James Robertson
Descendant of Arthur Robertson & Margaret HendersonA1.
Arthur Robertson, born Shetland, 13 November 1815 (SR) - died 1896, Port Campbell, Victoria
Margaret Henderson, born Shetland, 4 September 1812 (SR) - died 1886 Port Campbell, Victoria
Arthur and Margaret are said to have had sixteen children including several sets of twins. Only nine survived. Of the surviving children six (underlined) came to Australia. The children were Agnes, Barbara, James, John, Peter, Arthur, Margaret, Robert and William Adie.
NOTE: See separate list for details of the codes used.
b. 16.9.1841, Hellister, Shetland (SR - For some family members there are 2 birth dates recorded in Shetland records. In each case I have taken the earlier date as that of birth. The second date recorded for James is 14.10.1841. This may have been a baptismal date.)
d. 23.10.1905, Avoca, Victoria
o. Seaman/ stonemason/ evangelist
m. 1.9.1868. to Frances Mary HALLS at Tooliorook, Vic (FN3119)
(b. 31.12.1848, Blaxsall, Suffolk, England - d. 22.7.1924, Sheffield, Tasmania. Daughter of Edmund HALLS and Eliza ABBOTT)
James apparently worked his passage to Australia, arriving in Sydney about 1865, and travelling overland to join his father in Victoria.
Frances Halls came to Australia in 1867 on the ‘John Temperly ‘ with Agnes, Arthur and Margaret - and became friendly with them.
b. 6.10.1869, Darlington, Vic. (FN 22111)
d. 29.3.1891, Melbourne East, Vic. (FN 6985 or 1985)
C2. Abbott Arthur ROBERTSON,
b. 17.2.1871, Darlington, Vic (FN2360)
d. 12.10.1948, Regent, Vic (FN11275) - of broncho- pneumonia - cremated at Faulkner, Vic.
o. Draughtsman
m1. ?
m2. 1910? Sylvia Charlotte SWIGGS in South Australia
Sylvia’s children as listed on Abbott’s death certificate:
b. 1930? 1911? (!)
D2. Frederick Arthur ROBERTSON
b. 1912?
D3. Dorothy Ethel ROBERTSON
b. 1914?
D4. William James ROBERTSON
b. 1919?
b. 20.4.1873, Cobden, Vic. (FN9295)
d. 13.3.1945, Western Australia
o. Prospector / miner
m. 6.10.1915, Edith TAYLOR at Mt Magnet, WA
(b. 25.9.1881, East Langdon, Leicestershire, England - daughter of Thomas and Catherine TAYLOR - d.28.2.1966.)
b. 22.3.1917
d. 22.7.1942, El Alamien, Africa ( WW2 in AIF - killed in action - buried at El Alamien War Cemetery, Egypt - Grave ref - A lll. H.16.)
D2. Olive Ivy ROBERTSON
b. 18.3.1916, Mt Magnet, WA
d. 8.7.1984, Perth, WA. of cancer
m. 28.12.1940, Henry (Harry) James STRICKLAND at Geraldton, WA.
(Prospector/farm labourer/bus and truck driver - b. 23.5.1911 at Lennonville, WA - d. 9. 9.1989 of cancer)
b. 1942, Mt Magnet, WA
o. Agriculture protection
m1. Heather ROBERTS
divorced
m2. Patricia ?
Heather’s children?
b. 1966
F2=. Andrew STRICKLAND - twin with Annette
b. 1968
F3=. Annette STRICKLAND - twin with Andrew
b. 1968
F4. Glen STRICKLAND
b. 1970
b. 1944, Mt Magnet, WA
o. Building contractor / Abalone fisherman
m. 3.8.1968, Desma CULL*, at St John’s Anglican Church, Albany, WA
(Telecom supervisor - b. 1944. Albany, WA)
b. 1970, Albany, WA
o. Receptionist
F2. Todd James STRICKLAND
b. 1972, Albany, WA
o. Abalone fisherman
mdf. Sally Jane BENNETT (b. 1975)
b. 1999, Albany, WA
b. 1948, Geraldton, WA
o. Storeman
m. 1972, Norma BESTWICK at Bunbury, WA
divorced
b. 1972, Bunbury, WA
F2. Narelle Amanda STRICKLAND
b. 1978, Bunbury, WA
b. 1954, Geraldton , WA
o. Sheet Metal Worker
m. 1989, Charley Denise Jo-Anne BROOK at Uniting Church, Bayswater, WA
(Secretary / Musician - b. 1963, Balclutha, NZ.)
b. 1993, Mt Lawley, WA.
