Robert Telfer
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Robert Telfer (1852 - 1908)

Robert Telfer
Born in Crossgates, Fife, Scotlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married 4 Mar 1875 in St Davids, Par. of Dalgety, Fife, Scotlandmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 56 in Pembina, Alberta, Canadamap
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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Robert /Telfer/ [2]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 28 MAY 1852
Place: Crossgates, Fife, Scotland[3]

Death

Death:
Date: 13 NOV 1908
Place: Pembina, Alberta, Canada
Note: h/stone says born 28 May 1852, Crossgates, Fife[4][5]

Reference

Reference: 41386

Immigration

Immigration:
Date: 28 NOV 1904
Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Note: "to start a new life at age 52". Passenger list shows TALFER (sic) Robt 51, Robt 21 from London, occ. and final dest. unclear[6][7]

Burial

Burial:
Date: 17 NOV 1908
Place: Westlock, Alberta, Canada
Note: Inscription:
In loving memory of Robert Telfer
Born At Crossgates, Scotland
28th May 1852
Died at Pembina, Alberta, Canada,
13th November, 1908
Interred at Pembina Cemetery
17th November, 1908
I'll praise my Maker while
I've breath, And when my
voice is lost in death,
Praise shall employ my
nobler powers, My days
of praise shall need be
past, While life and thought and
being last, Or immortality
endures
Burial:
Hazel Bluff Cemetery
Westlock
Alberta, Canada
Plot: A6-18
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Created by: Ken Lange
Record added: May 14, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52400461[8]

Marriage

Husband: Robert Telfer
Wife: Ann Brown Dorward
Child: William Telfer
Child: Alexander Dorward Telfer
Child: Robert Telfer
Child: Douglas Hastings Telfer
Child: Andrew Telfer
Child: Cecil Maither Telfer
Child: Jean Telfer
Child: Elise Telfer
Child: Eric Telfer
Child: Leonard Telfer
Marriage:
Date: 04 MAR 1875
Place: St Davids, Par. of Dalgety, Fife, Scotland
Note: (initially entered as May, not Mar, woops)[9][10][11]
Census:
Date: 1891
Place: East Dulwich, Camberwell, London, England
Note: TELFER: Robert 38 shipbroker agent; wife Annie 34 both b Scotland; Children: William 13 b Scotland; Alexander 8, Robert 6, Douglas 4 all scholars, Andrew 3, Cecil 11 mths all b E Dulwich, SRY; Serv STOKES[12]
Census:
Date: 1901
Place: St Paul Herne Hill, Dist of Lambeth, London, England
Note: TELFER: Robert 48 mineral merchant working on own account; wife Ann B 45 both b Scotland; Children: William 23 civil servant Ecclesiastical Commision b Scotland; Alexander D 18 marine engineer, Robert 16 warehouseman apprentice, Douglas H 14 commercial clerk, Andrew 13, Cecil M 10, Jean 9, Elsie 6, Eric 4, Leonard 3 all b Par. of Camberwell, LND[13]
Census:
Date: 1906
Place: Edison, Dist of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Note: TELFER: Robert 54 ; Annie 50 both b Scotland; Andrew 18, Cecil 16, Jean 14, Elise 11, Erick 10, Leonard 9 All b England; All emigrated 1904; 3 horses of any age, 3 milch cows, 2 "other horned or meat cattle all ages", 1 hog or pig, all ages (at section 32 Twp 59 Range 25)[14]
Husband: William Telfer
Wife: Cecilia Mather
Child: William Telfer
Child: Janet Telfer
Child: Robert Telfer
Child: Agnes Telfer
Child: James Mather Telfer
Child: Andrew Telfer
Child: Margaret Ann Cecilia Maither Telfer
Child: Isabell Telfer
Marriage:
Date: 19 MAR 1847
Place: Southdean, Par. of Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotland[15][16]
Census:
Date: 1851
Place: Hill Corner, Par. of Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Note: TELFER: William 39 transcr. as "coal grieve" b Jedburgh; wife Cecilia 28 b Southdean, ROX; Children: William 6, Janet 3 both b Southdean ROX[17]
Census:
Date: 1861
Place: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Note: TELFER (indexed on ancestry as FELPS): William 48 overseer for "Carron Cl" on Cattle Hill Estate b Jedburgh ROX; Cecillia 38 b Southdean ROX; Children: Janet 13 scholar b Southdean ROX; Robert 8 scholar, Agnes 6 scholar, James M 4, Andrew 1 all b Aberdour FIF;[18]

Sources

  1. ↑ Telfer-102 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of SintonConnections4WTMay2014.ged on May 8, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
  2. ↑ Source: #S1827 Page: Rcvd Sep 2005
  3. ↑ Source: #S1827 Page: Rcvd Sep 2005
  4. ↑ Source: #S1827 Page: Brith 28 May 1852 Crossgates, Scotland, Dth ALB, Robert TELFER, rcvd Oct 2005
  5. ↑ Source: #S2811 Page: Birth 28 May 1852 (Fife, Scotland) Dth 13 Nov 1908 (Pembina, Alberta, Canada) Robert TELFER, online at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=52400461&PIpi=28416569, extracted Jul 2011
  6. ↑ Source: #S1827 Page: 1904 Robert & Ann TELFER, to Canada, rcvd Oct 2005
  7. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: "Dominion" 28 Mar 1904 Robt (51) & Robt (21) TALFER, arr. Halifax, from Liverpool, from Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, extracted Jul 2011
  8. ↑ Source: #S2811 Page: Birth 28 May 1852 (Fife, Scotland) Dth 13 Nov 1908 (Pembina, Alberta, Canada) Robert TELFER, online at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=52400461&PIpi=28416569, extracted Jul 2011
  9. ↑ Source: #S1827 Page: Rcvd Sep 2005
  10. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: Marr. 1875 Robert TELFER & Annie Brown DORWARD, batch M114221 Dalgety, FIF, extracted Sep 2005
  11. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Birth 1877 William to Robert TELFER & Annie nee DORWARD, reg. Dalgety, FIF, Dist 422 Pg 16 #46, copy d/loaded Dec 2007
  12. ↑ Source: #S805 Page: East Dulwich, Par of St Clements, Camberwell, LND RG12/472 ED 38 F 43 Pg 19 Sched 108, hsehold of Robert & Annie TELFER, extracted Dec 2007
  13. ↑ Source: #S806 Page: Civil Par Lambeth, Par. of St Paul Herne Hill, Sub Dist Brixton Dist Lambeth, LND RG13/432 ED 51 F 70 Pg 38 Sched 227, hsehold of Robert & Ann B TELFER, extracted Dec 2007
  14. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1906: Edison, Dist of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Sub Dist 17, Pg 10 Townships 58 and 59-60 west of the 4th M, Sched 92, hsehold of Robert & Annie TELFER, extracted Dec 2007
  15. ↑ Source: #S1827 Page: Rcvd Sep 2005
  16. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: MATHER/TELFER 1847 marriage, batch M118064, extracted Sep 2005
  17. ↑ Source: #S801 Page: Aberdour, FIF Par. 401 ED 5 Pg 10 Sched 42 hsehold of William & Cecilia TELFER, extracted Dec 2007
  18. ↑ Source: #S802 Page: Aberdour, FIF Reg 401 ED 4 Pg 26 Sched 143 hsehold of William & Cecillia TELFER (indexed on ancestry as FELPS), extracted Dec 2007




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