Janet Robertson

Janet is the last born child of James and Grace, born at ‘Chalgrove’ on the 20 Mar 1875.

She married James Tennant Hyslop on 27 December 1898 at Waianakarua, North Otago and they had 4 children together.

Janet died in Wellington 13th January 1953 and was cremated. Her husband was cremated also in Wellington 3 years later in 1956.

The following photo is of James with possibly a grandchild or great grandchild.

It is worth noting that two of the ROBERTSON children married 2 HYSLOP children (James married Esther HYSLOP and Janet married James T HYSLOP, which goes some way to describe the nature of the people and their relationships. Multiple siblings marrying other siblings was not unusual.

ChildBornMarriedChildrenDiedNotes
AlexanderJan 1896 12 May 1956 
Esther MargaretJan 189726 Apr 1916323 Jan 1933Allan
Janet Robb12 Apr 189930 Nov 192139 Jul 1994Brown
Robert5 Oct 1899 17 Sep 1925313 May 1984Pearse