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Perthshire / Re: STEWART/ROBERTSON
« on: Sunday 01 December 19 11:28 GMT (UK) »
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Perthshire / Re: STEWART/ROBERTSON
« on: Friday 29 November 19 09:33 GMT (UK) »
Mothermacree, Donald Robinson did migrate on The Lady Kennaway with 10 of his 12 children aged between 30 and 6 years of age. The third son James was married to Mary Frazer who gave birth to a baby daughter (no name noted) enroute on the 17th Jujy, 1838. The other two children - Catherine a widow with two children migrated in 1854 and Donald/Daniel born 1816 migrated to Port Philip Bay (Melbourne) in 1848 but living in NSW by 1854, together with his wife Jane McLaclhlan and daughter Nancy aged 1. Four other children followed.
Ann born 1827 (my gg.grandmother) married James MacDonald in 1850. He was born 1818 in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, son of Neil Macdonald (Chelsea pensioner, born in Barra, Western Isles) and Barbara Jamieson from Shetland. On the wedding certificate bride is listed as Anne Robertson or Stewart. Still working on where the name Stewart came from - at the time of marriage Ann had a daughter by the name of Jane, so maybe took the name of Stewart for 'respectability'. Jane took the name of MacDonald but doubtful James was her father. They went on to have five more children. James died in 1893 and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery Kiama; Ann in 1898 and is buried in Presbyterian Cemetery Nowra. Looking at James's death certificate I think they may have been estranged at the time of his death.
Still hopefully of finding where Rebecca Buttar Robertson is buried, in Blairgowrie and surrounds, as in a lot of other parts of Scotland, volunteers with some help from the local Councils neglected graveyards and cemeteries are being restored/cleaned-up, so keeping an eye on Hill Church being the most probable.
Ann born 1827 (my gg.grandmother) married James MacDonald in 1850. He was born 1818 in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, son of Neil Macdonald (Chelsea pensioner, born in Barra, Western Isles) and Barbara Jamieson from Shetland. On the wedding certificate bride is listed as Anne Robertson or Stewart. Still working on where the name Stewart came from - at the time of marriage Ann had a daughter by the name of Jane, so maybe took the name of Stewart for 'respectability'. Jane took the name of MacDonald but doubtful James was her father. They went on to have five more children. James died in 1893 and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery Kiama; Ann in 1898 and is buried in Presbyterian Cemetery Nowra. Looking at James's death certificate I think they may have been estranged at the time of his death.
Still hopefully of finding where Rebecca Buttar Robertson is buried, in Blairgowrie and surrounds, as in a lot of other parts of Scotland, volunteers with some help from the local Councils neglected graveyards and cemeteries are being restored/cleaned-up, so keeping an eye on Hill Church being the most probable.
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Perthshire / Re: STEWART/ROBERTSON
« on: Tuesday 26 November 19 09:59 GMT (UK) »
Rachaelandtheboo, enjoy your trip to Perthshire, very pretty countryside, but maybe not so warm this time of year. Millton of Drumlochy is north of Blairgowrie, there is a signpost on the roadside and the farmhouse is directly behind, a GPS might be of help. I have had a lot of help from Blairgiwrie Genealogy Centre (situated in the library building), the two volunteer ladies I saw there were wonderful. Robertson and Buttar are two very common names in that area, Rebecca was born in February 1788, in Blairgowrie, births then were mainly parish registered, and hard to find out if this was birth or baptismal date. To date have not been able to find names of parents, work in progress, but thought she could have been buried in Hill Church - this is just up behind the town centre, the gates are locked while restoration work is being carried out but you can look through them. I have her death and funeral registration details. There are so many variations of the name Buttar which makes it even harder. Will look back into the paperwork to see if I have anything on John Rutherford, from memory Catherine came out to Australia some years after her father and family as a widow with 2 children. I live in Sydney but will be in the UK again next September. After this post I should be able to send you a private message with my e-mail address which will enable me to scan certificates, etc.
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Perthshire / Re: STEWART/ROBERTSON
« on: Monday 25 November 19 12:00 GMT (UK) »
Hi Rachaelandtheboo, my direct descendant is Ann Robertson born 1827, sister Catherine born 1811, died Ballina 1898, married John Rutherford and Joseph Goodwin. I have been researching this family for many years, Donald (Daniel) Robertson and Rebecca Buttars were married in Hill Church Blairgowrie, the Church is closed at the present time but volunteers are busy restoring the churchyard as many of the headstones have fallen over, but at the present time do not know if Rebecca is buried there. The house where the children were born at Millton of Drumlochy still stands, an extra story was added some years ago. I can go back three generations from Donald who came from Tulloch which is now ruins and the graveyard badly overgrown, can be reached by a road from the House of Bruar (out of Blairgowrie on the road north to Inverness) but is a back road and there is a ford to drive through enroute. Hope this has been helpful
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Perthshire / Re: STEWART/ROBERTSON
« on: Tuesday 25 September 18 20:18 BST (UK) »
The last post for this family was three years ago, I am in Blairgowrie at the moment researching the same family and can possibly help if still needed.
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