A trustee of Lambeth Savings Bank in or after 1903.
We think this might be our man: Edward Victor Robbins: born 1845, in Bermondsey. He lived in Camberwell in 1891 and City of London in 1901. Died 8 June 1903, in Surrey, or Derbyshire, and was buried in Brookwood, Surrey.
The has an E. V. Robbins, the High Pastor of the Ancient Order of Shepherds Friendly Society, regretting the falling off in the numbers of the Society.
His great great grandson writes: "... although he was only an iron monger's clerk he was also high up in the Ancient Order of Foresters and Ancient Order of Shepherds ..."
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Our colleague, Andrew Behan, confirms that from his gravestone, we had the right person and expands. Edward Victor Robbins was born 23 February 1845 the third of the five children of John Robbins (1817-1897) and Jemima Charlotte Robbins née Eve (1815-1905). On 16 March 1845 he was baptised in St Saviour's Church, Southwark, Surrey (now Greater London), where in the baptismal register his date of birth was confirmed, that his family were living in Union Place, Southwark and that his father was a cooper.
He was shown as aged 6 years on the census that was taken on 30 March 1851. He was living at 11 Queen Street, Southwark, with his parents and his four siblings: Eliza Sarah Robbins (1837-1876); William John Robbins (1840-1908); Albert James Robbins (1847-1929) and Mary Ann Robbins (1850-1909). His father was listed as a cooper.
He was described as aged 16 years and an apprentice on the census that was compiled on 7 April 1861. He was living at 10 James Place, Southwark, with his parents and three of his siblings: William John Robbins - a packer; Albert James Robbins - a clerk and Mary Ann Robbins. His father was still listed as a cooper.
On 3 June 1865 he married Emma Ann Elizabeth Illet (1846-1915) in St Olave's Church, Tooley Street, Southwark, where in the marriage register he is shown as aged 20 years, a bachelor and a mercantile clerk who was living at 73 Tooley Street, Southwark, the son of John Robbins, a cooper, whilst his wife was described as aged 19 years and spinster, also residing at 73 Tooley Street, the daughter of William Illet, a block-cutter.
He was recorded as aged 26 years and a commercial clerk - iron, on the census that was undertaken on 2 April 1871. He was living at 39 Olney Street (later renamed as Olney Road), Walworth, Surrey (now Greater London), with his wife and their three children: Emma Elizabeth Robbins (1866-1940); Edward George Robbins (1868-1946) and Alfred John Robbins (1870-1934), together with one female and two male lodgers.
The 1878 edition of the Post Office Directory of Surrey lists him as residing at 2 Victoria Terrace, New Church Road, Camberwell. He is still shown as occupying this address in the census that was compiled on 3 April 1881. He was described as aged 36 years and an iron merchant's clerk who was living there with his wife and seven of their children: Edward George Robbins - a printer's machine boy; Alfred John Robbins - a scholar: Alice Ellen Robbins (1872-1949) - a scholar; Arthur Victor Robbins (1874-1933) - a scholar; Maud Mary Anne Robbins (1876-1963) - a scholar; Herbert William Robbins (1878-1923) and Lilian Edith Robbins (1881-1955), together with a male and a female lodger.
He was shown as aged 46 years and a commercial clerk on the census that was gathered on 5 April 1891. His was still residing at 2 Victoria Terrace, New Church Road, Camberwell, with his wife and six of their children: Emma Elizabeth Robbins - a dressmaker; Alfred John Robbins - a manager to a tailor's trimmer; Arthur Victor Robbins - a brass moulder's apprentice; Maud Mary Anne Robbins; Herbert William Robbins and Lilian Edith Robbins.
On 2 October 1894 he was initiated as a Freemason in the Hortus Lodge No.2469 that met at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London, where in the registers held by the United Grand Lodge of England he was shown as a horticultural engineer residing at 2 Sears Street, Camberwell, London.
He was described as aged 56 years and an iron merchant's clerk on the census that was taken on 31 March 1901. He was recorded as living at 2 Sears Street, Camberwell, with his wife and three of their children: Maud Mary Anne Robbins - a dressmaker; Herbert William Robbins - a plasterer's mate and Lilian Edith Robbins - a dressmaker.
His death was registered, aged 58 years, in the 2nd quarter of 1903 in the Bakewell Registration District, Derbyshire. Probate records confirm that his address was 2 Sears Street, New Church Road, Camberwell, London and that he died on 18 June 1903 at Smedley's Hydropathic Institution, Matlock, Derbyshire. Probate was granted to his widow on 29 July 1903 and his effects totalled £468-10s-4d. His in the Brookwood Cemetery, Glades House, Cemetery Pales, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0BL.
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