1889 Obituaries in Essex County Papers
1889 Obituaries in Essex County Papers

NameAge and DateParticulars
Mrs. John Robinson"Amherstburg Echo", 21 June 1889,"Mrs. John Robinson, Sr., died on Sunday of last week, of heart disease and paralysis. She was a life long resident of Maidstone, having moved there while yet a child, with her parents. Her married ife was one of happiness, and she lived to see prosperity attend her children in her latter days. Mrs. Robinson was sixty-three years of age."

Note: Mrs. John Robinson, Sr. was born Esther R. Thornton, daughter of Richard and Esther (Harrison) Thornton on 14 July 1826 in Upper Canada. She married John Robinson about 1845 and had the following children: Mary Elizabeth (married John Lee), Emily (married Arthur Wilson), Ellen (married Josiah Wigle), James (unmarried), Charlotte (?), and John Kimpton (married Ann Dring). Esther Thornton Robinson died on 14 July 1826.