James Robertson

m. 1.9.1868. to Frances Mary HALLS at Tooliorook, Vic (FN3119)
(b. 31.12.1848, Blaxsall, Suffolk, England - d. 22.7.1924, Sheffield, Tasmania. Daughter of Edmund HALLS and Eliza ABBOTT)
James apparently worked his passage to Australia, arriving in Sydney about 1865, and travelling overland to join his father in Victoria.
Frances Halls came to Australia in 1867 on the John Temperly with Agnes, Arthur and Margaret - and became friendly with them.
C2. Abbott Arthur ROBERTSON,
b. 17.2.1871, Darlington, Vic (FN2360)
d. 12.10.1948, Regent, Vic (FN11275) - of broncho- pneumonia - cremated at Faulkner, Vic.
o. Draughtsman
m1. ?
m2. 1910? Sylvia Charlotte SWIGGS in South Australia
Sylvias children as listed on Abbotts death certificate:
D2. Frederick Arthur ROBERTSON
b. 1912?
D3. Dorothy Ethel ROBERTSON
b. 1914?
D4. William James ROBERTSON
b. 1919?
m. 6.10.1915, Edith TAYLOR at Mt Magnet, WA
(b. 25.9.1881, East Langdon, Leicestershire, England - daughter of Thomas and Catherine TAYLOR - d.28.2.1966.)
D2. Olive Ivy ROBERTSON
b. 18.3.1916, Mt Magnet, WA
d. 8.7.1984, Perth, WA. of cancer
m. 28.12.1940, Henry (Harry) James STRICKLAND at Geraldton, WA.
(Prospector/farm labourer/bus and truck driver - b. 23.5.1911 at Lennonville, WA - d. 9. 9.1989 of cancer)
m1. Heather ROBERTS
divorced
m2. Patricia ?
Heathers children?
F2=. Andrew STRICKLAND - twin with Annette
b. 23.4.1968
F3=. Annette STRICKLAND - twin with Andrew
b. 23.4.1968
F4. Glen STRICKLAND
b. 2.3.1970
m. 3.8.1968, Desma CULL*, at St Johns Anglican Church, Albany, WA
(Telecom supervisor - b. 15.2.1944. Albany, WA)
F2. Todd James STRICKLAND
b. 21.11.1972, Albany, WA
o. Abalone fisherman
mdf. Sally Jane BENNETT (b. 17.3.1975)
m. 1972, Norma BESTWICK at Bunbury, WA
divorced
F2. Narelle Amanda STRICKLAND
b. 25.1.1978, Bunbury, WA
m. 17.12.1989, Charley Denise Jo- Anne BROOK at Uniting Church, Bayswater, WA
(Secretary / Musician - b. 3.6.1963, Balclutha, NZ.)
F2. Heidi Caroline STRICKLAND
b. 4.8.1996, Mt Lawley, WA.
(Information on Strickland family supplied by Ian Strickland, 1999 and Desma Strickland, March 2000)
m. 22.3.1903, Henry Ebenezar SAUNDERS at the Albert Park Baptist Church, Vic (Baptist Minister - b. 15.10.1875, Coburg, Vic. - d. 26.2.1960, Brisbane, Qld. 3rd son of Thomas and Ruth Maria SAUNDERS of Coburg, Vic.)
m. May 1944 (?) Anne (Nan) Christine DEMPSTER at the Presbyterian Church, Norman Park, Qld.
(b. 28.3.1912, Brisbane, Qld. - d.25.1.1996, Sydney, NSW)
m. Ron HELYARD (b. 28.1.1947)
2 adopted children
F2. Jean HELYARD
b. 18.8.1982
m1. 20.6.1970, William Henry PETERS
divorced, 13.9.1989
m2. 11.3.1995, John Arthur GILLAM at Sydney, NSW
William Henrys children
F3. Kylie Anne PETERS
b. 3.2.1975
o.
m. Louista RAMIREZ (b, 4.8.1946?)
m. Graham GUY (Presbyterian Minister - b. 2.9.1950?)
F2. Elizabeth Ruth GUY
b. 28.8.1992
D3. Hazel SAUNDERS
b. 1.11.1908, Beaudesert, Qld.
d. 8.4.1911, Tasmania - of meningitis
D4. James Gordon SAUNDERS
b. 31.3.1912, Latrobe, Tasmania
d. 30.7.1992, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne, Vic
o. Farm hand /School teacher / RAAF (WW2 and afterwards) Pilot instructor and later an Education officer / Student counsellor
m. 8.10.1943, Susan (Sue) Marjorie GELFIUS at Narromine, NSW.
(Raised turkeys on the family farm at "Hopevale", Narromine. Youngest of 7 children. - b. 1.7.1913, Narromine, NSW.)
m. 10.10.1964, Lorraine Joy ANDERSON at Alphington, Vic.
(Secretary - b. 21.5.1945, Ivanhoe, Vic.)
m. 24.10.1992, Michael KEARNEY at Werribee, Vic
(Warrant Officer, RAAF - b. 26.10.1956.)
