William Robertson, Coal miner at Berrielaw, Dunfermline

1774 - Bef 1841  (~ 66 years)

• Name	William Robertson
  Suffix	Coal miner at Berrielaw, Dunfermline
  Born	c 1774	likely in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  	Birth year calculated only from wife's birth year.
  Gender	Male
  Religion:	1821	Dissenters (United Secession Church?)
  	In the baptismal entry for their daughter Janet at Newton on Ayr, William and Euphemia are recorded as Dissenters. This also may explain why several of their children do not appear in the Church of Scotland baptismal registers. Background from https://www.oldscottish.com/blog/d-is-for-dissenters : Scotland\'s fractious religious history means that historically, many Scots did not belong to the Church of Scotland. There have been numerous schisms over the centuries since the Reformation, as a result of dissent over Church doctrine and practice. In 1733, Ebenezer Erskine, William Wilson, Alexander Moncrieff and James Fisher led what became known as the First Secession, forming the Associate Presbytery. A Second Secession led by Thomas Gillespie followed in 1761. In 1820, several of the dissenting groups combined to form the United Secession Church, initially with 261,000 followers in 361 congregations. By 1830, around one in three Scots were members.
  Died	Bef 1841
  	Euphemia is a widow in the 1851 census, but she is living with daughter Janet McDonald in the 1841 census. Assumption is that William died before 1841.
  Person ID	I2292	Grant
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family	Elspeth (Euphemia) Thomson,   b. 13 Aug 1776, Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 29 May 1859, Main Street, Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland  (Age 82 years)
  Married	NOTE: the only existing marriage for a couple with these names is a marriage on 1 Dec 1786 in Dull, Perthshire. HOWEVER, that couple (living at Brae of Grandtully) have recorded children (i) James in 1787, (ii) Ann in 1793 and (iii) John baptised 29 Dec 1795. OUR couple at Berrielaw in Dunfermine have a son John baptised May 1795 in Dunfermline - therefore the Dull marriage and children CANNOT be the correct one.
  Children	1. John Robertson,   b. 30 Apr 1795, Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland  [Birth] + 2. Thomas Robertson, Ironmoulder in Tradeston, Glasgow,   b. 14 Mar 1797, Berrielaw, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 24 Sep 1870, 50 Bridge Street, Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (Age 73 years)  [Birth]   3. James Robertson, Shoemaker in New Prestwick, Ayrshire,   b. c 1812,   d. 21 Jan 1872, Prestwick, Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 60 years)  [Birth]   4. Janet McNidder Robertson,   b. 9 Feb 1821, Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 20 Jan 1855, Whitletts, Ayr St Quivox, Ayrshire,Scotland  (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart