Robbins family BRISTOL (General)

by Eagerbega , Monday, September 03, 2012, 01:00 (4467 days ago) @ cjk136

Thank you for your reply cjk and others. Yes we found those entries in St. Paul's Bristol. They are our ancestors. In Australia we had thought because of Certificates here that Johanna was either a McCauliffe or Graham. Interesting that her surname is Mack........but may have been shortened some years earlier. She has signed her marriage cert as Mack. My researcher in Bristol could find no other entries

This paragraph from my researcher in Bristol
(There is no MACK baptism registered in Bristol's parish churches 1754-1812. In the period 1780 - 1800 there were three "William ROBBINS" entries but none with father Charles. In any case there was not much scope for farming in central Bristol. The parishes of St. James and St. Paul were close to the city boundary and adjoining less built-up areas but these were devoted to market gardens and nurseries rather than traditional farming. These areas were also in process of being built up which might explain William's presence there.)

cjk......regarding the second sons name.........on Philpot's (as he was known in Australia) wife Margarets Obituary it states that her husband was named in cognizance (respect of) a relative on the maternal side of the Robbins family (meaning Johanna)..namely John Philpot Curran the Irish Orator, lawyer etc. I spent months/years researching John Philpot Curran and family. JPC's sister married a Garret Graham and had offspring, there is heaps on the net etc.and I have contacts linked to the Curran line. John Philpot Currans father James Curran was sent to Newmarket Cork as Seneshal of the town/seat....which was originally the home of the McAuliffe Clan. Irish records are scant and a lot burnt in the 1922 fire in Dublin.

Eagerbega