Hi Dee, as with your Bant thread, do please check back later on by which time I'll hopefully have posted the information I have.

 

Kay

Manager

Hi Dee

 

I've managed to find Charles Robertson on the 1851 census as follows:

 

Charles Robertson b: 1819 Shoreditch - Head - (Bellows maker)

Mary Ann Robertson b: 1820 St Giles - wife

Mary Ann Robertson b: 1840 Shoreditch - daughter

Charles Robertson b: 1842 Shoreditch - son

Elizabeth Robertson b: 1844 Shoreditch - daughter

Harriet Robertson b: 1846 Shoreditch - daughter

Robert Robertson b: 1849 St Martins - son

 

Unfortunately the street name has been obliterated on this image.

 

I have managed to find some birth records for you which I will list below.

 

Kay

Manager

Before I list the birth records I've found, I have managed to locate the family on the 1861 census.  The address is the same - number 32 and the Parliamentary Borough is the same - Westminster.  As far as I can see the name of the road is Drury Street!

 

Here's the information on the family members:

 

Charles Wm Robertson b: 1819 Shoreditch - Head - Bellows Maker

Mary Ann Robertson b: 1820 St Giles - Wife

Matilda Emily Robertson b: 1858 (no place recorded)

Charles Wm Robertson b: 1842 Shoreditch - son - Bellows Maker

Elizabeth Robertson b: 1844 Shoreditch - daughter

Harrette Robertson b: 1846 Shoredtich - daughter (mistranscript of Harriet)

Henry Robertson b: 1849 St Martins - son (on 1851 this son is recorded as Robert)

Jessie Robertson b: 1854 St Martins - daughter

Robert Robertson b: 1852 St Martins

William Robertson b: 1856 St Sepulchre

 

My guess is that Henry was perhaps born Henry Robert and listed on the 1851 as simply Robert.  Then then Charles & Mary Ann had another son they actually named Robert.  I have known this happen before - can be confusing!

 

Kay

Manager

 

Firstly Dee I've got the record of Charles' birth as follows, which of course gives you his parents!

 

 

 

 

CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSON			Pedigree
	Male

Event(s):
	Birth:	22 AUG 1818
	Christening:	14 SEP 1818   Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England
	Death:
	Burial:

Parents:
	Father:	DAVID ROBERTSON	Family
	Mother:	ELISABETH

Now, here are the birth records of the children I could find for Charles & Mary Ann (Bant):

 

Births Mar 1840   (>99%)
Robertson	Mary Ann		Shoreditch	2	370

 

 

 

 

Births Sep 1841   (>99%)
Robertson	Charles William		Shoreditch	2	361

 

 

 

 

Births Dec 1843   (>99%)
ROBERTSON	Elizabeth		Shoreditch	2	432

 

 

 

 

I've found two records for a Harriet Robertson so will list both - and leave the rest to you!!!  For what it's worth I would guess the first is the correct one!

 

Births Sep 1845   (>99%)
Robertson	Harriet		Shoreditch	2	368

 

 

 

Births Sep 1846   (>99%)
Robertson	Harriet Matilda Ann		Shoreditch	2	412

 

 

 

I've now found a birth record for both a Henry and a Robert born in 1849, see what you make of it:

 

Births Mar 1849   (>99%)
Robertson	Henry		St Giles	1	77

 (note St Giles is where Mary Ann Bant was born)

 

 

 

Robertson

Robert

St Martin

1

140

 

 

 

Then I've found a William but not in St Sepulchre (none listed here actually), though St Martin follows from some of the others - it's a possible:

 

Births Sep 1855   (>99%)
Robertson	William		St. Martin	1a	271

 

 

 

I've also found two Matilda's - one with the second name of Emily:

 

Births Sep 1857   (96%)
Robertson	Matilda Emily		Holborn	1b	451

 

the other without but in Shoreditch:

 

Births Dec 1859   (>99%)
ROBERTSON	Matilda		Shoreditch	1c	153

 

 

and finally (though obviously not in the correct order, my apologies!):

 

Births Sep 1853   (98%)
ROBERTSON	Jessie		St Martin	1a	266

 

 

 

Kay

Manager

 

 

I've also found them on the 1871 census but the names are transcribed either differently - or wrongly!  Here's what we have:

 

The address is still 32 Drury Lane, Westminster.

 

Charles Robertson b: 1819 London - Head - Bellows Maker

Mary A Robertson b: 1820 London - Wife

Elizabeth Robertson b: 1844 London

Isaac Robertson  b: 1854 London - son (Note: on the image the age of this individual has been entered under "female" and then crossed out and entered under "male".  Also we have an alternative entry of indeed Jessie Robertson.  I can find no birth record for Isaac so I feel this is an error and should be Jessie).

Louisa F Robertson b: 1864 London - daughter - scholar (see birth record below)

Matilda E Robertson b: 1858 London - daughter - scholar

Robert Robertson b: 1849 London - son - Bellows Maker

William Robertson b: 1856 London - son - Bellows Maker

 

 

Here is the birth record I have found for Louisa:

 

Births Dec 1863   (>99%)
ROBERTSON	Louisa Frances		St Martin	1a	357

 

 

Kay

Manager

Going back to Charles' parents, David Robertson and Elisabeth, I have looked for a marriage record but the only one I have come up with (plus or minus 10 years from 1815) is as follows:

 

DAVID ROBERTSON			Pedigree
	Male		Family

Event(s):
	Birth:
	Christening:
	Death:
	Burial:

Marriages:
	Spouse:	ELIZABETH HEWITT	Family
	Marriage:	09 JUL 1816   Saint Bride Fleet St, London, London, England

From the 1881 census we can see that Mary was Head of the Household.  A death record for Charles which would fit is as follows:

 

 

Robertson

Charles William

61

Strand

1b

512

 

 

The details of the 1881 census for the rest of the family are as follows:

 

Mary Ann Robertson b: 1820 London - Head - Widow - Bellows Maker (E&M)

Robert Robertson b: 1849 London - Son - Bellows Maker

Eliza Robertson b: 1853 St Pancras - Daughter-in-Law

Frank Robertson b: 1876 London - Grandson

Louisa F Robertson b: 1864 London - Daughter

Arthur Oxford b: 1855 St Pancras - Servant

 

 

Kay

Manager

The address is still 32 Drury Lane