Harrower Family Tree » James Robertson (????-< 1851)

Personal data James Robertson 

Source 1
  • Profession: in the year 1803 Coalhewer/Hawthornden, Lasswade Parish, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
  • Resident in the year 1803: .Source 1
  • He died before 1851.Source 2
    Not in 1851 Census with wife Janet

Household of James Robertson

He is married to Janet Swan.

Scotlands People (Old Parish Registers Marriages 676/0020 0273 Cockpen)
Married Irregularly in Cockpen on 19 March 1796 the(y) appeared before the session 27 March 1796, were rebuked for their irregularity, and again declared married persons.

They got married on March 19, 1796 at Gowkshill, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Janet Robertson  1797-1871 
  2. James Hay Robertson  1801-????
  3. John Robertson  1803-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Robertson

James Robertson
????-< 1851

1796

Janet Swan
1778-1854

Janet Robertson
1797-1871
James Hay Robertson
1801-????
John Robertson
1803-????

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Sources

  1. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1803 ROBERTSON, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 691/ 0030 0284 Lasswade)
    ROBERTSON, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 691/ 0030 0284 Lasswade)
    1803.
    Born May 24, Baptised 12th June.
    Robertson John, L.(awful) S.(on) to James Robertson, Coalhewer in Hawthornden, and his Spouse, Janet Swan
    Witness James Gillispie & Francis Donaldson
  2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Janet Robertson Parish: Newton; ED: 5; Page: 16; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1851_190; 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 Janet Robertson
    Name: Janet Robertson
    Age: 73
    Estimated birth year: abt 1778
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Female
    Where born: Tranent, Haddington
    Parish Number: 696
    Civil Parish: Newton
    Town: Village of Squaretown
    County: Midlothian
    Address: Squaretown
    ED: 5
    Page: 16
    Household schedule number: 65
    Line: 7
    Roll: CSSCT1851_190
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Janet Robertson 73
  3. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1796 ROBERTSON, JAMES, JANET SWAN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 676/ 20 273 Cockpen)
    19/03/1796 ROBERTSON, JAMES, JANET SWAN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 676/ 20 273 Cockpen)
    Banns and Marriages Cockpen 1796
    Married iregularly March 19th 1796
    James Robertson and Janet Swan the appeared before the Session March 27th 1796 were rebuked for their irregularity and again declared married persons

Historical events

Day of marriage March 19, 1796

  • The temperature on March 19, 1796 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1796: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.
    • March 9 » Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
    • April 4 » Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
    • July 22 » Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
    • September 19 » George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
    • November 17 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.

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