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Sunny Kate
02-12-12, 02:11
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Janet/ Jeanett Robertson
Date and place of birth
1809 Unknown, Perthshire, Scotland
Names of parents
John Robertson and Margaret Pearson
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Unknown Perthshire Scotland
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
1829 Kinnoul Perthshire Scotland to John Shepherd
Occupation(s) - if any
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1841 -Muirton Toll Bar, Perthshire Scotland
Emigrated to NSW on the Margaret, 1842
Date, place and cause of death
Apoplexy, 19 December, 1866, Marulan, NSW
Date and place of burial.
21 December 1866, Marulan General Cemetery NSW
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any
Grave not marked

kiterunner
02-12-12, 16:23
FamilySearch has an Ann Robertson born 23 Apr 1819 and baptised 25 Apr 1819 at Dunbarney, Perth, parents John Robertson and Margaret Pearson. Also a George Robertson who also emigrated on the Margaret in 1842, age 25 or 29, native place Dumbarton, Perth, occupation mason, parents John Robertson and Margaret Pearson dec'd.

Ancestry has a family at Dunbarney, Perthshire, on the 1841 census, consisting of John Robertson 55, ag lab, Joseph Robertson 25, mason, and Ann Robertson 20.

Sunny Kate
03-12-12, 01:55
Thanks for that information Kite.
It looks as though George was Janet's brother if he travelled on the same ship. I can check out NSW records for him.
For some strange reason I can't access FamilySearch - all I get is a line of gobbeldy-gook across the top of the page????