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Name: John ROBERTSON ^{2 3 4 5 6}
Sex: M
Birth: 9 Jan 1828 in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland ^{2 3 5 6}
Death: 7 Oct 1909 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia ^{3 4 6}
Burial: Coburg, Victoria, Australia. ⁶
Baptism: 5 Feb 1828 in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland.
Residence:
1. 1841 in Orkney and Shetland, Scotland. ²
Person Id: P83
Tree Id: 615168

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Parents

Father:

William ROBERTSON: Birth: abt 1795 in Unst, Shetland, Scotland?. Death: 27 Apr 1872 in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland

Mother:

Janet ROBERTSON: Birth: abt 1801 in North Yell, Shetland, Scotland?. Death: 21 Jul 1883 in Walls, Shetland, Scotland

Family
Marriage:

Married: Susannah WHITE on 20 May 1857 at East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.⁷
Susannah WHITE: Birth: 9 Nov 1830 in Dublin, Ireland. Death: 31 Jan 1904 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia

Children:

Janet ROBERTSON: Birth: 1858 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: 1918 in Victoria, Australia
Susannah ROBERTSON: Birth: 1860 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: 25 Nov 1934 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia
William ROBERTSON: Birth: 1861 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: 1861 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Ann ROBERTSON: Birth: 1862 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: 31 Mar 1941 in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia
Robert William ROBERTSON: Birth: 1864 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: 1868 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Joseph White ROBERTSON: Birth: 19 Jul 1867 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: 2 May 1946 in Granville, New South Wales, Australia
John ROBERTSON: Birth: 19 Jul 1867 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: 21 Jul 1916
Mary Jane ROBERTSON: Birth: 24 Sep 1868 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: 10 Oct 1940 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia
William Robert ROBERTSON: Birth: 24 Dec 1870 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Death: in South Africa

Sources

1.	Title: Public Member Trees Page: 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files were combined to create this source citation. Source: S-2123284265 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.
2.	Title: 1841 Scotland Census Source: S-2110375682 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. - 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151.: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151.
3.	Title: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007 Source: S-2128357327 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Cemetery transcriptions compiled from various local family history societies. Name of compiler is provided for each record.Original data: Cemetery transcriptions compile
4.	Title: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Source: S-2107406131 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Compiled from publicly available sources.Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.
5.	Title: UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927 Source: S-1730865129 Publication: Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
6.	Title: Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844-1997 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7.	Title: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949 Source: S-2107406326 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Compiled from publicly available sources.Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.

Notes

Note: The following two paragraphs are unconfirmed. Allegedly he worked on a trade route from England to the Arctic region countries after he and his brother, Robert,ran away from home. On one of these trips the ship hit an iceberg and sank. John and other crew members took to a life boat and landed on the northern coast of Greenland where they had to stay for six months living with the Eskimoes. In 1852 he arrived in Melbourne aboard the "Tipoo Sahib". It is possible that it was on this trip that he met John and Susannah Burton. John returned to Melbourne in 1854 on the steamer "Royal Shepherd ". Was employed by the Victorian Penal Department on the 22 nd August 1854 and worked his way through the ranks until his retirement in 1890.

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