The Robertson Family of Marshfield

v Henry Vickerson, b. 11 May 1829, Marshfield; occupation operated a general store; d. 12 June 1864, bur.Vemon River Methodist Cem. Lived in Summerside.

vi James Vickerson, b. 28 May 1831, Marshfield', d. 9 Sept. 1880, Hermitage.

vi Edward Vickerson, b. 28 June 1833, Marshfield; m. 10 Feb. 1864 Elizabeth Burdett, b. 1833, Kent, England, (1. 1907, Chilliwack, BC. Edward d. Oct. 1900, Chilliwack, BC. They had three sons and two daughters, who all married and settled in the Chilliwack area.

viii Matilda Vickerson, b. 17 April 1835. (See The Vickersons of River Side, Lot 34.)

ix Lemuel Vickerson b. 17 April 1835, Marshfield; occupation Store owner,

m. 1 Jan. 1867, Harriet Ethelinda Wright, b. 1844, ( daughter of Jesse Wright and Sara Hooper) d. 1925; Lemuel d. 28 Dec. 1873. Both Lemuel and Harriet are bur. Lower Bedeque Cem. They had three children.

x Elizabeth Vickerson, b. 6 Oct. 1839, Marshfield; d. 29 July 1865, Brownston, Vernon River.

xi Emma Marie Vickerson, b. 30 Sept. 1842; m. Alexander “Sandy” Robertson Jr. (See The Vickersons of River Side, Lot 34.)

James Robertson (1.James') b. ca. 1797, Perth, Scotland, m. Elizabeth “Betsy” Fergusson (daughter of John (Craggan) Ferguson and Janet “Jessie” Robertson), b. ca. 1803, Blair Athol, Scotland, d. 22 Jan. 1882, Rosalyn Cottage, Marshfield; 2 James (1. 2 Nov. 1867, Roslyn Cottage, Marshfield; both James and Elizabeth are bur. St. Columba Presb. Church Cem. Children:

6. i Alexander Robertson b. 2 April 1828.

ii James Robertson b. ca. 1832, Marshfield; d. ca. 1850. James went home to Scotland in the 1850s to learn the tanning trade and visit relatives, upon returning he died at sea and was buried at sea off Point Prim. John F. Robertson b. 1833. Elizabeth Jane “Lizzie” Robertson b. 1839.

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Alexander Robertson (Goose Pond) (1.Jarnes') b. 15 Aug. 1803, Blair Athol, Perthshire, Scotland, occupation shoemaker/farmer, m. 28 Dec. 1832, Margaret “Peggy” Ferguson, b. 1 Aug. 1810, Marshfield (daughter of John “Craggan” Ferguson and Janet “Jessie” Robertson), (1. 18 Jan. 1894, Marshfield; Alexander (1. 26 Jan. 1875, Marshfield. Both Alex and Peggy are bur. St. Columba Presb. Church Cem. Alex and Peggy were first cousins. Children: i Isabella Robertson b. 10 Oct. 1833, St. Peter’s Road; d. 6 Jan. 1858. 9. ii George Robertson b. 6 June 1835. 10. iii Jane Miller Robertson b. 11 Jan. 1837. iv James Fergusson Robertson b. 26 Oct. 1839, d. 30 Oct. 1893, bur. St. Columba Presb. Church Cem., Marshfield.

11. v John Fergusson Robertson b. 10 July 1841. 12. vi Alexander “Sandy” Robertson Jr.,

b. 6 April 1843.

vii Eloise Elisabeth Robertson b. 18 Sept. 1844; m. 13 Feb. 1868,3 Alexander Athol McBeath, b. 1819; d. 26 Nov. 1888. Eloise d. Nov. 1869, bur. Marshfield Pioneer Cem.

viii Margaret Harriet Robertson b. 3 May

1846, m. 30 Aug. 1872,4 Neil Stewart,

b. 1839 (son of John Stewart and Flora

Cameron) d. 20 March 1927 Margaret d.

11 June 1916. (See Peter Stewart and

Descendants (Five Mile House Stewarts).)

Janet Ann Robertson b. 25 April 1847.

Charles Edward Stewart Robertson

b. 8 April 1848.

Peter McNair Robertson b. 20 Dec. 1851.

William Walter Bannerman Robertson

b. 28 July 1854.

xiii Robert Fergusson Robertson b. 18 Dec. 1855; d. 6 Jan. 1858.

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Peter Wallace Robertson (1.James‘) b. 3 Sept. 1806, Scotland, occupation farmer/shoemaker, m. (1) Christiana “Christy” Robertson, b. ca. 1809, Invemess, Scotland, d. 13 March 1870, m. (2)5 Dec. 1871, Perpetum McPhee, b. ca. 1824, d. 1 Jan 1910, bur. Kingsboro United] Baptist, East Point. Peter d. 19 Feb. 1876.

Children by Christiana “Christy ”Robertson:

i Margaret Robertson b. ca. 1833,

d. 25 March 1853, Kinlock. Jane Ann Robertson b. ca. 1835. John Robertson b. ca. 1838.

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