Harrower Family Tree » William Dickson Robertson (1869-????)

Personal data William Dickson Robertson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • He was born on May 21, 1869 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1891 Blacksmith in 1 Smithy Buildings, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1901 Colliery Blacksmith in 1 Smithy Buildings, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Weavers Row, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1871: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1891: 1 Smithy Buildings, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1901: 1 Smithy Buildings, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • A child of John Robertson and Margaret Taylor

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Dickson Robertson

John Robertson
1796-1865
Helen Lockhart
1796-< 1861
Robert Taylor
????-< 1913
Alison Kinnear
????-< 1913
Margaret Taylor
± 1830-1913

William Dickson Robertson
1869-????


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    1. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Robertson Parish: Wemyss; ED: 5; Page: 9; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1891_141 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for John Robertson
      Name: John Robertson
      Age: 62
      Estimated birth year: abt 1829
      Relationship: Head
      Name: John Leitch
      Age: 22
      Estimated birth year: abt 1869
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Lillias Leitch
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 410
      Registration district: Beath
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: High Street
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 191
      Line: 21
      Roll: CSSCT1891_124
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Leitch 22
      Lillias Leitch 21
      Mary Leitch 2
      John Leitch 9 Months
      Margaret Robertson
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Wemyss, Fife
      Registration Number: 459/1
      Registration district: Wemyss
      Civil Parish: Wemyss
      County: Fife
      Address: 1 Smithy Buildings
      Occupation: Blacksmith
      ED: 5
      Household schedule number: 50
      Line: 5
      Roll: CSSCT1891_141
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Robertson 62 Head
      Margaret Robertson 61 Wife
      Helen Robertson 35 Wemyss. Linen Weaver
      John Robertson 32 Wemyss. Blacksmith
      William Robertson 21 Wemyss. Blacksmith
    2. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Robertson Parish: Wemyss; ED: 4; Page: 10; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1871_78 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for John Robertson
      Name: John Robertson
      Age: 41
      Estimated birth year: abt 1830
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Robertson
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Wemyss, Fife
      Registration Number: 459
      Registration district: Wemyss
      Civil Parish: Wemyss
      County: Fife
      Occupation: Blacksmith
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 54
      Line: 13
      Roll: CSSCT1871_78
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Robertson 41
      Margaret Robertson 42
      Helen Robertson 16
      John Robertson 13
      Jemmima Robertson 12
      Margaret Robertson 9
      Alison Robertson 7
      Robert Robertson 6
      Elizabeth Robertson 4
      William Robertson 2
      Georgina Robertson 2 Mo
    3. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1869 Record for William Dickson Robertson Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number: 6035516
      Record for William Dickson Robertson
      Name: William Dickson Robertson
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 21 May 1869
      Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
      Father: John Robertson
      Mother: Margaret Taylor
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
    4. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Robertson Parish: Wemyss; ED: 4; Page: 15; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1881_127 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for John Robertson
      Name: John Robertson
      Age: 54
      Estimated birth year:abt 1827
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Robertson
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Wemyss, Fife
      Registration Number: 459/1
      Registration district:Wemyss
      Civil Parish: Wemyss
      County: Fife
      Address: Weaver's Row
      Occupation: Blacksmith
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 77
      Line: 22
      Roll: CSSCT1881_127
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Robertson 54
      Margaret Robertson 52
      Helen Robertson 26
      John Robertson 23
      Margaret Robertson 18
      Alice Robertson 17
      Robert Robertson 16
      Eliza Robertson 13
      William Robertson 11
      Georgina Robertson 9
      David Robertson 7
    5. 1901 Scotland Census Scotland People, 1901 ROBERTSON, JOHN (Census 459/1 5/ 24) Parish: Wemyss 1901 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Name: John Robertson
      Age: 72
      Estimated birth year: abt 1829
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Robertson
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Wemyss, Fife
      Registration Number: 459/1
      Registration district: Wemyss
      Civil Parish: Wemyss
      County: Fife
      Address: 1 Smithy Buildings
      Occupation: Country Blacksmith
      ED: 5
      Page 24
      Household Members:
      Name and Age
      John Robertson. Head. Mar. 72. Country Blacksmith. Fife, Wemyss.
      Margaret Robertson. Wife. Mar. 71. Fife, Wemyss.
      John Robertson. Son. S. 42. Country Blacksmith. Fife, Wemyss.
      Alice Robertson. Daughter. S. 37. Fife, Wemyss.
      William Robertson. Son. S. 31. Colliery Blacksmith. Fife, Wemyss.
      Georgina Robertson. Daughter. S. 29. Linen Weaver. Fife, Wemyss.
      Maggie Kilpatrick. Grand Daughter. S. 21. Linen Weaver. Fife, Wemyss.
      Jemima Kilpatrick. Grand Daughter. S. 17. Linen Weaver. Fife, Wemyss.
      Maggie Robertson. Grand Daughter. S. 5. Fife, Wemyss

    Historical events

    Birthday May 21, 1869

    • The temperature on May 21, 1869 was about 10.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
      • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
      • August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
      • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
      • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
      • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
    

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    Source: Wikipedia


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