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     Robert de Blenerhayset is the son of Alan de Blenerhayset.¹
     He was also known as Robert de Blennerhassett.² He was party to a deed which he sealed with his arms in 1395.² He held the office of Juror in 1406² and between 1428 and 1429.²

     Graham Ion-Robinson was born on 13 April 1908 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He was the son of Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson and Jemima Louisa Quintal.¹ He married Beatrice Kathleen Southey in January 1929 at Suva, Fiji^G.¹ He married May Emmeline Newton on 27 March 1947 at Apia, Samoa^G.¹ He died on 1 February 1992 at age 83 at Norfolk Island^G.¹
     When he was about 15 years old, he went to Sydney where he trained as a telegrapher with Australian Cable and Wireless. After meeting his first wife in Fiji where he had been assigned, they returned to farm in Norfolk. Later, they moved to Australia, where he took a course as a hotel manager, and until World War II, he managed the Hotel Metropole in Fiji. He joined the Fijian Military Forces, was sent for officer's training, and attained the rank of Captain. He and his company fought on Guadalcanal. After the war, he was posted as aide-de-camp to the last Governor of Western Samoa, Col. Volkner. After retiring from the military, he returned to Norfolk where he served as customs officer, policeman, bailiff, and part-time telegraphist, then moved the family to Auckland where they stayed until their children were grown. There, he was a Justice of the Peace. He and his 2nd wife returned to the island in 1989.¹

     Beatrice Kathleen Southey was born in 1903 at Ba, Fiji^G.¹ She married Graham Ion-Robinson, son of Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson and Jemima Louisa Quintal, in January 1929 at Suva, Fiji^G.¹ She died in 1957 at Ba, Fiji^G.¹
     Reference: 'BETTY.¹' Her married name became Ion-Robinson.¹

     May Emmeline Newton was born on 30 August 1921 at Apia, Samoa^G.¹ She married Graham Ion-Robinson, son of Enoch Cobbcroft Robinson and Jemima Louisa Quintal, on 27 March 1947 at Apia, Samoa^G.¹
     She was of 3/4 English, 1/4 Samoan ancestry.¹ Her married name became Ion-Robinson.¹

     Eugene Robinson was born on 18 June 1929 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He is the son of Graham Ion-Robinson and Beatrice Kathleen Southey.¹

     John Southey Robinson was born on 11 January 1930 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ He is the son of Graham Ion-Robinson and Beatrice Kathleen Southey.¹ He married Moira Lee Christian, daughter of Albert Louis Christian and Mary Elizabeth Shaw, on 6 August 1952 at Auckland, New Zealand^G.¹

     Moira Lee Christian was born on 29 July 1933 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ She is the daughter of Albert Louis Christian and Mary Elizabeth Shaw.¹ She married John Southey Robinson, son of Graham Ion-Robinson and Beatrice Kathleen Southey, on 6 August 1952 at Auckland, New Zealand^G.¹
     Her married name became Robinson.¹

     Rhona Robinson is the daughter of John Southey Robinson and Moira Lee Christian.¹

     Mark Robinson is the son of John Southey Robinson and Moira Lee Christian.¹

     Wayne Robinson is the son of John Southey Robinson and Moira Lee Christian.¹