Thank you Dave for a reply. So it has been a long time since my original post in what- 2000? I have since been corrected concerning John Robinson Sr.'s demise- not being a professional I was in those days depending on family anecdotes and "Aunt Martha's Family History" of which the lumber mill and the wagon-rollover were a part of. My "Aunt Martha's" incomplete and inaccurate records. \When offered the truth about John Robinson she called me a liar and has refused to talk to me to this day! However- the truth of the matter- I have discovered that there never was a lumber mill at Middle River/McKellar and that the date of this supposed "wagon rollover" was away too early for settlers in that area- McKellar was not even surveyed when this was supposed to occur. (Information is from Joan Ward librarian McKellar public library). I have found though, that John Robinson Sr. moved from McKellar, sometime after his first wife's passing (Eliz. (Betsy NELSON- b. 1820 IRE.- died 04 Apr 1878 Middle River ON) and remarried Sarah Amelia SMITH- b. 1863 at Mulmer ON died 01 Feb 1950 at Prince Albert SK. They were married on 16 April 1879. Amelia was only sixteen! I suppose this second marriage was quite a scandal in those days- it would be even today- and my aunt refused to admit the truth- so she sticks to the wagon rollover story. John himself then died, "before 1890". Three of John's sons: James William and John married three sisters: Ellen, Margaret, and Elizabeth HANNA.
My line is John ROBINSON Sr.'s second son- William A. ROBINSON whose seventh son David Jonathan ROBINSON was my paternal grandfather. They moved to Parry Sound where he worked for Conger Lumber Mill and then later the Canadian Northern Railway as a machinist. He was transferred to Capreol around 1916. My dad Arnold Paul ROBINSON was also born in Parry Sound. I am getting a little longwinded here Dave- contact me at
Edmontonboy@shaw.ca - I have a little more info for you- I am also interested in the Ireland story of this Robinson line- I don't have a lot to go on here. Cheers.