Could Robin be Robert? Wragby, Lincs
 

Wragby Baptism 10th April 1832; James Chambers s/o of Robert and Ann
No baptism of Robert Chambers abt 1801 but a marriage in 1823 to Ann Dawson.
Baptism of Robin Chambers 1799, son of Henry and Elizabeth but no marriage, burial or census records.

1841 Census Wragby

Robert Chambers Male 40 1801 Lincolnshire, England
Ann Chambers Female 35 1806 Lincolnshire, England
John Chambers Male 15 1826 Lincolnshire, England
Thomas Chambers Male 13 1828 Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Chambers Female 11 1830 Lincolnshire, England
James Chambers Male 9 1832 Lincolnshire, England
Henry Chambers Male 5 1836 Lincolnshire, England
George Chambers Male 3 1838 Lincolnshire, England

1851 Census Wragby

Robert Chambers Head Married Male 50 1801 Ag Lab Wragby, Lincolnshire, England
Ann Chambers Wife Married Female 46 1805 - Wragby, Lincolnshire, England
Elizabeth Chambers Daughter Unmarried Female 21 1830 - Wragby, Lincolnshire, England



Henry Chambers Son - Male 14 1837 Scholar Wragby, Lincolnshire, England
George Chambers Son - Male 12 1839 Scholar Wragby, Lincolnshire, England
James Beet Nephew - Male 9 1842 Scholar Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England

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8th Jan 1852 Marriage at Wragby, Elizabeth Chambers age 22 to George Booth, From the original register on FMP Elizabeth's father is called Robert.

Wragby Burial Register 17 Mar 1853 Robin Chambers age 53
GRO Death index CHAMBERS, ROBERT age 53 1853 M Quarter in HORNCASTLE UNION Volume 07A Page 345

1855 Ann Chambers, widow (d/o James Dawson) marries James Buffham at Wragby.


12 Aug 1857 Marriage at Wragby of James Chambers aged 25, to Sarah Silvester. From the original register scan on FindMyPast James' father is Robin Chambers, deceased.


I can't find any news reports or probate in the either Robert or Robin.
Could Robert and Robin actually be the same man?

Seems likely, yes.

How you are recorded depends on who is writing it down. Robin is a diminutive form of Robert, so yes, as Kite says, very likely. The chances are that everyone always knew him as Robin, but those in authority wren't going to accept Robin as a name.

Did Henry and Elizabeth have other children? Did they include Nancy, Betty, Polly etc?

I'm chasing those through now on the census as this little lot seem to be the only branch that remained in the Wragby area. Their grandparents got into some bother with the law over fowl stealng and an alleged murder in the 1830's and 1840's.

The children named in the '41 and '51 are all regulars in the tree across the generations but I haven't followed them through fully at present.


The only baptism circa 1800 is for Robin in 1799, son of Henry and Elizabeth.