G2. Sean Michael KEARNEY
b. 15.12.1996, Werribee, Vic.
F3. Annemari (Amber) SAUNDERS
b. 14.6.1969, Ivanhoe, Vic.
o. Police Officer - Victorian Police Force
mdf. Glenn OWEN (Police Officer)
m. 26.4.1997, Raechel KEANE at Albury, NSW
Separated. Jan. 1998
m. Angela Mary TRAINOR, in England
(Property manager - b. 31.5.1954)
F2. Adam C.SAUNDERS
b. 9.12.1983, Oxford, England
F3. Hannah A.L.SAUNDERS
b. 18.10.1989, Kew, Victoria
m. 9.11. 1943, Margaret COLLEDGE at Rockhampton, Qld
(Nursing sister - b. 31.10.1913, Gympie, Qld)
m. 12.2.1966, Audrey MANSFIELD at Church of England, Emerald, Qld.
(Secretary - b. 3.6.1945, Winton, Qld.)
m. 31.7.1992, Paula WILDY, at Clermont, Qld
(Waitress - b. 4.1.1969, Deniliquin, NSW)
F2. Julie Ann SAUNDERS
b. 13.2.1969, Emerald, Qld.
o. Shop assistant
m. 8.6.1991, David LARGE at Mackay, Qld
(Miner - b. 24.3.1966, Boyne Island, Qld.)
G2. Tyler James LARGE
b. 2.7.1996, Mackay, Qld.
G3. Crystal Renee Elizabeth LARGE
b. 22.12.1997, Mackay, Qld.
m1. 24.7.1971, Allan TURNER
divorced, 28.8.1980
m2. 6.12.1980, Norman WROE at Rockhampton, Qld.
Norms children
G2. Connie Lousie WROE
b. 9.9.1980, Rockhampton, Qld.
o. Enrolled nurse
m. 16.7.1949, Hector HAINE at the Baptist Tabernacle, Brisbane, Qld.
(School teacher / education writer - b. 30.10.1911, Brisbane, Qld. - d.18.5.1992, Maroochydore. His parents came to Australia from Sweden)
No issue
D7. Douglas Davis SAUNDERS
b. 28.4.1918, Ennoggera, Qld.
d. 27.9.1964, Wolstone Park, Qld
o. Invalid pensioner - Downs syndrome
Unmarried, no issue
(Above information on Saunders family provided by Neil Saunders to John Collins McCue in 1975, and by Margaret Haine, Bruce Saunders and Kirstin Robertson-Gillam in 1999 and Ruth Wroe, Feb, 2000)
m. 5.12.1906, Christina (Teen) BENNETT at Claremont, WA.
(Housekeeper / domestic - b. 2.2.1880, Scotchmans, Bunninyong (a suburb of Ballarat, Vic.) - d. 14.6.1968, Perth, WA. Her mother, also called Christina, born in Stirling, Scotland)
m. 22.9.1934 to Francis (Frank) Edward REUDAVEY at Trinity Congregational Church, Perth, WA
(Farmer - b. 16.10.1904, Perth - d. 10.11.1995, aged 91, Dalwallinu, WA)
m. 1957 to John Ainsley DOLLING, Congregational Church, North Perth, WA
(Banker/Uniting Church Pastor/ JP - b. 20.1.1935, Bassendean, WA )
m. 23.5.1982 to Clive Peter LYNN at Floreat Park, WA
(Teacher - b. 10.2.1955, Bombay, India)
G2. Christiane Grace LYNN
b. 15.1.1987, Attadale, WA
G3. Rebecca Michelle LYNN
b. 14.4.1991, Narrogin, WA
m. 4.6.1988 to Jeanette TUNZI at Church of Christ, Cottesloe, WA
(Accountant - b. 27.10.1962, WA)
G2. Stephanie Jeanette DOLLING
b. 16.6.1993, Midland, WA
G3. Michelle Rachel DOLLING
b. 3.8.1996, Midland, WA
G4. Anna Jane DOLLING
b. 26.12.2002, Midland, WA
m. 13.10.1985 to Elizabeth (Liz) Anne WILLMOTT at the Catholic Church, Forrestfield , WA. (Nurse - b. 31.8.1962, WA)
divorced March 2002
mdf. Sarah (Nurse)
G2. Kate Rebecca DOLLING
b. 13.12.1988, Kalamunda, WA
G3. Hannah Rose DOLLING
b. 30.7.1991, Kalamunda, WA
m. 14.11.1982 to Dean Ashley HOSKING at Perth, WA
(Mechanic - b. 28.4.1959, Geelong, Vic.)
m. 30.1.1965 to Judith Kaye COULTAS* at Methodist Ch., Inglewood, WA
(Bank and Office worker - b. 4.9.1943)
m. 20.1.1988 to Justine CHESTER at the MLC Chapel, Claremont WA. (Shop assistant / farmer - b. 20.5.1965, Goomalling, WA)
G2. Taylor Wray REUDAVEY(f)
b. 4.1.1994, Attadale, WA
G3. Damian Peter REUDAVEY
b. 6.1.1997, Attadale, WA
mdf. 1995, Robyn Louise JONES
(Mining / Hospitality - b. 23.3.1962, Brisbane, Qld.)
