Help with connections for Robbie Robertson (1943-2023)?

Question

Robbie Robertson, the songwriter & guitarist who worked with Bob Dylan, & the Band, died today at the age of 80. As my father described it, his music was a major part of the 'soundtrack' of his childhood, & I too have enjoyed listening to his work over the years

Robbie's mother, Rosemarie, grew up on the Six Nations Reserve near Toronto, & is said to have been of Kanienʼkehá:ka & Gayogo̱hó:nǫʼ heritage. I've found her in the 1931 census with extended family, but haven't been able to ID for certain her parents.

When Robbie was a teenager, his mother revealed to him that his father was not James Robertson, her husband, but rather Alexander Klegerman, who was of Polish Jewish ancestry- I've just started expanding these lines. I have yet to look into James Robertson's family.

If anyone's inclined to help expand Robbie's lines, or work on his bio (which I'll get around to, after doing some more work on connecting him), it'd be much appreciated!

Comments

Thanks Thomas for creating Robbie's profile! I loved 'the Last Waltz'. He was a brilliant musician.

Answer 1

He was one of those featured in the 2017 documentary on Native American Rock Musicians, which I quite enjoyed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble:_The_Indians_Who_Rocked_the_World

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333080/

Answer 2

an ancestry tree has his mother’s mother as https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Myke-14 if correct he would be connected

Comments

Ah, exciting! We’ll have to see if we can find evidence, but that’s a good lead!

Answer 3

Hi Thomas, it seems that many of his relatives profiles either lack sources or need to have the existing sources updated. So far, my experience is that records can be found by using Sourcer, mostly censuses, but also some birth and marriages.

I have been reluctant to do much more than add citations below the Sources line, simply because I don't want to overwrite somebody else's work. And the family probably doesn't have the time to pay attention to what we are doing in WikiTree.

As you have seen, I already added sources to Rosemarie and her putative mother. I should note that Walter Myke married a Chrysler woman, so we need to determine the connection between Rosemarie and her.

I am away next week, but I would be happy to help more with gathering sources when I get back.

Murray

Edited to add: See the family of Thomas Chrysler-280 and Alice Maud Doolittle-5577 . One of their sons is a likely father of Rosemarie Chrysler-279

Answer 4

Glad to see that Robbie should show as connected tomorrow.