Vital Statistics
Walter Alfred Pinson: 1908 – 1998 GRO1919 (Butcher, Rozelle, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Belgian Ruth Robinson: xxxx – 1977
Married: 1943: Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
Children by Belgian Ruth Robinson:
Son (GRO2007)
Son (GRO2008)
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO1919
Walter Alfred was the first born son of Richard Alfred Pinson by Florrie Osley (née Davis). He was baptized in St. Clement Anglican Church in Marrickville in April 1908. His father was a “butcher” who lived on Myrtle Street in Marrickville and Walter later joined him in the family business. However, not before trying his hand at being a “musician”. The Electoral Rolls show that Walter and his younger brother Richard Joseph were “musicians” living together on Thorne Street, in Wagga Wagga, on the Murrumbidgee River west of Sydney in 1937. How successful they were, I do not know! The “Second World War” interfered with what ever plans they may have had.
Walter married Belgian Ruth (“Rene”) Robinson in 1943. According to the Electoral Rolls, she was a “wrapper” of some sort (not stated) living by herself on “Darling Street”, in Rozelle later that same year. Walter was AWOL – perhaps he was serving in the armed forces and she was back living with her family. However, that is conjecture.
Walter returned to “Myrtle Street” to run his father’s butcher’s business after he died in 1944 and his widow and her two sons and daughters’ in law submitted a joint memorial notice to the “Sydney Morning Herald” on Wednesday 15th August the following year. Interestingly, it refers to the daughters in law nicknames, “Rene” and “Belle”.
Walter’s younger brother Richard Joseph was abroad serving with the “A.I.F.” (“Australian Imperial Force”) when his father died. Walter was still working as a “butcher” and living with his mother in 1946, 1949 and 1954. There is nothing in the Electoral Rolls to suggest that his wife and family were with him. However, the family were re-united by 1958. By then, Walter and Belgian had had at least two sons. The family then lived on “Sydenham Road” in Marrickville. Walter was an independent “butcher” by then and Belgian a “telephonist.”
The couple lived on “Sydenham Road” throughout the 1960s and they were still there in 1972. Their sons had come of age by 1977. The Electoral Roll shows that they were then “students” living at home with their parents. Belgian Ruth Pinson died in September 1977 (Sydney Morning Herald: September 10th 1977). Walter and his sons stayed on at the same address and they were “clerks” living at home in 1980. Walter died in 1998, aged 90 years (Daily Telegraph: Sydney: 16th May 1998).
Family Tree
Grandparents
Grandfather: Richard Thomas Pinson: 1850 – 1913
Grandmother: Mary Agnes McClune: 1846 – 1930
Parents
Father: Richard Alfred Pinson: 1877 – 1944
Mother: Florrie Osley Davis: 1882 – 1963
Father’s Siblings (Aunts, Uncles)
Mary Ann Matilda Pinson: 1868 – 1868
Archibald Frederick Pinson: 1869 – 1951
Lily Amy Pinson: 1871 – 1873
William James Pinson: 1875 – 1945
Richard Alfred Pinson: 1877 – 1944
Mary Agnes Pinson: 1879 – xxxx
Thomas Henry Pinson: 1881 – 1938
Herbert Joseph Pinson: 1883 – 1917
Walter Pinson: 1885 – 1946
Pearl Elsie Pinson: 1887 – xxxx
Arthur Ernest Pinson: 1889 – 1960
Ruby May Pinson: 1891 – xxxx
Vera Maud Pinson: 1894 – xxxx
Male Siblings (Brothers)
Walter Alfred Pinson: 1908 – 1998
Richard Joseph Pinson: 1912 – 1998
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