Kenneth Robertson

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132605
• Birth: 1816, , Scotland
• Occupation: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; land agent
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

When Kenneth Robertson, Dickson's stony-hearted, unrelenting agent went the way of all flesh in this strange land and married, late in life, the unbelieving tenants let loose in the chivari so riotously wild the magistrates were unable to control the demonstration.

A YOUNG CARPENTER FROM BUFFALO By Hazel M. Stockhouse (a tribute to Absalom Shade, Founder of Galt, Ontario.) article in Branch Notes, newsletter of the Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society 1990 Vol. 18. No. 3

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His [William Dickson] office was at the west end of the bridge, and often presented a busy scene about the beginning of the New Year, at which time the settlers were expected to pay the instalments due upon their lands. Ever to be associated with this office must be the name of Mr. Kenneth Robertson * who, from a very early period, acted as Mr. Dickson's clerk and agent. This gentleman was of Highland birth, but unlike most sons of the Gael, possessed an unusually cold and calculating manner. The annual interview with him, therefore, was not an occasion which called up feelings of pleasure in the settlers' minds, particularly if, through unfavourable weather or other causes, they were unable to meet their engagements.

* It was probably Mr. Robertson's misfortune that he had often to perform the ungracious duty of insisting upon payments. However this may be, he was extremely unpopular, and always went by a nick-name so familiar as not to require repetition. He did not marry till well advanced in years, which was the occasion of a charivari, which produced the wildest excitement in the village for several nights, and which the magistrates were quite unable to quell.

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries, James Young pg 53

Kenneth married Agnes Gardner 11 Jul 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Agnes was born CA 1825, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Agnes Isabella Robertson was born 16 May 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Aug 1856, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 May 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Kenneth John Alexander Robertson was born 2 Nov 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 23 Feb 1859, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 May 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. May Agnes Mary Robertson was born 9 Apr 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Kenneth Robertson was born 20 Feb 1863, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 24 Apr 1863, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Nov 1884, New York City, New York, USA..