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To the Endeared Memory  
of

JOHN ROBINSON
OF DESBOROUGH
WHO ENTERED INTO REST
JANUARY 27TH 1890
IN HIS 54TH YEAR

ALSO ANN
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 25TH 1913
AGED 73 YEARS

HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP


John Robinson was born in 1837, the fifth (known) child of Stephen Robinson and Ann Aprice. He was a silk weaver in his early life, moving into the shoe trade and finishing as manager of the Co-operative Store.

He married Ann Marlow in 1863.

Ann was born in 1840, the daughter of Robert Marlow and Ann Robinson.