ROBERTSON, Laurence

1809 - 1879  (70 years)

• Name	ROBERTSON, Laurence  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	25 Aug 1809	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	25 Aug 1809	Berry Scalloway, Shetland   [1]
  Residence	1851	Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1861	Lerwick and Gulberwick, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Arrival	24 Jul 1869	Greenock, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1871	Lerwick and Gulberwick, Shetland, Scotland   [1]
  Death	11 Dec 1879	Garthspool, Lerwick, Shetland   [1]
  Departure	Liverpool, England   [1]
  Death	11 Dec 1879	Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
  Person ID	I390	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	ROBERTSON, Laurence,   b. 21 May 1788, Nesting, Shetland, Scotland d. 27 Oct 1867, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SHEWARDSON, Janet,   b. 1785, Nesting, Shetland, Scotland d. 30 Dec 1876, Upper Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
  Family ID	F3132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	CHEYNE, Mary Scott,   b. 6 Apr 1807, Sandness, Shetland, Scotland d. Oct 1837 (Age 30 years)
  Children	+ 1. ROBERTSON, John Scott,   b. 16 Sep 1833, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland d. 1 Dec 1886, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	NICOLSON, Agnes,   b. 1815   d. 14 Aug 1910, Garthspool, Lerwick, Shetland (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1837	Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. ROBERTSON, Agnes,   b. 23 Jan 1838, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland d. 27 Sep 1875, Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. ROBERTSON, Thomas Roberts,   b. 6 Apr 1840, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. ROBERTSON, William,   b. 17 Jun 1842, Fitch, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland d. 21 Mar 1911, Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. ROBERTSON, Robert Nicol,   b. 16 Feb 1846, Fitch, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland d. 16 Oct 1930, Otautau, Southland, New Zealand (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 3	JOHNSON, Jessie,   b. 21 Sep 1825, North Yell, Shetland, Scotland d. 14 Aug 1910, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1850	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Free Mariner's Church
  Children	1. ROBERTSON, Margaret,   b. 16 Feb 1851, Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. ROBERTSON, Maria Grace,   b. 7 Jun 1853, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland d. 31 Jan 1895, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. ROBERTSON, James,   b. 14 Jul 1855, Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland d. 21 Mar 1908, Garthspool Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. ROBERTSON, John George,   b. 10 Nov 1857, Upper Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland d. 16 Nov 1857, Garthspool, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. ROBERTSON, Janet,   b. 19 Nov 1858, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 24 Jan 1956, Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. ROBERTSON, Laurence John,   b. 9 Oct 1860, Garthspool, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 7 Apr 1931, East Kildonan, Manitoba, Canada (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. ROBERTSON, Williamina,   b. 1 Oct 1862, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 31 Oct 1919, Garthspool Place, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. ROBERTSON, Robert Green,   b. 14 Mar 1868, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. ROBERTSON, John Johnson,   b. 26 Mar 1870, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland d. 9 Apr 1892, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Aug 1809 - Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Marriage - 12 Jan 1837 - Tingwall, Shetland, Scotland Marriage - 3 Jan 1850 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 11 Dec 1879 - Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  1879 Laurence Robertson Death

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S87] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S77] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).