James Robertson, reputed father of Helen Ann Gordon Robertson of Maryton

[hebbie72]

Hi,

A long shot....
Helen Ann Gordon Robertson was born illegitimately in Maryton, by Montrose to Jessie/Janet Campbell and James Robertson, a day labourer, in 1843.

Nothing else is know of James Robertson's origins.
His daughter Helen later married John Hebenton and had a large family in Montrose.
Family lore says thatJames Robertson emigrated to Australia and put an ad. in the local Montrose newspaper some years after settling there asking for his daughter to get in contact.
Perhaps she hadn't told her family she was born out of wedlock, in any case the ad. went unanswered, and any knowledge of the specific timing of it too, to find it again.

Does any Robertson researcher  in Australia have a smiliar tradition of a James Robertson looking for his daughter back in Scotland?

thanks for reading,
George

[GR2]

Have you found Janet and Helen in the 1851 and 1861 censuses, and Janet in the 1841 census? If the birth was illegitimate, the kirk session minutes (if they survive) may well contain further details about the father.