F2. Heidi Caroline STRICKLAND
b. 1996, Mt Lawley, WA.
b. 1956, Bunbury, WA
(Information on Strickland family supplied by Ian Strickland, 1999 and Desma Strickland, March 2000)
b. 4.6.1876, Ellerslie, Vic. (FN6596)
d. 28.11.1965, Brisbane, Queensland
m. 22.3.1903, Henry Ebenezar SAUNDERS at the Albert Park Baptist Church, Vic (Baptist Minister - b. 15.10.1875, Coburg, Vic. - d. 26.2.1960, Brisbane, Qld 3rd son of Thomas and Ruth Maria SAUNDERS of Coburg, Vic.)
b. 23.4.1904, Boort, Vic.
d. 30.5.1978, Gosford, NSW
o. Presbyterian Minister
m. May 1944 (?) Anne (Nan) Christine DEMPSTER at the Presbyterian Church, Norman Park, Qld
(b. 28.3.1912, Brisbane, Qld - d.25.1.1996, Sydney, NSW)
b. 1945, Maleny Qld
m. Ron HELYARD (b. 28.1.1947)
2 adopted children
b. 1976
o. ?
F2. Jean HELYARD
b. 1982
NB: changed her name to Kirstin Elanor ROBERTSON-GILLAM after divorce
b. 1947, Armidale, NSW
o. Registered nurse / music therapist
m1. 20.6.1970, William Henry PETERS
divorced, 1989
m2. 11.3.1995, John Arthur GILLAM at Sydney, NSW
Kirstin and William Henry’s children
b. 1971, St Leonards NSW
o.
b. 1998, St Leonards NSW
b. 1973
o. ?
b. 1996, Hornsby NSW
F3. Kylie Anne PETERS
b. 1975
o. film industry/ABC
mdf. Roy De GIORGIO
b. 1968
film director
b. 1949, Armidale, NSW
o. School teacher
m. Louista RAMIREZ (b. 1946?)
b. 1983
b. 1952, Armidale, NSW
m. Graham GUY (Presbyterian Minister - b. 1950?)
b. 1989
F2. Elizabeth Ruth GUY
b. 1992
b. 14.12.1906, Alexandra, Vic.
d. 13.6.1974, Brisbane, Qld
o. Nursing sister
Unmarried, no issue
D3. Hazel SAUNDERS
b. 1.11.1908, Beaudesert, Qld
d. 8.4.1911, Tasmania - of meningitis
D4. James Gordon SAUNDERS
b. 31.3.1912, Latrobe, Tasmania
d. 30.7.1992, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne, Vic
o. Farm hand /School teacher / RAAF (WW2 and afterwards) Pilot instructor and later an Education officer / Student counsellor
m. 8.10.1943, Susan (Sue) Marjorie GELFIUS at Narromine, NSW.
(Raised turkeys on the family farm at "Hopevale", Narromine. Youngest of 7 children. - b. 1.7.1913, Narromine, NSW.)
b. 1944, Temora, NSW
o. Papermaker
m. 10.10.1964, Lorraine Joy ANDERSON at Alphington, Vic.
(Secretary - b. 1945, Ivanhoe, Vic.)
b. 1965, Ivanhoe, Vic.
o. Sergeant, Signals Officer, Royal Australian Army
m. 24.10.1992, Michael KEARNEY at Werribee, Vic
(Warrant Officer, RAAF - b. 26.10.1956.)
b. 1994, Campbell, ACT.
