Arthur Robinson (1850 - 1941)

Born 31 Aug 1850 in At Sea onboard the Courier

Ancestors

Husband of Kate (Stacey) Robinson — married 9 Nov 1878 in Macclesfield, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1941 at age 91 in Royston Park, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Arthur Robinson migrated from England to South Australia.

Arthur Robinson was born on 31st August 1850 aboard the "Courier^[1]as his parents Robert Robinson and Martha Johnson and five older siblings were emigrating from Yorkshire, England. He arrived in South Australia, Australia in December 1850. He counts as a migrant as he was certainly conceived in England. What a voyage his mother must have endured!

According to his son, Ernest Lincoln, Arthur left school aged 12 to drive bullocks. Later he became a shearer and he used to go up north to shear on the big sheep stations and was also butchering. When he was 25 (1875) he moved to the west coast to work at Lake Hamilton doing a variety of jobs including shearing.

Arthur married Kate Stacey in the Macclesfield Congregational Church on 9th November 1878^[2] Arthur was 28 and Kate only 18. They journeyed by boat to Port Lincoln where Arthur purchased bullocks, dray, food clothing and utensils and they set off for Wangaralidnie near Cleve on Eyre Peninsular. They cleared the land by hand using bullocks and setup their home. Arthur’s brother Frank helped. It was a tough life and they worked hard for very little income. They sold up and moved to Lake Hamilton where his brother Frank had bought land and they started over again clearing the land. Arthur later bought land at Poelpene in the Hundred of Tinline and they ran sheep on both properties. Dingoes were a major problem and when the owner of Warna Station up Talia way became concerned he put the property up for sale. Arthur bought it and the family moved again. About 1909, Arthur sold the station and moved to Unley in Adelaide. They owned several properties in the Adelaide area before ultimately settling in St Peters.

They had 12 children:

• Lillie May (Robinson) Dennison (1879)
  
• Robert Oliver Robinson (1881)
  
• Frederick Arthur Robinson (1882)
  
• Maria Louisa (Robinson) McMorran (1883)
  
• Ruth Kate (Kitty) (Robinson) Thomson (1886)
  
• Sydney Pearce Robinson (1887)
  
• Francis Tinline Robinson (1890)
  
• Alfred Horace Robinson (1893)
  
• Allen Lindsay Robinson (1895)
  
• Henry Walter Robinson (1897)
  
• Ernest Lincoln Robinson (1899)
  
• Arthur Andrew Robinson ((1904)
  
  

Arthur looked after Kate who was partly deaf and suffered from memory loss. She died in 1933 aged 73. Arthur lived to be 91 passing away on 30th November 1941 at his home at Royston Park aged 91^[3][4] and he is buried in the Mitcham General Cemetery^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record for Arthur Robinson - Genealogy SA. Birth Index. (https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 14 May 2020), database entry for Arthur Robinson, 31 Aug 1850, Father: Robert Robinson, Mother: Martha Johnson; Location: Aboard Courier, District: Adelaide; Book 3, Page 152.
2. ↑ Marriage to Kate Stacey - Genealogy SA. Marriage Index. (https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 14 May 2020), database entry for Arthur Robinson and Kate Stacey: Groom Surname: Robinson; Groom Given Names: Arthur; Bride Surname: Stacey; Bride Given Names: Kate; Marriage Place; Congregational Church, Macclesfield; Groom Age: 28; Groom Marital Status: S; Groom Father: Robert Robinson; Bride Age: 18; Bride Marital Status: S; Bride Father: Henry Stacey; District: Strathalbyn; Book 117, Page 543.
3. ↑ Death Record - Genealogy SA. Death Index. (https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 14 May 2020), database entry for Arthur Robinson: Surname: Robinson; First Names: Arthur; Death Date: 30 Nov 1941; Age: 91; Marital Status: W; Place of Death: Royston Park; Residence: Royston Park; District: Norwood; Book 643; Page: 5855
4. ↑ Newspaper Death Notice - Family Notices (1941, December 1). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved May 14, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45740716
   / ROBINSON.—On November 30, at his residence, 66 Lambert road, Royston Park, Arthur, beloved husband of the late Kate Robinson, formerly of Macclesfield and West Coast, aged 91 years.
5. ↑ Newspaper Funeral Notice - Advertising (1941, December 1). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved May 14, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45740709
   ROBINSON.- The friends of the late Mr. Arthur Robinson are respectfully in fomed that his funeral will leave his late residence 66 Lambert road Royston Park on Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock for the Mitcham General Cemetery. W. WILLIAMSON & SONS, Funeral 124 Wellington road Payneham. F1707.

Other Sources

• Biographical index of South Australians 1836-1885 / editor: Jill Statton. Marden, S. Aust. : South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1986. Vol 3 (page 1370); Name: Arthur Robinson; par: Robt and Martha, b: 1850 at sea, d: 30.11.1941 bd: Mitcham SA; arr: 1850; occ: Bullock Driver, Shearer; res: Strathalbyn, Far Nth, Elliston, Royston Pk; M: 1878 Kate nee Stacey par: Henry and Maria Louisa nee Beck b: 1860, d: 1.7.1933 W Coast SA; Ch: Lillian May Dinnison, Robt Oliver, Louisa (1833-), Kitty (1886-), Sydney Pearce (1887-1973), Francis Tinline (1891-1918), Alfred Horace (c1894-1966), Lindsay, Walter, Ernest Lincoln, Arthur
  
  
• History of Arthur Robinson - 1850 to 1941 by E.L. Robinson (undated)