Harrower Family Tree » David Robertson (1825-1902)

Personal data David Robertson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • He was born on October 30, 1825 in St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • He was baptized on November 20, 1825 in St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1883 General Labourer; marriage of son George.Source 8
    • in the year 1881 Carter in West End, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1871 Agricultural Labourer in Burnside, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1901 General Labourer in West End, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1851 Agricultural Labourer in Mill Wynd or Kirk Road, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1861 Freestone Quarrier in Brae Top, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1891 Agricultural Labourer in West End, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: West End, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1871: Burnside, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1901: West End, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1851: Mill Wynd or Kirk Road, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1861: Brae Top, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1891: West End, St Monance, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
  • (Informant at Death) in the year 1902 in West End, St Monance, Fife, Scotland: David Robertson, son, Braehead, St Monance..Source 9
  • He died on February 27, 1902 in West End, St Monance, Fife, Scotland, he was 76 years old.Source 9
    Oorzaak: Bronchitis, 4 years
  • A child of David Robertson and Christina Tarvit

Household of David Robertson

He is married to Mary Todd.

They got married on December 15, 1848 at St. Monans, Fife, Scotland, he was 23 years old.Source 10


Child(ren):

  1. George Robertson  1858-1935 
  2. Christina Robertson  1852-????
  3. James T Robertson  1862-????
  4. John S Robertson  1864-????
  5. Thomas Robertson  1868-????
  6. David Robertson  ± 1850-????
  7. Mary Robertson  1850-???? 
  8. Elisabeth Robertson  1854-????
  9. William Robertson  1857-????

Event (Proclamation of Marriage) on December 2, 1848 in St Monance, Fife, Scotland .Source 10

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David Robertson
????-< 1902
Christina Tarvit
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David Robertson
1825-1902

1848

Mary Todd
1825-< 1883

George Robertson
1858-1935
Christina Robertson
1852-????
James T Robertson
1862-????
John S Robertson
1864-????
Thomas Robertson
1868-????
David Robertson
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Mary Robertson
1850-????
Elisabeth Robertson
1854-????
William Robertson
1857-????

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  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Robertson Parish: St Monance; ED: 2; Page: 6; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1861_60 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. 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 David Robertson
    Name: David Robertson
    Age: 35
    Estimated birth year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Mary Robertson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: St Monance, Fife
    Registration Number: 454
    Registration district: St Monance
    Civil Parish: St Monance
    Town: St Monance
    County: Fife
    Address: Brae Top
    Occupation: Freestone Quarrier
    ED: 2
    Household schedule number: 33
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1861_60
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Robertson 35
    Mary Robertson 36
    Mary Robertson 11
    David Robertson 10
    Christina Robertson 9
    Elisabeth Robertson 7
    William Robertson 4
    George Robertson 2
  2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Robertson Parish: St Monance; ED: 2; Page: 26; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1851_93; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. 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 David Robertson
    Name: David Robertson
    Age: 25
    Estimated birth year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Mary Robertson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: St Monance, Fife
    Parish Number: 454
    Civil Parish: St Monance
    Town: St Monance
    County: Fife
    Address: Mill Wynd or Kirk Road
    Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
    ED: 2
    Page: 26
    Household schedule number: 120
    Line: 18
    Roll: CSSCT1851_93
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Robertson 25
    Mary Robertson 26
    David Robertson 7 Mo
  3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Robertson Parish: St Monance; ED: 1; Page: 1; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1891_140 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 David Robertson
    Name: David Robertson
    Age: 65
    Estimated birth year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Male
    Where born: St Monance, Fife
    Registration Number: 454
    Registration district: St Monance
    Civil Parish: St Monance
    Town: St Monance
    County: Fife
    Address: West End
    Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 4
    Line: 12
    Roll: CSSCT1891_140
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Robertson 65 Head
    Christina Robertson 39 Daughter House keeper St Monance
  4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Robertson Parish: St Monance; ED: 2; Page: 12; Line: 9; 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 David Robertson
    Name: David Robertson
    Age: 45
    Estimated birth year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Mary Robertson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: St. Monance, Fife
    Registration Number: 454
    Registration district: St Monance
    Civil Parish: St Monance
    Town: St Monance
    County: Fife
    Address: Burnside
    Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
    ED: 2
    Household schedule number: 64
    Line: 9
    Roll: CSSCT1871_78
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Robertson 45
    Mary Robertson 46
    Christina Robertson 19
    James T Robertson 9
    John S Robertson 7
    Thomas Robertson 3
  5. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Robertson Parish: St Monance; ED: 1; Page: 22; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1881_125 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 David Robertson
    Name: David Robertson
    Age: 55
    Estimated birth year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Mary Robertson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: St Monance, Fife
    Registration Number: 454
    Registration district: St Monance
    Civil Parish: St Monance
    Town: St Monance
    County: Fife
    Address: West End
    Occupation: Carter
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 110
    Line: 10
    Roll: CSSCT1881_125
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Robertson 55 Head Carter
    Mary Robertson 56 Wife Carnbee, Fife
    Christina Robertson 29 Daughter St Monance, Fife Field Worker
    George Robertson 22 Son St Monance Ploughman
  6. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Robertson Parish: St Monance; ED: 1; Page: 26; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1901_146 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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
    Record for David Robertson
    Name: David Robertson
    Age: 75
    Estimated birth year: abt 1826
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Male
    Where born: St Monance, Fife
    Registration Number: 454
    Registration district: St Monance
    Civil Parish: St Monance
    Town: St Monance
    County: Fife
    Address: West End
    Occupation: General Labourer
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 139
    Line: 17
    Roll: CSSCT1901_146
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Robertson 75 Head
    Christina Robertson 49 Wife St Monance
  7. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1825 ROBERTSON, DAVID (Old Parish Registers Births 454/30 39) St Monance
    1825 ROBERTSON, DAVID (Old Parish Registers Births 454/30 39) St Monance
    Births and Baptisms
    Robertson
    Born 30th Oct. 1825
    David, Son of David Robertson and Chrstian Tarvit and baptized 20th November by the Rev. Robt. Swan
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1883 ROBERTSON, GEORGE, ISABELLA WATSON (Statutory registers Marriages 459/2 10)
    1883 ROBERTSON, GEORGE, ISABELLA WATSON (Statutory registers Marriages 459/2 10)
    Marriages in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1883.
    1883 Sixth July Kirkland, Wemyss
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    (Signed)
    George Robertson, General Labourer
    (Bachelor) Age 24 Kirkland, Wemyss
    Parents: David Robertson General Labourer
    Mary Robertson M.S. Tod (defeased)
    (Signed)
    Isabella Watson, Domestic Servant
    (Spinster) Age 25 Kirkland, Wemyss
    Parents: William Watson Ploughman (deceased)
    Isabella Watson M.S. Melville
    (Signed)
    Alex'r Aytown Young, Minister of Methil
    (Signed)
    John Swan Witness
    Christina Robertson Witness
    Registered 1883 July 10 Buckhaven
    David M Pryde, Registrar
  9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1902 ROBERTSON, DAVID (Statutory registers Deaths 454/ 4)
    1902 ROBERTSON, DAVID (Statutory registers Deaths 454/ 4)
    Deaths in the Parish of St Monance in the County of Fife 1902.
    David Robertson
    (Agricultural Labourer)
    Widower of Mary Todd
    1902 February twentyseventh 4h.0m.A.M.
    West End, St Monance M. 76 Years
    Parents: David Robertson
    Agricultural Labourer (Deceased)
    Christina Robertson
    M.S. Tarvit (Deceased)
    COD: Bronchitis 4 Years
    As Certified by
    James C Hamilton L.R.C.P.
    Inf. David Robertson, Son
    Braehead, St Monance
    Registered
    1902 February 28th, St Monance
    Isaac Nevin
    Registrar
  10. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1848 ROBERTSON, DAVID, MARY TODD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 454/30 232) St Monance
    1848 ROBERTSON, DAVID, MARY TODD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 454/30 232) St Monance
    1848
    Robertson and Todd
    St Monance 2nd December 1848
    David Robertson and Mary Todd, both in this Parish were contracted in order to marriage and after proclamation in the church here on the 3rd and 10th were married on the 15th by ----------

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Birthday October 30, 1825

  • The temperature on October 30, 1825 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1825: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
    • February 9 » After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
    • June 4 » General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
    • June 11 » The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
    • October 9 » Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
    • December 26 » Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I but are suppressed in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.

Christening day November 20, 1825

  • The temperature on November 20, 1825 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1825: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".
    • February 9 » After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
    • August 25 » Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
    • October 26 » The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
    • December 26 » Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I but are suppressed in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.
    • December 30 » The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.

Day of marriage December 15, 1848

  • The temperature on December 15, 1848 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 10 » The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
    • March 11 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
    • May 18 » Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
    • May 19 » Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15million.
    • June 2 » The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
    • June 26 » End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.

Day of death February 27, 1902

  • The temperature on February 27, 1902 was between 0.6 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
    • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.


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