Descendants of Charles Robertson Generation No. 1 1. CHARLES1 ROBERTSON died Bef. 1843. He married ANN MCLEOD. She was born 1770 in Scotland, and died Feb 20, 1843 in Quebec City, QUE, CAN (Source: St Andrews Quebec City Parish Register, Reads "Ann widow of the late Charles Robinson of Redgorton in Scotland aged Seventy Three years died on the twentieth and was buried on the twenty second day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Three. Signed John Cook, Alex Smeaton, Alex Robertson."). Notes for CHARLES ROBERTSON: Charles was a Tailor and Labourer. Children of CHARLES ROBERTSON and ANN MCLEOD are: i. ANNE2 ROBERTSON, b. Dec 21, 1796, Caputh, PER, SCT. ii. JOHN ROBERTSON, b. Mar 02, 1799, Caputh, PER, SCT. Notes for JOHN ROBERTSON: Christening occurred on Mar 2, 1799 Information Found IGI 1986 Page 17172 iii. MARGARET ROBERTSON, b. Jun 05, 1804, Redgorton, PER, SCT (Source: Redgorton Parish Record, Reads "June 5 1804 - Charles Robertson, Taylor at Hillside and Ann McLeod his spouse had a daughter born upon this date and baptized June 14 named Margaret."). 2. iv. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, b. 1806, Scotland; d. Aug 30, 1874, Quebec City, QUE, CAN. 3. v. HELEN C. ROBERTSON, b. Feb 20, 1808, Redgorton, PER, SCT; d. Feb 20, 1890, Quebec City, QUE, CAN. 4. vi. CATHARINE ROBERTSON, b. Jun 07, 1810, Redgorton, PER, SCT; d. Feb 08, 1887, Kingston, Frontenac, ONT, CAN. 5. vii. THOMAS ROBERTSON, b. Jun 09, 1812, Redgorton, PER, SCT. viii. MARY ROBERTSON, b. Mar 04, 1814, Redgorton, PER, SCT (Source: Redgorton Parish Record, Reads "March 4, 1814 - Charles Robertson in Pitcairngreen and Ann McLeod his spouse had a daughter born this date and baptized the 9th called Mary."); d. Oct 02, 1864, Quebec City, QUE, CAN (Source: St Andrews Quebec City Parish Register, Reads "Mary Robertson, from Caputh Scotland aged forty five years died on the second and was buried on the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty four. Signed John Cook; Alex Smeaton and James Robertson."). Notes for MARY ROBERTSON: In 1851, Mary lived at Quebec City, Quebec with her sister Helen Smeaton. The 1871 Census has a Mary Robertson living with Alex & Helen Smeaton. ix. CHARLES ROBERTSON, b. Sep 05, 1816, Redgorton, PER, SCT (Source: Redgorton Parish Record, Reads "1816 - Charles lawful son to Charles Robertson, labourer Pitcairngreen and Ann McLeod his spouse born the 5th and baptized the 12th Sept."). Notes for CHARLES ROBERTSON: Christening occurred on Sept 12, 1816 Information Found IGI 1986 Page 16749 Generation No. 2 2. ALEXANDER2 ROBERTSON (CHARLES1) was born 1806 in Scotland, and died Aug 30, 1874 in Quebec City, QUE, CAN (Source: St Andrews Quebec City Parish Register, Reads "Alexander Robertson of Quebec, age sixty eight years died on the thirtieth day of August and was buried on the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and seventy four. Signed John Cook, Jas Robertson and A Robertson."). He married MARGARET TODD Apr 27, 1833 in Montreal, QUE, CAN (Source: Reads "November 9, 1834 Alexander Robertson and Margaret McDuff both residing at Ballinloan of this parish we proclaimed in order to marriage and no objections were 1 offered."). She was born 1813 in Scotland. Notes for ALEXANDER ROBERTSON: In 1851, Alexander and Margaret lived at Quebec City, Quebec with their children Catherine, James, Janet and Alexander. Alexander was a Grocer. Children of ALEXANDER ROBERTSON and MARGARET TODD are: 6. i. CATHERINE3 ROBERTSON, b. Apr 10, 1834, Scotland; d. May 01, 1914, Quebec City, QUE, CAN. ii. JAMES ROBERTSON, b. Feb 22, 1836, Quebec City, QUE, CAN. Notes for JAMES ROBERTSON: In 1881, James and his siblings ALexander and Jane lived at Quebec City, Quebec. Alexander was a Labourer. James was a Presbyterian Minister. iii. MARGARET TODD ROBERTSON, b. 1838; d. Sep 28, 1839, Quebec City, QUE, CAN. iv. JANE MARIE ROBERTSON, b. Jan 31, 1842, Quebec City, QUE, CAN. v. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, b. May 01, 1844, Quebec City, QUE, CAN (Source: St Andrews Quebec City Parish Register, Reads "Alexander Robertson, QUebec, Grocer and Margaret his wife had a son born the first day of May and baptized on the twenty seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty four named Alexander. Signed John Cook, Alex Robertson, Margaret Robertson, J Wilson and George Hall."). vi. MARGARET TODD ROBERTSON, b. Sep 29, 1846, Quebec City, QUE, CAN. 3. HELEN C.2 ROBERTSON (CHARLES1) was born Feb 20, 1808 in Redgorton, PER, SCT (Source: Redgorton Parish Record, Reads "February 21, 1808 - Charles Robertson, labourer in Redgorton and Ann McLeod his spouse had a daughter born this date and baptized the 23rd