Jane Fanny (Marks) Robbins (1866 - 1941)

Born 1866 in Marylebone,

Ancestors

Wife of William Robbins — married 1887 in Marylebone, London, England

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1941 at about age 75 in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Jennie (Marks) Robbins was born in Maryebone, Middlesex, England.

Residence Place: Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Christening Date: 19 Aug 1866
Christening Place: All Souls, Maryebone, Middlesex, England
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1866
Father's Name: William Marks
Mother's Name: Jane

Geographical Note and Social context: By the mid-18th century, St Marylebone had developed into a small village surrounded by pastoral fields with the adjacent pleasure-ground of Marylebone Gardens laid to the southeast. The third church building was built directly on the ground of its predecessor and opened in April 1742.
However, these modest premises soon proved too small to adequately support and serve its rapidly developing parish, which had grown from 577 houses in 1739 to 6200 houses by 1795. Thus, a fourth parish church was planned and executed in the 19th century.
After the building and consecration of the fourth parish church, the third church continued to serve its parish as a small chapel-of-ease . ^[1]
Marylebone became a fashionable place to live but also to visit. Before the redevelopment began, the bowling greens had been turned into pleasure gardens. They closed in the 1770s, by which time the gardens were hemmed in by other buildings.
During the late-18th century, the main street became the Marylebone High Street . Tradesmen included an apothecary, baker, goldbeater, hairdresser, shoemaker and watchmaker.
The Portland Estate leased pieces of land out on 99-year leases, on which builders of all types built according to plans approved by the Estate. Alongside buildings developed by private speculators were others built for the public good, like the workhouse and schools and a police station that was opened in 1821.
As well as the rich and fashionable, the Marylebone parish had its share of poverty, homelessness and associated problems. Following its demise, the Marylebone Gardens area degenerated into slums, home to the poorest and most helpless, attracting beggars and criminals. Victorian reformers such as Octavia Hill and Lady Howard de Walden began to redevelop the houses around Grotto Passage and Paradise Street from the 1860s onwards with what was effectively social housing. A ragged school for poor children was built in 1846 and clubs for poor and homeless opened.^[2]

Census Event Date: 1881
Event Place: St Marylebone, London,Middlesex, England
Residence Note: Saville St
Age: 14
Marital Status (Original): Single
Occupation: Florist Artfi
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Birthplace: Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Marks Head M 56 Hinton, Somerset, England
Jane Marks Wife F 45 St Clements, Middlesex, England
Jane Marks Daughter F 14 Marylebone, Middlesex, England
William Marks Son M 13 Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Marriage Event Place: Marylebone, London, England
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun, 1887
Spouse: William Robbins

Research Note: Details in italic in the following census record are copied from images of the original census pages in keeping of profile manager.

Name: Jennie Robbins
Age: 35
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
Sub-District: Kensington Town
Ecclesiastical Parish: All Saints, Notting Hill
Occupying two rooms out of at least 9 in 21 Burlington Road which is occupied by at least 4 families..
Event Type: Census
Birth Year (Estimated): 1866
Birthplace: Marylebone, London
Marital Status: Married

Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Event Place Note: Bevington Road

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Robbins Husband M 42 Marylebone, London
Alice C Robbins Daughter F 11 Marylebone, London
Charles V Robbins Son M 8 Marylebone, London
Jennie R Robbins Daughter F 7 Marylebone, London
Harriett M Robbins Daughter F 4 Willesden, Middlesex
Fredrick J Robbins Son M 3 N Kensington, London

Occupation: Florist.

Robbins Brett Road address

Robbins !921 Cencus

Transcript
1 Elm Villas Brett Road Stonebridge, Willesden.
William Robbins Head, 59 years 4 months, House Decorator for Metropolitan Railway Housing Scheme (Unemployed), Neasden Lane, Willesden.
Jennie Rose Robbins, Wife, 55 years & 4 days, Household Duties
Harriet Mary Robbins, daughter, 24 years 9 months, Calendar hand at White Heather Laundry Aleric Avenue Willesden,
Ethel Florence Robbins, Daughter, 19 years 3 months, Canteen hand at Illingworth's Paper, Cumberland Avenue.
James Everard Robbins, son, 13 years 6 months, employer: manufacturers, Park Road Willesden, Note May have been serving an apprenticeship.
George Edward Robbins, son, 11 years 3 months, Scholar.

Jennie Robbins's life in 1939
1 Elm Tree Villas Brett Road, Willesden M.B., Middlesex, England
Robbins household
First name Last name(s) Birth year
Jennie Robbins 1866
Joshua J Robbins is also on this record

Occupation: Laundry maid.

Name: Florence Jane Robbins
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 19 Mar 1942
Event Place: Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Death Date: 29 Oct 1941
Beneficiary's Name: Harry Robbins

Places of Residence

118 Houndsworth Terrace, Marylebone,1891.
College Park, London now part of Kensal Green. 1897-8
21 Bevington Rd Kensington, 1901.
1 Elm Tree Villas, Brett Road, Stonebridge Park 1911.
Brett Road no longer exists. It ran north from what was Harrow Road (A404) at the western end of Orchard Mews extending as far as the junction of Diamond St and Fawood Avenue. It is commemorated by footpaths named Brett Crescent on the green space between Hilltop and Fawood Avenues.
There was a laundry on Alric Avenue And on what was Barry Road at the Wood road, Hilltop Avenue, Forwood Avenue junction, about 350 yards from the corner of Brett Road. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://stmarylebone.org/about-us/heritage/heritage-the-four-churches/third-church/
2. ↑ https://www.marylebonevillage.com/about-and-visit/our-history
3. ↑ https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.54378&lon=-0.26426&layers=193&b=1

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV8K-SFN : 11 February 2018, Jane in entry for Jane Fanny Marks, 16 Jun 1866); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 580,897.
• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DYX-719 : 13 December 2014), Jenny Marks, 1887; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1887, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 1087, Marylebone, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-N8MR : 10 December 2017), William Marks in household of William Marks, St Marylebone, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 4, Piece/Folio 135/91, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,343.
• ( "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X944-WD5 : 20 May 2019), Jennie Robbins in household of William 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.
• 1939 National Registration: [1]
• Robbins Web Site
• "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7XHH-PS3Z : 27 August 2019), Florence Jane Robbins, 19 Mar 1942; citing Probate, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .