Edwin Dwight Robbins and Louisa (Bishop) Robbins arrived in the Town of Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois, sometime prior to June of 1870. The family appears in the 1850 and 1860 Federal Census in Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and in the Census of 1870 at Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois. They have five children total:
Cynthia Jane Robbins m. Henry Yaw
Edwin Gustave Sheltusky Robbins m. Alice Ann VanDuzer
Anna Louise Robbins m. Augustus Theobold Drom
Emma E. Robbins never married
Helen Patience Robbins m. Walter B. Hanson
1850 Census Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin (Below)
Edwin, Louisa, Cynthia J., Edwin G., and Ann L. Their two youngest children are not born yet. Emma and Helen.
1860 Census, Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin (Below)
Edwin, Louisa, Edwin G., Anna L., Emma and Ellen. Edwin G. S. is 21, living at home and farming with his father. Cynthia Jane does not appear in the 1860 Census with the family. She has married Henry Yaw, and they are residing in Michigan. Emma and Helen/Ellen now appear in the 1860 count.
1860 Census, Township of Galien, Berrien County, Michigan (Below)
Henry Yaw, Cynthia Jane Robbins, Edwin Dwight Yaw, Emma Jane Yaw.
1870 Census, Town of Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois (Below)
Edwin, Louisa, Emma and Helen. Edwin G. S., and Anna Louise have also moved from the family home.
1870 Census, Township of Artesia, Iroquois County, Illinois (Below)
Edwin G. S., Alice Ann, Lillian, Fred, Edith.
Artesia Township 1884
