June 2005 RootsChat Challenge

[Burrow Digger]

I have also sent an email to John Robertson - the man whos grandfather was a cotton merchant. Hope we get a nice reply there too.

[Burrow Digger]

And now I have to go back to work.....again 

So if John Robertson or Melinda show up (melinda is the rootsweb person I sent an email too), please make them welcome, and I will see you all again in 8 hours.

Ciao

BD

[Burrow Digger]

I remember somebody saying -" Only 2 people in the houseshold in 1881 - thats going to be interesting...........................................

D'you think they could have been involved in the Slave Trade

Annie

Do we think any of Charlotte ancestor's might have been Barbados/Caribbean native? -  still thinking of Alan having brown hair and brown eyes 

BD

[Biker]

Don't know if this fits anywhere, just noticed the coincidence of names  but I'll chuck it in  ....

JOHN WILLIAM ROBERTSON
Birth: 01 SEP 1873 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

MARION BATHGATE ROBERTSON
Birth: 24 JUL 1871 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Parents -
Father: James Robertson
Mother: Mary Marshall

From the IGI

Jonathan

[alcrighton]

Don't know if this fits anywhere, just noticed the coincidence of names  but I'll chuck it in  ....

JOHN WILLIAM ROBERTSON
Birth: 01 SEP 1873 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

MARION BATHGATE ROBERTSON
Birth: 24 JUL 1871 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Parents -
Father: James Robertson
Mother: Mary Marshall

From the IGI

Jonathan

This would fit since James & Mary married in 1866 and Claude who was born in 1867 is the oldest child we've (sort of  ) found so far and there were 5 years between the births of Claude and Al(l)an and 4 years between the births of Al(l)an and Mary.

Have we found Al(l)an's older brother and another sister?  I'm going to have a look for possible death records for these children as we haven't found them with the family in any of the census records.  The only fly in the ointment is the place of birth - Claude, Al(l)an and Mary were all born in the London area.

Allan

[Chattykathy]

I'm probably WAY late on this --  scanned thread and couldn't find previous entry nor in Summary so if already noted and/or discarded, my apologises...

1881  13 Arbour St. West Hamlet, London
Alexander Robertson  Head
47 b. 1834 Scotland
Profession:  Clerk in Ships Broker    (think I saw this posted b/4)
Wife Isabella I.      b. 1841 Scotland
Dau Alexandra A   b. 1869 Camberwell Surrey
Son Gilbert C.        b. 1873 So. Hackney Middlesex
Dau Isabella B      b. 1879 Pooplar Middlesex
Unknown, Murray   b. 1880 Poplar Middlesex
Unknown, Gilbert C b. 1880 Poplar Middlesex
Source:  RG11/04/0475
Mile End Old Town, Western
22
Folio 67 Page 25

1881 Address:  80 Balsall Heath Rd.,  Edgbaston Warwickshire
John Robertson, Head, Married
Age in 1881:  38 Est.  birth abt 1843
Where born:  Scotland
Wife Clara  b. 1843 Scotland   
Dau, Clara  b. 1866 Camberwell Surrey
Visitor, Edward Litchfield b. 1851 Stowe Radnorshire, Wales
Servant, George Shaw b. 1865 Sharmes Cross Warwickshire
Occupation:        Coml Traveller (Wine & Spirit)
Source information:        RG11/2954
Registration district:        Kings Norton
Sub-registration district:   Edgbaston
ED, institution, or vessel:   10
Folio:  35
Page:  63

Noting Scotland born Heads of House, Professions and both have dau b. in Camberwell in similar time frame as Allan Robertson.

kathy

[alcrighton]

Going back to the two possible siblings that Jonathan found:

I can't find any likely death records on free BMD nor can I find them in the 1881 or 1891 England censuses.  Does anyone have the Scottish censuses to have a look for these two to try and make or discard a link?

Allan

[MaryA]

Do we think any of Charlotte ancestor's might have been Barbados/Caribbean native? -  still thinking of Alan having brown hair and brown eyes  

Just a thought, if he had been would he have been allowed to stay at the Park Avenue Hotel?

I can't find anything on the IGI for a George, James and John all with the same parents.  Does anybody have access to the 1851 census where they might possibly be together?

[liverpool annie]

Impy is looking for a Thomas King with Barbados connections - I told her to check us out here....!

Annie