G2. Sean Michael KEARNEY
b. 1996, Werribee, Vic.
b. 1967, Ivanhoe, Vic.
d. Lived for only 6 hours
F3. Annemari (Amber) SAUNDERS
b. 1969, Ivanhoe, Vic.
o. Police Officer - Victorian Police Force
mdf. Glenn OWEN (Police Officer)
b. 21.3.1998, Cheltenham, Vic
b. 1971, Ivanhoe, Vic.
o. Boilermaker / welder
m. 26.4.1997, Raechel KEANE at Albury, NSW
Separated. Jan. 1998
b. 1998, Albury, NSW
b. 1945, Narromine, NSW
o. Management consultant
m. Angela Mary TRAINOR, in England
(Property manager - b. 1954)
b. 1982, Oxford , England
F2. Adam C.SAUNDERS
b. 1983, Oxford, England
F3. Hannah A.L.SAUNDERS
b. 1989, Kew, Victoria
b. 1949, Brisbane Qld
o. Primary school teacher
Unmarried, no issue
b. 28.3.1914, Sheffield, Tas
d. 26.10.1991, died and cremated at Rockhampton, Qld
o. Fencer / stockman / aircraft engine fitter with rank of Corporal in WW2 / carpenter
m. 9.11. 1943, Margaret COLLEDGE at Rockhampton, Qld
(Nursing sister - b. 1913, Gympie, Qld)
b. 1946, Biloela, Qld
o. Mine supervisor at Moranbah, Qld
m. 12.2.1966, Audrey MANSFIELD at Church of England, Emerald, Qld
(Secretary - b. 1945, Winton, Qld)
b. 1967, Emerald, Qld
o. Gold miner
m. 31.7.1992, Paula WILDY, at Clermont, Qld
(Waitress - b. 1969, Deniliquin, NSW)
F2. Julie Ann SAUNDERS
b. 1969, Emerald, Qld
o. Shop assistant
m. 8.6.1991, David LARGE at Mackay, Qld
(Miner - b. 1966, Boyne Island, Qld)
b. 1993, Mackay, Qld
G2. Tyler James LARGE
b. 1996, Mackay, Qld
G3. Crystal Renee Elizabeth LARGE
b. 1997, Mackay, Qld
b. 1952, Rockhampton, Qld
o. Nanny (at Comet and Mt Isa)
m1. 24.7.1971, Allan TURNER
divorced, 28.8.1980
m2. 6.12.1980, Norman WROE at Rockhampton, Qld
Norm’s children
b. 1976, Rockhampton, Qld
o. Boiler maker / tennis coach
G2. Connie Lousie WROE
b. 1980, Rockhampton, Qld
o. Enrolled nurse
b. 1915, Albion, Qld
o. School teacher specializing in teaching the deaf.
m. 16.7.1949, Hector HAINE at the Baptist Tabernacle, Brisbane, Qld
(School teacher / education writer - b. 1911, Brisbane, Qld - d.18.5.1992, Maroochydore. His parents came to Australia from Sweden)
No issue
D7. Douglas Davis SAUNDERS
b. 28.4.1918, Ennoggera, Qld
d. 27.9.1964, Wolstone Park, Qld
o. Invalid pensioner - Down’s syndrome
Unmarried, no issue
(Above information on Saunders family provided by Neil Saunders to John Collins McCue in 1975, and by Margaret Haine, Bruce Saunders and Kirstin Robertson-Gillam in 1999 and Ruth Wroe, Feb, 2000)
b. 5.10.1877, Woodford (near Warrnambool) Victoria (FN25938) [or Ellerslie Victoria {not far from Warrnambool} according to the death certificate]
d. 31.1.1953, Perth, WA, (of heart failure)
o. Miner/ Construction foreman. Studied for Baptist Ministry but withdrew. Fireman on Murray River paddle steamer pre 1900. Came to WA and lived and worked in Claremont as a ganger and foreman in public works. Returned to Geelong some time between 1909 and 1915, and then returned to WA.
m. 5.12.1906, Christina (Teen) BENNETT at Claremont, WA, probably in Baptist Church, John St Claremont
(Housekeeper / domestic - b. 2.2.1880, Scotchmans Lead, Bunninyong (near Ballarat Victoria) - d. 14.6.1968, Perth, WA. Her mother, also called Christina, born in Stirling, Scotland)
b. 10.9.1907, Ballarat, Vic.
d. 29.6.1999, aged 91, Dalwallinu, WA.
o. Machinist (at Ahern’s soft furnishing store, Perth)
m. 22.9.1934 to Francis (Frank) Edward REUDAVEY at Trinity Congregational Church, Perth, WA
(Farmer - b. 16.10.1904, Perth - d. 10.11.1995, aged 91, Dalwallinu, WA)
b. 1935, Dalwallinu, WA.
o. School teacher
m. 1957 to John Ainsley DOLLING, Congregational Church, North Perth, WA
(Banker/Uniting Church Pastor/ JP - b. 1935, Bassendean, WA )
b. 1958, Derby, WA.
