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James Robertson

Robertson family

James was born on August 1st, 1863 in New Prestwick.¹

Birth Notes
- IGI extracted birth
                Event(s):
      Birth:
  01 AUG 1863       Monkton, Ayr, Scotland
      Christening:
  Parents:
      Father:     DAVID ROBERTSON     Family
      Mother:     MARY FREW

James' father was David Robertson and his mother was Mary Eaglesome Smith Frew. His paternal grandparents were James Robertson and Ann McMurran; his maternal grandparents were John Frew and Janet Shaw. He had a brother and four sisters, named William, Janet, Annie, Mary and Robertson. He was the oldest of the six children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Charles, James and Margaret.

Death Notes

General Notes
- Emigrated to USA. Said (by Annie and Hetty Robertson) to have sold his brother William's rendition of the Book of Genesis, in verse, to a New York newspaper.

Occupation Details
- From 1881 James' occupation was shipyard labourer.²

Whereabouts
- James lived in Govan from 1881.²
  He lived in New York City from 1890.
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - unknown when he emigrated, but probably before the 1891 UK census
      
      possibe record: ancestry.com (see image)
      Name:     James Robertson
      Arrival Date:     25 Oct 1887
      Birth Year:     abt 1863
      Age:     24
      Gender:     Male
      Ethnicity/Race-
      /Nationality:     Scottish (Scotish)
      Place of Origin:     Scotland
      Port of Departure:     Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland
      Destination:     United States of America
      Port of Arrival:     New York
      Port Arrival State:     New York
      Port Arrival Country:     United States
      Ship Name:     Ethiopia
      
      or
      
      Name:     James Robertson
      Arrival Date:     3 Apr 1889
      Birth Year:     abt 1863
      Age:     26
      Gender:     Male
      Ethnicity/Race-
      /Nationality:     Scottish (Scotish)
      Place of Origin:     Scotland
      Port of Departure:     Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland
      Destination:     United States of America
      Port of Arrival:     New York
      Port Arrival State:     New York
      Port Arrival Country:     United States
      Ship Name:     Circassia

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Robertson
  - b.1768 d.15 Apr 1840 in Newton-on-Ayr
  
  James Robertson
  - b.1812 in Prestwick d.21 Jan 1872 in New Prestwick
  
  James Thomson
  
  Robert Thomson
  - b.02 May 1735 in Dunfermline d.>  1795
  
  Margaret Mudie
  
  Elspeth Thomson
  - b.13 Aug 1776 in Dunfermline d.29 May 1859 in Ayr
  
  William Shepherd ^*
  - b.07 Jun 1693 in Cupar
  
  Janet Shipherd
  - b.11 Nov 1739 in Dunfermline
  
  Margaret Tulloch ^*
  - b.17 Jul 1704 in Dunfermline
  
  David Robertson
  - b.1842 in Prestwick d.21 Aug 1874 in Glasgow
  
  Jonathon McMurren
  
  Ann McMurran
  - b.1813 in Prestwick d.02 Dec 1891 in New Prestwick
  
  Susan McAllan
  
  James Robertson
  - b.01 Aug 1863 in New Prestwick
  
  John Frew
  - d.1844 in Newton-on-Ayr
  
  Mary Eaglesome Smith Frew
  - b.25 May 1844 in Newton-on-Ayr d.01 Sep 1901 in Govan
  
  Robert Shaw
  - d.<  1855
  
  Thomas Shaw
  - b.22 Jan 1802 in Newton-on-Ayr d.04 Nov 1855 in Dalmellington
  
  Mary Eaglesham-Smith
  - d.<  1855
  
  Janet Shaw
  - b.1826 in Monkton d.26 Nov 1875 in New Prestwick
  
  James Scoffield
  - b.1761 in St. Quivox
  
  Jean Scoffield
  - b.16 Jul 1798 in St. Quivox d.<  1851
  
  James Bone
  
  Jane Bone
  - b.1765 in St. Quivox
  
  Janet Duncan
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Individual Additional Information

¹ Robertson 1871
² Robertson 1881

Source/Citation Robertson, Kirk Session

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