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Robertson and Stewart
« on: Thursday 24 May 12 16:49 BST (UK) »
Hello, hope you can help, here's what i have..

Janet Robertson
Born circa 1819 at Killin by Loch Tay Perthshire
8 Nov 1845 Married William McArthur Dunblane Perthshire
1851 res Bothy? Alloa
1861, 1871, 1881 census res Alva
1891 census at Dalginross with sister Mary?
Died 1895 Alva Clackmannanshire

DC lists parents as Donald Robertson (a shepherd) and Margaret Stewart

Janet may have had an older sister Mary Robertson ( born circa 1814 Killin married 1849 Robert McGregor )

Would like to find out..
More about Donald Robertson and Margaret Stewart
Where is Janet on the 1841 census?
Marks (cornwall, devon), Pennie (stirlingshire),
Robertson (perthshire, scotland), Swanston (roxburghshire, berwickshire)

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Re: Robertson and Stewart
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 24 May 12 17:47 BST (UK) »
Ireland, Co Antrim: Kerr; Hollinger; Forsythe; Moore
Ireland, Co Louth: Carson; Leslie
Ireland, Co Kerry: Ferris
Scotland, Perthshire/Glasgow:  Stewart
England, Devon/Cornwall: Ferris, Gasser/Jasser/Jesser, Norman

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Re: Robertson and Stewart
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 24 May 12 17:55 BST (UK) »
The only marriage I can see Donald Robertson in Killin is to a Margaret Cameron in 1808?

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0mri/

Who notified Janet's death?




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Ireland, Co Antrim: Kerr; Hollinger; Forsythe; Moore
Ireland, Co Louth: Carson; Leslie
Ireland, Co Kerry: Ferris
Scotland, Perthshire/Glasgow:  Stewart
England, Devon/Cornwall: Ferris, Gasser/Jasser/Jesser, Norman

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Re: Robertson and Stewart
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 24 May 12 18:02 BST (UK) »
Children of Donald and Margaret

MARY ROBERTSON Christening: 22 DEC 1808 Killin, Perth, Scotland   
MARGARET ROBERTSON Christening: 15 JUL 1814 Killin, Perth, Scotland
JANET ROBERTSON Christening: 10 NOV 1817 Killin, Perth, Scotland
JOHN ROBERTSON  Christening: 10 AUG 1819 Killin, Perth, Scotland
DONALD ROBERTSON  Christening: 09 MAY 1823 Killin, Perth, Scotland

There also a submitted record for a Peter


Ireland, Co Antrim: Kerr; Hollinger; Forsythe; Moore
Ireland, Co Louth: Carson; Leslie
Ireland, Co Kerry: Ferris
Scotland, Perthshire/Glasgow:  Stewart
England, Devon/Cornwall: Ferris, Gasser/Jasser/Jesser, Norman


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Re: Robertson and Stewart
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 24 May 12 18:17 BST (UK) »
What occupation was given on Janet's marriage cert?
Ireland, Co Antrim: Kerr; Hollinger; Forsythe; Moore
Ireland, Co Louth: Carson; Leslie
Ireland, Co Kerry: Ferris
Scotland, Perthshire/Glasgow:  Stewart
England, Devon/Cornwall: Ferris, Gasser/Jasser/Jesser, Norman

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Re: Robertson and Stewart
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 24 May 12 23:43 BST (UK) »
Sorry, can't help you with itinerant shepherds but we have some nice images of Dalginross where Mary might have lived.

You can't see it from the Glentilt road but have to climb up to the pl;ateau above.

http://www.borenich.co.uk/Photo_Gallery.html#Dalginross

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Re: Robertson and Stewart
« Reply #6 on: Friday 25 May 12 02:11 BST (UK) »
I dunno about the Margaret Cameron idea but Janet's mother-in-law's maidenname was also apparently Stewart so an error is a possibility.

I did see a possible 1806 marriage of a Donald Robertson of Pitaldonich and Margaret Stewart of Kinardochy, Dull recorded 11 Jun 1806 at Dull and 22 Jun at Blair Atholl that could be them? Killin is about 20 miles from Dull and Blair Atholl's even further.


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Who notified Janet's death?

1895 death notified by son William McArthur of Alva

Quote from: fifer1947
What occupation was given on Janet's marriage cert?

Marriage was 1845 (before Statutory Records) got info from IGI

Havn't found any occupation for Janet
Her husband William McArthur was a Brewery Labourer / Saw Miller / Woodcutter / Labourer
Her father Donald Robertson was a shepherd
Marks (cornwall, devon), Pennie (stirlingshire),
Robertson (perthshire, scotland), Swanston (roxburghshire, berwickshire)

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Re: Robertson and Stewart
« Reply #7 on: Friday 25 May 12 08:13 BST (UK) »
You can probably eliminate the Donald Robertson of Pitaldonich and Margaret Stewart of Kinardochy, Dull

Blair Atholl OPR, 1807
James, lawful son to Donald Robertson and Margaret Stewart, spouse, in Pitaldonuich, born 6th and baptised 8th March.

Dull OPR, 16th March 1820
Alexander, son to Donald Robertson and Margaret Stewart in Kinardochy was baptised.

1841 census for Foss, Dull.
Dwelling    Name    Age    Occupation    Birth-place
Kinardochy    
      Donald Robertson    60y    farmer    Perthshire
   Margaret Robertson    52y               Perthshire
   Christian Robertson    25y               Perthshire

1851 census, Christian's mother was still living at Kinardochy, but she was a widow and had reverted to her maiden name.

Dwelling    Name    Relation    Status    Age    Occupation    Birth-place
Kinardochy    
         Margaret Stewart    Head    widow    65y    pauper    Dull

Get back to us if contrary evidence emerges,

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Re: Robertson and Stewart
« Reply #8 on: Friday 25 May 12 08:31 BST (UK) »
OK so there's a query over the surname of Margaret Stewart or Cameron, but if Janet lived with a sister in later census had you considered checking her sister's death cert?  Both would have had the same mother. 

Mary married Robert McGregor not in Killin but in Comrie.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY39-T98

I live 7 miles from Killin and about 19 from Comrie.
Ireland, Co Antrim: Kerr; Hollinger; Forsythe; Moore
Ireland, Co Louth: Carson; Leslie
Ireland, Co Kerry: Ferris
Scotland, Perthshire/Glasgow:  Stewart
England, Devon/Cornwall: Ferris, Gasser/Jasser/Jesser, Norman