Kenneth Robertson

1799 - 1867  (68 years)

• Name	Kenneth Robertson
  Born	1799	Mirkinch, Invernesshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1816	, Scotland   [1]
  Occupation	1852	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	land agent
  Residence	1852	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-132605
  Died	18 Jun 1867	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I132605	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Agnes Gardner,   b. CA 1825, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	11 Jul 1855	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Mary Agnes Isabella Robertson,   b. 16 May 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 May 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   2. Kenneth John Alexander Robertson,   b. 2 Nov 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 May 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)   3. May Agnes Mary Robertson,   b. 9 Apr 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Kenneth Robertson,   b. 20 Feb 1863, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1884, New York City, New York, USA.  (Age 21 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F34089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 __________________________________ 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Div 1 Pg 19. [S807] Funeral Card - Doon Heritage Crossroads, "Funeral Card of Kenneth Robertson," 1867. Died, On Tuesday, the 18th inst., at 4 o'clock, a.m., Kenneth Robertson, of Galt, Aged 67 years. Funeral, On Thursday, 20th instant, at Three o'clock, P.M., from his late residence, to St. Andrew's Church Cemetery. Galt, 18th June, 1867. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 19 Jun 1867. Robertson, Kenneth died 18 Jun 1867 Aged 67 years. Of Galt, formerly of Mirkinch, Invernesshire, Scotland. [S29] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - St. Andrews Presbyterian.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1799 - Mirkinch, Invernesshire, Scotland Birth - 1816 - , Scotland Occupation - land agent - 1852 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1852 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Jul 1855 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Jun 1867 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth