Jemima Robertson (1849 - 1889)

Born 17 Sep 1849 in Egilsay, Rousay and Egilshay, Orkney, Scotland

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Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1889 at age 39 in Somes Island, Wellington, New Zealand

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Jemima /Robertson/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 17 SEP 1849

Place: Egilsay, Rousay and Egilshay, Orkney, Scotland^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Death

Death: Cause - Rheumatic Fever and premature confinement (losing a baby before full term)

Date: 19 JUL 1889

Place: Somes Island, New Zealand^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

Burial

Burial:

Date: 20 JUL 1889

Place: Somes Island, New Zealand^{[20][21][22][23][24]}

Residence

Residence: Age: 31; Relationship: Daughter

Date: 1881

Place: Rousay and Egilshay, Orkney, Scotland^[25]

Residence:

Date: 1871

Place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland^[26]

Residence:

Date: 1851

Place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland^[27]

Residence:

Date: 1861

Place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland^[28]

Emigration

Emigration: SS Tongariro

Date: 30 MAY 1889^[29]

Immigration

Immigration: RMS Tongariro

Date: 14 JUL 1889

Place: Somes Island, New Zealand^[30][31]

Sources

1. ↑ INDI @I1417@ was created by Lisa Bridson through the import of Family Tree.ged on Jun 8, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S30 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1851 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851scotland&h=477971&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
3. ↑ Source: #S31 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1849 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1861 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861scotland&h=2125805&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
4. ↑ Source: #S82
5. ↑ Source: #S32 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1871 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1871scotland&h=1179957&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
6. ↑ Source: #S29 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Orkney, Egilshay CONT Residence date: 1881 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilshay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881scotland&h=2172845&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
7. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: Parish Histories - Strath Taiere 1868 - 1981 Data: Text: WALDIE, Rev J.W. CONT b. 27 Jun 1942, Peebles, Scotland CONT w. Jemima Robertson m. (?) Southtafts, Egishay, Orkney 30 Mar 1887, d. 1889 CONT Arrived in NZ on the "Waipa" 19 July 1889. Jemima died on board ship in Wellington CONT Harbour from Rheumatic Fever and is buried on Soames Island. CONT Ordained Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 21.10.1890 CONT Church Extension Report for 1892 states he is doing good work at Strath Taieri. CONT Suspended for gross misconduct 3.3.1893 CONT In later years he lived with his son and daughter in law in Wellington. CONT Died Wellington 28 April 1931 CONT REID, Rev James Swanson - Ordained Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 1893 CONT GRIFFITHS, Rev John - Inducted Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 12.1.1897 - resigned 7.6.1898 CONT Parish Histories Strath Taieri 1868-1981 (33 pages, 2 illustrations) $15.00
8. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Entry of Death Data: Text: Jemima Robertson Waldie, Somes Island, Female 39 years, Rheumatic Fever 11 days, premature confinement 2 days Dr Bruce E Goff 19 July 1889, David Robertson, Barbara Robertson formerly Craigie, Farmer, 20 July 1889, Rev C.S.Ogg Presbyterian, Orkney Islands, 5 days, ... informant Herny Rose, Master Mariner, Wellington
9. ↑ Source: #S102
10. ↑ Source: #S30 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1851 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851scotland&h=477971&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
11. ↑ Source: #S31 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1849 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1861 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861scotland&h=2125805&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
12. ↑ Source: #S32 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1871 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1871scotland&h=1179957&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
13. ↑ Source: #S29 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Orkney, Egilshay CONT Residence date: 1881 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilshay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881scotland&h=2172845&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
14. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Entry of Death Data: Text: Jemima Robertson Waldie, Somes Island, Female 39 years, Rheumatic Fever 11 days, premature confinement 2 days Dr Bruce E Goff 19 July 1889, David Robertson, Barbara Robertson formerly Craigie, Farmer, 20 July 1889, Rev C.S.Ogg Presbyterian, Orkney Islands, 5 days, ... informant Herny Rose, Master Mariner, Wellington Object:
15. ↑ Source: #S82
16. ↑ Source: #S16 Page: Evening Post LINK http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18890715.2.5&e=-------10--1----0--
17. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: Parish Histories - Strath Taiere 1868 - 1981 Data: Text: WALDIE, Rev J.W. CONT b. 27 Jun 1942, Peebles, Scotland CONT w. Jemima Robertson m. (?) Southtafts, Egishay, Orkney 30 Mar 1887, d. 1889 CONT Arrived in NZ on the "Waipa" 19 July 1889. Jemima died on board ship in Wellington CONT Harbour from Rheumatic Fever and is buried on Soames Island. CONT Ordained Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 21.10.1890 CONT Church Extension Report for 1892 states he is doing good work at Strath Taieri. CONT Suspended for gross misconduct 3.3.1893 CONT In later years he lived with his son and daughter in law in Wellington. CONT Died Wellington 28 April 1931 CONT REID, Rev James Swanson - Ordained Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 1893 CONT GRIFFITHS, Rev John - Inducted Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 12.1.1897 - resigned 7.6.1898 CONT Parish Histories Strath Taieri 1868-1981 (33 pages, 2 illustrations) $15.00
18. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Entry of Death Data: Text: Jemima Robertson Waldie, Somes Island, Female 39 years, Rheumatic Fever 11 days, premature confinement 2 days Dr Bruce E Goff 19 July 1889, David Robertson, Barbara Robertson formerly Craigie, Farmer, 20 July 1889, Rev C.S.Ogg Presbyterian, Orkney Islands, 5 days, ... informant Herny Rose, Master Mariner, Wellington
19. ↑ Source: #S102
20. ↑ Source: #S82
21. ↑ Source: #S16 Page: Evening Post LINK http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18890715.2.5&e=-------10--1----0--
22. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: Parish Histories - Strath Taiere 1868 - 1981 Data: Text: WALDIE, Rev J.W. CONT b. 27 Jun 1942, Peebles, Scotland CONT w. Jemima Robertson m. (?) Southtafts, Egishay, Orkney 30 Mar 1887, d. 1889 CONT Arrived in NZ on the "Waipa" 19 July 1889. Jemima died on board ship in Wellington CONT Harbour from Rheumatic Fever and is buried on Soames Island. CONT Ordained Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 21.10.1890 CONT Church Extension Report for 1892 states he is doing good work at Strath Taieri. CONT Suspended for gross misconduct 3.3.1893 CONT In later years he lived with his son and daughter in law in Wellington. CONT Died Wellington 28 April 1931 CONT REID, Rev James Swanson - Ordained Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 1893 CONT GRIFFITHS, Rev John - Inducted Strath Taieri (Middlemarch) 12.1.1897 - resigned 7.6.1898 CONT Parish Histories Strath Taieri 1868-1981 (33 pages, 2 illustrations) $15.00
23. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: Entry of Death Data: Text: Jemima Robertson Waldie, Somes Island, Female 39 years, Rheumatic Fever 11 days, premature confinement 2 days Dr Bruce E Goff 19 July 1889, David Robertson, Barbara Robertson formerly Craigie, Farmer, 20 July 1889, Rev C.S.Ogg Presbyterian, Orkney Islands, 5 days, ... informant Herny Rose, Master Mariner, Wellington
24. ↑ Source: #S102
25. ↑ Source: #S29 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Orkney, Egilshay CONT Residence date: 1881 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilshay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881scotland&h=2172845&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
26. ↑ Source: #S32 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1871 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1871scotland&h=1179957&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
27. ↑ Source: #S30 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1850 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1851 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851scotland&h=477971&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
28. ↑ Source: #S31 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1849 CONT Birth place: Egilshay, Orkney CONT Residence date: 1861 CONT Residence place: Rousay and Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland LINK http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861scotland&h=2125805&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
29. ↑ Source: #S51 Page: Tongariro Data: Text: Name: Jemina Waldie CONT Event: Passenger CONT Event Date: 15 Jul 1889 CONT Event Place: New Zealand CONT Gender: Female CONT Age: 39 CONT Marital Status: Married CONT Origin: England CONT Occupation: Wife CONT Estimated Birth Year: 1850 CONT Shipping Company: The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited CONT Ship : Tongariro CONT Ship's Departure Port: CONT Departure Port: London CONT Departure Date: CONT Ship's Arrival Port: Wellington (other ports also listed) CONT Arrival Port: Wellington (other ports also listed) CONT Arrival Date: 15 Jul 1889 CONT Digital Folder Number: 4415946 CONT Image Number: 00026 LINK https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F3MV-XNL
30. ↑ Source: #S51 Page: Tongariro Data: Text: Name: Jemina Waldie CONT Event: Passenger CONT Event Date: 15 Jul 1889 CONT Event Place: New Zealand CONT Gender: Female CONT Age: 39 CONT Marital Status: Married CONT Origin: England CONT Occupation: Wife CONT Estimated Birth Year: 1850 CONT Shipping Company: The New Zealand Shipping Company Limited CONT Ship : Tongariro CONT Ship's Departure Port: CONT Departure Port: London CONT Departure Date: CONT Ship's Arrival Port: Wellington (other ports also listed) CONT Arrival Port: Wellington (other ports also listed) CONT Arrival Date: 15 Jul 1889 CONT Digital Folder Number: 4415946 CONT Image Number: 00026 LINK https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F3MV-XNL
31. ↑ Source: #S16 Page: Evening Post LINK http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18890715.2.5&e=-------10--1----0--

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