I’m looking for any evidence of the Pennsylvania births of my two cousins. Soon after their 1886 marriage, their parents, Peter Robinson and his wife Anna Robinson nee’ Brammer, made a short trip in early 1888 from Buffalo to somewhere in Pennsylvania for a brief visit.
While in Pennsylvania, they gave birth to a daughter, Sarah (aka Sadie) Robinson, in of 1888, at Warren, Pennsylvania. Then, the news of the July 1889 tragedy of the Johnstown flood spread across the country and to family members in Buffalo.
The following month, Peter and Anna gave birth to another child, a son named Daniel W Robinson, born in August 1889, at a location he later reported as “Kensa,” Warren, Pennsylvania. After the news of the disastrous flood, the family back in Buffalo didn’t hear from Peter and Anna and thought they must have been among the thousands killed in the flood.
But by 1905, the family had returned to Buffalo and reassured relatives they had not been killed in the Johnstown flood, and explained communication to Buffalo was disrupted and quite difficult. They may have returned to Buffalo by 1890, but the 1890 census was lost, so I have depended on the 1895 New York State Census.
My problem is I cannot find any record of the birth of Sarah Robinson in 1888 at Warren, PA, nor can I find any record of the birth of her brother, Daniel W Robinson at a place he later referred to as Kensa, PA. In fact, I can’t find any evidence of such a place at all.
Can anyone help me solve this mystery of these two births?
