Robertson family in Logierait

[craigbarwick01]

Hi, I am trying to locate children and siblings for Alexander Robertson. I have obtained a marriage register for him the contents as follows.
Alexander Robertson age 41, married Catherine McLaurin age 23 , at Clifton St, Glasgow on 15th of January 1862. His usual place of residence is Logierait and Catherine's is Ardchattan.
Alexander's parents are Donald Robertson and Catharine Robertson ( it appears her maiden name was Robertson also ). The brides parents are Neil McLauren and Ann? Sinclair. I found Donald and Catherine in an 1871 census, ( going by the ages and living in Rannoch ), with a daughter Ann aged 34 who it appears had some form of mental disability, Lunatic is listed. An earlier census also lists a Duncan , born around 1833 . As far as I can tell I have the correct family but I am having problems locating other births. I have found other census returns but things don't line up. As far as I can tell Alexander and Catherine had 8 children, Catherine b. 1862,  Neil b. 1864, Donald b. 1866, Ann b. 1868, Susan b. 1870, Alexander b. 1872, Mary b. 1873 and James C born around 1879.
If some one can confirm if I am on the right track I would appreciate it, starting to do my head, there are so many Robertsons in the same area.
Cheers
Craig

[ev]

Hi Craig 

7 of the 8 children of Alexander & Catherine ?
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi/results?count=20&query=%2Bbirth_place%3Ascotland~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1850-1875~%20%2Bfather_givenname%3Aalexander~%20%2Bfather_surname%3Arobertson~%20%2Bmother_givenname%3Acatherine~%20%2Bmother_surname%3Amclauren~%20%2Bsubcollection_id%3A5&igi=(1%202)
(click on the indexed IGI).

LDS 1881 Census transcription-
Ardchattan & Muckairn , Argyll.
Alexander Robertson 60 widowed , farmer 600 acres , born Fortingal Perth
Neil Robertson 16 son , b. Fortingal Perth
Donald Robertson 14 son , b. Fortingal Perth
Susan Robertson 10 daur. , b. Ardchattan Argyll
James C Robertson 3 son ,  b. Ardchattan Argyll

I take it one of the children is your direct line and you have looked at the birth cert. to confirm Alexander & Catherine's marriage ?


Are you looking at the original 1871 Census ?



ev

[craigbarwick01]

Hi ev, Ihave a copy of the death notice for Donald who died in South Africa in 1938 and calculated back his birth year. The death notice gave his parents names and from that I found the marriage record on Scotlandspeople, which gave me the other names and I have been trying to trace back from there. Alexander and Catherine's children came from Familysearch
Cheers
Craig
I suspect that Catherine died after the birth of James

[ev]

I suspect that Catherine died after the birth of James

Likely death , Catherine Robertson(or McLaren) 1879 Ardchattan Argyll , age 40(SP).



ev

[craigbarwick01]

Thanks ev, I can't find a birth register for Alexander or any other children of Donald and Catherine Robertson. The document I have is hard to read, but I done some research and the part I couldn't read appears to be, " place of residence" and it is Carie, Rannoch, Logierait, Perthshire. Are you able to find records from this area?
Cheers
Craig

[Rosinish]

Hi Craig,

"Alexander's parents are Donald Robertson and Catharine Robertson ( it appears her maiden name was Robertson also )"

Does it have on the marriage Catherine Robertson 'm/s' (maiden surname)
Robertson?

If 'm/s' is omitted, this would imply they were not married.

Annie

[craigbarwick01]

Hi Annie, yes it does have m.s preceding. Robertson
Craig

[Rosinish]

Hi Craig,

Does the marriage give any of his parents as 'deceased'?

What was his father Donald's occupation on the marriage cert?

Do all census records give the same place of birth or do they differ?

Not all children were baptised & not all records survived.

Have you found Alexander 1841/1851/1861 prior to marriage?


Annie

[craigbarwick01]

Hi Annie,  Donald Robertson is listed as farmer , as is Alexander. Neither of the parents are listed as deceased. I did find an 1871 census on Scotlandspeople that listed Donald Robertson, 81 , a Crofter, his wife Catherine, 72 and a daughter Ann aged 34 , pauper and also the notation, lunatic. They are listed as living in Killihonan
Craig
I havn.t found Alexander prior to the marriage