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12.19.1998 Hello: I am Wayne Anderson --- my wife's family history is
summarized below. The Islay ancestors in her family are FIFE, CURRIE and
McDOUGAL. I am looking for more information on these families.
Generation No. 1
1. Ellen Lorraine Robertson, the daughter of 2. William Earl Robertson and
3. Esther Blanche Cole. She married (1) Wayne Keith Anderson children:
i. Brian Ross Anderson, born December 21, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin;
married Ann Marie Hennelly in Mt. Kisko, NY. ii. Laura Elizabeth Anderson,
born April 22, 1967 in Madison, Wisconsin; married Thomas Joseph Spitznogle
in Williamsville, NY. iii. Shari Lynn Anderson, born July 21, 1971 in
Buffalo, New York.
Generation No. 2
2. William Earl Robertson, the son of 4. William Moses Robertson and 5. Mary
Ellen Fallon. He married 3. Esther Blanche Cole the daughter of 6. Archibald
Titus Cole and 7. Celina Wiltse. Child: 1 i. Ellen Lorraine Robertson, born
July 20, 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; married Wayne Keith Anderson
August 31, 1962 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada (Norwood United Church).
Generation No. 3
4. William Moses Robertson, born October 13, 1867 in Collingwood, Ontario,
Canada; died March 05, 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was the son of
8. John Fyfe Robertson and 9. Isabel Currie. He married 5. Mary Ellen Fallon
Unknown.
5. Mary Ellen Fallon, born April 19, 1871 in Hull, Quebec, Canada; died
October 02, 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was the daughter of 10.
Patrick Fallon. Children of William Robertson and Mary Fallon are: i.
Stella Robertson, born Abt. 1888 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died Unknown
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (as a child). ii. Moses Robertson, born Abt.
1889 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died Unknown in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada (as an infant). iii. Ada Robertson, born Abt. 1890 in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada; died Unknown in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (as an
infant ). iv. Harold Alexander Robertson, born 1891 in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada; died March 01, 1893 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. v. Nellie
Robertson, born June 14, 1893 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died December
13, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois; married Otto Porter Unknown in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. vi. Annie Robertson, born January 02, 1895 in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada; died October 07, 1942 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada;
married Joseph Grafton Goldthorpe Unknown in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
vii. John Gordon Robertson, born August 28, 1896 in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada; died February 19, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; married (1)
Chris Hermanstein Unknown; married (2) Matilda Brotherton Unknown. viii.
Norman Ross Robertson, born March 21, 1901 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;
died June 11, 1974 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; married Anne Sterling
Ashley Unknown. ix. Hazel Marguerite Robertson, born July 27, 1904 in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died January 02, 1972 in Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada; married Stanley R. O'Dell Unknown. x. Frank Currie
Robertson, born December 12, 1907 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died August
14, 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; married Agnes Scott
Unknown. xi. Archibald Vivian Robertson, born March 23, 1908 in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada; died Abt. 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;
married (1) Irene McDougall Unknown; married (2) Georgina Carr Unknown. 2
xii. William Earl Robertson, born November 28, 1909 in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada; died July 26, 1985 in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada; married
Esther Blanche Cole September 23, 1939 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. xiii.
Elizabeth Robertson, born May 24, 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died
1992 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; married Alan G. Ovas August 15,
1931 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
6. Archibald Titus Cole, born September 18, 1867; died February 16, 1921. He
married 7. Celina Wiltse October 16, 1889. (7. Celina Wiltse, born October
04, 1865 in Addison,Ontario, Canada; died October 08, 1962 in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.) Child of Archibald Cole and Celina Wiltse is: 3
i. Esther Blanche Cole, born April 15, 1907 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
married William Earl Robertson September 23, 1939 in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada.
Generation No. 4
8. John Fyfe Robertson, born Abt. 1830 in Scotland; died November 21, 1901
in Plympton, Manitoba, Canada. He was the son of 16. John Robertson and 17.
Mary Fife. He married 9. Isabel Currie Abt. 1860.
John Fyfe Robertson came to Canada with his family in 1842, at the age of
12. The family settled in Nottawasaga, Ont.* John and Isabel were married in
1860 and they lived in Collingwood, Ont. where 5 of their children were born
(John, Archibald, Mary, Moses, and Angus). In 1872 they decided to go west
with several other families. They left Owen Sound by boat to go to Duluth,
MN. During the trip they were stuck on a sandbar for 3 days before they were
freed by a tugboat that had been sent for. They then traveled in a covered
wagon caravan on a long hard trail to Fort Garry, Man where they rested and
took on supplies. The caravan was going to Portage LaPrairie, Man. but John
heard about some good land to the south. It was then that the Robertson
family left the caravan and traveled to Prairie Grove (Dugald), Man. where
they settled a homestead . Three more children were born there (Annie who
died as an infant, Isabel, and Lisbeth).
The family faced numerous hardships in Prairie Grove. One year a swarm of
locusts came in like a wind storm and wiped out everything in sight - an
entire crop was lost! In another year the hay stacks caught fire and were
destroyed, leaving them with no winter feed for their stock. The family
lived in Prairie Grove for 10 years and, in 1882, moved to Plympton in order
to be closer to a school. Three of the older children were needed to work at
home so they had little or no opportunity for "schooling" but most of the
younger children received a good education. Robert Bruce and Mirren Amy were
born in Plympton. In spite of hard times the family always received weary
travelers with a warm and cheery welcome. Their home was well known for its
hospitality. The family was happy and close, and the children, in later
years, looked back on those days with fond and loving memories. John Fyfe
Robertson and his wife Isabel are buried in Prairie Grove, Man.
* Nottawasaga derives from the Algonquin words "nahdoway" (or
"nahdowa") for
the Iroquois and "saghi" (or "saga") for river outlet. Collingwood (in
Nottawasaga Township, Simcoe County) is on Nottawasage Bay off Georgian Bay.
The town was first settled in 1835 (where it was described by the local
Tobacco Indians as "an impenetrable swamp") and was known variously as
Hen-and-Chicken Harbor (because of one large and four small islands in the
bay), Hurontario, New Village, Nattawa, and Old Village before it was called
Collingwood in 1853.
9. Isabel Currie, born Abt. 1839 in Islay, Hebrides, Scotland; died 1934 in
Plympton, Manitoba, Canada. She was the daughter of 18. Archibald Currie and
19. Mary McDougal. Children of John Robertson and Isabel Currie are: i. John
Currie Robertson, born 1862 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; died March 28,
1935 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; married (2) Minnie Johnson Unknown. ii.
Archibald Robertson, born 1864 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; died 1944 in
Gleichen, Alberta, Canada; married Medora Munro Unknown. iii. Mary
Robertson, born October 18, 1865 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; died May
13, 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; married William Thompson
Malcolm July 28, 1897 in Plympton, Manitoba, Canada. 4 iv. William Moses
Robertson, born October 13, 1867 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; died March
05, 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; married Mary Ellen Fallon Unknown.
v. Angus Currie Robertson, born 1870 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada; died
December 19, 1946 in Gleichen, Alberta, Canada; married Olive James Unknown
in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada. vi. Annie Robertson, born Abt. 1872;
died Unknown in (as an infant). vii. Isabel Robertson, born March 29, 1875
in Prarie Grove, Manitoba Canada; died September 15, 1965 in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada. viii. Lisbeth Robertson, born 1880 in Prarie Grove,
Manitoba Canada; died September 22, 1952 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ix.
Robert Bruce Robertson, born February 01, 1884 in Plympton, Manitoba,
Canada; died March 31, 1955 in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada; married
Florence Wood August 07, 1912 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada. x.
Mirren Amy Robertson, born March 15, 1885 in Plympton, Manitoba, Canada;
died September 11, 1964 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; married Thomas Robinson
June 30, 1932.
10. Patrick Fallon, born Unknown; died Unknown. Child of Patrick Fallon is:
5 i. Mary Ellen Fallon, born April 19, 1871 in Hull, Quebec, Canada; died
October 02, 1936 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; married William Moses
Robertson Unknown.
Generation No. 5
16. John Robertson, born Unknown; died Unknown. He married 17. Mary Fife
Unknown. 17. Mary Fife, born Abt. 1804 in Hebrides, Scotland; died Unknown.
Children of John Robertson and Mary Fife are: i. Mary D. Robertson, born
Unknown; died Unknown. ii. Elizabeth Robertson, born Unknown; died Unknown.
iii. Moses Robertson, born Unknown; died Unknown. 8 iv. John Fyfe
Robertson, born Abt. 1830 in Scotland; died November 21, 1901 in Plympton,
Manitoba, Canada; married Isabel Currie Abt. 1860.
18. Archibald Currie, born Unknown; died Unknown. He married 19. Mary
McDougal Unknown. 19. Mary McDougal, born Unknown; died Unknown.
Child of Archibald Currie and Mary McDougal is: 9 i. Isabel Currie, born
Abt. 1839 in Islay, Hebrides, Scotland; died 1934 in Plympton, Manitoba,
Canada; married John Fyfe Robertson Abt. 1860.