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to view a picture of the person31. Georgina Victoria
(Gina) ROBINSON was born on 31 May 1887 in Habergham Eaves, Burnley,
Lancashire. She emigrated on 11 Aug 1910 from Liverpool, Lancashire
to Montreal, Canada. She went on the "Corsican", an Allan
Line ship whose master was E. Cook. The journey was 21 days and there were 1,300
adults on board. Georgina travelled with Miss N. Johnson.
(Was this Nancy Johnson daughter of Nicholas Johnson (b.1864 Southport) and Ann
Rimmer (b.1865 Southport)? Nicholas was one of the seven children of Richard
Johnson and Elizabeth Wright. In 1881 Nicholas was a farm servant (indoor) for
the Rimmer family. In 1884 Nicholas and Ann Rimmer had married and in 1891 they
had Nancy (1886), Elizabeth (1887), Richard (1890) and Hannah (1890). Richard
and Hannah were triplets with John. John died soon after birth. Hannah died in
1891 and Richard died in 1892. In 1891 Nicholas was a coal dealer and in 1901
he was a general labourer in Southport and he lived with Ann and their remaining
two daughters.) She died about 1988 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
She went to New Zealand to track down family members In the 1950s.
She met Clarence Anthony Robinson's wife, Jean, and they corresponded for many
years. She also visited Jean and Ray Owers and their family in Bexleyheath several
times. In 1975 she went to Southport and Lyn and Jim Owers went to visit her
there.
Georgina Victoria (Gina) ROBINSON and Frederick JOHNSON were married
about 1910 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Frederick
JOHNSON was born about 1887 in Southport, Lancashire. The
Johnson Family. Frederick's parents were John Johnson and Elizabeth Fraser
(a widow). John was a plasterer like his father John. Elizabeth Barbour (b.1850
Liverpool) had married Alexander Fraser (b.1847) in 1867 in Southport and had
had two children Emma Fraser (b.1870) and William Fraser (b.1871). Alexander
had died at the age of 30 in 1877 and Elizabeth had become a laundress.
In 1880 John Johnson (b.1852 Whitehaven, Cumberland) had married Elizabeth and
raised her two children with their own. They lived at 4 Miller Street, Southport,
Lancashire in 1881. John was a plasterer and Elizabeth was a laundress. Their
children were Elizabeth (1880-1881), Edith Ellen (b.1881), Joseph (b.1884) and
Frederick (b.1887). Joseph was a brick setter in 1901. He lived in 2A Mosley
Street, Southport, Lancashire between 1891 and 1901. In 1891 Frederick
and his parents and siblings had a boarder. In 1901 he was an Office Boy (Port)
in Southport, Lancashire. In 1904 he was an employee of the National
Telephone Company in Southport, Lancashire. He emigrated on 21 Apr
1910 from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Canada. Fred was listed
as a joiner. He travelled on the "Dominion" a ship of the White Star
Dominion Line whose master was N. Mendus. There were 1,025 adults on the journey
lasting 21 days. It appears that Fred went to Canada first and once he was settled
in his job he sent for Georgina. She followed him on August 1910. In 1910 he
was a Ledger Keeper with the Bell Telephone Company in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
He returned from Liverpool to his home in Montreal on 27 Sep 1913.
Fred, Georgina and Muriel had presumably paid a visit to Southport to see family
members and returned on the "Megantic", a ship of the White Star Dominion
Line (master Hugh F. David). The crossing was from Liverpool to Montreal and
it lasted 21 days. There were 735 adults on board. Fred was an accountant and
Muriel was 11 months old. Between 1914 and 1944 he was an Accountant, Comptroller
& Vice President of the Bell Telephone Co. in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
During World War 2 he was on the British Purchasing Commission in New York and
was the only member of that organisation not to be awarded a knighthood - probably
because he was a Canadian citizen. On 5 May 1941 he and his wife Georgina sailed
from Hamilton in Bermuda to New York on the "Evangeline" (built in
1900 by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland; 3,944 tons; 371 feet by
45 feet; single screw; 14 knots; triple expansion engines; two masts; one funnel;
clipper bow). On the manifest of alien passengers they were classed as "Diplomat"
and they were travelling with at least four other people classed as diplomats.
Between 1 Nov 1944 and 30 Jun 1953 he was a President of the Bell Telephone
Company in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He sent food parcels from Canada
between 1945 and 1953. Ray and Jean Owers received food parcels from
her aunt Gina as food was still rationed in England. He died about 1968.
Georgina Victoria (Gina) ROBINSON and Frederick JOHNSON had the following children:
+76 | i. | Muriel Edith JOHNSON. |
+77 | ii. | Eileen Norma JOHNSON. |
+78 | iii. | Frederick George JOHNSON. |
+79 | iv. | David Morris JOHNSON. |
