David Robertson (abt. 1855 - 1941)

Born about 21 Jul 1855 in Logiealmond, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Ellen Drucilla (Clarkson) Robertson — married 1896 in New Zealand

Husband of Mary Ayr Robertson — married 1911 in New Zealand

Died 20 Aug 1941 at about age 86 in Kaiwera, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Mentioned in notice of the death of his daughter Margaret at the residence of his brother, James, in Pukerau, 1917.

David was born in 1855 to John and Helen (Paton) Robertson and christened at Logiealmond, Perthshire.^[1]

David's brother John's headstone records his place of birth as "Dulitor, Perthshire, Scotland".^[2] An 1861 census records three brothers (and other siblings) in West Duilater, Perthshire, all roughly the correct ages to be James, David and John, the brothers who emigrated to eastern Southland, New Zealand.^[3]

John Robertson, 51, head

Helen Robertson, 42, wife

Robert, 16

James, 14

Ann, 13

George, 11

Daniel, 9

David, 5

John, 3

Peter D. Robertson, 10 months

From about 1893 to about 1899, David was first a member and then chair of the Otaraia Road Board, overseeing expansion in the district.^[4][5]

David was the chair and secretary of the Kaiwera school committee from 1906 to 1917.^[6][7][8]

He passed away at his farm "Dundonnachie" in Kaiwera on 20 August 1941, "after a painful illness", with second wife Mary Ayr Robertson passing away in hospital in Gore only two days later.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7SP-MX4 : 16 September 2021), Helen Patton in entry for David Robertson, 1855.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166967779/john-robertson : accessed 15 October 2021), memorial page for John Robertson (unknown–8 Aug 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166967779, citing Pukerau Cemetery, Pukerau, Gore District, Southland, New Zealand ; Maintained by Cyndi (contributor 47314338) .
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Logie Buchan; ED: 2; Page: 1; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1861_50.
4. ↑ Mataura Ensign, Volume 15, Issue 1287, 12 May 1893, Page 5. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME18930512.2.28.2, accessed 15 October 2021.
5. ↑ Mataura Ensign, Issue 648, 14 October 1899, Page 2. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME18991014.2.10, accessed 15 October 2021.
6. ↑ Mataura Ensign, 25 April 1906, Page 3. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19060425.2.22, accessed 15 October 2021.
7. ↑ Mataura Ensign, 27 April 1910, Page 5. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19100427.2.37, accessed 15 October 2021.
8. ↑ Mataura Ensign, 3 May 1917, Page 5. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19170503.2.19, accessed 15 October 2021.
9. ↑ Otago Daily Times, Issue 24999, 20 August 1942, Page 1. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19420820.2.2.2, accessed 15 October 2021.

• Otago Daily Times, Otago Daily Times, Issue 18241, 10 May 1921. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19210510.2.19. Accessed 8 May 2019.

• Gore District Council, Cemetery Search Report. http://www.goredc.govt.nz/do-it-online/search-it/cemeteries/view/9930. Accessed 8 May 2019.