William Roberton, born New Monkland, Lanarkshire c.1779.1Taken from 1851 Census His parents’ names are not known.
Janet Margaret Thom, born in Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire on 24 April 1785, daughter of William Thom and Janet Auld.2National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1785 Births, 651 (Airdrie or New Monkland), 20/223
William and Janet are in North Queensferry, Fife on the 1841 Census,3National Records of Scotland, 1841 Census, 424/42/13 where William is a Constable of Police, and in Bruce Street, Dunfermline, Fife on the 1851 Census4National Records of Scotland, 1851 Census, 424/24/9 where William is a Chelsea Pensioner.
William was also a Damask Weaver at one time according to daughter Elizabeth’s record of death.
At the time of her death in 1855, Janet is said to have been in Dunfermline for 21 years, i.e. since 1834.
CHILDREN
Janet Roberton, born c.1805, according to her mother’s death record.
Janet’s year of birth varies between c.1805 to 1810 depending on various census returns and her death certificate. She was born in England.
Janet married William Hutton (born Torryburn, Fife c.1810). They were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Torryburn on 14 July 1838.
Janet died in Dunfermline on 4 March 1890.
Agnes Roberton, born c.1807, according to her mother’s death record.
William Roberton, baptised in Herne, Kent on 20 January 1811.5England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL Film Number 1836274, Reference ID item 7
The 1851 Census gives William’s place of birth as Dover Castle.6National Records of Scotland, 1851 Census, 692/2 54/13
William married Agnes Robison (b. St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh, Midlothian c.1816),7Year and place of birth from census returns daughter of William Robison and Mary Oliver,8Parents’ names from Agnes’s death certificate in Stirling on 4 October 1833. Both were at that time resident in Inglis’s Entry, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. William’s occupation is Bookbinder.9National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1833 Marriages, 685/2 (Edinburgh St. Cuthbert’s, 430/70
William and Agnes are in Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh on the 1841 Census,10National Records of Scotland, 1841 Census, 685/2 245/3 in Nottingham Terrace, South Leith on the 1851 Census,11National Records of Scotland, 1851 Census, 692/2 54/13 at 29 West Port, Edinburgh on the 1861 census12National Records of Scotland, 1861 Census, 685/1 14/9 and in the Vennel, Edinburgh on the 1871 Census.13National Records of Scotland, 1871 Census, 685/1 3/19
William died in Stevenson’s Close, West Port, Edinburgh, Midlothian on 4 March 1878, age 66.14National Records of Scotland, 1878 Deaths, 685/1/285
Agnes is in the Vennel, Edinburgh on the 1881 Census.15National Records of Scotland, 1881 Census, 685/1 4/15
Agnes died in Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh on 18 April 1889, age 72.16National Records of Scotland, 1889 Deaths, 685/4/389
John Roberton, born c.1814, according to his mother’s death record.
Elizabeth Roberton, born Edinburgh, Midlothian c.1819.17Place and year of birth taken from census records
According to her mother’s record of death, Elizabeth was 38 in 1855, which puts her year of birth at 1816 or 1817.
Elizabeth married John Younger (b. Dunfermline, Fife on 2 November 1816),18National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1816 Births, 424 (Dunfermline), 90/461 Damask Weaver, son of Alexander Younger and Janet Arnott. They were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Dunfermline on 16 July 1842.19National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1842 Marriages, 424 (Dunfermline), 170/9
John and Elizabeth are in Walker’s Land, Pittencrieff Street on the 1851 Census, in Pittencrieff Street on the 1861 and 1871 Census and at 89 Pittencrieff Street on the 1881 Census.
John died at 93 Pittencrieff Street on 8 September 1887, age 70.
Elizabeth is at 93½ Pittencrieff Street on the 1891 Census.
Elizabeth died at 91½ Pittencrieff Street on 27 May 1893, age 74.
Margaret Roberton, born c.1818, according to her mother’s death record.
Jane Roberton, born c.1821.
Jane died in 1823 age 21 months.
Mathew Roberton, born c.1825.
Mathew died age 2 months.
Thomas Roberton, born c.1826
Thomas died age 3.
Jane Roberton, born St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh, Midlothian c.1826.
Jane is in North Queensferry, Fife on the 1841 Census and in Bruce Street, Dunfermline on the 1851 Census. In 1851 her age is given as 20.
DEATHS
Janet died in Bruce Street, Dunfermline on 5 March 1855, age 69.20National Records of Scotland, 1855 Deaths, 424/1/110
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