LEWIS FAMILY ANCESTORS
Robertson Family, Scot & NZ

Thomas Robertson
Anderson's Bay, New Zealand
  

Birth: 11 Apr 1803 Aberlady, Haddington, E Lothian Scotland
Spouse:  Janet Pate  
                  d. Scotland
Marriage: 30 May 1824 Scotland
Death:  5 Oct 1895 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Buried: Andersons Bay, Dunedin, New Zealand
 
Children:
Jane Robertson birth & death unknown
Spouse: D M Ross
 
Annie Robertson birth & death unknown
Spouse: John Charles Miller
 
Thomas Robertson birth & death unknown
 
James Robertson 
                  b. abt 1827  Scotland
Spouse: Jane Russell
Marriage: Sep 1863  New Zealand
 
Janet Robertson 
                  b. 28 Mar 1829 Aberlady, Scotland
                  d. 27 May 1896 Portobello, Otago Pen., New Zealand
Spouse: Octavius Harwood 1816-1900
Marriage: 25 Sep 1848 Otakou, Otago, New Zealand
 
Elizabeth Robertson 
                   b. 29 Aug 1832  Scotland
                   d. 9 May 1897 Purakanui, New Zealand
Spouse: Richard Driver
Marriage: 30 May 1849 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
 
Margaret Robertson 
                   b. abt 1834  Scotland
                   d. unknown
Spouse: Lewis Stuart
Marriage: 10 Jan 1850  New Zealand
 
Agnes Robertson 
                   b. abt 1838  Scotland
                   d. 7 Oct 1888 New Zealand
Spouse: Thomas Harrison
Marriage: 17 Apr 1856 New Zealand
 
                    b. abt 1940 Scotland
                    d. 23 Aug 1876 New Zealand
Marriage: 28 Aug 1857 Dunedin, New Zealand
2nd Spouse: Alexander Inglis
Marriage: 21 Sep 1865 New Zealand
 
Thomas Robertson's other spouses:
2nd Spouse: Elizabeth Wells
               b. abt 1805 Scotland
               d. 2 Apr 1865 New Zealand
Marriage: Scotland
 
Child: Annie Robertson
            b. Scotland
            d. 26 Jul 1891 New Zealand
Spouse: John Charles Miller
Marriage: 30 Jun 1862 New Zealand
 
3rd Spouse: Margaret Napier
Marriage: 11 Oct 1865 New Zealand

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Mr & MrsThomas Robertson1800s
Courtesy Papers Past

Mr & Mrs Thomas Robertson
abt mid 1880's.
 
Parents of Thomas Robertson
 
Thomas Robertson
Birth: 4 Dec 1776 Musselburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Spouse: Elizabeth Adamson
Death: Mar 1805 France 
 
Grandparents of Thomas Robertson
 
James Robertson
Birth: abt 1749 Scotland
Spouse: Catherine Barclay
Marriage: 24 Oct 1775 Inveresk, Scotland
 
Great Grandparent
 
William Robertson birth & death unknown

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Janet Robertson Harwood
Courtesy Papers Past

Janet Robertson Harwood

 
Otago Witness 17 March 1898
'Thomas Robertson who lived to the great age of 98 on the Peninsula, came from Edinburgh, arriving in the Philip Laing. He opened a quarry at Anderson's Bay, and brought the stone across the harbour in a punt; with his son James he built the school and other buildings with this stone; afterwoard quarried at Forbury Road, and discovered lime at Burnside. Farmed on the Peninsula til his death'.
 
Otago Witness 17 March 1898
'Octavius Harwood was a storekeeper when the first settlers arrived, the firm being Harwood and Shoats. Had a number of houses between the Heads and Portobello, calling it the township of Otakau. Had a sheep-run at Hampden later on, and now lives at Portobello'.

Linda M McCarthy
P. O. Box 5596
Lambton Quay,
Wellington 6145
New Zealand

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