June 2005 RootsChat Challenge

[Manchester Rambler]

Is this a *possible* for the marriage of George Robinson our sailmaker and Mary ?, born Paisley:

IGI, submitted entry:

Marriage of George Robertson on 9 March 1819 at Middle Paisley, Paisley, Renfrew
to
Mary DOUGLAS?

Paul

This has been suggested as the most likely prospect - Douglas comes up as a family name in later geneartions, and there is a christening for Mary Douglas (dau of Colin Douglas and Elizabeth Buchanan) in Paisley, Renfrew on 28 Sep 1797.  This fits the census info we have for George's wife Mary.

Rambler

[MaryA]

Would a "Word" document help anybody?  I'm willing to do the copy and pasting and it would be searchable, surely it will be smaller than the pdf file already suggested?

[liverpool annie]

Could Charles be George's brother ( the one married to Mary b. Paisley 1798 ) ?

1881 

Name Charles ROBERTSON Relationship Head Condition M Gender M Age 80 Occupation Retired Master Mariner Birthplace Scotland Address 18 Berkley St, Toxteth Park, Lancashire

Name Isabella ROBERTSON Relationship Wife Condition M Gender F Age 80 Occupation – Birthplace Scotland Address 18 Berkley St, Toxteth Park, Lancashire

Name Kate MORRIS Relationship Serv Condition U Gender F Age 18 Occupation Dom Birthplace Liverpool Address 18 Berkley St, Toxteth Park, Lancashire


Annie

[MaryA]

A response from The Oracle about the 1851 look up request:

Hi
      Find this for you  Robertson Colin D 27
                                  Robertson Elizabeth J 27
                                   Robertson George 1
                                Living in the Poplar bow area
                                      Hope it help you Sue

[alcrighton]

We only seem to have found about 7 blood relatives of Allan so far although we've got a lot of stuff on his wife's family (including the exciting Barbados connection). 

Anyone have any bright ideas on how we can follow Allan's 20th century line?  Does the lady that researched the Muirs (I think she was a decendent of Reginald Lucock Muir) have anything on the family from the 20th century that might be relevant?

I think those who are working on Allan's paternal grandparents are pretty close to a breakthrough but wouldn't it be nice to be able to trace the line forwards in time too and maybe find some living relatives (obviously we'd have to ask permission before publishing their details)?

[Keziahemm]

Hi all

Between shopping  went into the local R.O.  to look for birth of Charles M Robertson (1853).  No trace

Searched fiche 1851 to 1854 no Charles M Robertson - very odd, although some of the fiche are very difficult to read 

Susan

[kmo]

editted to rethink

[MaryA]

Thanks for the tree Al, I love seeing a diagram, helps a lot.

Although nobody has yet responded whether they think the Johnsons I found in 1861 are Charles wife Alice, it seems as though it could well be the family, so I'll be trying to continue these through 1881-1901 and see what we come up with.  

Since Allan returned to Liverpool to die it could well be that he came back to family left behind when he went to America.  

I think somebody already has GenesReunited covered on this point and a tentative enquiry has been made to a John Robertson who claims his grandfather was a ship chandler.

Being in the Liverpool area there is one place where we suggest advertising to people when they are searching for people who may still be alive and that is on the Liverpool Echo/Daily Post site, an ex pats/reuniteds column.  But I think we really need to try to get a little bit closer to 1901 with our searches before we do that, Allan hasn't been found yet so maybe one of George's descendents or if anybody could find CLAUDE!!!

[Joanna Tolhurst]

Returning to the 1861 entry for Mary Robertson, widow of George senior and the family which included James allan's father:

I've been checking on the visitors who were from Scotland hoping for some family connection to give us some clues.
Jane Eleanor Fielding was married age 29 b Glasgow
Janet Buchanan L Evering? unmarried no age b Glasgow

Jane Eleanora Leckie Ewing married Thomas M Fielding at Kippen Stirling in 1856 (parish record from Scotlandspeople)

She was born 3 Feb 1832 and chr 8 March 1832 at Barony Lanark, daughter of William Leckie Ewing and Eleanora McFarlane.

William Leckie Ewing and Eleanora McFarlane married 28 June 1826 in Edinburgh parish.  Other children were:
Robert Chr 18 Oct 1830
John Leckie 28 May 1833
Helen Catherine 21 June 1837
Isabella Leckie 5 Oct 1829
all chr at Barony.

William Leckie Ewing was chr 3 June 1798 at Kippen Stirling, son of Robert Ewing and Isobella Leckie.  Other child found was:
Janet Buchanan Ewing b. 30 Jan 1796 chr 13 Feb 1796 Kippen.

A Janet Buchanan Ewing married John McFarlan 10 Nov 1819 at Campsie Stirling.

the Janet Buchanan L Evering? in 1861 could be William Leckie Ewing's sister hence Jane Fielding's aunt??

William Leckie Ewing and Janet Buchanan Ewing's mother was Isabella Leckie.  Her parents could have been William Leckie and Janet Buchanan or Andrew Leckie and Agnes Buchanan.

William Leckie Ewing's wife Eleanora McFarlane was chr 11 Dec 1801 Edinbugh, parents, John McFarlane and Christian Wardrob!

Unfortunately no obvious connection to our Robertsons but the same tradition of passing maternal surnames down.  As a teacher and mother of kids doing exams I frequently use Leckie and Leckie notes on Scottish examination subjects.

Heads swimming, back to the Robertsons.

Jo