o. School teacher, Mandurah, WA
m. 23.5.1982 to Clive Peter LYNN at Floreat Park, WA
(Teacher - b. 1955, Bombay, India)
b. 1984, Attadale, WA
G2. Christiane Grace LYNN
b. 1987, Attadale, WA
G3. Rebecca Michelle LYNN
b. 1991, Narrogin, WA
b. 1959, Derby, WA.
o. Surveyor
m. 4.6.1988 to Jeanette TUNZI at Church of Christ, Cottesloe, WA
(Accountant - b. 1962, WA)
b. 1990, Midland, WA
m. 15.1.2011 to Matthew Castaldini, Church of Christ, Mundaring, WA
G2. Stephanie Jeanette DOLLING
b. 1993, Midland, WA
G3. Michelle Rachel DOLLING
b. 1996, Midland, WA
G4. Anna Jane DOLLING
b. 2002, Midland, WA
b. 1962, Subiaco, WA
o. Banker
m1. 13.10.1985 to Elizabeth (Liz) Anne WILLMOTT at the Catholic Church, Forrestfield , WA. (Nurse - b. 1962, WA)
divorced March 2002
m2. Sarah (Nurse)
b. 1987, Kalamunda, WA
G2. Kate Rebecca DOLLING
b. 1988, Kalamunda, WA
G3. Hannah Rose DOLLING
b. 1991, Kalamunda, WA
b. 1964, Subiaco, WA
o. Public servant - fisheries
m. 14.11.1982 to Dean Ashley HOSKING at Perth, WA
(Mechanic - b. 1959, Geelong, Vic.)
b. 1938, Dalwallinu, WA
o. Farmer at Wubin, WA on his parent’s farm.
m. 30.1.1965 to Judith Kaye COULTAS* at Methodist Ch., Inglewood, WA
(Bank and Office worker - b. 1943)
b. 1965
o. Farmer / shearer
m. 20.1.1988 to Justine CHESTER at the MLC Chapel, Claremont WA. (Shop assistant / farmer - b. 1965, Goomalling, WA)
b. 1992, Attadale, WA
G2. Taylor Wray REUDAVEY(f)
b. 1994, Attadale, WA
G3. Damian Peter REUDAVEY
b. 1997, Attadale, WA
b. 1968, Dalwallinu, WA
o. Geologist
mdf. 1995, Robyn Louise JONES
(Mining / Hospitality - b. 1962, Brisbane, Qld)
b. 1997, Brisbane, Qld
G2. Alec Jones REUDAVEY
b. 2000
b. 1970, Dalwallinu, WA
o. Music teacher
m1. 10.4.1993 to Cameron Rhys REWELL at Upper Swan, WA
(Fruit and Vegetable salesman - b. 1971, Perth, WA)
divorced, 1997
m2. Dean O'REILLY
G2. Lucas Dean Christian O'REILLY, b. 2005
also Kurtis Dean Samuel O'REILLY, b. 1995
Dean's son from a previous relationship now lives with his mother
b. 1944, Dalwallinu, WA
o. Teacher’s assistant
m. 23.10.1965 to Donald James WRIGHT, Church of Christ, Maylands, WA
(Mechanic/Courier - b. 1943, Mt Lawley. WA)
b. 1970, Mt Lawley, WA
o. Mechanical engineer
m. 7.11.1999, Susan O’NEILL (b. 1974)
G2. Sascha Ruby WRIGHT, b. 2004?
G3. Mitchell WRIGHT, b. 2005?
b. 1971, Mt Lawley, WA
o. Environmental scientist
m. 20.11.2004, Alison LULLFITZ, at Pemberton, WA.
G2. Elsie Kate WRIGHT, b. 2006
b. 3.8.1909, Claremont, WA
d. 1983, Perth - from emphysema
o. Typewriter mechanic / WW2 soldier 6yrs / boiler-maker welder
m. Gertrude MURDOCH
(Dressmaker - b. 7.9.1913, Portsmouth, England - d. 2.8.1974, Perth, of heart failure. Youngest child and 2nd daughter of James Harding MURDOCH and Gertrude HOARE)
b. 1937, South Perth, WA
o. Carpenter / builder / developer / entrepreneur
m1. 1964 to Bridget Bruneston
(Air hostess - b. Netherlands)
divorced, 1967
m2. 10.5.1968 to Heidi Elisabeth LENZ, St Aidan’s church, Claremont, WA
(Hotelier - b. 1940. Frankfurt, Germany)
Heidi’s children
b. 1970, St John of God Hospital Wembley, WA
o. Real estate agent
m. 11.7.1999 to Bridget SHOOTER at the Star of the Seas Catholic Church, Cottesloe, WA
(Chef / caterer / restaurateur - b. 1971, Eastberg, Northern Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe).
b. 2007
G2. Harry ROBERTSON
F2. Peter John ROBERTSON
b. 1971
o. Real estate agent
m1. 4.8.1999 to Christine Anne Tresise at the Observatory Restaurant, Denmark, WA
(Settlement agent/resort manager - b. 1972, Melbourne Vic.) since divorced
m2. Rebecca
b. 24.11.1915, Maud St Geelong, Vic
d. 10.8.1988, aged 72, Perth, WA, facial Merkel's cell carcinoma; liver metastases
o. Dressmaker
m. 8.3.1938 to David Michael GILLARD, at the Baptist Church, Maylands, Perth, WA.
(Musician /Piano tuner, taxi driver, munitions worker during WW2.
b. 23.5.1905, West Perth, - d. 4.10.1982, aged 77, Perth, pancreatic cancer
b. 1943, Mt Lawley, Perth, WA
o. University Lecturer
m1. 14.5.1966 to Penelope BAKER at Harvey, WA.
(Chef - b. 1944, Paignton, Devon, UK)
divorced, 27.11.1973. Penny has remarried, with Gerald Robertson
m2. 22.2.1978 to Jennifer Lynne NASH at Perth, WA.
(School principal - b. 1956)
divorced, 19.6.1992. Jenny has remarried, with Kevin Gillan
b. 29.6.1978, Perth, WA - died the same day
F2. Eleanor Nash GILLARD
b. 1979, Geelong, Vic.
NB: Changed her name to Eleanor Frank CHAOS on 27.6.1997.
F3. Sarah Nash GILLARD
b. 1981, Geelong, Vic.
NB: Changed her name to Katherine Felix NASH on 6.4.1999.
b. 19.2.1879, Port Campbell, Vic (FN11160)
d. Unknown - No trace after he went to the WA gold rush with his 3 brothers.
C7. Alice Henderson ROBERTSON
b. 22.12.1885, Vic (FN1788)
d. 1.3.1888, Vic (FN 624)
C8. Miriam Baeyertz ROBERTSON
NB. In the Qld register of births her name is spelt Marion Barzaret Robertson (file no. 18404) b. 18.6.1887, Cobden, Vic.
d. 2.5.1970, Brisbane, Qld
o. Music teacher
m. 14.9.1910, David Hutchison LAWSON at the Baptist Church, Beaudesert, Qld
Service conducted by Rev H.E. Saunders (husband of 4 above) and bride given away by her cousin, Rev. Rab Robertson.
(Dept Store Secretary - b. 13.6.1886, Glasgow, Scotland - d. 28.1.1968, Brisbane, Q)
b. 16.3.1912, Brisbane, Qld
d. 9.4.1998, Brisbane, Qld
o. Kindergarten teacher, then typist in dept. store
Unmarried, no issue
D2. Ruth Gwendoline LAWSON
b. 16.2.1915, Brisbane
d. 13.10.1930. Brisbane - of rheumatic fever
Unmarried, no issue
D3. Gladys Irene LAWSON
b. 28.2.1919, Brisbane, Qld
d. 6.8.1991, Brisbane, Qld
o. Ladies hairdresser.
m. 5.7.1947 to John McIntosh Laurie MUNRO at Scots Presbyterian Church, Brisbane, Qld
(Garage proprietor - d. 17.5.1953, Brisbane, Qld)
b. 1950, Brisbane, Qld
o. Pay clerk at Golden Circle
m. 22.3.1980 to Kerry Elizabeth MORTON at Brisbane, Qld
(Telstra telephone operator - b. 1954, Brisbane, Qld)
b. 1981, Brisbane, Qld
F2. Paul James MUNRO
b. 1985, Brisbane, Qld
Compiled by Margaret Worrall, 24 Mourilyan Rd, Innisfail, Qld 4860, Ph: (07) 4061 3836
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