ROBINSON A wonderful genealogy researcher...Thank you "cousin Max"...

In searching the early records it soon became apparent that there were several Robinson genealogical lines in Kings County. Additionally, it was not readily apparent if there were any unifying threads connecting any of the Robinson branches. If such a connection exists, it will have to await a future time.

For the present, we will consider JOHN R. ROBINSON (born 1799) as our earliest documented Robinson ancestor. The prime focus of this study will focus on his grandson, CHARLES H. EDWARD ROBINSON and his wife, ELIZA ANN SHAFFER and their descendants.

The ancestoral lines for these Robinsons include many of the prominent early settlers in Nova Scotia. Thus we find blood relationships with the immigrants from New England, the Planters, who arrived following the expulsion of the French Acadians in 1755. And the United Empire Loyalists, who came following the Revolutionary War. These family names include Dunham, Calkin, Chase, Porter, and Miller. The Shaffer line from the Lunenburg area connects back to early Harris and Croft settlers there. Charts with selected and pertinent portions of these family trees are included here.

We, their descendants, have lost even the memories of their names and where they came from. Most were ordinary folk, such as we, but they be special to us. And the purpose of this account is to see that they have not been forgotten.

For more information of other families - Harris, Croft, Porter, Chase, Calkin, Dunham, Miller and Shaffer.. Please contact : Ivan Maxwell Robinson

John R. Robinson (b)-1799(d)-July 18,1879 and Mary Elizabeth Miller (b)- 1791(d)-Sept 28,1872

Children of John and Mary:

Mary Martha Robinson (b)-Oct,1827 (d)-Nov,1905

Margaret Jane Robinson (b)-Sept,1829

John Robinson (b)-1830 (d)-1921

James Edward Robinson (b)-Nov,1883

James William Henry Robinson (b)-July,1836 (d)-Jan,1925

Five children of John and Rachel

Charles H. Edward Robinson (b)-April,1853(d)-April,1934

Edmund Wallace Robinson (b)-1854 (d)-1855

Frederick L. Robinson (b)1856 ?

William Lorenzo Robinson (b)-July, 1856 (d)-August,1924

James Milton Robinson (b)-1858 (d)-1930

From the book "Some Robinsons of Kings County, Nova Scotia"
by Ivan Maxwell Robinson
(click on this link to see the story of)
Charles H. Robinson and Eliza Ann Shaffer

Charles H.E. Robinson married to Eliza Shaffer (b)-1854 (d)-1930

10 siblings of Charles and Eliza

• Howard Lawrence Robinson- 1882-1971

• Bertha May Robinson - 1884-1945

• Annie Claudine Robinson - 1886-1976

• Lucy Maud Robinson - 1888- ?? (died early)

• Evelyn Everina Robinson - 1890-1908

• Charles Burnham Robinson - 1892-1972

• John Lester Robinson - 1894-1983

• Josephine Eliza Robinson - 1897-1981

• George Edward Robinson - 1900-??

• Gladys Gertrude Robinson - 1903-??

ROBINSON FAMILY IN 1897.
BACK STANDING:-EVELYN, BERTHA, ANNIE AND HOWARD..
FRONT:-RACHEL REBECCA, CHARLES, JOHN LESTER,ELIZA HOLDING BABY JOSEPHINE AND LUCY.

ROBINSON REUNION
Howard, Annie, Charles, Josephine, George and Gladys