Elizabeth Means

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1800-1810	Ireland,or possibly PA of Irish descent
Marriage			To James Robison
Death	before 1844
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5             Generation 6             Generation 7
 
                                              
                                               
                      +-- James Robison 
                      |   (<1800->1844)         
 James Robison, Jr. --+                         +-- [unknown]     
 (~1832-1907)         |                         |
                      +-- Elizabeth Means-------+ 
                          (>1800-~1844)         |
                                                +-- [unknown]

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Children

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John Robison	M
Margaret Robison	F
William Robison	M	4 Dec 1836	Butler Co., PA	Catherine Harriet Trembley
Robert Robison	M
James Robison, Jr.	M	~1832		Eleanor Jane Hines	Direct line
Joseph Robison	M

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, PA	? - 1844+

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1830 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 11. Census is not dated. Family headed by James Robinson: 2 males <5,1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female <5, 1 female 20-30. The ages and location are appropriate for James Robison and Elizabeth Means and their children. The family next door is headed by James Clark who appears as a guardian designee in the will of James Robison
2	1840 United States Federal Census, Slipperyrock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 11. Census is not dated. Family headed by James Robinson: 2 males <5, 2 males 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40. The ages and location are appropriate for James Robison and Elizabeth Means and their children. This would include James Robison, Jr.. The will from 1844 list five children but implies that there are more.
3	Will of James Robison, Estate file # R-42, Register of Wills office, Butler County Court House, PA; microfilm at Butler Public Library, Wills Vol. B p. 295. Signed 4 Jan. 1844. Lists son John, "5 youngest children" Margaret, William, Robert, James, Joseph. Guardian Alis Mc(Bride?); friend James Clark, executor. Witnesses ___ W. McBride & Thomas Clark	(Complete transcription)
4	Personal correspondence from Doris Jean Cochran, great-granddaughter of William David Robison. The wife of James Robison was Elizabeth Means, born in Ireland.	N/A
5	Personal correspondence from Nancy Robison Jackson, great-granddaughter of William David Robison. The source for information on Elizabeth Means was John Theodore "Ted" Robison (1904-2005), who is the son of John Trembly Robison, who is the son of William David Robison, who is the son of James and Elizabeth Means. Ted's father, John Trembly Robison, wrote notes on the family in about 1930, including the following: "Elizabeth Means, born in Ireland, married to James Robison and lived with him in Pennsylvania. Their children were William Robison, John Robison, James Robison, Robert Robison, Joseph Robison and Margaret Robison. Date of birth, marriage and death unknown." In at least one census, son William lists his father's birthplace as "Ireland" and his mother's as "Pennsylvania"--so it could be that Elizabeth was actually born in Pennsylvania.	N/A

Source Notes

• William David Robison of IA, born in Butler Co. PA, with father born in Ireland, is the ancestor of correspondent Doris Jean Cochran. She suggests that Elizabeth Means was the wife of James Robison; supporting documentation not provided.
• The will of James Robison does not mention his wife and does appoint a guardian for his five youngest children. This would seem to imply that Elizabeth Means died prior to 1844. She appears to still be present in the 1840 census.

Research

• In the 1820 census for Butler Co. only two families headed by Robinsons have been found. Both Samuel Robinson in Muddy Creek Twp., age 26-45, and John Robinson, in Center Twp., age >45, could possibly be our James' father. Our James Robison would be age 20-30 in 1820. Neither family lists a male in the age range for James.
• There are three Means families in Muddy Creek Twp. but only one, headed by Thomas Means, has a female of the right age for Elizabeth. Thomas Means is age >44; our Elizabeth means would be age 10-20 in 1820. Thomas Means has a daughter age 10-15. We have no primary data beyond census location to support these persons as relatives of our Robinson and Means families.

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