Robinson, William (1837-1918)

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Primitive Methodist Magazine 1887

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Primitive Methodist Magazine 1918

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Mary Jane Robinson

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1905

Early years

William was born in 1837 at Withernwick, in the Hornsea circuit, Yorkshire to parents William and Ann. William senior was a tailor.

Ministry

William’s obituary recorded that he had marked natural advantages. He had a magnificent voice of wonderful range and compass. As a preacher he soon became widely known and was in great demand for special services.

William was elected a Fellow of the Society of Science, Arts and Literature by London University.

Family

William married Mary Jane Simpson (1840-1904) in the summer of 1863 at Driffield, Yorkshire. Census returns identify eight children.

• Robert William (b1864) – a chemist
• Frederick James (b1867) – a railway traffic agent (1911)
• Henry John (1870-1941) – a house painter
• Mary Elizabeth (b1871) – a music teacher
• Margaret Ann (b1873) – a music teacher; married William Clement Ball, a PM Minister
• Marmaduke (1874-1949) – a PM Minister
• Jane Ellen (b1876)
• Albert Edward (b1880)

William married Sarah Emily Bartle (1871-1941) in the summer of 1905 at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Census returns identify two children.

• Winifred (b1906)
• Rosabel (b1910

William died on 13 May 1918 at Retford, Nottinghamshire.

Circuits

• 1858 Motherwell
• 1859 Glasgow
• 1860 Hastings
• 1862 Gloucester
• 1863 Ramsgate
• 1864 London ll
• 1866 Newport, IoW
• 1868 Hull l
• 1871 Hull ll
• 1872 Doncaster l
• 1875 Goole
• 1878 Hull lV
• 1882 Peterborough
• 1885 Paisley
• 1889 Edinburgh
• 1892 Pudsey
• 1894 Wakefield
• 1898 Malton
• 1902 Retford
• 1906 Retford (S)

References

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1887 (portrait); 1905/496 (Mary Jane); 1918/657

PM Minutes 1918/277

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers