Robert ROBERTSON

1820 - 1860  (39 years)

• Name	Robert ROBERTSON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1 Aug 1820	Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jul 1860	aboard ship SS 'Henrietta'   [6, 7]
  Burial	Otago, New Zealand   [6]
  Person ID	I219	Blyth Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	William ROBERTSON,   b. 26 Jun 1785, Ellon, Aberdeen, Scotland d. 29 Nov 1861, Ellon, Aberdeen, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christian WILSON,   b. 21 Jul 1792, Undy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Jan 1815	Undy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F97	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margeret HENRY,   b. 20 Oct 1822, Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 26 Sep 1890, Dunedin, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1846	Ellon, Aberdeen, Scotland   [4, 12]
  Children	1. Annie ROBERTSON,   b. 18 Mar 1847, Logie-Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d. 7 Nov 1929, Dunedin, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]   2. Margaret Connor ROBERTSON,   b. 12 Apr 1849, Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 4 Dec 1904, Dunedin, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]   3. Jane ROBERTSON,   b. 12 Aug 1851, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1942, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Isabella ROBERTSON,   b. 15 Sep 1853, Belhevie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 8 Dec 1871, Dunedin, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Catherine Berry ROBERTSON,   b. 29 Jan 1856, Belhevie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 22 Sep 1904, Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Christina Buchan ROBERTSON,   b. 21 Mar 1859, Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 30 Sep 1926, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

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  [S15] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ances try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry membe rs.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S3] 1841 Scotland Census Records. Name: Robert Robertson Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Gender: Male Where born: Aberdeenshire, Scotland Civil parish: Udny County: Aberdeenshire Address: Hillbrac Occupation: Ag Lab Parish Number: 249 Household Members: Name Age John Isaac 40 Elizabeth Isaac 25 John Isaac 2 Elizabeth Isaac 1 William Gaul 25 Robert Robertson 20 John Spence 15 William Thorn 14 Elizabeth Straith 20 Margaret Duncan 15 Margaret Bartlet 12 [S6] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census Records, Robertson Parish: Belhelvie; ED: 4; Page: 7; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1851_42; Year: 1851. Name: Robert Robertson Age: 31 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820 Relationship: Head Spouse's Name: Margt Robertson Gender: Male Where born: Old Deer, aberdeensh Parish Number: 174 Civil Parish: Belhelvie County: Aberdeenshire Address: Middle Ardo Cottarhouse Occupation: Ag Lab ED: 4 Page: 7 (click to see others on page) Household Schedule Number: 26 Line: 19 Roll: CSSCT1851_42 Household Members: Name Age Robert Robertson 31 Margt Robertson 28 Anne Robertson 4 Margaret Robertson [S95] Registrar of Births, Deaths and Mariages, New Zealand - Death Records, Registarts return Entry for Margeret Robertson, Dunedin NZ no 523. Where and when Died: 1890 September 26, Leith Street, Dunedin Name and Surname: Margeret Robertson Occupation: Relic of the Late Robert Robertson Sex and Age: Female 67 years Cause of Death: Enteritis Medical Attendant: Robert Martin, Physician Surgeon Name of Father: _____ Henry Name of Mother: Christina Henry formerly Buchan Occupation of Father: Slater Burial: 28 September 1890 Southern Cemetery Dunedin Name and religon of Minister: D Dutton, Presbyterian Where Born: Aberdeenshire How Long in NZ: 30 years Where Married: Aberdeenshire Husband: Robert Robertson Issue Living: 5 Female, 44,42,40,32,30 Informant: Hugh Gourlay [S15] Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ances try.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry membe rs.;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S119] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S85] OTAGO COLONIST SEPTEMBER 28 1860. Otago Witness September 29 1860 Shipping Intelligence: September 24 - H enrietta, Cumming, from Glasgow, M ay 30 1860 [Otago Witness 4 August 1 860, Page 4] Passengers - Paying their own passages : AndrewJo hn [Begg Samuel] Black Archibald Bremner John Camero n Duncan, wife, 2 sons & 2 daughters Dickson William Dugard Robert (Duguid) Eadie William wife, 1 son, 2 daughters Erski ne James Falconer Janet Farmer James B. Ferguson William G raham George Grant Elspeth Greig David & wife Greig Jan et Hamilton Mrs. David Hewat Robert wife & son & daughter L itster James McColl Duncan McGill William McLellan James M cLellan Catherine McNeil Hector, wife & daughter Mill Robert M ill William and wife Catherine Munro Donald Oliver Elizabeth R eid Simon Robertson Jas. Ross Donald & wife Smeaton Jam es [White Jo OTAGO COLONIST SEPTEMBER 28 1860 Otago Witness September 29 1860 Shipping Intelligence: September 24 - Henrietta, Cumming, from Glasgow, M ay 30 1860 [Otago Witness 4 August 1860, Page 4] Passengers - Paying their own passages : Andrew John [Begg Samuel] Black Archibald Bremner John Cameron Duncan, wife, 2 sons & 2 daughters Dickson William Dugard Robert (Duguid) Eadie William wife, 1 son, 2 daughters Erskine James Falconer Janet Farmer James B. Ferguson William Graham George Grant Elspeth Greig David & wife Greig Janet Hamilton Mrs. David Hewat Robert wife & son & daughter Litster James McColl Duncan McGill William McLellan James McLellan Catherine McNeil Hector, wife & daughter Mill Robert Mill William and wife Catherine Munro Donald Oliver Elizabeth Reid Simon Robertson Jas. Ross Donald & wife Smeaton James [White John] Assisted emigrants: Ballantine (?Ballantyne) Francis & Wife, 4 sons, 5 daughters Cairns Peter & Wife, 1 son Cameron Ewen & Wife, 7 sons, 3 daughters (Allan, Duncan & Ewen) Cameron John and wife & Margaret (Angus Cameron paid ?3 passage money t o the Provincial Government of Otago on Sept. 24 1860 for John's passag e)) Candich Margaret & 1 daughter [Crichton William] Clark Ann Couper (?Cowper) Ann Crichton William Dallas Thomas & and wife Elizabeth Deans George & Wife, 3 sons, 3 daughters (Alexander Deans paid ?44 5s p assage money to the Provincial Government of Otago) Deans John & Wife, 1 son, 1 daughter Duncan Peter Duncan William Ferguson James Gordon John Grant James & Wife (Elspet) Gray Walter wife, 3 sons, and daughter. Greig Janet (paid ?14 passage money to the Provincial Government of O tago on February 2 1872) Gunn Hugh Hardie James, & Wife, 2 sons, 4 daughters Henderson John & Wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter (Alexander Henderson paid ?3 8 passage money to the Provincial Government of Otago on April 16 1863) Hislop Mungo & Wife, 1 son Hunter Archibald & Wife, 1 son Kinloch Margaret Livingston Charles & Wife, 3 sons, 4 daughters Mackay Angus McColl Duncan & Wife, 4 sons, 4 daughters McEwen Jessie McKenzie John & Wife and 2 sons McLaren John ?gardener (Dundee) McLaren John & Wife, 2 sons McLeod Alexander & Wife, 1 son, 2 daughters McPherson Angus & Wife Marshall James & Wife, 2 sons Mathieson Alexander Morrison Malcolm & Wife, 5 sons Murdoch Peter Oliver John wife and 5 sons (James Oliver paid ?10 passage money to t he Provincial Government of Otago on May 26 1869) Orr John & Wife, 6 (?5)sons, 3 daughters Robertson Robert & Wife, 6 daughters Robertson John Rogers George & Wife Sinclair Robert & Helen, James, John, Arthur Sinclair Robert & Wife Smith George Steedman James & Wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter Steven James Sutherland John (?Lybster) Sutherland Benjamin Sutherland John & Wife, 1 son, 1 daughter Swan Agnes Webster Robert Young William & Wife, 3 sons (James) The above list includes 4 farmers 26 ploughmen 17 shepherds 3 masons 9 quarrymen 3 blacksmiths 4 carpenters 1 tailor 1 teacher 4 gardeners 14 labourers 20 female servants. From the "Otago Witness" "THE HENRIETTA" The barque "Henrietta" arrived at the Heads on Monday m orning, after a passage of 115 days from Glasgow. The rather protracted v oyage is referable to bad weather since passing the meridian of the Cap e, previous to which not a reef had been taken in the topsails. She had o n board, at starting 238 souls, equal to 194? statute adults, a number w hich has been somewhat reduced by the casualties noted below. We regret t o learn that sickness has prevailed, and is still prevalent among the p assengers to a considerable extent, though there have been no infection s or contagious diseases. Various reports are in circulation as to the c ause of illness, it having been alleged by some that the accommodation o n board was insufficient, by others that the passengers have not receiv ed the necessary medical attention: and certainly the disgraceful fact t hat the surgeon was locked up on a charge of drunkenness a few hours af ter landing, does not say much for his fitness for his onerous duties. T he captain states, however, that the passengers were far from generally h ealthy when they embarked, and their appearance on boarding was certain ly not such as could have been wished, or equal to that of previous arr ivals. One female died on board the "Oberon" on the passage up the harb our. We presume that some inquiry will take place, and therefore refrai n from further comment. The following births and deaths have occurred: BIRTHS July 17 Mrs. J Deans of a son premature (died in 24 hours) July 20 Mrs. R Sinclair a son July 17 Mrs. Hamilton a daughter DEATHS July 18 Mary Deans aged 2 yrs Decline July 19 R Robertson aged 40 Apoplexy August 6 John Sutherland aged 23 months Decline August 30 Robert Orr aged 2 yrs Marasmus Sept 5 John Cameron aged 15 yrs Brain fever Sept 7 Hannah Oliver aged 19 yrs Brain Fever Sept 13 Catherine Cameron aged 20 yrs Brain Fever Sept 17 Catherine Cameron aged 19 yrs Brain Fever Sept 22 Grace Cameron aged 23 yrs Brain Fever Sept 26 Mrs. Ballantine aged 26 yrs Decline The following address was given signed by 70 passengers: "Dear Sir,- Now that we have landed in our adopted land we feel it to be our duty t o express our high appreciation of your qualities as a commander and yo ur conduct as a gentleman. We likewise desire to testify our appreciati on of the conduct of Mr.Finnie Chief Officer and Mr.Turner second Offic er and also of the crew who have done everything in their power to add t o our comfort by many acts of kindness during the voyage With every wis h that prosperity may attend to you to the termination of your career w e remain yours, &c." Information courtesy of Alison de Caen who is researching the Hamilton a nd Litster families. Posted 3 January 2000. Otago Witness, 6 October 1860, Page 5 The following; letter, accompanied by a gold chain was presented to Cap tain Gumming of the Henrietta by a number of the passengers : ? We, the u ndersigned passengers by the barque Henrietta, from Glasgow to Otago, w ish to express our gratitude and esteem of Captain Gumming as a command er and gentleman, and also his uniform kindness and attention to promot e our comfort during the voyage, by presenting him with a gold chain, w ishing that all success may attend him to the end of his career. [S56] LDS SEARCH. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XYFG-QHR Name: Robert Robertson G ender: Male Baptism/Christening Date: 19 Aug 1820 Baptism/Christening P lace: UDNY,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND Birth Date: 01 Aug 1820 Birthplace: Death D ate: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: William Robertson Father's Birt hplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Christian Wilson Mother's Birthp lace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11249-5 System O rigin: Scotland-ODM Source Film Number: 993306 Reference Number: Colle ction: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [S99] www.scotlandspeople.govt.co.uk, Scotland Old Parish Records - Births & B aptisms 1564-1855. 19/08/1820 ROBERTSON ROBERT WILLIAM ROBERTSON/CHRISTIAN WILSON M UDNY / ABERDEEN 249/00 0020 0008 [S92] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; L ocation: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Christian Wilson [S98] www.scotlandpeople.govt.co.uk, Scotland Old Parish Records - Banns & Ma rriages 1564-1855. 22/01/1815 ROBERTSON WILLIAM CHRIST. WILSON/FR393 (FR393) M UDNY /ABERD EEN 249/00 0010 0361 [S98] www.scotlandpeople.govt.co.uk, Scotland Old Parish Records - Banns & Ma rriages 1564-1855, 3 27/12/1846 ROBERTSON ROBERT MARGRET HENDRY/ M ELLON /ABERDEEN 192/00 0040 0381. 3 27/12/1846 ROBERTSON ROBERT MARGRET HENDRY/ M ELLON /ABERDEEN 192/00 0 040 0381