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)
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Name
Name: Robina /Wilson?/
Taking Wilson as the last name from Wilson?, and marking it uncertain.
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
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