called Helen."), and died Feb 20, 1890 in Quebec City, QUE, CAN (Source: St. Gaberial Montreal Parish Register, Reads "Burial of Helen C Robertson Smeaton - Helen C Robertson, widow of the late Alexander Smeaton of Quebec, died at Quebec on the twentieth of February, One thousand eight hundred and ninety, and was buried in Mt. Royal Cemetery, Montreal, on the twenty-second day of the same month, aged eighty-two years, in presence of the undersigned. Signed by Robert Campbell DD, Minister of St Gabriel Church; John Smeaton."). She married ALEXANDER SMEATON Nov 22, 1832 in Redgorton, PER, SCT (Source: Letter from Redgorton Minister, Reads "That the names of marriage between Alexander Smeaton, and Helen Robertson, both in this Parish, have been regularly proclaimed in the Church of Redgorton, and that no objections have been offered against the solemnizing of the same", is certified by Ja. Wilson, Session Clerk, and signed by William Liston, Minister. The Redgorton Parish Record Reads "November 11th 1832 - Alexander Smeaton, and Helen Robertson, both of this parish were Proclaimed on this & the following Sabbath in order to marriage."), son of WILLIAM SMEATON and HELEN HONEYMAN. He was born Apr 26, 1812 in Jack's Chairs, Forteviot, PER, SCT (Source: Forteviot Parish Register, Reads "April 26, 1812, Alexander lawfull son to William Smeaton and Helen Honeyman in Jack Chairs."), and died Sep 03, 1889 in Montreal, QUE, CAN (Source: St. Gaberial Montreal Parish Register, Reads "Burial of Alexander Smeaton - Alexander Smeaton of Quebec, Tailor, died at Montreal on the third day of September, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, age seventy-seven years of pneumonia and was buried on the fifth day of the same month, in Mt. Royal Cemetery. Signed by Robert Campbell DD, Minister Officiating; John Smeaton; Chris Caving."). Notes for HELEN C. ROBERTSON: A Letter Written by Alexander Smeaton 7 March 1881, from Quebec, to his sister Janet Wilson in Australia. Dear Sister & Brother And all the rest of your family, and also the Grand Children. How glad I would have been to meet you all in the middle of your beautiful summer as you stated, it was your summer when you wrote in Dec. But I was ever glad when I opened your letter in the beginning of March and saw you were all well, for I had lost hopes you were so long in writing. You should take the trouble to write oftener, you cannot think of the happiness that it gives me when I get a letter and it made me feel more so when your pictures being enclosed, I received last September a letter from John Smeaton's wife of Dundee (that is) Brother James youngest son and last of his family. Giving an account of his death he leaves a wife and three or four children, but they are grown up some of them married. At the time I was last in Scotland I got him to send the Total Abstinence Pledge. He was out of work then, I suppose from being unsteady and went to the loading man of the temperance body there and had work for him in the afternoon and he continued a steady man till he died, and his wife said in her letter, died a very different man from the first part of his life. He made me a present of the old Bible that John Proudfoot of Moneydie had when 2 he read through three times and a half through during the time he lay palsied in bed, for twenty five years, the Bible is two hundred years old. All John Smeatons (of Dundee) family sent the Pledge of Total abstinence and is pasted in that Book. I do not know if I ever stated any thing in any of my letters before but I now state I have been A Total Abstainer for over thirty years and I finds it suits me well. I consider the effects of drinking the greatest Curse that the human Family has on this Earth, it is the Father of most of the evils that comes on mankind but I need not commence a temperance lecture. Father Shinequie?, that visited your island is also a Temperance man and I am well acquainted with him, he is a good man, and a very well learned man. I knew him when he was a Priest he and a large number of French Canadians emigrated to the United States and located on a large piece of land and they built a Church to themselves, after pushing hard to get it built the Bishop of the Roman Catholic wanted to take it and make it belong to the Church, but they would not submit. It went into the Courts but the Court decided against the Bishop, then Father Chingue?, and his people turned Protestants but that is over thirty years ago the same Priest has turned thousands of French Canadians to Protestants. Since that time they have (that is) the Priests several times tried to kill him both in Quebec and Montreal, but as far as it has gone he has been saved.