one in every six of all women aged over twenty years were servants, the vast majority of whom 'lived in'. By 1876 the commercial section of the local directory contained over 2,500 entries for northern Kensington, made up of no less than 220 different trades. The public houses and the shops for the sale of food, clothing and household goods, were distributed throughout the whole area, but there were also a number of other trades, such as those of launderer, cow keeper, cab proprietor and job master, which were heavily concentrated in the poorer areas, chiefly around Golborne Road and (particularly in the case of the launderers) Bramley Road and Kensal Green. There was manufacturing industries, the makers of pianos, umbrellas, hair, plumes, bird-cages and sound-boards for harmoniums, etc. A substantial amount of local labour was engaged in providing the day-to-day services (chiefly in the fields of food, drink, clothing, household equipment, laundering, domestic service, jobbing building and transport) required for the maintenance of the middle-class residents. Pockets of cheap labour, such as those to be found in Kensal Green, Notting Hill Gate or the vicinity of the Potteries, were in fact a necessary adjunct of a predominantly middle-class Victorian suburb, and had a vital function to perform within it.^[1]

Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Joshua J Robbins
Relationship Son
Age as transcribed 5 MOS
Birth year 1901(Age 5 month in March 1901 gives a dob of December 1900)
Birth town as transcribed N KENSINGTON Middlesex Birth county as transcribed LONDON
Full address 21, Bevington Road, Kensington, London & Middlesex, England
Other household member first name(s) Alice, Charles, Fredrick, Harriett, Jennie, William
Other household member last name Robbins

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Robbins Head Married Male 42 1859 House decorator Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Jennie Robbins Wife Married Female 35 1866 - Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Alice C Robbins Daughter Single Female 11 1890 - Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Charles V Robbins Son Single Male 8 1893 - Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Jennie R Robbins Daughter Single Female 7 1894 - Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Harriett M Robbins Daughter Single Female 4 1897 - Willesden, Middlesex, England
Fredrick J Robbins Son Single Male 3 1898 - North Kensingtom, Middlesex, England
Joshua J Robbins Son Single Male 0 1901 - North Kensingtom, Middlesex, England ^[2]

Census
Event Date: 1911
Event Place: Willesden, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Age: 11
Number in Family: 9
Birth Year (Estimated): 1900
Birthplace: North Kensington, London
Relationship to Head of Household: Son

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Robbins Head M 50 Marylebone, London
Jennie Robbins Wife F 43 Marylebone, London
Charles V Robbins Son M 18 North Kensington, London
Jennie R Robbins Daughter F 17 North Kensington, London
Harriet M Robbins Daughter F 14 College Park, London
Fredrick J Robbins Son M 13 College Park, London
Joshua J Robbins Son M 11 North Kensington, London
Ethel F Robbins Daughter F 9 Marylebone, London
James E Robbins Son M 3 Stonebridge Park
George E Robbins Son M 1 Stonebridge Park

Great War service

UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920
Pension records
NAME: James Robbins
Name Age
James Robbins 18
FAMILY MEMBERS:
William Robbins
Service Number: 6191027
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Middlesex Regiment
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description: Other Ranks
Survived^[3]

Note: Bio notes: Sep 29 1939. 1, Elm Tree Villas, Brett Road, Willesden, Carriage Cleaner.
Living with widowed mother.

Emigration

Name: Joshua James Robbins Labourer, residing Crossways, Hayes Middlesex
Age: 45
Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1943
Marriage Place: Durban, Natal, South Africa
Birth Year (Estimated): 1898
Spouse's Name: Ivy Godby Harris Harris Widow, of The Palms, Johnston Lane, Durban
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1890
Note: Text in italics copied from image of original document.

Joshua Robbins migrated from England to Natal.

Name: Joshua James Robbins, Taxi Driver, residet at 25 Sandleton, Smith St Durban
Sex: Male
Age: 63
Death Date: 13 Sep 1965
Death Place: Ethekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaEn route to hospital in Durban
Birth Year : 1901
Birthplace: London, England
Note: Text in italics copied from image of original document.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp1-24
2. ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1901/0001054758&expand=true
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/39/?name=Joshua+James_Robbins&birth=1901_North+Kensington-Middlesex-England-United+Kingdom&death=1965_Durban-EThekwini-KwaZulu~_~~Natal-South+Africa&father=William_Robbins&mother=Jane_Marks&spouse=Ivy_Harris

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• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X944-W69 : 20 May 2019), Joshua J Robbins, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Kensington Town subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW4W-JSH : 5 July 2019), George E Robbins in household of William Robbins, Willesden, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• 1939 National Registration: [1]
• "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZ9-2MK : 19 February 2021), Joshua James Robbins and Ivy Godby Harris Harris, 17 Apr 1943; citing Durban, Natal, South Africa; 01110; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,938,571.
• "South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZST-M2FM : 15 February 2021), Joshua James Robbins, 1965.