Donald Robertson 1867-1945, Saskatchewan

[*Sandra*]

Glenballoch Rattray Perthshire 1881

Donald Robertson 42 Shepherd.
Elisabeth Robertson 41
Alexr Robertson   12 David Robertson   9
Elisabeth Robertson   7 James Robertson   4
John Robertson   1

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

N, Persie Cottage Kirkmichael Perthshire 1891

Donald Robertson 52 Farm Servant.
Eliz Petrie Robertson 51
James Robertson   14
John Robertson   11

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

1901 Dall Cottage Fortingall Perthshire - ( Registration district Kinloch Rannoch)

Donald Robertson   62  Estate Manager.
Elizabeth Robertson   44

Sandra
 

[yvoeliz2]

Thank you for your contributions.  It does seem to me that Donald was not joined by any of his family in Saskatchewan which still leaves the puzzle of where he was in 1911 and 1921 census of Canada.  As he had a farm in 1906 and was (probably) the one buried in Wapella, then I imagine this is where he settled until he died.

Are the records for the 1911 and 1921 censuses complete?  Also why is there no death record, unless these are still in the process of being transcribed or are not available.

[lilybell]

You will not find a death record for the Donald Robertson who died in 1945 at Wapella as Saskatchewan Vital Statistics website has not done the deaths for that year yet it will be some time before that will happen. If you decide to send for a death registration you would want the genealogical long copy as it would contain parents names if the informant knew. The cost is $50.00 Canadian.



I am not sure that  the cemetery headstone for Donald Robertson is the right one as  the only land record that I can see  on the Saskatchewan Archives site is for NW Section 12 Township 14 Range 33 W1  that is from the census record for Assiniboia  East region. As we are not finding any more census records after 1906 he could have been deceased or moved to another location selling the land.
 
There was a Scottish Settlement Benbecula around the Wapella area but did not see his name on the lists of settlers. He could have sold his land and moved on as a previous poster indicated but to know for sure you would need to contact the Saskatchewan Archives for a copy of his land record. It can take quite a while as they are very backed up and the cost is about $15.00 Canadian.

His passenger record I believe indicated he was going to Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

I have done a lot of research in Saskatchewan my home province so let me poke around and see if I can come up with anything.


Lilybell

[lilybell]

I did some further checking around for Donald in Saskatchewan and I think that the headstone at the Wapella Cemetery is not him. The town office only has  the information that you see on the headstone.
The Whitewood  Library did a look up in the  in the Wapella History book and there is no information for Donald in the book.

I think I mentioned in my previous post that he probably  sold his land and moved on to a new location.  British Columbia was a favoured location for a lot of Saskatchewan folks.


Right  now the most promising lead looks like the 1921 census listing for a Donald Robertson who was a inmate at the Colquitz Mental Hospital.

I am sending you a PM .


Lilybell

[Jacquie in Canada]

Right  now the most promising lead looks like the 1921 census listing for a Donald Robertson who was a inmate at the Colquitz Mental Hospital.

That one isn't very promising. He died 28 Feb 1945 and the information on his death registration is little help in connecting him to the one being looked for.

The informant wasn't a relative and the registration has no birth date listed. The father's name listed matches but not the mother's (first name Mary, maiden surname unknown). It says he was married but only has a given name of Mary for the wife with unknown maiden surname.

It also says he was in Canada for 34 years 8 months of which 34 were in BC. It also says he was living in the jurisdiction where he died for almost 27 years. Not even a close match for someone who emigrated in 1886.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01hd1/

Jacquie

[lilybell]

Maybe not be the closest match but certainly worth taking a further look as whoever the informant was might not really know much about him. Especially as he was a patient in a mental hospital. I have some feelers out to the BC Archives so won't know anything for sure till I hear back.

I did run across a death on Saskatchewan Vital Statistics for a Donald Robertson died in 1914
but one would have to pay for the record and its so expensive for the long copy. It would be like searching for a needle in a haystack as there is no locality or age.

Lilybell   

[manawakian]

Donald Robertson can be found on his homestead on Section 12 Township 14 Range 33 W1 in the Rural Municipality of Martin # 122 in both the 1911 and 1921 censuses as a batchelor farmer.  He was not enumerated at this location in 1916 for some reason.  I think there is a 99.9% probability that the burial in Wapella is the same individual.