William James ROBINS - 1909 Pontypridd / Gloucester (General)

by jhopkins , Friday, March 01, 2013, 07:36 (4280 days ago) @ slowhands

Thank you very much once again Slowhands. That is clearly my Uncle Bill - William Robins.

The material you have discovered about the family's residence in Gloucester is very interesting, though it suggests the connection is not with the Forest (although is Dymock in the Forest?).

I have a vague memory of my brother telling me that Uncle was living with HIS uncle in Gloucester when he learned his trade, but I don't think my brother knows that the whole family moved there from Wales. I will have to talk with him again with this information at hand, and it may ring a few bells for him.

BTW, I have no recollection of a Welsh accent with my uncle which makes sense now given the family shift to Glos when he was very young - the only thing I remember is that he used to say "anyroad" (instead of "anyway"?) - is that a Gloucestershire dialect expression perhaps? My Forest ancestors came over to NZ in 1860, so all vestiges of Forest dialect had long gone.

Thank you once again - you are a gentleman and a scholar.