Ada Constance ROBINSON (b. Abt. 1863, d. Abt.

1945)
Ada Constance ROBINSON (daughter of William ROBINSON and Zillah Ames BAMPTON) was born Abt.
1863 in Umlitsso, Punjab, India, and died Abt. 1945 in Argentina. She married Arthur Edmund SHAW on Mar
1882 in St John´s Oratory, London, son of James Crescent SHAW and Bessy Southerden WELLER.

  Notes for Ada Constance ROBINSON:

CENSUS
1881 British Census
Household Record
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Willm. ROBINSON Head M Male 54 Dublin Co Lucan Civil Engineer
Zillah A. ROBINSON Wife M Female 42 Coventry, Warwick, England
Ada C. ROBINSON Dau U Female 18 Umlitsso Punjab, India
Mabel E.M. ROBINSON Dau Female 15 Jullindur Punjab, India
Ernest G. ROBINSON Son Male 14 Jullindur Punjab, India
Rowland W.A. ROBINSON Son Male 12 Beas Punjab, India

Source Information:
Dwelling 192 Golborne Rd
Census Place London, Middlesex, England
Family History Library Film 1341009
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0041 / 87
Page Number 6
Source:
www.familysearch.org
MARRIAGE
Surname First name(s) Date qtr. District Vol Page
ROBINSON Ada Constance Mar 1882 Kensington 1a 23
SHAW Arthur Edmund Kensington 1a 23
The district of Kensington spans the boundaries of the counties of Greater London, London and Middlesex.
Source
GRO index:
FreeBMD
More About Ada Constance ROBINSON and Arthur Edmund SHAW:
Marriage: Mar 1882, St John´s Oratory, London.
Children of Ada Constance ROBINSON and Arthur Edmund SHAW are:
i. +Norah Constance SHAW, b. 11 Jun 1883, Buenos Aires, Argentina, d. date unknown.
ii. +Kathleen Isabel Wellesley SHAW, b. 02 Dec 1884, Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, d. date
unknown.
iii. +Eileen Muriel SHAW, b. 02 Jun 1886, Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, d. 18 Mar 1931.
iv. +Harold Batten Hume SHAW, b. 30 Jun 1888, Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, d. date unknown.
v. Dorothy Charmion SHAW, b. 23 Sep 1889, Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, d. 02 Apr 1898.
vi. Elvira Philomel Penrose SHAW, b. 08 Apr 1895, Concordia, Corrientes, Argentina, d. 1992, Ottawa,
ON., Canada.
vii. +Ada Charmion SHAW, b. 13 Aug 1898, Concordia, Corrientes, Argentina, d. May 1991, Ottawa, ON,
Canada.

William ROBINSON (b. Abt. 1827, d. date unknown)

William ROBINSON was born Abt. 1827 in Dublin, Co. Lucan, Ireland, and died date unknown. He married
Zillah Ames BAMPTON on 27 Feb 1860 in Bengal Presidency52, daughter of John BAMPTON and Ann
AMES.

  Notes for William ROBINSON:

MARRIAGE REGISTRATION
Surname First Name Spouse Surname First Name Other Names Year Prefix Vol No Folio
Robinson William Bampton Zillah A 1860 N1 97 295
Source:
Family History in India
Index to Bengal Marriages 1855-1864
For adminstrative purposes, colonial India was divided into three Presidencies, Bombay, Madras and Bengal.
Protestant and Catholic churches began to keep records in India in 1698 (Madras), 1709 (Bombay) and 1713
(Bengal). Each year, these records were transcribed and sent to the capital of the Presidency, where they were
indexed. The records and indexes were then sent to London. This practise ceased with Independence in 1947.

CENSUS
1881 British Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation
Willm. ROBINSON Head M Male 54 Dublin Co Lucan Civil Engineer
Zillah A. ROBINSON Wife M Female 42 Coventry, Warwick, England
Ada C. ROBINSON Daur U Female 18 Umlitsso Punjab, India
Mabel E.M. ROBINSON Daur Female 15 Jullindur Punjab, India
Ernest G. ROBINSON Son Male 14 Jullindur Punjab, India
Rowland W.A. ROBINSON Son Male 12 Beas Punjab, India

Source Information:
Dwelling 192 Golborne Rd
Census Place London, Middlesex, England
Family History Library Film 1341009
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0041 / 87
Page Number 6
Source:
http://www.familysearch.org

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
British India

British India was divided into three Presidencies : Bombay, which covered the west and north of the country,
including what is now Pakistan; Bengal, which covered the east of the country and included Burma and what is
now Bangladesh, and Madras, which covered the southern portion of India. The main cities of the Presidencies
were Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, respectively.

More About William ROBINSON and Zillah Ames BAMPTON:

Marriage: 27 Feb 1860, Bengal Presidency.52

Children of William ROBINSON and Zillah Ames BAMPTON are:

i. +Ada Constance ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1863, Umlitsso, Punjab, India, d. Abt. 1945, Argentina.
ii. +Mabel Edith M. ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1866, Jullindur, Punjab, India, d. date unknown.
iii. Ernest G. ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1867, Jullindur, Punjab, India, d. date unknown.
 iv. Rowland W. A. ROBINSON, b. Abt. 1869, Beas, Punjab, India, d. date unknown.

John BAMPTON (d. date unknown)

John BAMPTON died date unknown. He married Ann AMES on 27 Oct 1830 in St Michael´s Church,
Coventry, Warwickshire, England4.

  Notes for John BAMPTON:

MARRIAGE

John BAMPTON and Ann AMES.

27 Oct 1830 Saint Michael, Coventry, Warwick, England

Source:
Parish registers, 1670-1966. Church of England. St. Michael's Church, Coventry, Warwickshire, Film
No=0466696. LDS. Family History Library.

Additional LDS Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: Sheet:
M021415 1827 - 1838 0466696 Film 6904416 Film 00

Source:
www.familysearch.org

More About John BAMPTON and Ann AMES:

Marriage: 27 Oct 1830, St Michael´s Church, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.4

  Marriage Notes for John BAMPTON and Ann AMES:

St Michael's Church in Coventry is what we think of as "the old cathedral" - becoming elevated, to a cathedral in
1918.It is in fact the second cathedral. St Mary's Priory Cathedral being the first.

In 1086 the city was granted to the Earls of Chester and Bishop de Lymesay became abbot of the priory. Under
him the City became dived in two. The Priors Half and the Earls Half. At first the Priors half was more powerful
and subsequently the church of Holy Trinity became the parish church for the Priors half. St Michaels was the
parish church of the Earls half of the city and was used by his tenants These two churches are both in the Centre
of the City not more than 50 yards apart and both sitting on the hilltop. This explains why there are two churches
so close together. (The first Cathedral of St Mary's was a monastery too and so did not survive the ravages of
Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries).

St Michaels was built in stages around the 1370's. The Botoner brothers, William and Adam, rich merchants of
the time, paid for the construction of the tower and their sisters, Ann and Mary, paid for the construction of the
spire some 40 years later. There was said to be a brass plaque in the church which read...

William and Adam Built the tower,

Ann and Mary built the spire.
William and Adam built the church,
Ann and Mary built the choir.

The overall is some 300 feet in height standing on a base of around 30 feet square. There is a stone staircase
which you can use to climb to the top of the tower. A well worth while climb though breathtaking for reason of
exercise too. In 1773 thousands of pounds were expended on overcoming subsidence.

At the outbreak of was in 1939 the stained glass from the cathedral was removed. It is now in the undercroft of
the new Cathedral. On the night of the 14th of November 1940 the Luftwaffe attacked the City. The moon was
bright. Coventry was laid out below them clear and sharp. Incendiary bombs formed part of the attack ordnance
and a stick of these hit the cathedral setting the roof timbers alight.

When the morning of the 15th November dawned the tower and spire still stood, rather like the tower and spire of
Christ Church. A cross formed from two charred timbers was formed and placed on the alter. The Charred Cross
and the Cross of Nails, three medieval roof nails bound together, remain symbols of the cathedral’s ministry of
reconciliation.

Source:
http://www.thecoventrypages.net/hstoric-cov/st-mikes.asp

Children of John BAMPTON and Ann AMES are:

i. +Matilda BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1831, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown.
ii. +Zillah Ames BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1835, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown.
iii. John Ames BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1837, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown.
iv. Walter Robinson BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1841, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. Abt. 1847, Coventry,
Warwickshire, England.
v. Louis Bernard BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1843, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. Abt. 1847, Coventry,
Warwickshire, England.
vi. Edith BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1845, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown.

Ann AMES (b. Abt. 1809, d. Abt. 1891)

Ann AMES was born Abt. 1809 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and died Abt. 1891 in Coventry,
Warwickshire, England. She married John BAMPTON on 27 Oct 1830 in St Michael´s Church, Coventry,
Warwickshire, England4.

