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ROBERTSON, James

ROBERTSON, James

Male 1828 - 1900  (71 years)


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  • Name ROBERTSON, James  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 12 Sep 1828  Lerwick, Tingwall, Whiteness, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Sailor, Farmer 
    Residence 1897  Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence Between 1898 and 1899  Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1900  Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 10 Jul 1900  Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9] 
    Burial 12 Jul 1900  Herbert (Otepopo) Cemetery, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9] 
    Person ID I3556  Stark Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2025 

    Father ROBERTSON, Laurence,   b. 21 May 1788, Nesting, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1867, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother SHEWARDSON, Janet,   b. 1785, Nesting, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1876, Upper Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3214  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family LAURENSON, Grace Margaret,   b. 1 Nov 1831, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1895, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1857  Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. ROBERTSON, Elizabeth,   b. 16 Aug 1858, Lerwick, Tingwall, Whiteness, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1924, Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. ROBERTSON, Grace,   b. 8 Feb 1866, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1947, Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. ROBERTSON, James Allan,   b. 24 Nov 1867, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1944, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. ROBERTSON, Katherine Paterson,   b. 21 Oct 1869, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1924, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. ROBERTSON, Fleming,   b. 21 Apr 1871, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1934, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. ROBERTSON, Janet,   b. 20 Mar 1875, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1953, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Nov 1857 - Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1897 - Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Between 1898 and 1899 - Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Jul 1900 - Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    James Robertson    		James Robertson
    From www.bayanne.info/Shetland    		From www.bayanne.info/Shetland
    Marriage Grace Margaret Laurenson    		Marriage Grace Margaret Laurenson
    From the Cyclopedia of New Zealand    		From the Cyclopedia of New Zealand
    James Robertson birth 1828    		James Robertson birth 1828
    Thanks to LLaurenson family tree
    Death Notice    		Death Notice

  • Notes 
    • Phoebe Dunbar
      Ship: 704 tons
      Captain: Forbes Michie
      Surgeon Superintendent: Dr John Spencer
      Sailed London July 10th 1850 - arrived Dunedin 24th October 1850
      thereafter to Lyttelton, Nelson, Wellington & New Plymouth
      ---------
      Family lived at 153 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh
      ---------
      Cause of death: natural causes. Informant: V. Joyce, constable, Hampden.

      From- :The Cyclopedia of NZ -Waianakarua-

      Robertson-James- Farmer "Chalgrove" Waianakarua. This old settler who has resided in the district for about forty years, was born in the Shetland Isles in 1827 (sic). He was brought up to country pursuits but went to sea at the age of seventeen, served an apprenticeship of four years, and was before the mast till 1852, when he left his ship in Melbourne. After about eighteen (? or 8?) years experience on the diggings, Mr Robertson arrived at Port Chalmers at the end of 1859, and at once settled in the Hampden district, where he bought a portion of his farm at the first land sale. He has 340 acres of freehold in a good state of cultivation.

      From List of Ships Deserters: 1852-1900: p1546 notice posted 23.9.1858:James Robertson

      "Matanzas" cook and steward, 5ft 8in high, swarthy complexion, dark hair, large mark on neck, hair lately shaved. 1 pound reward.

      According to Neil Robertson, a grandson, James borrowed a suit of clothes from a passenger on the ship on which he was serving, and jumped ship in Melbourne.

      Electoral Rolls: Oamaru Electorate-1866-67-James Robertson-Chalgrove Terrace-freehold-

      sections-68,69,70,71,72,B2 Otepopo.
      Also same for 1868 (y/e 31 Aug. 1868) Also same 1870.
      1871 Moeraki Elect.- James as above. Waitaki Elect. James as above for 1872-73, 1874-75,

      1877-78, 1879-80.Waihemo Elect. 1894-James R. Chalgrove-farmer-freehold-sects. 61-72 block

      2 Otepopo.Elizabeth Herbert, dom. dut.-res. Janet R. Palmerston-dom. dut. -res. Fleming R. Hampden-ploughman, res. James R.-Hampden, ploughman, res. Grace Margaret R. Hampden,

      mar. woman, res. Elizabeth R., Maheno, dom. dut. res. Waihemo Elect. 1897- James, Fleming
      and James as above.

      1911 & 1914-Oamaru El. Angusina R. Waianakarua, mar. Fleming Waianakarua, farmer. James

      R. Maheno, farmer.

      James R. Maheno farmer. Rose R. Maheno mar. (are these two in the family??)

      James left Shetland at the age of 17, to work as a ship' s carpenter. Apparently he jumped ship at Melbourne, Australia, and went to work in the gold fields for about 8 years. He returned to Shetland and married Grace, and then left Shetland again with a brother of his wife, leaving Grace behind. They went to New Zealand, where they bought a farm property. James built a house, and bought more land, before sending for Grace. Grace left Scotland on the ship "Victory" in 1865.

  • Sources 
    1. [S66] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    2. [S16] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    3. [S6] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    4. [S21] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    5. [S22] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; Collection Title: New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955; Directory: Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory.
      New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954      		 New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954
      BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; Collection Title: New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955; Directory: Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory


    6. [S22] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; Collection Title: New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955; Directory: Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory; Fiche Numbers: 6-10.
      New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954      		 New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954
      BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; Collection Title: New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955; Directory: Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory; Fiche Numbers: 6-10


    7. [S4] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981.
      New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981      		 New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
      BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981


    8. [S20] Ancestry,com, New Zealand, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1840-1902, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Registration Birth Index, 1840-1901.

    9. [S14] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records.
      New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007      		 New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
      New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records



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