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The Robertson Family of Marshfield

John Fergusson Robertson (4.Alexander2, 1.James') b. 10 July 1841, occupation merchant, m. 23 Nov. 1869, in Richibucto, NB, Margaret Anna “Maggie” Heatherington, b. 14 Feb. 1845, Richibucto, NB, d. 10 July 1936, Copper Cliff Ont, John (1. 25 Oct. 1905. Both John and Anna are bur. People’s Cem. Sherwood.

Children: 27. i John Fergusson “Jack” Robertson,

b. 2 Oct. 1880.

Alexander “Sandy” Robertson Jr. (4.Alexander2, 1.James‘) b. 6 April 1843, Marshfield occupation Farmer/shoemaker, m. (1) 6 March 1872,4 in Brownston Farm, Vernon River Emma Marie Vickerson, (daughter of Conrad Vickerson and Janet “Jessie” Robertson) m. (2) 25 June 1889,4 Sarah Ann VanIderstine, b. 20 Sept. 1848; (daughter of John VanIderstine and Mary Fumess) d. 12 Feb. 1937, bur. Marshfield. Alexander (:1. 22 March 1910, Melrose Farm, Marshfield, '7 bur. St. Columba Presb. Church Cem. He settled on the farm willed to him by his father called the “Old McCormack Property”. Emma and “Sandy” were first cousins.

Children by Emma Marie Vickerson: 28. i Lemuel Fergus Robertson, b. 1 Sept.

1873.

ii Charles Herbert Robertson, b. 8 March 1875, Marshfield. m. 22 Aug. 1906, in Orwell, '8 Elizabeth “Bessie” Smith b. 16 July 1880, Newton. Charles (1. Jan. 1967 in Chilliwack, BC. He received the farm from his father, sold it in 1919 to James Wallace Wood and his son Almon Cyril Wood (father & son) both were from Alexander. Another Robertson farm “Melrose” passes out of the family. William MacCheyne Robertson b. 14 July 1877.

iv Ella Barbara Robertson b. 20 Dec. 1879,

Marshfield occupation school teacher,

d. 7 Nov. 1971, Vancouver, BC.

v Alexander Gordon Robertson, b. 20 Sept. 1888,19 Marshfield; d. 1922.

29. iii

Janet Ann Robertson (4.Alexander2, 1.James') b. 25 April 1847, St. Peter’s Road, m. 27 April 1886,20 Charles W. Aitken, b. 29 May 1830, d. 19 May 1918, bur. Fortune United Church Cem. Janet died 27 Nov. 1931. Children: i Erno Isabel Fergusson Aitken b. 4 Jan. 1888, d. 22 Feb. 1889.

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ii Alexander Wyllie Robertson Aitken b. 3 June 1890.

14. Charles Edward Stewart Robertson

(4.Alexander2, 1.Jamesl ) b. 8 April 1848, occupation tailor merchant, m. 16 Nov. 1875, in Trinity Church,” Sophia Caroline Gates, b. 11 March 1849, (daughter of John Henry Gates and Martha Alma Chappell) d. 23 Feb. 1930, Halifax, NS 22 bur. People’s Cem. Ch’town,.23 Charles d. 6 Sept 1894, Kensington, bur. People’s Cem. Ch’town.

Children: 30. i Martha Lilian Robertson b. 1877.

ii Margaret Alma Robertson b. 11 May 1878; m. George E. Tuttle; d. 31 March 1927 Portland, Oregon. Margaret d. Nov. 1956.

Charles Edward Robertson Jr.

b. 3 Nov. 1885.

iv Hilda Sophia Robertson b. 1893, m. George H. Laidlaw; d. 7 Feb. 1940. Hilda d. 16 May 1937.

31. iii

. Peter McNair Robertson (4.Alexander 2,

1.James') b. 20 Dec. 1851, Marshfield m. (1) 27 Dec. 1876, Hannah Spencer MacLeod, b. 1852,(daughter of John Scott MacLeod and Mary MacDonald) d. 8 June 1917, m. (2) 26 Dec 1923,4 Sarah S. Munn, b. 7 June 1853, Wood Islands,“ (daughter of Donald Mum and Ann Cameron) (1. 9 March 1933, Little Sands, ‘2 bur. Wood Island Presb. Cem. Peter (1. 26 April 1931, East Royalty, 2“ bur. St. Columba Presb. Church Cem. Marshfield. Children by Hannah Spencer MacLeod: 32. i Alexander Preston Robertson b. 25 Oct. 1877. ii John Ernest Robertson b. 20 Jan. 1879, m. Aggie Collett iii Norman MacLeod Robertson b. 29 Jan. 1880, d. 20 Oct. 1903.

33. iv Mary Ethel Robertson b. 28 Oct. 1881. 34. v Eliva Margaret Robertson b. 16 Dec. 1883. vi Walter Bannerman Robertson b. 17 July 1854, d. 1916. vii Harold Graham Robertson b. 29 March 1887, d. 1935. viii Henry Morpeth Robertson, b. 10 Nov. 1888,d.1916.

ix Fergus McNair Robertson, b. 9 April 1890, m. Florence Mabel Currie. Fergus d. 1948, People’s Cemetery, Ch’town.