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  
         Date: 30 May 1824 Scotland
Death: 
5 Oct 1895 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Buried:
Andersons Bay, Dunedin, New Zealand
 
Children:
Thomas Robertson Jr
Birth:
3 Apr 1825 Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland
    Spouse: Margaret Lindsay Stuart
    Date: 21 Nov 1845 Glasglow, Scotland
Death:
24 Aug 1903 Halfway Bush, Dunedin, New Zealand
 
James Robertson 
Birth:
abt 1827  Scotland
      Spouse: Jane Russell
      Date: Sep 1863  New Zealand
Death: New Zealand
 
Janet Robertson 
Birth:
28 Mar 1829 Aberlady, Scotland
        Spouse: Octavius Harwood 1816-1900
         Date: 25 Sep 1848 Otakou, Otago, New Zealand
Death:
27 May 1896 Portobello, Otago Pen., New Zealand

 

Elizabeth Robertson 
Birth:
29 Aug 1832  Scotland
          Spouse: Richard Driver
        Date: 30 May 1849 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Death:
9 May 1897 Purakanui, New Zealand
 
Margaret Robertson 
Birth:
abt 1833  Scotland
       Spouse: Lewis Stuart
       Date: 10 Jan 1850  New Zealand
Death:
25 Jan 1895 Mt. Pleasant, Andersons Bay, New Zealand
 
Agnes Robertson 
Birth:
abt 1838  Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland
     Spouse: Thomas Harrison
     Date: 17 Apr 1856 New Zealand
Death:
7 Oct 188 New Zealand
 
Birth:
abt 1838 Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland
             Spouse: John Simpson
          Date: 28 Aug 1857 Dunedin, New Zealand
 
2nd Spouse: Alexander Inglis
       Date: 21 Sep 1865 New Zealand
Death: 23 Aug 1876 Dunedin, New Zealand
 
Thomas Robertson's other spouses:
 
2nd Spouse: Elizabeth Wells
Birth:
abt 1805 Scotland
Death:
2 Apr 1865 New Zealand
Marriage: Scotland
 
Child: Annie Robertson
Birth:
abt 1848 Scotland
Death:
26 Jul 1891 New Zealand
      Spouse: John Charles Miller
      Date: 30 Jun 1862 New Zealand
 
Jane Robertson
Birth:
3 Jan 1850 Andersons Bay, Dunedin, New Zealand
    Spouse: David Mitchell Ross
    Date: 2 July 1868 Moeraki, New Zealand
Death: 
1 Nov 1889 Timaru, New Zealand

3rd Spouse: Margaret Napier

Marriage: 11 Oct 1865 New Zealand



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Mr & MrsThomas Robertson1800s
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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
     Date: 24 Oct 1775 Inveresk, Scotland
 
Great Grandparent
 William Robertson

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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'.