Elsie Ella (Lee) Robinson (1890 - 1968)

Born 5 Dec 1890 in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Henry William Robinson — married 18 Apr 1914 in Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1968 at age 77 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Elsie Ella Lee was born on the 5 Dec 1890 in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia to Wilson Lee & Esther McLaughlin who were from nearby Lucknow.

Elsie Ella Lee married Henry William Robinson (Victorian Railways employee) on the 18 Apr 1914, at the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, North Fitzroy. Their marriage notice lists Elsie Ella's parents as of (664) Station St, North Carlton. Elsie & Henry would live with her parents address for the next few years before moving to Dandenong c1916.

Elsie Ella Lee & Henry William Robinson had 7 children (6 Boys & 1 Girl).

In 1917 her husband Henry William followed his brothers & enlisted in WWI joining the 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company on 1 Feb 1917 aged 26 Yrs 3 Mths. On enlistment Henry & Elsie were residing in Hemmings St, Dandenong but Henry amended this by notation using "HWR" to his wife Elsie Ella parents address at 664 Station St, North Carlton. It appears Elsie Ella would bring up their two boys at her parents home for the duration of WWI.

By the 1921 Henry & Elsie lived at 40 Harold St, Thornbury not far from Elsie Lee's mother Esther Lee (McLaughlin) who lived nearby at 412 St George's Rd, Thornbury in the 1930's.

However because of Henry's railway employment they moved & lived in Traralgon, Victoria from about 1924 to 1927. Their daughter Marie was born there in 1925.

During the late 1920's they moved back to Thornbury about the time their youngest son Lawrence John was born in Carlton in 1927. Thornbury would be their home for about the next 20 years up until the late 1940's when Elsie Ella's husband Henry's was advised by his doctor that a seaside living would be good for Henry's poor health as a result of WWI "Mustard Gas" poisoning. He bought land & built at 8 Morris St, Tootgarook (now Rye) in the 1950's just around the corner from his son-in-law (& their good friend) Dick Beagley who had married his daughter Marie Robinson. The Beagley's were living at 45 Wilkinson St Rye, Victoria after they advertised that they were seeking land at Dromana, or Rye near Beach - Write to Beagley - 40 Harold St, Thornbury on 30 March 1949.

Elsie Ella passed away aged 77 in 1968 in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.

Children

Elsie Ella Lee & Henry William Robinson had 7 children (6 Boys & 1 Girl):-
Patrick (Phillip) John Robinson (1915–1972); Raymond George Robinson (1916–1980);
Henry (Kevin) Robinson (1920–1984); Arthur Desmond Robinson (1921-2018) aged 96 ;
Marie Joyce (Beagley) Robinson (1925–2013) born in Traralgon &
Lawrence (Laurie) John Robinson (1927–2015) & Vernon Noel (Hilary) Robinson (1931–1995)

Residences

1890-c1907: Lucknow, Victoria.
c1908-1915: 664 Station St, Carlton North, Victoria (Australia, Electoral Rolls, Batman Carlton Nth Electoral Role).
c1916-1917: Hemmings St, Dandenong, Victoria.
1917-1919: 664 Station St, North Carlton, Victoria.
c1921-c1923: 40 Harold St, Thornbury, Victoria. (see Electoral Roles 1921).
1924-c1927: Seymour St, Traralgon, Victoria. (see Electoral Roles 1924,1925 & 1927).
c1928-1950: 40 Harold St, Thornbury, Victoria. (see Electoral Roles 1939 & 1946).
1950's-1966: 8 Morris St, Tootgarook (now Rye).

Sources

• 1891: Elsie Ella Lee: BDM's - Victoria: Birth Reg Year 1891, Reg No 280 Parents: Wilson Lee & Esther Mclaughlin, Birth Place - Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia. Note: Elsie was born on the 5 Dec 1890.
• 1968: Elsie Ella Robinson: BDM's - Victoria: Death Reg Year 1968, Reg No 19059, Aged 77 - Parents: Wilson Lee & Esther Mcloughlin - Death Place - Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia