Hello Joan:- I have records of ROBERTSON from 1783, Loyalists, arrived at Shelburne - 76th Reg't of Foot. A descendant, Eleanor Robertson Smith might give you more details -- loyaler@ns.sympatico.ca Muriel M. Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan McVichie" <joanmcv@magma.ca> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] Reposting my interests - ROBERTSON/CHALMERS > Can't help with those dates. Just wondering how far back you have gone in > the Robertson name as my Gt.Gt. Gd. mother was a Robertson & came from > Scotland in 1817 from the south side of Loch Tay. Did she have siblings that > came to Canada? > Joan McVichie > joanmcv@magma.ca > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Malcolm Shaw" <shaw@ezpost.com> > To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: December 14, 2003 9:32 AM > Subject: [SCTCDN] Reposting my interests - ROBERTSON/CHALMERS > > > > I am researching my wife's grandparents - John Glasgow Robertson and > Bessie Chalmers. > > > > We know that John Glasgow homesteaded in the Moose Jaw, Sask area in 1894. > After that the trail almost disappears until 1909 when he married Bessie > Chalmers in Calgary. We believe that in the late 1890's he was treated for > typhoid at a hospital in Medicine Hat, Alberta. After which he seemed to go > to Trail B.C. presumably looking for work at the smelter. We know that he > operated a book store in Okanogan, Washington, USA around 1899 but cannot > find an details on this venture. He next appears at his brother's ranch at > Raley about 5 miles northeast of Cardston, Alberta. Presumably this would be > after his brother purchased the ranch in 1908. It was at the ranch that he > met Bessie Chalmers who was working there as a cook/housekeeper. > > > > Bessie Chalmers was in Moosomin, Sask. from 1891 where she operated a > rooming/boarding house with her mother until the latter's death around > 1908/1909. What we know next is that she was in Raley where she met and > married John G. > > > > Thus there are many blank spots in the picture which I would dearly love > to fill. Does anybody have any ideas that would help me? > > > > Many thanks for your help and comments. > > > > Malcolm in Calgary, Alberta > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > > FAMILY HISTORY: a quiltwork of lives > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > Whoever said "seek and ye shall find" was not a genealogist! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >