Kenneth Robertson

1863 - 1884  (21 years)

• Name	Kenneth Robertson
  Born	20 Feb 1863	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Christened	24 Apr 1863	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-110456
  Died	29 Nov 1884	New York City, New York, USA.
  Person ID	I110456	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Kenneth Robertson,   b. 1799, Mirkinch, Invernesshire, Scotland ,   d. 18 Jun 1867, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Agnes Gardner,   b. CA 1825, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	11 Jul 1855	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F34089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sad Death But a few weeks have elapsed since we announced that Mr. Kenneth Robertson son of the late Kenneth Robertson, Esq., of Galt - had gone to New York for the purpose of pursuing his studies. Today we are called to chronicle the young man's death, which took place in that city on Saturday last. It was only last week that his mother received a letter from him written in the best of spirits, and making no mention of his feeling unwell; but on Sunday morning a telegraph was received stating that he was dead. His mother - now Mrs. Gardener, of the Fiji Islands - is at present stopping with her mother at the Gardener homestead near Hespeler, and, heartbroken as she was at the terrible news, was immediately driven to Harrisburg, where she caught the New York express en-route to that city. She returned on Tuesday with the remains, the funeral taking place form the G. W. station to Galt cemetery. It was conducted by the Masons, the deceased having been a member of that order, that body in New York having most kindly taken charge of all arrangements for the funeral and accompanied the remains to Galt where they were joined by the brethren here. It is needless to say that the bereaved mother has the heartfelt sympathy of all who know her in her heavy bereavement. - Since the above was written, we have learned further particulars. It appears that for a few days previous to his death, young Mr. Robertson had been troubled with a pain and nervous twitching in the neighborhood of one of his eyes. The medical men whom he consulted thought nothing of it, but as he had been studying hard suggested that it would be as well, for him to take a short respite. The young man accordingly left New York for a visit to Washington, and while sitting reading in that city suddenly fell dead from his chair. His death is supposed to have resulted from some inflammatory action on the brain. Galt Reporter Dec 5 1884 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - St. Andrews Presbyterian. Kenneth Robertson Born 20 Feb 1863 Parents Kenneth Robertson & Agnes Gardner baptized 24 Apr 1863 [S29] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - St. Andrews Presbyterian.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Feb 1863 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 24 Apr 1863 - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Nov 1884 - New York City, New York, USA.  = Link to Google Earth