George Robinson and Elizabeth Pounder are my paternal great great great grandparents who lived in Hartlepool, England. My friend, Heather, once told me with the Pounder surname that I had "dyed in the wool" old resident of Hartlepool. The Robinson surname also falls in that category. In checking Durham County, Hartlepool records go back to the 1600's for the Pounders and the 1500's for the Robinsons.
George Robinson, the son of Francis Robinson and Ann Rowntree was born on January 22, 1804 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England and was baptized at St Hilda's, Hartlepool, on February 19, 1804.
Elizabeth Pounder, the daughter of James Pounder and Elizabeth Horsley, was born on November 23, 1805 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England and baptized on May 3, 1806 at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool. The Horsley surname is listed in Hartlepool records going back to the late 1500's.
My paternal great great great grandmother, Ann Robinson, was baptized on December 20, 1827 at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool. Her father is listed as a fisherman.
A second daughter, Mary Robinson, was baptized at St Hilda's Church October 3, 1830.
There is a death record for an Elizabeth Pounder Robinson of Croft, born December 25, 1837 and died on January 21, 1939 in Hartlepool. She is buried at St Hilda's Church Cemetery. The death certificate lists Matthew Pounder and Elizabeth Pounder Robinson as her parents. Was she born after George Robinson's death and he is the biological father or was she born out of wedlock to Matthew Pounder and Elizabeth Pounder Robinson Pounder?
Burials | Hartlepool | 1836 | George | Robinson | abt 1805 | Croft |
There is a death record for George Robinson dated February 9, 1836. I do not know if he died at sea or of an illness. I also do not know where he was buried.
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1857 Ordinance Map showing the location of the Croft |
I was somewhat mystified to find a fifty-five year old Elizabeth Pounder listed in her daughter, Ann Robinson Storey's, 1861 census. Pounder was her maiden name, not her married name. More research found unmarried, fifteen year old Ann Robinson enumerated with Matthew and Elizabeth Pounder on the 1841 census.
It appears that Elizabeth Pounder Robinson married a cousin, Matthew Pounder in Hartlepool, during the year 1838. From Ancestry files, it appears that Matthew Pounder was born on December 20, 1809 in Hartlepool the son of Thomas Pounder and Jane Shepard.
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1841 England Census Hartlepool |
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1851 England Census Hartlepool |
Shepard's Gate
Matthew Pounder, Head, Married, age 41, Fisherman, born Durham, Hartlepool.
Elizabeth Pounder, Wife, Married, age 46, born Durham, Hartlepool.
Eleanor Brown, Servant, Unmarried, age 16, House Servant, born Durham, Hartlepool.
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Photo from Find A Grave |
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1861 England Census Hartlepool |
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1857 Ordinance map showing location of Burdon's Passage
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- Ann Robinson. 1817-1884. Married John Storey (GGG Grandparents)
- Mary Robinson. 1830-1897 Married William Sharp
- Elizabeth Pounder Robinson. 1837-1839
- Matthew Pounder. 1841-1855
- Elizabeth Pounder. 1844-1914. Married Jonathan Oxley
- Margaret Pounder. 1847-1869
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