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Posted: 22 Oct 2010 7:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Robson
Searching for Mathew Robson. Possible residence East Luther Nickname "Curly Matt" Believe he had a child Hamilton Robson. Hamilton lived some time in East Luther. Married Emma ???

Any information or guidance to a source will be sincerely appreciated. Thank you. LH

Re: ROBSON

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 8:36PM GMT
Classification: Query
From Ancestry.ca

Marriage:
Hamilton Robson, 28, living East Luther, b East Luther, farmer, s/o Mathew Robson & Jane Finlay married Emma M Reilly, 25, b Hillsburg, living E Luther, d/o Hamilton Reilly & Elizabeth Cowan, witn: Olive M Daniels of Grand Valley & Mrs Robt Philip of Waldemar, 28 Feb 1907, Grand Valley, Dufferin, Registration # 007016.

Name: Matthew Robson
Birth Place: Canada
Residence: Garafraxa Township
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Father Name: William
Mother Name: Margaret
Spouse Name: Jane Findlay
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse Birth Place: Canada
Spouse residence: Garafraxa Township
Spouse Father Name: William
Spouse Mother Name: Mary
Marriage Date: 11 Jan 1865
Marriage County: Wellington
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS248_17

Name: Vinetta Robson
Birth Place: Guelph
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Father Name: Matthew Robson
Mother Name: Jane Finlay
Spouse Name: Robert Y F Traill
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse Birth Place: Scotland
Spouse Father Name: George Traill
Spouse Mother Name: Jessie Fentie
Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1903
Marriage Location: Wellington
Marriage County: Wellington
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_112


Name: Mary Ethel Robson
Birth Place: Garafraxa
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Father Name: Matthew Robson
Mother Name: Jane Finlay
Spouse Name: David Maxwell Shewan
Spouse's Age: 29
Spouse Birth Place: Aberdeenshire
Spouse Father Name: Alexander Shewan
Spouse Mother Name: Catherine Mark
Marriage Date: 17 Dec 1896
Marriage Location: Wellington
Marriage County: Wellington
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_91

Name: William John Robson
Birth Place: Garafraxa Ont
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Father Name: Mathew Robson
Mother Name: Jane Finley
Spouse Name: Willie Veitch *
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse Birth Place: Tp E Luther Dufferin Co Ont
Spouse Father Name: George Veitch
Spouse Mother Name: Agnes Thompson
Marriage Date: 14 May 1890
Marriage Location: Dufferin
Marriage County: Dufferin
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_67

Name of bride is transcribed wrong. Should be Nellie.

Name: Rachel Robson
Birth Place: East Luther
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Father Name: Matthew Robson
Mother Name: Jane Finley
Spouse Name: James Lewis
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse Birth Place: Hamilton Ontairo
Spouse Father Name: Charles Lewis
Spouse Mother Name: Dorah Brown
Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1902
Marriage Location: Dufferin
Marriage County: Dufferin
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_106

Name: Robert Robson
Birth Place: Garafraxa
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Father Name: Mathew Robson
Mother Name: Jane Finley
Spouse Name: Euphemia Marks
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse Birth Place: Mcgillivray Tp
Spouse Father Name: Joseph Marks
Spouse Mother Name: Annie Mcleod
Marriage Date: 23 May 1903
Marriage Location: Dufferin
Marriage County: Dufferin
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_109




Death:
Jane Finlay Robson, 69 yrs, died 4 Nov 1914 of pneumonia.

Matthew Robson, b 1836 on Atlantic steamer, aged 85, widower, died 13 Feb 1922 of gangrene , burial: Grand Valley, informant: Wm Robson son of Monticello.
No name given for his father except that he was born Ireland. No maternal information given.

Births released to 1911; marriages to 1926; deaths to 1936.

1851, 1901 and 1911 census on www.automatedgenealogy.com
1881 census www.familysearch.org

1871 census Garafaxa East, Wellington Centre
ROBSON
Matthew, 30, b Ont, farmer
Jane, 27, Ont
Margaret, 5, Ont
William, 3, Ont
Mary, 1, Ont

I don't see them on 1891 census but they must be there someplace. Maybe they were missed.

Re: ROBSON

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Robson
Sincerely appreciate your time and expertise. Thank you!!LH

Re: ROBSON

Posted: 6 Jan 2012 8:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
The following entry interested me:

Name: Vinetta Robson
Birth Place: Guelph
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Father Name: Matthew Robson
Mother Name: Jane Finlay
Spouse Name: Robert Y F Traill
Spouse's Age: 30
Spouse Birth Place: Scotland
Spouse Father Name: George Traill
Spouse Mother Name: Jessie Fentie
Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1903
Marriage Location: Wellington
Marriage County: Wellington

George Traill and Jessie Fentie were my maternal Gt Gt Granparents
I would be interested in any Canadian relatives I have

Jim Smith

Re: ROBSON

Posted: 6 Jan 2012 9:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
1911 census Cobourg Northumberland West Ontario

TRAILL
Robert G, Feb 1874, b Scotland, immigrated 1873?
Vinetta, Jan 1874, Ont
Marigory [sic], Mar 1905, Ont
George, Dec 1909, Ont

Re: ROBSON

Posted: 6 Jan 2012 9:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
My information on Robert George Fentie Traill is he was born on 27 Feb 1873 and emigrated to Ontario about 1894 from his home in King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
His wife was Vinetta Jane Robson

Re: ROBSON

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 2:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am the son, born 1940, of Margorie E. Traill. Please note the correct spelling of her name. Also, she was born on May 19, 1905 in Ontario. She died in September 2004 in Calgary, Alberta. My sister, Cynthia Louise Harris Capper, resides in Calgary.

Philip Harris
California, USA
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