Descendants of Robert Robinson of Cross Cliffe.
Generation
One.
Robert
Robinson of Cross Cliffe married Sarah Whitworth. They had two
children:
     John
Whitworth Robinson born 9 July 1804.
     Sarah
Robinson born 14 May 1810.
Generation
Two.
John
Whitworth Robinson was born on 9 July and baptised on 10 August 1804
in Glossop. Parish register entries for the baptisms of their
children show that the family lived at Hurst, Broadbottom and
Crosscliffe. John was a shopkeeper. He married Emmelia Fielding, born
13 October 1808, daughter of Samuel Fielding and Hannah Hopwood (see Descendants of John Fielding of Whitfield 1674) on 24 August 1828 in Glossop. They had seven children:
     Hannah
Robinson born 1828.
     Sarah
Robinson, born in Glossop, baptised 3 November 1831 in Glossop. In
1881 census she is living with Hannah's family, age given as 47. She
died in her 71st year on 10 February 1902, buried in Glossop.
     Robert
Robinson, baptised 30 October 1834 in Glossop, died aged 4 on 26
January 1839, buried in Glossop.
     Deborah
Robinson, born February 1838, died aged 4 months on 29 June 1838,
buried in Glossop.
     Robert
Robinson, born about 1839, died in the 20th year of his age on 23
January 1859, buried in Glossop.
     Samuel
Robinson, born October 1842, died 9 February 1843, buried in Glossop.
MI says he was aged 16 weeks when he died.
     John
Robinson, born April 1845, died 17 May 1846, buried in Glossop. MI
says he was aged 13 months when he died.
John
Whitworth Robinson died on 8 July 1847 and was buried in Glossop. MI
says he died aged 43 and records that 3 more children died as infants
in addition to those named.
Emmelia
died in the 56th year of her age on 14 January 1865 and was buried in
Glossop.
Sarah
Robinson was born on 14 May 1810 in Glossop. She married Luke Hague,
born 26 June 1808, son of Joseph Hague and Betty Wild (see The Hague family of Glossop and Minnesota) on 1 March 1829 in Glossop.
Generation
Three.
Hannah
Robinson was baptised on 21 October 1828 in Glossop. She married John
Hurst, baptised 16 September 1832 in Glossop (son of Thomas Hurst and
Elizabeth Tideswell) on 29 November 1853 in Glossop Wesleyan Chapel.
Witnesses to marriage were William Hurst & Lawrence Nuttall (son
of John Hurst's landlady). They had four children:
     John
Thomas Hurst born about 1855.
     Robert
William Hurst, born about 1860 in Glossop. 1881 census gives his age
as 21. His wife's name was Eliza.
     Emily
Elizabeth Hurst, born about 1866 in Glossop. 1881 census gives her
age as 14.
     Walter
Hurst born 13 June 1870.
The
1881 census has the family at 12 Sheffield Road, Glossop. John was
aged 50, a labourer on roads and Hannah aged 50.
John
died on 22 November 1899 in Glossop.
Generation
Four.
John
Thomas Hurst was born about 1855 in Glossop. He and his wife Rachel
had three children:
     Martha
Ann Hurst, born 1875 in Glossop, died 11 April 1946 in Glossop. 1881
census gives her age as 5. She married Joe Rose Winterbottom, born 17
August 1871, died 11 April 1929 in Glossop.
     Hannah
Hurst, born 1877 in Glossop, died 18 November 1946 in Glossop. 1881
census gives her age as 3. She married William Allen Dewsnap, died 17
February 1937.
     William
Earnshaw Hurst, born about 1880 in Glossop. 1881 census gives his age
as 6 months.
1881
census gives John's age as 25, a warehouseman in print works
(cotton). He is recorded both in his parents' house and next door (No
14) with his own family. Rachel was aged 31. Also in the house was
his aunt, Martha Hurst, a servant aged 59, born in Penistone,
Yorkshire.
Walter
Hurst was born on 13 June 1870 in Glossop. 1881 census gives his age
as 10. He married Emma Copeland, born about 1854, possibly in Boston,
Lincs. They had a son, Harold Hurst, born 26 February 1897.
Walter
Hurst died in 1948.
Generation
Five.
Harold
Hurst was born on 26 February 1897 in Altrincham, Cheshire. He
married Minnie Gray in 1918 and they had three children:
     Thomas
Walter Hurst, born 1919.
     Robert
Alex Hurst, born 1921.
     John
Brian Hurst, born 1931.
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