  Notes for Ann AMES:

BAPTISM

The following record requires confirmation

Ann AMES

Event(s):
Birth:
Baptism: 07 Aug 1809 Church of England. St Michae´s Church
Coventry, Warwick, England

Parents:
Father: Henry AMES
Mother: Ann

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: Sheet:
C021412 1754 - 1806 0428986 Film 6900289 Film 00
C021412 1806 - 1812 0428987 Film NONE

Source:
IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 British Isles
http://www.familysearch.org

MARRIAGE

John BAMPTON and Ann AMES

27 OCT 1830 Saint Michael, Coventry, Warwick, England

Source:
Parish registers, 1670-1966. Church of England. St. Michael's Church, Coventry, Warwickshire. Film
No=0466696. LDS. Family History Library.

Additional LDS Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: Sheet:
M021415 1827 - 1838 0466696 Film 6904416 Film 00

source:
www.familysearch.org

CENSUS

1881 British Census

On census date Ann Bampton, née Ames was living at:

16 Paradise St., Coventry St Michael, Warwick, England

and was listed as:

Ann BAMPTON 72 Coventry Warwick England Retired Lady

DEATH

Surname Given name Death qtr. Age District Volume Page

Bampton Anne Jun 1891 82 Coventry 6d 426

The district of Coventry spans the boundaries of the counties of Warwickshire and West Midlands.

Source:
GRO index
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

St Michael´s Cathedral

The city of Coventry, West Midlands, England is unusual in that it has had three cathedrals. The first was St.
Mary's, a monastic building, only a few ruins of which remain. The second was St. Michael's, an Anglican
cathedral and now a ruined shell since the Second World War. The third is the new St. Michael's rising like a
phoenix from the ashes out of the destruction of the former and a celebration of 20th century architecture.

The original St Michael's Cathedral was largely constructed between the late 14th century and early 15th century
but now stands ruined, bombed almost to destruction on November 14, 1940 by the German Luftwaffe. Only the
tower and spire along with the outer wall survived. Before 1918 it was the church of St Michael, the largest
parish church in England, but in that year was elevated to cathedral status after a revision of the diocese. The new
St Michael's cathedral, built next to the remains of the old, was designed by Basil Spence. The ruin of the older
cathedral remains hallowed ground. A cross made of nails from the cathedral was donated to the Kaiser Wilhelm
Memorial Church in Berlin, which was destroyed by allied bomb attacks and is also kept as a ruin alongside a
newer building. A copy of a graphic by Kurt Reubers that was drawn in 1942 in Stalingrad (now Volgograd) is
shown in the cathedrals of all three cities as sign for reconciliation of the three countries that were once enemies.

Basil Spence (later knighted for this work) insisted that instead of re-building the old cathedral, it should be kept
in ruins as a garden of remembrance and that the new cathedral should be built alongside, the two buildings
together effectively forming one church. The selection of Spence for the work was a result of a competition held
in 1950 to find an architect for the new Coventry Cathedral; his design was chosen from over two hundred
submitted.

The foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid by the Queen on March 23, 1956. It was consecrated on May
25, 1962, on the same day as the new Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, and — like its German counterpart —
its modern design caused much controversy. The unconventional spire (known as a fleche) was lowered onto the
flat roof by helicopter. The interior is notable for a large tapestry of Christ, designed by Graham Sutherland and
for the Baptistry window designed by John Piper. This is a stained glass window of abstract design which
occupies the full height of one wall. It is compounded from 195 elemental panes of startlingly bright primary
colours. Also worthy of note is the Great West Window known as the "Screen of Saints and Angels", engraved
by John Hutton. Although referred to as the West Window, this is the ecclesiastical west as it lies at the opposite
end from the altar which is traditionally at the east end of a church. Due to the unorthodox orientation of this
cathedral, the altar is actually at the north end.

The cathedrals of St Michael were Coventry's second and third in its history. The first cathedral in Coventry was
St Mary's priory and cathedral, which held such status from some time between 1095 and 1102 when the
infamous Bishop Robert de Limesey moved the Bishop's see from Lichfield to Coventry, until 1539 when it fell
victim to King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. Prior to 1095, it had been a small Benedictine
monastery, (endowed by Earl Leofric and Lady Godiva in 1043) but shortly after this time rebuilding began and
by the middle of the 13th century it was cathedral of 425 feet in length and included many large outbuildings. It
was recorded that Leofric and Godiva were buried together inside.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Cathedral

More About Ann AMES:

Baptism: 07 Aug 1809, St Michael´s Church, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.
More About Ann AMES and John BAMPTON:
Marriage: 27 Oct 1830, St Michael´s Church, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.4

  Marriage Notes for Ann AMES and John BAMPTON:

St Michael's Church in Coventry is what we think of as "the old cathedral" - becoming elevated, to a cathedral in
1918.It is in fact the second cathedral. St Mary's Priory Cathedral being the first.

