He was born in the summer of 1892 in Brentford, Middlesex, England. His parents were Joseph Robinson, a domestic gardener born about 1863 in Ambleside, Westmorland, England, and Annie (nee Hendry) Bigland, born about 1859 in Scotland. His parents had married in early 1887 in the Brentford district of Middlesex, England. In 1901, the family lived in East Acton and consisted of his parents and him, as well as his sisters Mary and Annie. He left Liverpool, England, 14 October 1910 as an intermediate (second cabin/class) passenger on the steamship Southwark and came to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 26 April 1910. He was noted as an unmarried young man, aged 17, who belonged to the Salvation Army. Mr. Bigland did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. He seems to have gone back to England again, since he still lived in Acton in 1911, noted as an emigration clerk at the Emigration Office. Mr. Bigland did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.
He was born in the summer of 1892 in Brentford, Middlesex, England. His parents were Joseph Robinson, a domestic gardener born about 1863 in Ambleside, Westmorland, England, and Annie (nee Hendry) Bigland, born about 1859 in Scotland. His parents had married in early 1887 in the Brentford district of Middlesex, England. In 1901, the family lived in East Acton and consisted of his parents and him, as well as his sisters Mary and Annie. He left Liverpool, England, 14 October 1910 as an intermediate (second cabin/class) passenger on the steamship Southwark and came to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 26 April 1910. He was noted as an unmarried young man, aged 17, who belonged to the Salvation Army. Mr. Bigland did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. He seems to have gone back to England again, since he still lived in Acton in 1911, noted as an emigration clerk at the Emigration Office. Mr. Bigland did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.
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