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James Robinson – brother of David Robinson

Uncle Jim came out to the Killarney district a year or so after my Father.  He took up a homestead just north and west of our farm.  Uncle Jim was a bachelor for many years, some years later his youngest sister Rachel came out from Ontario and kept house for him. 
Then grandfather Samuel Robinson came out and lived with Jim for many years.  Rachel married Lewis Davies of Ninette, then Kate Robinson who had been out for a few years, married Fred Smith, whose daughter Beatrice Quinn now lives in Killarney.

In fact, all the Robinson family came to Manitoba.  Mrs. David Wilfong, a sister, and her four children came to Killarney, her two sons Stanley, who worked for a druggist, and Sam who worked for Angus McQueen and later Fred Kent, being well known in Killarney, the two daughters, Mabel married a Harry Way and Myrtle married a Leonard NIxon.

Jim’s farm was in section nineteen but I do not remember in which direction they were situated.

Uncle sold his farm and stock, etc. and he and his wife Janey moved into Killarney where both remained until the time of their deaths.
Both Uncle Jim and my father were great Orangemen and Uncle Jim used to represent King William of Orange and rode one of our dappled grey horses at the Orangemen’s 12th of July celebration.

Grandfather never took up land, he was past that age when he came west but he was a good help to Jim both around the house and with other outside chores.

Uncle Wes Hamilton of Ninette was also one of the early settlers in the Killarney district.