In 1086 the city was granted to the Earls of Chester and Bishop de Lymesay became abbot of the priory. Under
him the City became dived in two. The Priors Half and the Earls Half. At first the Priors half was more powerful
and subsequently the church of Holy Trinity became the parish church for the Priors half. St Michaels was the
parish church of the Earls half of the city and was used by his tenants These two churches are both in the Centre
of the City not more than 50 yards apart and both sitting on the hilltop. This explains why there are two churches
so close together. (The first Cathedral of St Mary's was a monastery too and so did not survive the ravages of
Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries).

St Michaels was built in stages around the 1370's. The Botoner brothers, William and Adam, rich merchants of
the time, paid for the construction of the tower and their sisters, Ann and Mary, paid for the construction of the
spire some 40 years later. There was said to be a brass plaque in the church which read...

William and Adam Built the tower,

Ann and Mary built the spire.
William and Adam built the church,
Ann and Mary built the choir.

The overall is some 300 feet in height standing on a base of around 30 feet square. There is a stone staircase
which you can use to climb to the top of the tower. A well worth while climb though breathtaking for reason of
exercise too. In 1773 thousands of pounds were expended on overcoming subsidence.

At the outbreak of was in 1939 the stained glass from the cathedral was removed. It is now in the undercroft of
the new Cathedral. On the night of the 14th of November 1940 the Luftwaffe attacked the City. The moon was
bright. Coventry was laid out below them clear and sharp. Incendiary bombs formed part of the attack ordnance
and a stick of these hit the cathedral setting the roof timbers alight.

When the morning of the 15th November dawned the tower and spire still stood, rather like the tower and spire of
Christ Church. A cross formed from two charred timbers was formed and placed on the alter. The Charred Cross
and the Cross of Nails, three medieval roof nails bound together, remain symbols of the cathedral’s ministry of
reconciliation.

Source:
http://www.thecoventrypages.net/hstoric-cov/st-mikes.asp

Children of Ann AMES and John BAMPTON are:

i. +Matilda BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1831, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown.
ii. +Zillah Ames BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1835, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown.
iii. John Ames BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1837, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown.
iv. Walter Robinson BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1841, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. Abt. 1847, Coventry,
Warwickshire, England.
v. Louis Bernard BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1843, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. Abt. 1847, Coventry,
Warwickshire, England.
 vi. Edith BAMPTON, b. Abt. 1845, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown.

Bessy Southerden WELLER (b. 1824, d. Abt. 1885)

Bessy Southerden WELLER (daughter of Thomas Edmund WELLER and Elizabeth Dixon SOUTHERDEN)
was born 1824 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, and died Abt. 1885 in Devon, England. She married
James Crescent SHAW in W. Derby, son of Euclid SHAW and Martha SANT.

  Notes for Bessy Southerden WELLER:

MARRIAGE REGISTRATION

Surname First name(s) Marriage Date District Vol Page

SHAW James Crescent Dec 1840 W. Derby 20 685
WELLER Bessy Sotherden Dec 1840 W. Derby 20 685

The district of W. Derby is an alternative name for West Derby and it is in the county of Lancashire.

Source:
GRO index
FreeBMD

CENSUS

1881 British Census

Bessy S. SHAW

Other Information:
Birth Year <1824>
Birthplace Cheltenham, Gloucester, England
Age 57
Occupation
Marital Status W
Head of Household Walter J. SHAW
Relation Mother
Disability

Source Information:
Dwelling The Elms
Census Place Malborough, Devon, England
Family History Library Film 1341525
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2182 / 107
Page Number 5

DEATH REGISTRATION

Surname Given Name(s) Death qtr. Age District Volume Page

SHAW Bessy Southerden Jun 1885 61 Kingsbridge 5b 141

The district of Kingsbridge is in the county of Devon.

Source:
GRO index
FreeBMD

More About Bessy Southerden WELLER:

Died 2: Abt. 1885, Devon, England.

More About Bessy Southerden WELLER and James Crescent SHAW:

Marriage: W. Derby.

Children of Bessy Southerden WELLER and James Crescent SHAW are:

i. +Lucy W. D. SHAW, b. 1845, Keynsham, Somerset, England, d. date unknown.
ii. +Arthur Edmund SHAW, b. Abt. Sep 1848, Somerset, England, d. 08 Apr 1926, Argentina.
iii. +Walter James SHAW, b. 10 Feb 1851, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, England, d. Abt. 1933.