James Robertson (1811 - 1895)

Born 1811 in Mount Albion, Lot 48, Queens, Prince Edward Island

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Murray) Robertson — married 1841 in Prince Edward Island

Descendants

Died 1895 at about age 84 in Birch Hill, Lot 49, Queens, Prince Edward Island

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Biography

James Robertson was born abt. 1811, the son of Thomas Robertson and Susannah Jenkins of Mt. Albion, Lot 48, Prince Edward Island^{[1] [2] [3]}

About 1841, he married Marry Murray, the daughter of John Murray and Honoria Hierlihy of Tabusintac, New Brunswick. They settled in Birch HIll, Lot 49, Prince Edward Island, and their children included:

1. Elizabeth, born about 1842, who died before 1869^[1]
2. George, born about 1844^[1]
3. James, born July 17, 1853^[4], who married Caroline Jenkins, the daughter of Thomas Jenkins and Sarah Jane Gray^{[5] [6]}. ^[1]
4. Ann Murray, born August 5, 1855, and baptised on October 14^{[7] [1]}, who married Levertt John Bishop of Massachusetts^{[8] [9]}
5. William A, born May 1856, who married Christine Ann Jenkins^[1]
6. Mary Murray, born August 11, 1857, and baptized October 4^{[10] [1]}

Mary Murray died in 1857^{[11] [1]}

On September 26, 1862, James married Mary Jenkins, the daughter of George Jenkins and Margaret Acorn^[1]. These sources do not note any more children.

James Robertson of Birch Hill died in 1895^{[12] [1]}

His second wife, Mary Jenkins Robertson died in 1898^{[13] [1]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} The Descendants of Johan Heinrich Henckell Submitted by Hazel Sanford - hsanford@shaw.ca - to P.E.I. Family Lineages, Island Register, accessed December 6, 2018
2. ↑ The 1881 Census shows James and Mary and their family in Prince Edward Island; District Name: Queens; District Number: 2; Sub-District Name: Lot 49; Sub-District Number: Q; Family Number: 140; Page Number: 36; Microfilm: C-13164; Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Item Number: 70945
3. ↑ The 1891 Census shows James and Mary with their family in Prince Edward Island; District Name: Queen's; District Number: 135; Sub-District Name: Lot 49; Sub-District Number: Q; Division Number: 1; Family Number: 109; Page Number: 26-27; Microfilm: T-6384; Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Item Number: 3222379
4. ↑ Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Baptismal Record; Child's Full Name James Robertson; Birth Date 17 July  ; Place of Birth Birch Hill; Baptismal Date 21 September 1853; Officiating Clergy D MacDonald; Father's Name James Robertson; Mother's Name Mary Murray; Church Name Free Church of Scotland; Record Book Number 4; Record Book Page 7
5. ↑ Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Marriage Record; Groom's Name James Robertson  ; Groom's Residence Birch Hill, Lot 49  ; Groom's Status Bachelor ; Bride's Name Caroline Jenkins  ; Bride's Residence Peters Road, Lot 63 ; Bride's Status Spinster  ; Source RG19/s3/ss5: Marriage bonds, 1875
6. ↑ The 1901 Census shows James and Caroline with their family in Prince Edward Island; District Name: Queen's East; District Number: 135; Sub-District Name: Township 49; Sub-District Number: H; Division Number: 1; Family Number: 10; Page Number: 1; Microfilm: T-6511; Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Item Number: 833400, and more family members on the next page
7. ↑ Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Baptismal Record; Child's Full Name Ann Murray Robertson; Birth Date 5 August  ; Place of Birth Birch Hill; Baptismal Date 14 October 1855; Officiating Clergy D MacDonald; Father's Name James Robertson; Mother's Name Mary Murray; Church Name Free Church of Scotland; Record Book Number 4; Record Book Page 21
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPF-M8N : 11 March 2018), Annie M. Robertson in entry for Bishop, 28 May 1895; citing , reference p 172 frame 764; FHL microfilm 2,109,175.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9RB-WSP : accessed 6 December 2018), Annie M Bishop in household of Leverett J Bishop, Cambridge city Ward 2, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 691, sheet 14A, family 272, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,656.
10. ↑ Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Baptismal Record Child's Full Name Mary Murray Robertson; Birth Date 11 August  ; Place of Birth Birch Hill; Baptismal Date 4 October 1857; Officiating Clergy D MacDonald; Father's Name James Robertson; Mother's Name Mary Murray; Church Name Free Church of Scotland; Record Book Number 4; Record Book Page 33
11. ↑ Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Death Record; Name Mrs. James (Mary) Robertson  ; Age 39; Residence Lot 49  ; Date of Death 1857  ; Source pre-1906 Death Index. Unidentified newspaper
12. ↑ Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Death Record; Name James Robertson  ; Age 84; Residence Birch Hill, Lot 48  ; Date of Death 1895  ; Source pre-1906 Death Index. Unidentified newspaper
13. ↑ Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island Death Record; Mrs. James (Mary) Robertson  ; Age 80; Residence Birch Hill, Lot 48  ; Date of Death 1898; Source pre-1906 Death Index. Unidentified newspaper