Ross Beattie's ROBINSON and WILLIAMS(ON) Lineage

Locality
Early Generations
    1           ♦ John Robinson (c1828…1899) m. Phoebe Williams(on) (c1824…1890)
                            [Tartaraghan, Lurgan Co Armagh > Oberon NSW]
    1.1           Sarah Robinson (1853…1854)
    1.2        ♦ Mary Jane Robinson (1854…1916) m. William Batcheldor (1852…1929)
    1.3           Susanna Robinson (1857…1881) m. Joseph Henry Luxton (c1858…1952)
    1.4           John Robinson (1859…1927) ?m. (…)
    1.5           Henry Robinson (1861…1946) m. Agnes Christina Isabella Ponton (1866…1951)
    1.5.1        George Alexander Robinson (1890…1964) m. Hilda Owen (1900…1991)
    1.5.1.1     Ronald Alexander Robinson (1929…) m. Judith May Peterson / Hackney (…)
    1.5.1.2     Owen Robert Henry Robinson (1931…2010) m. Edna Aileen Ayres (1935…2006)

    2              Thomas or Richard Robinson (c1808…) m. Sophia Ruddle Todd (c1808…)
                            [Portadown Co Armagh > South Australia]
    2.1           Isabella Robinson (c1809…1884) m. James Todd Carrick (…1852)
    2.2           Benjamin Robinson (c1821…1899) m. Mary Tiller
   
    3              Benjamin Robinson (c1800…) m. Elizabeth Blevins (…)
                            [Armagh]
    3.1           Joseph (c1828-33…1884?) m. Elizabeth Williams (…1867)
                           [Charlesmont, Armagh, Ireland → Victoria, Australia → South Australia → Victoria]
    3.2           Benjamin Robinson (1837-38…1875) m. Sarah Jane Williams (c1841…)
                           [Armagh, Ireland → Victoria, Australia → South Australia → Victoria → South Australia]           

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Other Robinson and Williamson Lineages
    O-1           Another John and Phoebe Robinson [Windsor, NSW]
    O-2           William Robinson (1809…1887) m. Jane Margaret Stilwell (1821…1885) [Manchester ENG > Oberon, NSW]
    O-2.1        Joseph Robinson (1845…1916) m. Jane Crampton (1838…1911) [Bathurst, NSW]
    O-2.1.1     William Maurice/Morris Robinson (1870…) m. Catherine E L Wood (…) [Bourke, Bathurst, Sydney NSW]
    O-3           Alexander and ?Mary ?Ann Robinson [Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh > Australia]
    O-4           John Williamson (c1817…1899) m. Esther Bickett (c1822…1892)
                            [Drumnagoon, Portadown Co Armagh > New Zealand]
    O-4.1        William Williamson m. Lizzie  —
    O-4.2        Sarah Williamson (1851…1925) m. James Atkinson (1848…1926)
    O-4.3        Esther Williamson (c1857…1938) m1. John Atkinson (…); m2. Henry Dagg
    O-4.4        Annie Williamson (c1862…1904) m. Edward Millichamp
    O-4.5        John Williamson (c1865…1900) m1. Sarah Little Taylor

Locality

Lineages 1 and 2 have been traced back to the Tartaraghan parish area of County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in the early 1800s.
Some descendants of Lineage #1are known in New South Wales, Australia, and descendants of Lineage #2 in South Australia to the present.

Early Generations

1. ♦ John Robinson (c1828…1899) m. Phoebe Williams(on) (c1824…1890)
[Tartaraghan, Lurgan Co Armagh > Oberon NSW]

John Robinson, farm labourer from Grange Onella [most likely the parish of Grange, part of which lies in the barony of O’Neilland], County Armagh Northern Ireland, was the son born c1828 to HENRY and SARAH ROBINSON (both living at Tartaringham in mid-1854).

John married Phoebe Williamson (or Williams) in Ireland during 1852, the marriage being registered at Lurgan, Co Armagh. Phoebe, the daughter of farmer JOHNATHON WILLIAMSON and his wife SARAH IRVINE (both deceased before September 1854), was born c1824 at Tartaringham on the southern shores of Loch Neagh, Co Armagh (near Portadown).

Phoebe and John Robinson sailed to Australia aboard the 583 ton London registered Lady Kennaway which docked in Sydney from Plymouth on 8 December 1854; neither had any previous relatives in the colony. The couple had five children:

• SARAH ROBINSON (died en voyage to Australia, 1854, aged perhaps eight months),
• MARY JANE ROBINSON (born en voyage, ?August 1854; married William Batcheldor),
• SUSANNA ROBINSON (born c1857 NSW, died 1881; married Joseph Luxton),
• JOHN ROBINSON (born c1859 NSW, died 1927, Portland NSW) and
• HENRY ROBINSON (born 1861 Duckmaloi NSW, died 1946, Sydney; married Agnes Christina Isabella Ponton in 1889 at Manly NSW; three known children).

Also aboard the Lady Kennaway was Phoebe's sister Sarah Williamson, listed as a domestic servant aged 33 years, from Derrycore Co Armagh, daughter of John and Sarah (both deceased), CoE and able to read; her implied birthdate would be 1821.

Phoebe Robinson died of old age at her home at Back Creek near Oberon NSW on 11 January 1890, aged 66 years.

John Robinson remarried, c1892 aged 63 at Oberon, to Hannah Cole; there was no issue to this marriage. John, farmer of Caves Road near Oberon, died near Oberon on 13 April 1899, aged about 70 years.

Robinson-Williamson tree[.gif, 10KB]

 

 

Church of Ireland, Taratraghan, Co Armagh [photographer: R Beattie, July 2009] [larger image]

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Possibly related, a Mary Jane Robinson married farmer Robert Todd on 11 March 1858 in the Parish Church at Tartaragham. The marriage, performed by George Robinson, was witnessed by James Carrick and William Williamson; all parties were able to sign the register. The bride was the daughter of farmer George Robinson of Eglish, and the groom the son of Wolsey Todd of Foy.

1.1 Sarah Robinson (1853…1854)

Sarah Robinson, first child of JOHN ROBINSON and PHOEBE WILLIAMS(ON), died at sea in the Lady Kennaway, en route to Australia; the same voyage saw the birth of her sister Mary Jane.

1.2 ♦ Mary Jane Robinson (1854…1916) m. William Batcheldor (1852…1929)

Mary Jane Robinson, born circa August 1854 at sea en voyage to Australia aboard the Lady Kennaway, was the daughter of JOHN ROBINSON and PHOEBE WILLIAMS(ON). A spinster residing at Duckmaloi east of Oberon, Mary Jane married bachelor farmer William Batcheldor, bachelor farmer, at her parents' home on 21 November 1878. William, born 1852 in Warwickshire ENG, was the son of JOHN BATCHELDOR and JANE WORRALL.

William and Mary Jane Batcheldor had eleven children:

• ETHEL MAY BATCHELDOR (born November 1879; died 31 August 1903 at Oberon; never married),
• ELIZABETH JANE BATCHELDOR (born January 1881; died 1970; mother of twins born 1900; marriage to Cam Whalan registered at Oberon in 1918),
• SARAH ELIZABETH BATCHELDOR [Elizabeth Sarah Batcheldor] (born August 1882; died 3 October 1964 at Crookwell NSW; married Allan Robertson, 1909, at Edith near Oberon; twelve issue),
• EMILY SUSANNA BATCHELDOR (born October 1883; died 12 May 1964; married Thomas Victor Kelly near Oberon, 1910; at least two issue ),
• PHOEBE LOIS BATCHELDOR (born May 1883/5/6; died 1966; marriage to Alfred Charles Whalan on 25 March 1908 at Edith registered at Oberon; seven issue),
• WILLIAM JOHN BATCHELDOR ("Jack"; born 1887 near Oberon; death at Ashfield NSW on 18 April 1941 registered at Newtown; married cousin Ruby Dorinda Batchelor at Oberon on 13 June 1923iii; four issue),
• ROSA MARY BATCHELDOR (born October 1888, "Spring Hill", Oberon, died 1 June 1921, Molong NSW; marriage to George Roland Bailey Beattie registered at Rockdale NSW in 1913; three issue),
• SIDNEY THOMAS BATCHELDOR (born  November 1890; died aged 78 years on 17 September 1969; death registered at Lithgow, buried in Lithgow General Cemetery; married Amelia Armstrong (“Millie”), 1918 near Oberon; two issue),
• ADA ELLEN BATCHELDOR (born July 1892; died 12 January 1925; married Hubert S Holley, Oberon 1915; two issue),
• MABEL SELINA BATCHELDOR (born May 1894; died 12 July 1969, aged 75 years and was buried in Oberon’s Old Methodist Cemetery; married Lancelot W Hawken at Oberon, 1917; three issue) and
• ERNEST OSWALD BATCHELDOR (born June 1896 (or 1895); death on 15 February 1969 registered at Oberon; marriage to Violet Elizabeth Josephine Callaghan at Oberon registered at Stroud NSW in 1919; three issue).

In addition, William and Mary Jane raised as their own child the surviving natural twin of their daughter Sarah,

• EUNA VICTORIA BATCHELDOR (born 1900, died 1936; marriage to Joseph R Hawken (brother of Lancelot) registered at Oberon in 1920).

The death of Mary Jane Batcheldor née Robinson was registered at Oberon in 1916; a 1969 obituary notice for E O Batcheldor stated that 'the deceased's mother was Miss Mary Jane Robinson of Upper Back Creek, Oberon, and later of the Shooters Hill Road property "Bracondale"'.

William Batcheldor died 22 May 1929 at Oberon.

1.3 Susanna Robinson (1857…1881) m. Joseph Henry Luxton (c1878…1952)

The marriage of Joseph Henry Luxton and Susanna Robinson was registered at Bathurst in 1880. Susannah was a daughter of JOHN ROBINSON and PHOEBE WILLIAMS(ON): her birth had been at Hartley in 1857. Joseph's birth to CHARLES and MARIA had been registered at Bathurst in 1858. Joseph's brother Thomas Luxton married Mary Selina Sloggett in 1878. Joseph and Susannah were the parents of:

• HENRY CHARLES LUXTON (born circa 1880, died 29 August 1946, aged 66, buried with his mother).

The death of Susanna Luxton née Robinson, aged 23, daughter of JOHN and PHOEBE on 28 September 1881 was registered at Lithgow: she was buried in Oberon's Old Methodist Cemetery.

Joseph's subsequent marriage to Elizabeth Catherine McDonald, 'Matron of Isisford', was registered at Lithgow in 1883, with issue:

• ELSIE S LUXTON (birth registered in 1884 at Lithgow; death registered in 1898 at Lithgow),
  
• JESSIE HELEN LUXTON (born 21 October 1887, Oberon; died 13 September 1975, Waratah; became the second wife of Archibald Herbert Cameron on 23 February 1928 at Strathfield [Archibald born 2 Sepember 1880 Largs, Morpeth, died 25 April 1967 Maitland], with issue (rf http://www.clan-cameron.org.au/descend_mdvp.php?personID=I21803&tree=cameron1)),
  
• REBECCA OLIVE ANNIE LUXTON (birth registered in 1890 at Oberon; marriage to Jules Sylvester registered at Lithgow in 1913; the 1930 and 1933 Electoral Rolls shew Jules [farmer] and Rebecca [home duties] listed at Lalor Rd., Quaker's Hill),
  
• ALFRED JOHN LUXTON (birth registered in 1893 at Lithgow; marriage to Louise Catherine Cunningham registered at Ryde in 1922; the death of James Luxton, son of ALFRED J and LOUISE C, was registered at Drummoyne in 1927; the 1930 Electoral Roll shews Alfred [mechanic] and Louise [home duties] at 49 Sofala Ave., Lane Cove, in 1933, 1936 and 1937 Alfred [motor mech.] and Louise were at Moorland, Telopea Ave., Mt Colah, in 1943, 1949 and 1954 Alfred [fitter] and Louise were at 27 Pomona St., Pennant Hills, in 1949 with Alyn Nathaniel Luxton [process worker] at 29 Pomona St.; Alyn, of Pennant Hills, enlisted in the RAAF in Sydney on 17 July 1942, noting his birth details as 10 June 1924 at Yass and his next-of-kin as Alfred: he was discharged a Leading Aircraftman at 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit on 24 December 1945; John Hamilton Luxton, of Pennant Hills, enlisted in the RAAF in Sydney on 15 september1942, noting his birth details as 26 May1922 at Lithgow and his next-of-kin as Alfred: he was discharged a Leading Aircraftman at 78 Wing Headquarters on 17 July 1946),
  
• MARY DELLA MARIA LUXTON (birth registered in 1895 at Lithgow; death registered in NSW in 1975; marriage to James Tickle registered at Parramatta in 1925; the 1930, 1937, 1943, 1949 and 1954 Electoral Rolls shew James [motor-driver] and Mary [home duties] at Gavey St., Mayfield [in 1954, at 10 Gavey St.]),
  
• BRENDA E LUXTON (birth registered in 1898 at Lithgow; death registered in 1903 at Lithgow)
  
• NETTIE MAY LUXTON (birth registered in 1901 at Lithgow; death on 29 April 2003, 'at Linburn Nursing Home, Burwood, late of Homebush, formerly of Hartley', noted in the Sydney Morning Herald on 2 May 2003 and the Lithgow Mercury on 31 July 2003; marriage to John G Blacker registered at Parramatta in 1924) and
  
• MERYL JANE LUXTON (birth registered in 1908 at Lithgow; death on 29 November 2008, aged 100, 'late of Murrurrundi', noted in Tamworth's Northern Daily Leader on 3 December 2008 and the Scone Advocate the next day; marriage to Stanley W Teys registered at Burwood in 1930).

The 1930, 1933, 1936 and 1937 NSW Electoral Rolls shew Joseph Henry Luxton [labourer] and Elizabeth Catherine Luxton [home duties] at Montrose St., Quaker's Hill, in 1943 Joseph [——] is listed at Montrose St., Quaker's Hill and at 24 Elizabeth St., Mayfield, in 1949 Joseph [no occupation] is listed at 605 Great North Rd., Abbotsford [no occupation].

The death of Elizabeth Catherine Luxton, daughter on NEIL and MARY JANE, was registered at Mayfield in 1943. Joseph's death was registered at Five Dock in Sydney in 1952.

Joseph's brother Thomas Luxton married Mary Selina Sloggett in 1878.

1.4 John Robinson (1859…1927) ?m. (…)

John Robinson, fourth child and eldest son of JOHN ROBINSON and PHOEBE WILLIAMS(ON), was born in 1859 in New South Wales. John died at Portland NSW in 1927.

1.5 Henry Robinson (1861…1946) m. Agnes Christina Isabella Ponton (1866…1951)

Henry Robinson, born in February 1861 at Duckmaloi east of Oberon, was the youngest of five children born to JOHN ROBINSON and PHOEBE WILLIAMS(ON). Henry was christened at Harry’s Mount, Backs Creek near Oberon. He married Agnes Christina Isabella Ponton at Manly NSW on 8 July 1889. Agnes had been born at Manly in 1866, the daughter of JOHN GEORGE PONTON and his wife CHRISTINA NESS ROBERTSON. [John George Ponton, born at Lambeth, London, in 1833, was the son of JOHN PONTON (born 1806, died 25 July 1853) and MARY ALLEN (born 1810, died 5 July 1907). He had married Christina on 4 September 1863 at 110 Prince Street, Sydney NSW; Christina had been born in 1834 at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. John died at Manly on 2 June 1898; Christina died in 1923.]

Henry, a miner and farmer, and Agnes, a dressmaker, lived at Balgowlah NSW. They had three known children:

• GEORGE ALEXANDER ROBINSON (birth registered in 1890 at Oberon, death registered in 1964 at Newtown),
• FRANCIS H ROBINSON (birth registered in 1892 at Bathurst) and
• VIOLET E ROBINSON (birth registered in 1898 at Richmond; married Cyril M.T. Lee and they had a daughter Nancy Lee who apparently married an American sailor).

Henry was buried/cremated at Rookwood Necropolis on 20 May 1946. Agnes died at nearby Auburn Hospital on 29 July 1951, and was buried/cremated at Rookwood two days later; her death registration, made at Petersham, noted her father as WILLIAM.

Lynn [per eMails 18apr2011, 09jul2013] contributed details regarding Francis and Violet.

1.5.1 George Alexander Robinson (1890…1964) m. Hilda Owen (1900…1991)

George Alexander Robinson, born 1890 at Oberon, was the son of HENRY ROBINSON and his wife AGNES CHRISTINA ISABELLA PONTON. George married Hilda Owen on 12 January 1929 at Woollarah NSW to Congregational rites. Hilda , born 1900 at Waverley NSW, was the daughter of ROBERT OWEN and his wife MARGARET KNIGHT. [Robert Owen, born in the Oxfordshire ENG in 1864, son of SARAH GUNN of Bath Cottages, Neithrgn (?), and JAMES OWEN, died in 1931 at Wollarah NSW. Margaret Knight, born 1873 at Parramatta NSW, was the daughter of HENRY KNIGHT (born England 1834; died 1859) and JESSIE DIXON (or DICKSON) (born Midlothian SCT, 1834) and grandaughter of JAMES and ANNE DIXON (or DICKSON).]

George and Hilda had two sons:

• RONALD ALEXANDER ROBINSON (born 1929, New South Wales; married Judith May Peterson / Hackney on 25 February 1957 at Petersham NSW) and
• OWEN ROBERT HENRY ROBINSON (born 1931 at Woolarah NSW; died 2010, Roselands; married Edna Eileen Ayres on 21 April 1956 at St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Kingsgrove NSW; Edna died in 2006 at Roselands).

George served with the Australian Infantry Forces in World War I, and was disabled. He later worked as a telephone technician, and lived at Petersham NSW. George died at Camperdown Hospital NSW on 31 December 1964. Hilda Robinson née Owen died at Camperdown Hospital in 1991.

1.5.1.1 Ronald Alexander Robinson (1929…) m. Judith May Peterson / Hackney (…)

Ronald Alexander Robinson, born November 1929, New South Wales, was the elder son of GEORGE ALEXANDER ROBINSON and HILDA OWEN. Ronald married Judith May Peterson / Hackney on 25 February 1957 at Petersham NSW.

1.5.1.2 Owen Robert Henry Robinson (1931…2010) m. Edna Aileen Ayres (1935…2006)

Owen Robert Henry Robinson, born February 1931 at Woolarah NSW, was the son of GEORGE ALEXANDER ROBINSON and HILDA OWEN. The 1954 Electoral Roll shews Owen [electrical fitter] at 19 Croydon St., Petersham North, with George [telephone mechanic], Hilda [home duties] and Ronald Alexander Robinson [operator]. Owen married Edna Aileen Ayres on 21 April 1956 at St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Kingsgrove NSW. Edna, born 19 February 1935 at Croydon Park NSW, her father had been born 3 October 1906 at Croydon and died 29 October 1968 at Croydon, her mother had been born 2 July 1908 at Rutherglen VIC, and died 14 January 1985 at Burwood NSW; they had married at Croydon on 7 September 1929 and had two children.

Owen and Edna had four children:

• GLEN OWEN ROBINSON (born 1958, Campsie NSW; married Lee Anne Cassilles, 21 January 1984, Roselands NSW; one child),
• ROBERT KARL ROBINSON (born 1962, Campsie),
• KRISTEN NARELLE ROBINSON (born 1966, Bankstown NSW; married Ian MacDonald, 29 November 1986, Caringbah NSW; one child), and
• COLETTE VANESSA ROBINSON (born 1972 at Darlinghurst NSW).

Owen, who worked in the electrical trade, lived at Roselands NSW. The death of Edna Aileen Robinson on 17 January 2006, 'late of Roselands', was noted in the Sydney Morning Herald on 19 January 2006. The death on 2 June 2010 of Owen Robert Henry Robinson, aged 79, 'late of Roselands', was noted in the Sydney Morning Herald on 5 June 2010.

2. Thomas or Richard Robinson (c1808…) m. Sophia Ruddle Todd (c1808…)
[Portadown Co Armagh > South Australia]

Thomas Robinson, born c1809, and his wife Sophia Ruddle Todd were parents of

• ISABELLA ROBINSON (born c1809, married James Todd Carrick),
• male ROBINSON (the great-grandfather of George Robinson of Portadown (1994)) and
• BENJAMIN ROBINSON (born in Armagh c1821, emigrated to South Australia in 1839, in 1851 married Mary Tiller).

[Some of the remaining information in this section is provided by Mrs Anita Buttfield (1994), whose relative George Robinson of Portadown responded to an inquiry by Mrs Buttfield published 1994 in the Ulster Gazette. George’s great-grandfather was an elder brother of Mrs Buttfield’s grandfather. It was this information that identified Sophia's husband as Thomas.]

["Tillybegal" on 5 May 2005 posted on the Ancestry 'Carrick' Message Board:
James Todd Carrick b: c1799 in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Married Isabella Robinson c1829, children born in Armagh: David, William, James Todd, Sophia, Benjamin, Jane Todd, Charles Todd, Richard. Isabella was the daughter of Richard Robinson and Sophia Ruddle Todd.
The family migrated to South Australia in 1847.]

["Jamben6" on 4 Feb 2009 posted on the Ancestry 'Carrick N Ireland and South Australia' Message Board:
James Todd Carrick born 1799, married Isabella Robinson (born 1809), lived in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Children: David c1830, William c1830, James c1831, Sophia c1837, Benjamin c1841, Jane Todd c1841, Charles Todd c1843, and Richard 1848. The family arrived in South Australia in 1847, settling in the Noarlunga district south of Adelaide. James Todd Carrick died in 1852, his wife and sons carrying on his publican work.
Isabella was the daughter of Richard Robinson and Sophia Ruddle Todd. I know nothing of James' origins.]

2.1 Isabella Robinson (c1809…1884) m. James Todd Carrick (…1852)

Isabella Robinson, born c1809, apparently a daughter of THOMAS or RICHARD ROBINSON and SOPHIA RUDDLE TODD, married James Todd Carrick. Their children included:

• DAVID CARRICK (born circa 1830),
  
• WILLIAM CARRICK (born circa 1830),
  
• JAMES TODD CARRICK (born circa 1831),
  
• SOPHIA CARRICK (born circa 1837),
  
• BENJAMIN CARRICK (born circa 1841, The Advertiser (Adelaide) on Wednesday 9 February 1898 (p4) noted the death of BenjaminCarrick: "CARRICK.— On the 26th January, suddenly at Bimbowrie station, North-East. Benjamin Carrick, fourth son of the late James Todd Carrick, of Noarlunga."),
  
• JANE TODD CARRICK (born circa 1841),
  
• CHARLES TODD CARRICK (born circa 1843) and
  
• RICHARD CARRICK (born circa 1848).
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James Todd Carrick died in South Australia in 1852, survived by his wife who died there in 1884, aged 75 years.

Presumably regarding James Todd Carrick the younger, the South Australian Register (Adelaide) of 9 March 1852 (p3) noted amongst 'Licences Granted': "James Todd Carrick, Jolly Miller, Noarlunga". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide) on 14 March 1860 (p3) reported the Noralunga District Council had on 12 March authorised Publicans' licences to John Clift, sen.. Thomas Dungey, Ellen Potter, and James Todd Carrick.

Wikipedia [accessed nov2010] notes "In 1850 the South Australia Company laid out the 'No-orlunga Township' at the 'Horseshoe', Onkaparinga River. The name "No-orlunga" supposedly comes from the Kaurna word meaning 'fishing place'. In the early years of settlement, the surrounding area was cleared for wheat farming, and a flour mill was built in the town in 1843 along with wharves used to transport produce down the Onkaparinga River to Port Noarlunga via barge. The town also had a stone bridge across the Onkaparinga, making the town a focal point for travel further down the Fleurieu Peninsula. 1856 saw the formation of the Noarlunga district council. By the 1860s the town had a post office, council chamber, 6 churches, a public pound, 2 hotels, mill, brewery and brickyard.

2.2 Benjamin Robinson (c1821…1899) m. Mary Tiller

Benjamin Robinson, born in Armagh c1821, son of farmer THOMAS or RICHARD ROBINSON and SOPHIA RUDDLE TODD, emigrated when about 18 years old to South Australia in 1839, apparently unaccompanied aboard the three-masted 434 ton barque Fairfield. In 1851 Benjamin married Mary Hall Tiller, the South Australian marriage being witnessed by James Todd Carrick (q.v.) and his son David Carrick (q.v.). Mary had been born on 9 September 1835 in England. Benjamin and Mary moved to the Victorian Goldfields near St Arnaud in 1856. Benjamin fathered ten children by Mary:

• JOHN ROBINSON (born 7 March 1848; death on 4 May 1912, aged 65, at Wolf St., St Arnaud, registered at St Agnes, Victoria, in 1912),
• BENJAMIN ROBINSON (born 2 December 1852 at Adelaide; died in South Australia),
• JAMES ROBINSON (born circa 1853; died 19 November 1915, aged 62, at Wedderburn, Victoria),
• BENJAMIN ROBINSON (birth registered at St Arnaud, Victoria, in 1857; died an infant),
• BENJAMIN ROBINSON (birth registered at St Arnaud, Victoria, in 1858; died 11 July 1834, aged 78, at Wedderburn),
• SOPHIA ROBINSON (birth registered at 'Star' Victoria, in 1860; death as Sophia Batters aged 65 registered at Kyneton, Victoria, in 1926),
• DAVID ROBINSON (born at at St Arnaud, birth registered at 'Star' in 1862; died 8 August 1942, aged 80, at St Arnaud, as registered at St Andrews),
• HUGH ROBINSON (birth at St Arnaud registered at 'Star', in 1864; died 27 January 1929, aged 63, at Minyip, Victoria),
• THOMAS ROBINSON (born 1865 at Maryborough, Victoria; died 23 May 1940 at St Arnaud [aged 85 according to index of registered at St Andrews]),
• RICHARD ROBINSON (father of Anita Robinson) and
• WILLIAM ABRAHAM EDWARD ROBINSON (birth registered at St Arnaud, Victoria, in 1873; died 26 June 1950 at Northcote, Victoria).

Benjamin Robinson died at Stin Victoria in June 1899, aged 78, his death certificate noting his parents as Thomas Robinson and Sophia Ruddle Todd. Mary died on 26 September 1906 at St Arnaud.

Leonie Cassidy of Cairns [per eMail, 23 November 2010], great-great-granddaughter of John Robinson, is researching Benjamin Robinson.

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3. Benjamin Robinson (c1800…) m. Elizabeth Blevins (…)
[Armagh]

W Robinson [per eMail, May 2011] seeks information on the "Robinson Family Ancestry - Charlesmont, Armagh, Ireland", noting a similarity of family names [between those of this author and] his ancestors, Benjamin Robinson and Elizabeth Blevans of Armagh, Ireland.

"The surname Blevans is clearly written on bmd certificates in Victoria. But the correct spelling may be Blevins, difficult to know.
My great grandfather was Joseph Robinson born approx 1830 in Charlesmont, Armagh Ireland, parents Benjamin Robinson & Elizabeth Blevans. To date, I haven't found any brothers and sisters. Joseph Robinson death certificate noted that he was in the Australia colonies for 44 years.
Checking shipping records, I found the vessel named "Salsette" with a Joseph Robinson part of a Robinson Family that arrived in Victoria 2 January 1841 from England.
The Robinson family is as follows: Benjamin Robinson (age 39) and Elizabeth Robinson (age 39), Ruth Robinson (age 18), William Robinson (age 16), David Robinson (age 15), James Robinson (age 14), Joseph Robinson (age 12, possibly my great grandfather), Annie Robinson (age 10), Charlotta Robinson (age 8), Margaret Robinson (age 6), Elizabeth Robinson (age 5) And Benjamin Robinson (age 3).
I am writing to you to seek any information that you may have came across in your research that may be matched to this particular family from Armagh, Ireland."

Wendy Walker, researching the same lineage, also sent a very interesting eMail [30 July 2011] asking for comments on her Robinson lineage, especially whether tere was any 'fit' with the other lineages.
[to date no definite 'fit' to other lineges has been found, though there are strong similarities]:

The following structure merges the data from W Robinson eMailed [May 2011] and Wendy Walker, [30jul2011]
Benjamin Robinson of Armagh, Ireland, married Elizabeth Blevins [or Blevans]. Benjamin and Elizabeth and ten of their children emigrated to Victoria, Australia, in the Salsette, arriving on 2 January 1841. The children were:

• RUTH ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1822),
• WILLIAM ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1824),
• DAVID ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1825),
• JAMES ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1826),
• JOSEPH ROBINSON (born in Charlesmont, Armagh, Ireland, c1828 [per Salsette logs], born in Armagh, Ireland, c1833 [per children's birth certificates]; died in Victoria in 1884; (possibly) married Eliza Williams [daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS] in Adelaide, South Australia, c1856, with issue born in Victoria; possibly great-grandfater of W Robinson),
• ANNIE ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1830),
• CHARLOTTA ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1832),
• MARGARET ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1834),
• ELIZABETH ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1835) and
• BENJAMIN ROBINSON (born in Armagh, Ireland, c1838 [per Salsette logs], born in Armagh, Ireland,1837-38 [per children's birth certificates]; died at Melrose, South Australia, in February 1875; married Sarah Jane Williams [daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS and sister of Eliza Williams (above)] at Angas Park, South Australia, on 7 October 1859, with issue born near Maldon and St Arnaud in Victoria; great-grandfather of Wendy Walker).

3.1   Joseph Robinson (c1828-33…1884?) m. Elizabeth Williams (…1867)
[Armagh, Ireland → Victoria, Australia → South Australia → Victoria]

Joseph Robinson, son of BENJAMIN ROBINSON and ELIZABETH BLEVINS and brother of Benjamin Robinson (below), was born in Charlesmont, Armagh, Ireland, circa 1828 [per Salsette logs] or possibly in Armagh, Ireland, circa 1833, according to his children's birth certificates. [Charlemont is proximal to Moy, some 10km WSW from Tartaraghan.] Joseph possibly [apparently] married Elizabeth Williams, daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS, in Adelaide, South Australia, in August 1856, according to his children's birth certificates. They were the parents of:

• ELIZA JANE ROBINSON (birth at Maldon, Victoria, registered in 1858; death aged 10 months registered in Victoria in 1859),
• ALICE ELIZABETH ROBINSON (birth at Inglewood, Victoria, registered in 1861; died at Nuriootpa [Angas Park] South Australia, aged 4, in April 1865), and
• DAVID JOHN ROBINSON (birth at 'Mala', Victoria, registered in 1863; death aged 8 months registered in Victoria in 1864),
• JAMES ROBINSON (birth at Moyston, Victoria, registered in 1867; died as an infant, death registered in Victoria in 1867),
• JOSEPH CHARLES ROBINSON (appears to have survived early childhood).

Joseph's wife Eliza Robinson née Williams died at Moyston, Victoria, in November, 1867. If Wendy Walker has the correct Joseph Robinson, and if he is brother of the Benjamin below, he died in 1884 in Victoria, son of BENJAMIN ROBINSON and ELIZABETH BLEVINS; W Robinson observed that Joseph Robinson's death certificate noted that he was in the Australia colonies for 44 years.

3.2  Benjamin Robinson (1837-38…1875) m. Sarah Jane Williams (c1841…)
[Armagh, Ireland → Victoria, Australia → South Australia → Victoria → South Australia]

Benjamin Robinson, son of BENJAMIN ROBINSON and possibly [probably] brother of Joseph Robinson (above), was born in Armagh, Ireland, circa 1837-38, according to his children's birth certificates. A brewer aged 22 and resident of Angas Park [Nuriootpa], South Australia, Benjamin married 18-year old Sarah Jane Williams of Angas Park (daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS and sister of Elizabeth Williams (above)) on 7 October, 1859. Benjamin and Sarah Jane then went to Maldon, Victoria, where Sarah Jane's sister, Eliza, and possibly Benjamin's brother, Joseph Robinson, were living. Benjamin and Sarah Jane had two known children:

• SARAH JANE ROBINSON (born 4 December 1859 at Long Gully, Maldon, Victoria) and
• BENJAMIN ROBINSON (born 26 February 1862 at St Arnaud, Victoria; great-grandfather of Wendy Walker).

Benjamin and Sarah Jane Robinson returned to Angas Park, South Australia, about 1863, and remained there until about 1867. Benjamin was a brewer, and, briefly, a publican. They shifted north, to Melrose, about 1867-68, where Benjamin began a brewing business. He died there in February, 1875, and is buried in Melrose Cemetery.

Other Robinson and Williamson Lineages
O-1 Another John and Phoebe Robinson
[Windsor, NSW]

It appears that there was another John and Phoebe Robinson couple in New South Wales about the same period as those detailed above. This second John was a tailor resident at Windsor NSW in early 1854, where his son Henry was baptised in the Wesleyean faith on 1 October 1854 . These may also have been the parents of

• ELLEN J ROBINSON (born 1857) ,
• GEORGE F A ROBINSON (born 1859) and
• JOHN ROBINSON (born 1861) .

O-2  William (1809…1887) m. Jane Margaret Stilwell (1821…1885)
[Manchester ENG > Oberon, NSW]

William Robinson (who is buried in the churchyard of S Barnabas CoE, Oberon NSW) was born c1808/9 at Manchester, England. William was granted a Ticket of Leave on 28 April 1832 and his Certificate of Freedom on 12 January 1833: the latter detailed that he had been transported on the England (master Reay) in 1826 [the England arrived in Sydney on 18 September 1826], that he had been a baker born in Birmingham in 1809, that he had been tried in Warwick Quarter Sessions on 2 January 1826 and sentenced to seven years for picking pockets, that he was 5' 8¼ " height, ruddy complexion (slightly freckled and pock[marked], brown hair, grey eyes, had a scar on the back of little finger of left hand and a scar on forefinger of right hand from being broken.

On 20 March 1837, at Goulburn Plains NSW, he married Jane Margaret Stilwell. Jane, born in Sydney on 11 May 1821, was the daughter of convicts JOHN STILWELL and JANE JONES, convict (later married John Webster), both of whom arrived in the colony aboard the Broxbornebury on 28 July 1814. [Jane Jones had previously embarked the transport Emu which sailed on 12 November 1812, captured by American pirates and dumped in the Cape Verde islands, returned to England in October 1813 and dispatched again on the larger Broxbornebury on 22 February 1814; she met fellow convict John Stilwell on board]. Jane later married John Webster.

Jill Gordon's commendable research on her WebSite The McKinnon Journey from Skye to Australia [accessed May 2011] notes:

William was convicted of picking pockets at Warwick Quarter Sessions, England, on 9 January 1826 and sentenced to transportation for 7 years in the Colony of NSW. The transport ship 'England' left The Port of London/Downs, England on 6 May 1826, and after 135 days at sea, William was one of 148 convicts who disembarked in Sydney on 18 September 1826. William was described in the ship's journal as aged 16, reads, protestant, single, of Birmingham, brassfounder's boy, height 5'2½", ruddy/freckled complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes. …
… In the 1828 census he was listed as being stationed at the Hyde Park Barracks. He married Jane Stilwell in 1837 at Goulburn Plains Courthouse when she was 16 and he was 25 years. Her mother Jane Webster and her step-father John Webster, gave consent to the marriage. Jane`s family lived at Goulburn at the time of their marriage and William lists Goulburn as his place of residence on their marriage certificate. William and Jane lived at Kelso from 1853-54 and later William acquired land at `Melville Park` Porters Retreat and brought up their family there. William and Jane lived on the farm until they died. William Robinson built St Barnabas Church which was dedicated as an Anglican Church in 1859. William & Jane had 16 children and 12 children survived.

The many children of William and Jane [detail largely per Jill Gordon on http://tribalpages.com/family-tree/mckinnonsofskye, accessed April2011] were:

• MARY ANN ROBINSON (born/baptised 2 October 1838 at Goulburn NSW; died 25 October 1838 at Goulburn),
• WILLIAM HENRY ROBINSON (born 25 November 1839; died 25 November 1916, Hope Street, Bourke NSW; married Martha Elizabeth Parker on 10 February 1870 at Yetholme (registered at Bathurst)),
• JOHN ROBINSON (born 15 September 1841, Goulburn; died 19 December 1911 at Brisbane Street, Dubbo NSW [obituary in Dubbo Dispatch has John born at the Oven's Diggings, Victoria]; married Maria Crampton on 10 August 1864 at St Michaels Catholic Church, Bathurst [registered at Bathurst in 1869, Crompton in indexes]),
• THOMAS ROBINSON (born 17 April 1844 at Goulburn; died 3 Sepember 1829 at Auburn NSW; married Elizabeth Pike on 20 May 1872 at the residence of Mrs. Fish, Bathurst, to the rites of the Wesleyan Church),
• JOSEPH ROBINSON (born 28 June 1846 at Goulburn; died 27 July 1916, Kelso near Bathurst; married Jane Crampton on 13 June 1869 at Sts  Michael and John Catholic Cathedral, Bathurst),
• GEORGE ROBINSON (born 22 July 1848 at Goulburn; died 17 Sepember 1946 at Dickygundi near Dubbo NSW; married Emma Jane Fisher on 19 January 1876 at All Saints CoE Cathedral, Bathurst),
• JANE ROBINSON (born 1848 at Goulburn; died 1849 at Goulburn),
• JAMES ROBINSON (born 3 July 1850 at Yackandandah, Victoria; died 20 March 1925 at 28 Lorraine Avenue, Arncliffe, Rockdale Municipality, buried 21 March 1925 in CoE Cemetery, Oberon; married Lucy Mary Wilds on 15 September 1875 at the house of William Robinson, Swatchfield),
• SARAH JANE ROBINSON (born 22 June 1852 at Kelso; died 25 December 1939 at 237 George Street, Bathurst, buried Holy Trinity CoE Cemetery, Kelso; married Philip Gidley Green on 15 June 1871 to the rites of the United Church of England and Ireland, at the residence of Mrs. Thomson, Swatchfield (Philip and Sarah were the parents of Joseph Augustus (Gus) Green , who married Mary Elizabeth Whalan in 1908)),
• EDWARD ROBINSON (born 5 September 1854 at Kelso; raised at Black Springs near Oberon; died 20 August 1945 at Melville Park, Black Springs, buried CoE portion, General Cemetery, Oberon; married Mary Jane Green on 15 September 1875 at the house of William Robinson, Swatchfield [their son James Phillip Robinson (born 1879 at Bathurst, died 25 February 1979 at Oberon; marriage to Charlotte Gertrude McKinnon registered at Oberon in 1906, with issue [Charlotte died 8 March 1958, aged 74]]),
  
• ARTHUR W ROBINSON (baptised in 1855 (born at Bathurst), died 1869 at Bathurst (death registered at Parramatta)),
• HARRIET ROBINSON (born 17 September 1857 at Kelso; died 24 December. 1945 at 320 Crown Street, Sydney, 'late of 159 Piper Street Bathurst', buried at CoE Cemetery Kelso; married Henry Robert Wilcox on 5 September 1875 at the house of William Robinson, Swatchfield, with issue [for further discussion rf  Wilcox page]),
• PETER ROBINSON (born 26 August 1859 at Kelso NSW (birth registered at Bathurst); died 21 January 1949 in Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, buried CoE portion, Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde; married Mary Ann Lawson on 13 October 1881 at All Saints Cathedral, Bathurst),
• EMILY ROBINSON (born 22 November 1861 at Kelso; died 5 December 1862, buried Holy Trinity CoE Cemetery, Kelso) and
  
• possibly JANE ROBINSON (birth registered at Sofala in 1863),
  
• MARIA ROBINSON (born 13 September 1864 at Kelso Roxburgh or Black Springs (birth registered at Bathurst); died 16 February 1951 in a private hospital, Kensington. buried Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood; married Sampson Taylor Harvey on 2 August 1882 at All Saints Cathedral, Bathurst [photo available from Marie Cribbin]).

Jane Robinson née Stilwell died at Swashfield on 10 January 1885, aged 63 years, and was buried in the CoE churchyard in Oberon on the 12th instant. William, her husband, died at Native Dog Springs Creek on 20 January 1887, aged 76, and was interred two days later. Their deaths were registered in the Macquarie and West Macquarie district respectively but neither had parental details.

On his Goulburn marriage certificate, William Robinson born 1809 appears surnamed Robson, "free by servitude". The marriage was witnessed by Jane Stilwell's mother and step-father John Webster. Apparently John Stilwell had disappeared towards India some seven years previously.

O-2.1  Joseph Robinson (1845…1916) m. Jane Crampton (1838…1911)
[Bathurst, NSW]

The marriage of Joseph Robinson, born 1845, son of WILLIAM ROBINSON and JANE MARGARET STILWELL, and Jane Crampton was registered at Bathurst in 1869. Jane, born in Ireland about 1838, was the daughter of MAURICE CRAMPTON and JANE REDDINGTON [per Colston & Wenck families in Australia on http://colston-wenck.com/showsource.php?sourceID=S4&tree=colstonwenck [accessed April2011]. The children of Joseph and Jane included:

• WILLIAM MAURICE/MORRIS ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1870; marriage to Catherine E L Wood registered at Bourke in 1896),
  
• CATHERINE HARRIETT ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1872),
  
• MARY JANE ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1874),
  
• AGATHA CICELY ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1876),
  
• JOSEPH AMBROSE ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1878; Liz Reeves [per eMail 10apr2013] noted that Joseph died in 1955 at Nyngan where he worked at a brick works [SLNSW has a photo]; he married Constance Florence Maude McQueeny at Bathurst in 1900 - she was granted a divorce in 1937 due to desertion),
  
• BERNARD EDWIN ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1881) and
  
• PHILIP EUGENE ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1883; death registered in Sydney in 1962; marriage to Annie May Beard registered at Nyngan in 1909; the 1936 Electoral Roll shews Phillip [brickmaker] and Annie [home duties] at 150 Bourke St., Dubbo, by 1937 Phillip [labourer] and Annie [shopkeeper] were at 35 George's River Rd., Croydon Park, in 1943, 1949 and 1954 Phillip [ironworker] and Annie [home duties] were lited at 238 Gardeners Rd., Kensington).

The death of Jane Robinson née Crampton was registered at Bathurst in 1911.

O-2.1.1  William Maurice/Morris Robinson (1870…) m. Catherine E L Wood (…)
[Bourke, Bathurst, Sydney NSW]

The birth of William Morris Robinson to JOSEPH and JANE was registered at Bathurst in 1870. William's marriage to Catherine E L Wood was registered at Bourke in 1896. Children of William and Catherine included:

• WILLIAM F M ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1898),
  
• LILLIAN A E ROBINSON (birth registered at Bathurst in 1900),
  
• EILEEN AGATHA ROBINSON (birth on 5 May 1901 registered at Bathurst; married McQuinn, with issue),
  
• PHYLLIS T V ROBINSON (birth registered at Newtown in 1904) and
  
• MAY D ROBINSON (birth registered at St Peters in 1905).

Lesley Casey [neillesley@aapt.net.au, 1 November 2010] eMailed:
…I am the grandaughter of Eileen Robinson dob 5/5/1901 her father was william maurice Robinson and his father Joesph Robinson and Jane Crampton and his parents were William Robinson and Jane Margaret Stillwell.I would like any other information about the Robinsons from William and Jane Stillwell back. …there is a plaque to Joseph Robinson and Jane Crampton on the Bathurst Heritage wall..

O- 3 Alexander and ?Mary ?Ann Robinson
[Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh > Australia]

This family interests the author because of the number of families known to have emigrated from the Enniskillen-Trillick-Kilskerry region of northern Ireland to the Oberon-Cowra-Orange district in NSW.
Alexander Robinson (39) and his wife ?Mary ?Ann (née Ellis) (36) emigrated to Australia from Enniskillen in 1850 aboard the Anglia. With them were their children

• HENRY ROBINSON (17),
• CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON (15),
• WILLIAM ROBINSON (13),
• ALEXANDER ROBINSON (11),
• MARGARET ROBINSON (7),
• JOHN ROBINSON (4) and
• GEORGE ROBINSON (an infant).

The family were Wesleyean. They dispersed somewhat over south-eastern Australia; for further details refer to the source correspondent, Lyndall Kirchmajer. The father may have died c1861.

O-4 John Williamson (c1817…1899) m. Esther Bickett (c1822…1892)
[Drumnagoon, Portadown Co Armagh > New Zealand]

This information is per David Atkinson of Whangarei, New Zealand (21 May 1990).
John Williamson, born c.1817, died 1899, Drumnagoon townland near Portadown and Lurgan, married Esther Bickett, born c.1822, died 1892, Lumsden, New Zealand. John and Esther emigrated to New Zealand in 1891; their children were (not in order):

• MARY WILLIAMSON (died 1928, Ireland),
• WILLIAM WILLIAMSON (lived in Drumnagoon; married Lizzie, three issue known),
• SARAH WILLIAMSON (born 1851, Drumnagoon, died 1925, Masterton, New Zealand, emigrated to NZ in 1873; married 1873, Seagoe Church, near Portadown, James Atkinson (1848-1926), six known children),
• ESTHER WILLIAMSON (born circa 1857, died 1938, Lumsden, New Zealand; married twice (no children from either marriage)),
• ANNIE WILLIAMSON (born circa 1862, died 1904, Lumsden, New Zealand, emigrated to NZ 1884/5; married 1889, Lumsden to Edward Millichamp, no children) and
• JOHN WILLIAMSON (born circa 1865, died 1900, Greymouth, New Zealand; married c.1888, Greymouth to Sarah Little Taylor, four known children).
  

O-4.1 William Williamson m. Lizzie  —

William Williamson lived in Drumnagoon; he married Lizzie —. Their issue were (at least):

• WILLIAM WILLIAMSON,
• JOHN WILLIAMSON and
• MARY WILLIAMSON

Heather Saunders of Waringstown arm eMailed [hsaunders@talktalk.net, Good Friday 2 April 2010] re Williamson and Atkinson photographs:
… I have photographs of my great-great-grandparents John and Esther Bickett and some of the Atkinsons if you would like me to send copies of them to you by email attachment.
Best wishes, Heather Saunders, ….

O-4.2 Sarah Williamson (1851…1925) m. James Atkinson (1848…1926)

Sarah Williamson, born in 1851 at Drumnagoon near Portadown and Lurgan, married James Atkinson (born 1848) at Seagoe Church near Portadown in 1873. Sarah's family lived on the townland and were farmers; they were Quakers.

Sarah and James emigrated to New Zealand the same year and raised their children:

• ROBERT ATKINSON,
• ESTHER ATKINSON,
• MAY ATKINSON,
• BILL ATKINSON,
• JIM ATKINSON and
• ANNIE ATKINSON.

Sarah Atkinson née Williamson died in 1925 at Masterton, New Zealand. Her husband James died the following year.

Sarah was the great great grandmother of David Atkinson, 50 Crawford Crescent, Kamo, Whangarei 0101, New Zealand (21 May 1990), who is able to supply a more extensive history. Some of his Atkinson relatives visited Drumnagoon in 1930 and again in 1946. They met with William Williamson and his family. David would like to hear from other rresearchers. He has written to Harry Wellborne, who advertised an interest about Williamson in Ireland, however they were unable to make a connection.

O-4.3 Esther Williamson (c1857…1938) m1. John Atkinson (…); m2. Henry Dagg

Esther Williamson, born circa 1857, married twice. Her first marriage was in 1882 at Greymouth, New Zealand, to John Atkinson (brother of James Atkinson of Tarson, Seagoe parish, near Portadown). Esther's second marriage, in 1901 at Lumsden, New Zealand, was to Harry Dagg. There were no children from either marriage.

Esther Dagg née Williamson died in 1938 at Lumsden, New Zealand.

O-4.4 Annie Williamson (c1862…1904) m. Edward Millichamp

Annie Williamson, born circa 1862, emigrated to New Zealand about 1884/5. In 1889 at Lumsden NZ Annie married Edward Millichamp; the couple had no children.

Annie Millichamp née Williamson died in 1904 at Lumsden, New Zealand.

O-4.5 John Williamson (c1865…1900) m1. Sarah Little Taylor

John Williamson, born circa 1865, married Sarah Little Taylor circa 1888 at Greymouth, New Zealand. Their children were

• ESSIE WILLIAMSON,
• JACK WILLIAMSON,
• WILLIE WILLIAMSON and
• one other.

John Williamson died in 1900 at Greymouth NZ.