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Scotland / Re: Rev/DR James Anderson ROBERTSON MA, MB CM
« on: Monday 21 May 12 18:40 BST (UK) »
Sorry for the delay Andrew...life just gets in the way sometimes. This is just a brief view of the Robertson connection in Canada:
My grandfather was Eric Anderson Robertson (b. 25 Apr 1887 at Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Eric died in 1958 at Burnaby, B.C. His father was James Anderson Robertson (1853-1922) and mother was Amy Isobel Harris (1859-1892). Eric immigrated to Canada in 1906 (we celebrated his 100 years in Canada in 2006) originally to Tessier Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the 28th Light Horse Brigade in WW1 and served in France and Greece. In 1916 he married my grandmother, Phyllis Thomson (b. 5 Apr 1890) who died in 1956 at Vancouver B.C.
Eric and Phyllis had 3 girls, Heather (Abel), Muriel (Compton) and Sheila (McRae) and the family eventually settled in Vancouver, British Columbia. Heather Robertson is my mother and married George Cormack Abel just after the 2nd World War ended. Heather died in 2001 but George is still a healthy 92 year old living in Vancouver. There are over 60 living relatives of Eric and Phyllis living in various places in Canada and we are a family of pipers, drummers, highland dancers and were raised in the Scottish culture.
I hope this is a start to our connecting the Canadian and Australian branches of the Robertson Clan!
Pipey (Colin Abel)
My grandfather was Eric Anderson Robertson (b. 25 Apr 1887 at Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Eric died in 1958 at Burnaby, B.C. His father was James Anderson Robertson (1853-1922) and mother was Amy Isobel Harris (1859-1892). Eric immigrated to Canada in 1906 (we celebrated his 100 years in Canada in 2006) originally to Tessier Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the 28th Light Horse Brigade in WW1 and served in France and Greece. In 1916 he married my grandmother, Phyllis Thomson (b. 5 Apr 1890) who died in 1956 at Vancouver B.C.
Eric and Phyllis had 3 girls, Heather (Abel), Muriel (Compton) and Sheila (McRae) and the family eventually settled in Vancouver, British Columbia. Heather Robertson is my mother and married George Cormack Abel just after the 2nd World War ended. Heather died in 2001 but George is still a healthy 92 year old living in Vancouver. There are over 60 living relatives of Eric and Phyllis living in various places in Canada and we are a family of pipers, drummers, highland dancers and were raised in the Scottish culture.
I hope this is a start to our connecting the Canadian and Australian branches of the Robertson Clan!
Pipey (Colin Abel)