Birth: July-August 1848 Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, UK
Father: William Wilkinson c1820-a1881
Mother: Charlotte ? b1825-1849
Christening: 7 August 1848 Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: October-December 1869 Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Wife: Susannah Voller 1851-1921
Death: January-March 1924 Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Susannah Charlotte Wilkinson [Belton, Jeram] 1870-1935
Elizabeth Louisa Wilkinson [Ray] 1871-1954
Robert John W Wilkinson 1873-a1891
Henry Charles Wilkinson 1875-1957
Arthur Augustus Wilkinson 1877-1904
Edith Selena Wilkinson [Lean] 1880-1970
Ethel Bertha Wilkinson [King] 1883-1944
Albert Edward Wilkinson 1885-1975
Clarence Wilfred Wilkinson 1891-1916
Victoria May Wilkinson [Knight] 1893-1967
Birth of Robert John Wilkinson in FreeBMD in July-September 1848 in Hull (22 417).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for the baptism of Robert John Wilkinson on 7 August 1848 at Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull, York, parents William and Charlotte Wilkinson.
His mother died in July-September 1949 in Hull.
I cannot locate the family in the 1851 census.
In the 1861 census as Robert Wilkinson aged 12, born in Hull, Yorkshire, and living with his father (William), stepmother (Mary), sister (Elizabeth) and cousin (Elizabeth Meakin) at The Grocer Shop, 16 Belvidere Terrace, Southampton St Mary, Hampshire.
Marriage of Robert John Wilkinson and Susannah Voller in FreeBMD in October-December 1869 in Southampton (2C 70).
His daughter was registered in April-June 1870 in Southampton.
I cannot locate him in the 1871 census but his wife and daughter were living at at (44) Belvidere Terrace, St Mary, Southampton with her parents.
His daughter was born on 17 July 1871 and registered in July-September 1871 in Ipswich.
His son was registered in April-June 1873 in Portsea Island.
His son was registered in January-March 1875 in Portsea Island.
His son was registered in January-March 1877 in Portsea Island.
His daughter was born on 26 June 1880 and registered in July-September 1880 in Portsea Island.
In the 1881 census as Robert Wilkinson aged 32, born in Hull, Yorkshire, an iron moulder, and living with his wife (Susen), three sons (Arthur, Henry and Robert) and three daughters (Edith, Elizabeth and Susen) at 27 Central Street, Portsea, Hampshire. His wife and daughter (Edith) were also listed as visiting her parents at 5 Ramsome Terace, Southampton.
His daughter was born on 10 December 1883 and registered in January-March 1884 in Portsea Island.
His son was born on 3 October 1885 and registered in October-December 1885 in Portsea Island.
His son was born on 27 February 1891 in Fratton and registered in April-May 1891 in Portsea Island.
In the 1891 census as Robert Wilkinson aged 42, born in Hull, Yorkshire, an iron moulder HMD (Her Majesty's Dockyard), and living with his wife (Susan), five sons (Albert, Arthur, Henry and Robert, and one unnamed) and three daughters (Edith, Elzabeth and Ethel) at 7 Wimpole Street, Landport, Portsea, Hampshire.
His daughter was born on 6 July 1893 and registered in July-September 1893 in Portsea Island.
In the 1901 census as Robert Wilkinson aged 52, born in Hull, Yorkshire, single, an iron moulder, and living in two rooms at 5 Coish's Lane, Portsea and Landport, Portsmouth. His wife, and two sons were living at 4 Alexander Road, Portsmouth. Another son and daughter were living with his daughter Elizabeth Ray and her husband at 21 Garnier Street, Portsmouth.
In the 1911 census as Robert Wilkinson aged 62, born in Hull, Yorkshire, single, an iron foundry moulder, and living in two rooms at No 5 Coish Buildings, Coish Lane, Fratton Road, Landport, Portsmouth, hampshire.
In the UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 for his son Clarence Wilfred Wilkinson he is listed as born in Fratton, son of Robert John and Susanna Wilkinson, an engine room artificer 3rd class died 5 June 1916 when HMS Hampshire sank just after the Battle of Jutland.
In the 1921 census as Robert J Wilkinson aged 72 years 11 months, born in Leeds (sic - on original), Yorkshire (not on original), married, retired, and living in two rooms at 5 Coris (sic - in the index, Coish on the original) Lane, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. His wife was living with their married daughter Edith Selina Lean and family at 251 Fratton Road, Landport, Portsmouth.
His wife died in July-September 1921 in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Death of Robert J Wilkinson in FreeBMD in January-March 1924 aged 75 in Portsmouth (2B 823).
There are five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Robert John Wilkinson.
Note that Portsea Island became Portmouth on 1 July 1900.
Robert John Wilkinson was the father of Susannah Charlotte Wilkinson, wife of Henry Belton, Felicity's first cousin three times removed.
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