Robina Kerr (Symons) Wilson (1852 - 1898)

Born 29 Mar 1852 in Hillhead Farthingbank, Penpont, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James Wilson — married 31 Dec 1875 in Scarbrae, Holywood, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Died 21 Mar 1898 at age 45 in 6 Morriston Buildings, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

In the 1871 census Robina and her younger sister Jane/Jean are at Breconside, Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, working on the farm belonging to John and Maragert Hylsop. (National Records of Scotland 1871 SIMONS, ROBINA (Census 826/ 5/ 8) Page 8 of 9) The census details for both are correct except the mispelling of their surnames and that Jean/Jane's place of birth isn't right

In their marriage record James is residing at Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire and Robina at Scarbrae.

Robina is in domestic service and James is a slater quarryman The witnesses are John Wilson and Robina's sister Grace Symons.

Robina died young, 45 years old, from exhaustion during a 2-day-long childbirth. The daughter born was named after her - Robina Kerr Wilson - and by 1901 was being looked after by her grandmother Anne Symons in Scarbrae, Holywood, Dumfrieshire (National Records of Scotland census 1901 SYMONS, ANNE (Census 830/ 1/ 2) Page 2 of 6)

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Robina /Wilson?/

Taking Wilson as the last name from Wilson?, and marking it uncertain.

Census

Census: Townfoot

Date: 1881

Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland^[1]

Census: 12 Church Rd

Date: 1891

Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: Reg Num:848, Reg dist:Sanquhar, Civil parish:Sanquhar, Town:Sanquhar County:Dumfriesshire, Address:Townfoot, Household schedule number:73, Parish: Sanquhar; ED: 1; Page: 12; Line: 17; Roll: cssct1881_327; Year: 1881. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. Data: Text: Name:Robina Wilson, ,Age:29 Birth Year:abt 1852, Relationship:Wife, Spouse's name :James Wilson, Gender:Female, Where born:Darrisdeer, Dumfriesshire CONT Address:Townfoot, Occupation:Slater'S Wife, Household Members:NameAge CONT James Wilson29, Robina Wilson29, John Wilson2, Gavin Wilson6 MO CONT
2. ↑ Source: #S6 Page: Reg Num:848, Reg dist:Sanquhar, Civil parish:Sanquhar, Town:Sanquhar, County:Dumfriesshire, Address:12 Church Rd, Household schedule number:6, Parish: Sanquhar; ED: 3; Page: 2; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1891_398; Year: 1891. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. Data: Text: Name:Robina Wilson, Age:39, Birth Year:abt 1852, Relationship:Wife, Spouse's name :James Wilson, Gender:Female, Where born:Durrisdeer, Dumfriesshire CONT Address:12 Church Rd, Household Members:NameAge, James Wilson39 CONT Robina Wilson39, Grace H Wilson14, Gavin Wilson10, Thomas J Wilson6 CONT George D Wilson4, Maryann Wilson2, William S Wilson2 MO CONT

• National Records of Scotland - Births [1]
• NRS - deaths -[2]
• WikiTree profile Wilson-10310 created through the import of McGowanCobb_2012-01-24_02_2012-10-10.ged on Oct 12, 2012 by Sandy McGowan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandy and others.

• Source: S5 Title: 1881 Scotland Census NOTESource Medium: Book CONT
• Source: S6 Title: 1891 Scotland Census NOTESource Medium: Book CONT