So he was the son of Robert Johnson, colliery engineman, and Elizabeth Johnson, of Cement Row, Widdrington. He was one of eight surviving children. (Ten total, two died) The family appear to have come from Berwick. The oldest child born at Widdrington is Robert jnr. aged 16 on the 1891 census.
Cement Row was built in 1875. Received mains electricity in 1939 although classed by then as condemned. Families housed here moved to Widdrington Station and Lynemouth.
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