Robertsons and Stewarts

[bevj]

There's a Will (with no occ.) for 'a' Robert Robertson living in South Street, Perth (City/County), 10 credits maybe worth a look if you know where Robert Jnr. was later?

Robertson Robert 3/6/1825 residing in South Street of Perth, Perth Sheriff Court, SC49/31/3 which may be his son Robert & of course without viewing it's hard to tell & depending on his occ. as not everyone made wills?

Hi Annie

There may be a connection here.
I have Duncan Robertson b. 1777 on my list.
I found a burial record for Duncan Robertson, a shoemaker in Perth, in 1848 aged 71-
Checking the 1841 census I find a Duncan Robertson shoemaker in South Street, with Margaret, presumably his wife, and a child called Robert aged 10.
I guess that Robert would be a grandson.
I will definitely check up on the wills.  I can also see a Robert Robertson in South Street but will have to see what the relationships are.
Thanks
Bev

[Throth]

There is an interesting possibility that he might have been a pearl fisher!

[Rosinish]

For the cost of £2.50 for any will which may turn out to be worthy or not, it's £s well spent either way as the area itself is significant?

Annie

[bevj]

There is an interesting possibility that he might have been a pearl fisher!

Please elaborate!!!
This would be really neat.  The Robertsons and Stewarts are on the maternal side of my tree.  On my paternal side, my g-g-grandfather was involved in pearl fishing in Perth, Australia 

[Rosinish]

Bev,

This link may give you an insight...

http://www.karipearls.com/river-tay.html

The River Tay is also famous for Salmon & Trout although there are other species.

Annie

[bevj]

Wow!!
I knew about the salmon and trout, but had no idea that there was pearl fishing in Scotland
Thank you!

Bev

[Throth]

This may be your Robert Robertson and Elizabeth Stewart (with married name)

http://www.pkc.gov.uk/3887?Surname=Robertson&Forename=Robert&BurialDate=&alt=True&SortField=ID&SortDirection=ASC&DetailID=6146

http://www.pkc.gov.uk/3887?Surname=Robertson&Forename=Elizabeth&BurialDate=&alt=True&SortField=ID&SortDirection=ASC&p=1&DetailID=12143

Throth

[bevj]

Thank you, Throth.  I am starting to trawl through those burial records but haven't got very far yet.
I don't think that the Elizabeth you found can be the right one, though the record for Robert looks promising.
Elizabeth would be born in 1729, a great deal older than Robert, and she would be too old to be having children in 1781.   
Once again, thank you very much for your continuing interest. 
Bev

[Throth]

Robert Robertson's age might be fairly accurate +/- a couple of years, so that would narrow it down a bit.  As for Elizabeth, we agree, but it would be quite a coincidence.  Perhaps her age was over-estimated.  We have noticed in the census returns that younger ladies age very slowly in a decade, but as they attain matriarch  of the family status, their age accelerates!

One thing that you could do to try and eliminate her is to check the Perth marriages and see if another Robert Robertson has married an Elizabeth.  Likewise, do a quick search for children of Robert Robertson and Elizabeth (blank).

And have a look for Duncan Robertson, their son.  We think that there is a strong candidate which we would follow up with a quick look at the 1841 census return to see if any others of the family are in the vicinity.  Only suggestions.

Throth (www.borenich.co.uk)

P.S. FreeCensus would give you the District and Page number without spending credits
https://freecen2.freecen.org.uk/search_queries/5af20e76791e3b78a298f5d5

Those are the reference numbers used by ScotlandsPeople, so search their database to see if any other match (if so they are on the same page - in houses close together).