Mary (Wood) Tomlinson (1820)

Born 1820 in Southcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of John Robinson — married 1841 in Sutton, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom

Wife of John Tomlinson — married 1853 in Sculcoates Registry Office

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Marriage 1841 Sutton in Holderness

It seems likely that the parents of Martin Robinson, John Robinson from Thorngumbald and Mary Wood from Southcoates, married in Sutton in 1841. ^[1]

Wife & Mother 1851 Stoneferry

Mary (Wood) Robinson has married into a prosperous family, farming in Stoneferry, a hamlet near to the River Hull and rapidly being absorbed into the growing city but for another 25 years still in the broad rural parish of St James, Sutton. ^[2]

With Two Families 1861 Stoneferry

In 1861 in Stoneferry, between Hull and Sutton, was John Tomlinson, a farmer aged 36, from Grimsby across the Humber. His wife Mary b Sculcoates is apparently (but surely by a slip) aged 61. All of the children are born in Stoneferry: the youngest four are Tomlinsons, but the two older children, Martin 11 and Mary 9 are called Robinson and surely are Mary's children from before her marriage to John Tomlinson. ^[3]

Still Farming 1871 Stoneferry

By 1871 Martin has accepted the name Tomlinson from his step-father and Mary has disappeared, but otherwise the family is much the same. As always we should remember that Farmer's Wife, Son, Daughter was a job in the family business: Whether it was just a matter of accepting orders or of taking responsibility and some freedom to make your own decisions depended on the farmer and the subordinate. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1841 ROBINSON John WOOD Mary St James (Sutton) Hull HO/1/208
2. ↑

   Census 1851 -- PRO HO107 /2360 page 37

   Stone Ferry, Sutton, Yorkshire - East Riding,

   Farming 87 acres

   Head John Robinson 42 farmer b Thorngumbald

   Wife Mary Robinson 31 b Southcoates

   Daughter Sarah Ann Robinson 9 b Stoneferry

   Son Martin Robinson 1 b Stoneferry

   Mother Ann Robinson wid 82 annuitant b Catwick

   Servant Benjamin Stephenson 23 farm servt b Nottinghamshire

3. ↑

   Census 1861: Stoneferry. Hull.

   @@ Stoneferry & area HO 107 2360 37v.

   farming 95 acres 1 lab,

   John TOMLINSON 36 b Grimsby,

   wife Mary Tomlinson 61 (sic) b Sculcoates,

   Joseph Tomlinson 7, scholar b Stoneferry

   Emily Tomlinson 6, scholar b Stoneferry

   Ebenezer Tomlinson 3 scholar b Stoneferry

   Julia P Tomlinson age 2 b Stoneferry

   Martin Robinson 11 son b Stoneferry,

   Mary Robinson 9 dau b Stoneferry

4. ↑

   Census 1871 -- Stoneferry Road, Sutton, Yorkshire,

   Head John Tomlinson 44 Farmer b Grimsby

   Wife Mary Tomlinson 50 F' Wife b Southcoates

   Step-son Martin Tomlinson 21 F' Son b Stoneferry

   Son Joseph Tomlinson 18 F' Son b Stoneferry

   Daughter Emily Tomlinson 16 F' Dau b Stoneferry

   Son Ebenezer N Tomlinson 13 scholar b Stoneferry

   Daughter Julia P Tomlinson 12 scholar b Stoneferry

Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1853 TOMLINSON John ROBINSON Mary Sculcoates Register Offices or Registrar Attended Hull SRO/4/174

Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1841 ROBINSON John WOOD Mary St James (Sutton) Hull HO/1/208