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

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 > >