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Frederick Charles Robson                  1882-1925
Frederick was born about 1882, the son of John Atkinson Robson and Mary Elizabeth Winlow, at Sunderland, County Durham. He was a mining Engineer, and spent much time working in Tarkwa, Gold Coast, Africa.
Edith Smithson                                      1884-1918
Edith was born on 25 December 1884, the daughter of Richard Smithson and Mary Brown, in Sunderland, County Durham.
I have identified the following children.
  Frederick Percival Born 7 Oct 1909   Sunderland Married Ruth Spensley
Reginald Smithson Born 14 Aug 1911   Sunderland Married Isabella Patterson
Edith Mary Born 24 Mar 1914   SunderlandMarried Charles M. Hall

Birth of Parents
Frederick Charles Robson b: abt 1882               1882 2Q Sunderland 10a 731
son of John Atkinson Robson and Mary Elizabeth Winlow

Edith Smithson b: 25 Dec 1884         1885 1Q Sunderland 10a 667
daughter of Richard Smithson and Mary Brown

Marriage
11 Jan 1909
Frederick Charles Robson
Edith Smithson 		        1909 1Q Sunderland 10a 896

Children
Frederick Percival Robson b: 7 Oct 1909               1909 4Q Sunderland 10a 762
son of Frederick Charles Robson and Edith Smithson         1973 2Q Durham East 1a 1015

1911 Census RG14-168 3 April 1911 Fulwell, County Durham
13 Bower Street   (4 Rooms)
Edith Robson (Wife)
Frerderick Percival (Son)
Ida Leslie Smithson (Sister) 		Age 26
Age 1
Age 11

School 		Sunderland
Sunderland
Ryhope 		Durham
Durham
Durham 		25 Dec 1884
7 Oct 1909
abt 1899
Edith was married for two years, had One child.

Reginald Smithson Robson b: 14 Aug 1911               1911 3Q Sunderland 10a 1582
son of Frederick Charles Robson and Edith Smithson         1977 3Q Manchester 38 1076
Edith Mary Robson b: 24 Mar 1914               1914 2Q Sunderland 10a 1665
daughter of Frederick Charles Robson and Edith Smithson
Age 81, 1995 Apr Bury St Edmunds C12D 7421C

Death
Edith (Smithson) Robson Died 2 Dec 1918, Age 33,        1918 4Q Sunderland 10a 1439
(Flu Epidemic)

Death
Frederick Charles Robson Died 22 Oct 1925, Age 43       1925 4Q Lewisham 1d 1131
(Blackwater Fever)

LONDON   4 Aug 1926                         Probate
ROBSON, Frederick Charles - of 8 Lee-road, Blackheath, Kent, died 22 October 1925, Probate London 4 August, to Doris Mirabel Grealy (Wife of Bernard Vincent Grealy) and Albert Spain, clerk.
  Effects £868 8s. 10d.
The Gazette, Wednesday, 14 Sep 1926                         Death
FREDERICK CHARLES ROBSON, Deceased
NOTICE is hereby given, that all1 creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of Frederick Charles Robson, of 8, Lee-road, Blackheath, in the county of Kent, formerly of 3, London Wall-buildings, in the city of London, and of Tarquah, Gold Coast Colony, deceased (who died on the 22nd October, 1925, and probate of whose will was granted by the Principal Probate Registry, on the 4th August, 1926, to the executors, Doris Mirabel Grealy and Albert Spain), are hereby required to send particulars, in writing, of their claims or demands to ue, the undersigned, on or before the 17th November, 1926, after which date the executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims or demands of which the executors shall then have had notice--Dated this 9th September, 1926.

Note:
  Bernard Vincent Grealy was born in 1889, son of Thomas Grealy and Catherine Asbury. He married Doris Mirabel Robson in 1926. I have not confirmed a birth or death record for Doris.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Jill Grice a descendent of Frederick Charles Robson, for many of the details provided above.