Mary Jane Robinson (1851 - 1914)

Born 19 Jul 1851 in Burnhope, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

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Biography

1851, Birth in the sub-district of Lanchester in the County of Durham, No. 462

• When and where born: Nineteenth July 1851, Burnhope Colliery, Lanchester
• Name, if any: Mary Jane
• Sex: Girl
• Name, surname and maiden surname of mother: Elizabeth Robinson formerly Coxon
• Occupation of father: Labourer
• Signature, description and residence of informant: Elizabeth Robinson, Mother, Burnhope Colliery, Lanchester
• When registered: Eighteenth August 1851
• Surname of registrar: William Walton Thompson Registrar

The family appears that year in the 1851 census, but this was apparently before the birth of Mary Jane.

1851 Census, Lanchester, Holmside – Burnhope Colliery

HO107/2389 – Folio 493 – Page 5

John Robinson, Head, married, 28, Publican, born Hamsterley, County Durham

Elizabeth Robinson, Wife, married, 30, born St.John’s, Northumberland

George Robinson, son, 1, born Burnhope, County Durham

Elizabeth Walton, servant, unmarried, 17, House Servant, born Gateshead, County Durham

Margaret Dailey, servant, 8, born Scotland

A few years later, the family migrated to Australia when Mary Jane was a child. They arrived in Sydney on the Conway, 30 Dec 1856. It had departed from Liverpool. They had paid £1 for the family. The records from that ship say:

• John senior, her father, was a 34 year old farm labourer from "Amsterley" in County Durham. His parents were George and Hannah - George already deceased, and Hannah still living in Durham. He was Anglican, and could read and write.
• Elizabeth, the mother, was 30 years old, so born about 1826, born in "St Johnly", County Northumberland, parents John and Mary, both dead. She could read, but not write.
• George was 8 years old, Born "Linchesta" (Lanchester, which is how it appears on his death certificate) in County Durham.
• Mary-Jane was 5 years old,
• John junior was 3.

Mary Jane later married William H. Plowman (1848-1884)

Sources

• Parish records, shipping records, census records, as mentioned.
• Webpage of Andrew Lancaster. Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20160310122746/http://users.skynet.be/lancaster/Ancestors%20of%20George%20Robinson.html