David Robertson

  General Notes:

John and Cecilia's daughter Rebecca married in Canada (she had gone out to join her brother),her husband had already 'joined up' to fight in WWI. Rebecca was pregnant and, on hearing that her husband was missing, set off for Uk (and Scotland to her mother's) to but then David Robertson died at the beginning of 1916. Cecilia with her two small children Caroline and James (Jim) plus Rebecca and William left for Canada to join her son Alex and wife Mary. There they remained and Cecilia died in the early 1940's.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farm Servant, 1897. ¹¹²

David married Sarah Ann Gair, daughter of Alexander Gair and Rebecca Canning, on 1 Jan 1882 in East Balgillo, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire.³⁸³ (Sarah Ann Gair was born on 2 Nov 1862 in Murroes, Forfarshire,³⁸² died on 7 Jul 1896 in Monifieth, Forfarshire ¹¹² and was buried in Jul 1896 in Barnhill Cemetery, Broughty Ferry,.)

David next married Cecilia Ramsay, daughter of David Ramsay and Cecilia Fyfe, on 19 Mar 1897 in East Balgillo, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire ¹¹².^,383 (Cecilia Ramsay was born on 27 Nov 1862 in Littleton, Airlie, Forfarshire ¹¹² and died on 24 Mar 1943 in 459 West 20 Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ¹¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Emigration: To Canada, Cir 1900. ³⁸³ Emigrated as a family to Canada after birth of daughter Caroline (see source for detail).