June 2005 RootsChat Challenge

[liverpool annie]

This is the most comprehensive site I have found -  that lists casualties of the Boer War - there are Robertsons on there -  but I was just looking for Claude in particular -  I'm posting it in case anybody wants to check more -

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/kevinasplin/home.html

This man has worked so hard on this site and is keeping us safe at the same time - Thanks Kevin..


Thanks to Ryan this is a find.... all ships in port 1881

http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/81Intro.html

And MickeyM's terrific find

http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/

I know I shouldn't be just giving site addresses but these are just so good -  for all of us to bookmark - hope you agree


Annie

[Paul E]

Another busy 'night' on the Rootschat Challenge - great links Annie (and mickey and Ryan!).  I've lost track of the number of families we are now hunting - Six Degrees of Separation springs to mind though

Paul

[Paul E]

Has anyone been able to check the Texas birth records on Ancestry to see if we have any additional Robertsons born to Alan and Charlotte between 1901 and 1913?

Wonder if Charlotte died in childbirth?

Paul

[liverpool annie]

Hi Paul

I couldn't find any - but I sort of concentrated on Rice Navarro and surrounding areas because that's where Charlotte died .... if you have any suggestions of where else to look ....................................

I couldn't find her death there either - apart from what we have here - no tombstones obits nada..!! It's funny though even though it was supposed to be a cotton town - no mention of the Robertson's........ !I'm wondering if that's even HER....... !!

Annie

[Paul E]

Ah well, Annie!

I've just found this site on Toxteth - a labour of love:

http://www.toxteth.net/index.htm

No obvious mentions of Robertsons, but lots of collateral information about the area.

cheers

Paul

[liverpool annie]

I'm going to have a good look at that Toxteth site  I have quite a few relatives there....

Have a good day you guys - it's time for bed here...............!!

Annie

[Manchester Rambler]

Nice to wake up and find leads have been followed up during the night! 

Love the Australian connection. 

Saltoun, as far as I can see, is usually a surname, so it's perhaps worth keeping an eye open for it in connection with either the Molison or Davidson family.  (Margaret Davidson, wife of William Maule Molison, and mother of the first Saltoun we came across.)

I agree it's getting hard to keep track with so much info, so I'll try and post a Molison summary some time today.  But I really MUST do the ironing first!

Rambler

[Manchester Rambler]

Has anyone been able to check the Texas birth records on Ancestry to see if we have any additional Robertsons born to Alan and Charlotte between 1901 and 1913?

Wonder if Charlotte died in childbirth?

Paul

Charlotte's death was a user-submitted IGI record, so we don't know how accurate it is, but all other details on the same submission have been confirmed, I think. 

One possibility we haven't considered is that Charlotte perhaps travelled with Allan on his trips to the US, and may have died in the US without being a permanent resident there.

Rambler

[MaryA]

Morning all, this getting up early to check this site before going out is murder, missing half a night's sleep here, by choice!

Thanks for those useful links everybody has posted and especially Annie's for the Boer War and I will find it useful in my own research.

Lots of good stuff JAP, this is where my Word doc comes in useful, back on Page 20 Jonathan posted

Married

On the 18th inst. at the Greyfriars Elgin ..... James Molison Esq Commander of the ship Collingwood to Isabella Anne elder daughter of Osbert Forsyth Esq late of Clapham Rise.

The Times 23 July 1849