Mother Ann Etherington was illiterate and marked her name as X on the birth certificate [1]
Research Notes
Difficult to trace in the census because he was born after the census of 1871 and his mother had remarried by the time of the 1881 Census. However, found his parents in the 1871 Census and in the 1881 Census found Joseph with his remarried Mother and siblings who were also in the 1871 Census. [2][3]
Timeline
1871 Born at Cramp Hill, Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]
1897 1st August married in St John's Church, Pleck, Walsall, Staffordshire to Jane Brown. Lived at 14 Rolling Mill, Darlaston, Staffordshire. Occupation was Railwayman [4]
1881 By the time the census was taken, his Mother Ann Etherington had remarried [3]
1916 25th September died of Pulmonary Tubercluosis in Back of 504 Pleck Road, Walsall, Staffordshire. Occupation was Steel Tube Welder [5]
↑ 3.03.1 "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27F-WGMY : 18 August 2016), James Robinson in household of Isaac Boots, Walsall Foreign, Staffordshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 47, Piece/Folio 2824/105, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,806.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: