THE FAMILY ROBINSON
HISTORY OF
WILLIAM EDWARD ROBINSON
22 AUGUST 1878 - 26 MAY 1945
1878
1945
The things in the background here are WER's and I believe that they are templates, used to trace the pattern onto other metals. As I write this, I realise that I have no idea if in fact this is the case. They are all different from each other. If anyone out there knows differently, I would welcome your imput. JRN
St. Silas was in Aston, about 250 meters east of the boundary of Handsworth.
One of WER's childhood books. My grandmother (his wife) taught me to read with these books. (JR)
WWII
Will served in the war on the Salisbury Plain.
"Officers & Staff of No8 Mob Coy MIASC taken at Bulford.
2/7/1918 Salisfury Plain"
"Bert McBeth lived
across the street from us."
Harold William Robinson
William Edward Robinson marries Maud Amelia Sherwood Robinson,July 29th, 1911, in the Parish Church of St Silas Lozells in the County of Warwick, which makes my Grandmother
Maud Amelia Sherwood Robinson Robinson.
And me related to just about any Robinson in Birmingham, the way I figure it.
I have never been able to find a trace of Will's first wife.
William and Maud Robinson Honeymoon
170 Church Street, where Will lived.
Places Will lived:
170 Church Street B?
71a Church Street 1911
20 Windermere Road, Handsworth 1920s
20 Windermere Road, where William Edward, his wife Maud, and son Harold lived in Handsworth.
1925
There was no work in post-war England.
One of Will's friends immigrated to the States, and got a job at Tiffany & Co. The friend could not guarantee anything, but he thought if Will moved to the U.S. too, he might be able to get a job with Tiffany too. He did.
SS CARMANIA
PASSENGERS SAILING FROM LIVERPOOL JUNE 30, 1925
ROBINSON WILLIAM EDWARD 44YRS 8MONTHS B M M JEWELLER ?? ENGLISH YES ENGLISH YES ENGLAND BIRMINGHAM FATHER MR ROBINSON 71A CHURCH ST. LOWELLS, BIRMINGHAM NJ EAST ORANGE
MAUD AMELIA SHERWOOD HOUSEWIFE
HAROLD WILLIAM 10 M SCHOLAR 2A-23430-116143-404 - YES TO READ AND WRITE
The 1913
Sir Thomas Lipton Cup.
"So, Dad, what did your father do at Tiffany?" "Knives and plates."
WER was a chaser, too.
"He worked on trophies. He worked on the Lipton Cup."
When I actually got around to researching the cup (shown here), I doubted it, as the timing was wrong. But apparently there is more than one Lipton Cup, and it is unlikely that Dad would have gotten the name wrong.
(Reference material spotty and inaccurate.) (JRN)
The Lipton Cup.