ROBERTSON, Laurence

1788 - 1867  (79 years)

• Name	ROBERTSON, Laurence  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	21 May 1788	Nesting, Shetland, Scotland   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	21 May 1837	North Yell, Shetland, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1851	Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [4, 6]
  	Relationship: Head
  Residence	1861	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland   [5]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	27 Oct 1867	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland
  Person ID	I8532	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	ROBERTSON, Peter,   b. Abt 1762, Grunifirth, Nesting, Shetland, Scotland d. Nesting, Shetland, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	WILLIAMSON, Elizabeth,   b. 1762, Berry, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland d. Nesting, Shetland, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1787
  Family ID	F632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SHEWARDSON, Janet,   b. 1785, Nesting, Shetland, Scotland d. 30 Dec 1876, Upper Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. ROBERTSON, Laurence,   b. 25 Aug 1809, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland d. 11 Dec 1879, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. ROBERTSON, Hunter,   b. 1 Dec 1818, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland d. Bef 1881 (Age < 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. ROBERTSON, Andrew,   b. 18 Dec 1821, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. ROBERTSON, George,   b. 12 Oct 1823, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland d. 1824 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. ROBERTSON, George,   b. 26 Sep 1825, Tingwall , Shetland, Scotland bur. Ballarat, Victoria, Australia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. ROBERTSON, James,   b. 12 Sep 1828, Lerwick, Tingwall, Whiteness, Shetland, Scotland d. 10 Jul 1900, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 21 May 1837 - North Yell, Shetland, Scotland Residence - Relation to Head of House: Head - 1861 - Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Death - 27 Oct 1867 - Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Marriage - - Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1841 Census Resident at Berry, Scalloway Occupation as Sailor on son's Marriage Certificate

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S101] Ancestry.com, Web: Scotland, Rolls of Male Heads of Families, 1834-1845, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;), oldscottish.com; Reference Number: CH2/1076/1. [S16] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S46] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale; ED: 2; Page: 3; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1851_3; Year: 1851. [S47] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Tingwall; ED: 6; Page: 4; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1861_2. [S46] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale; ED: 12; Page: 20; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_3; Year: 1851.