G2. Alec Jones REUDAVEY
b. 2000
m1. 10.4.1993 to Cameron Rhys REWELL at Upper Swan, WA
(Fruit and Vegetable salesman - b. 27.5.1971, Perth, WA)
divorced, 1997
m2. Dean O'REILLY
G2. Lucas Dean Christian O'REILLY, b. 16.12.2005
also Kurtis Dean Samuel O'REILLY, b. 24.11.1995
Dean's son from a previous relationship
m. 23.10.1965 to Donald James WRIGHT, Church of Christ, Maylands, WA
(Mechanic/Courier - b. 11.7.1943, Mt Lawley. WA)
m. 7.11.1999, Susan ONEILL (b. 21 Jan 1974)
G2. Sascha Ruby WRIGHT, b. Oct 2004?
G3. Mitchell WRIGHT, b. 2005?
m. 20.11.2004, Alison LULLFITZ, at Pemberton, WA.
G2. Elsie Kate WRIGHT, b. 24.12.2006
m. Gertrude MURDOCH
(Dressmaker - b. 7.9.1913, Portsmouth, England - d. 2.8.1974, Perth, of heart failure. Youngest child and 2nd daughter of James Harding MURDOCH and Gertrude HOARE)
m1. 1964 to Bridget Bruneston
(Air hostess - b. Netherlands)
divorced, 1967
m2. 10.5.1968 to Heidi Elisabeth LENZ, St Aidans church, Claremont, WA
(Hotelier - b. 7.7.1940. Frankfurt, Germany)
Heidis children
m. 11.7.1999 to Bridget SHOOTER at the Star of the Seas Catholic Church, Cottesloe, WA
(Chef / caterer / restaurateur - b. 6.10.1971, Eastberg, Northern Rhodesia - now Zimbabwe).
G2. Harry ROBERTSON
F2. Peter John ROBERTSON
b. 31.3.1971
o. Real estate agent
m. 4.8.1999 to Christine Anne Tresise at the Observatory Restaurant, Denmark, WA
(Settlement agent/resort manager - b. 6.5.1972, Melbourne Vic.)
m. 8.3.1938 to David Michael GILLARD, at the Baptist Church, Maylands, Perth, WA.
(Musician /Piano tuner, taxi driver, munitions worker during WW2.
b. 23.5.1905, West Perth, - d. 4.10.1982, aged 77, Perth, pancreatic cancer
m1. 14.5.1966 to Penelope BAKER at Harvey, WA.
(Chef - b. 6.4.1944, Paignton, Devon, UK)
divorced, 27.11.1973. Penny has remarried, with Gerald Robertson
m2. 22.2.1978 to Jennifer Lynne NASH at Perth, WA.
(School principal - b. 19.2.1956)
divorced, 19.6.1992. Jenny has remarried, with Kevin Gillan
F2. Eleanor Nash GILLARD
b. 27.6.1979, Geelong, Vic.
NB: Changed her name to Eleanor Frank CHAOS on 27.6.1997.
F3. Sarah Nash GILLARD
b. 5.4.1981, Geelong, Vic.
NB: Changed her name to Katherine Felix NASH on 6.4.1999.
C7. Alice Henderson ROBERTSON
b. 22.12.1885, Vic (FN1788)
d. 1.3.1888, Vic (FN 624)
C8. Miriam Baeyertz ROBERTSON
NB. In the Qld. register of births her name is spelt Marion Barzaret Robertson (file no. 18404) b. 18.6.1887, Cobden, Vic.
d. 2.5.1970, Brisbane, Qld.
o. Music teacher
m. 14.9.1910, David Hutchison LAWSON at the Baptist Church, Beaudesert, Qld.
Service conducted by Rev H.E. Saunders (husband of 4 above) and bride given away by her cousin, Rev. Rab Robertson.
(Dept Store Secretary - b. 13.6.1886, Glasgow, Scotland - d. 28.1.1968, Brisbane, Q)
D2. Ruth Gwendoline LAWSON
b. 16.2.1915, Brisbane
d. 13.10.1930. Brisbane - of rheumatic fever
Unmarried, no issue
D3. Gladys Irene LAWSON
b. 28.2.1919, Brisbane, Qld.
d. 6.8.1991, Brisbane, Qld.
o. Ladies hairdresser.
m. 5.7.1947 to John McIntosh Laurie MUNRO at Scots Presbyterian Church, Brisbane, Qld.
(Garage proprietor - d. 17.5.1953, Brisbane, Qld)
m. 22.3.1980 to Kerry Elizabeth MORTON at Brisbane, Qld.
(Telstra telephone operator - b. 31.1.1954, Brisbane, Qld)
F2. Paul James MUNRO
b. 31.1.1985, Brisbane, Qld.