William ROBINS - Pontypridd / Gloucester (General)

by jhopkins , Thursday, February 28, 2013, 21:04 (4287 days ago)

If you find there are any NZ connections to a Robins family, would you please make contact with me? such as http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=40268

My uncle's name was William Robins. We believe he was born in Pontypridd, and there are connections with Gloucester. My brother (who was raised by this uncle after our mother died when we were both infants) understands that Uncle Bill completed his apprenticeship as a welder in Gloucester, and he evidently did a lot of work on a prominent clock in Gloucester - I am not sure which one.

Thus far there are no connections we are aware of between our Robins relations and the Forest of Dean, and we do not know how he came to be living in Gloucester. At some stage he and his mother emigrated to NZ, and they have both since died here. There are no descendants from my uncle. We would be interested to know if there are connections between 'our' Robins and the Forest (as there are for my paternal line - the Hopkins/Joseph/Cullis families).