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Grizel "Grace" Robertson 1802–1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1802

Birth Location: Garth, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland

Death Date: 17 Dec 1880

Death Location: Everbie, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland

Father: Andrew Robertson

Mother: Grace Leask

Spouse(s): William Wards

Children(s): Christina Wards

Grizel "Grace" Robertson was born in 1802 in Garth, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland, the child of Andrew Robertson And Grace Leask. Grizel "Grace" Robertson married William Mcdonald Donald Ross Wards, and had children including Christina Wards. Grizel "Grace" Robertson passed away in 1880 in Everbie, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Grizel "Grace" Robertson was born in 1802 in Garth, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland, the child of Andrew Robertson And Grace Leask.
  • Grizel "Grace" Robertson married William Mcdonald Donald Ross Wards, and had children including Christina Wards.
  • Grizel "Grace" Robertson passed away in 1880 in Everbie, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Grizel Robertson's Ancestors

Self
Grizel Robertson
1802–1880
Birth Place: Garth, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Parents
Andrew Robertson
1761–1839
Kirkigarth, Delting, Shetland, Scotland
Grace Leask
1766–1838
Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Robertson
1735–1764
Orphir, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barbara (Leask) Leisk
1735–1764
Nesting Lunnasting Whalsay and Skerries, Shetland
Thomas Leask
1745–
Whalsay, SHI, SCT?
Mary Laurenson
1745–
Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Robertson
1715–1780
Helen Wilson
1714–1748
John Leask
1713–1800
Barbara Inksater
1712–
Joseph Leask
1720–
Christina Fullerton
1720–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Sr
1690–
Margaret Knarston
1690–
William Inksater
1690–
Elspit Isbister
1690–

Grizel Robertson's Descendants

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Grizel ("Grace") Robertson (1802–17 Dec 1880) m. William (McDonald Donald Ross) Wards (20 Apr 1804–3 Jun 1886)
  1. 1. Christina Wards 1830–1912 m. Alfred Armstrong 1826–1904
    1. 1. Eliza (Mary) Armstrong 1856–1947 m. John (Gillespie) Reid 1852–1906
      1. 1. Harry (Stanley) Reid 1890–1965
      2. 2. Alexander (John) Reid 1876–1933
      3. 3. Alfred (Ward) Reid 1881–1953
      4. 4. Christina (Gillespie) Reid 1878–1904
      5. 5. Jeannie (Gibson) Reid 1882–1936
      6. 6. Thomas (Russell) Reid 1886–1924
      7. 7. John (Gordon) Reid 1885–1948
      8. 8. Elizabeth (Armstrong) Reid 1879–1951 m. William Dale 1872–1949
        1. 1. Frank (Alexander) Dale 1908–1980
        2. 2. William ((Jack) John Gillespie) Dale 1899–1964
        3. 3. Alfred ((Dick) Reid) Dale 1900–1963
        4. 4. George (Harry Stanley) Dale 1905–1905
        5. 5. Henry (Stanley) Dale 1907–1969 m. Florence (Elizabeth) Adams 1912–1982
        6. 6. Christina (Maude Alexandra) Dale 1911–1995
        7. 7. Edna (Nancy) Dale 1916–1995
      9. 9. James (Eric William) Reid 1888–1890
      10. 10. James Reid 1892–1955 m. Florence (May) Billman 1905–1948 m. Ivy (Pearl) Turner 1901–1959
        1. 1. Joan Reid 1940–1983
        2. 2. Cecil (Morris "Mick") Turner 1922–2004 m. Edna (Elizabeth) Nankivell 1924–2001
      11. 11. Eliza (Margaret Helen) Reid 1883–1970 m. George (Victor) August 1880–1948
        1. 1. Robert (Gillespie) August 1907–1994 m. anne (letitia grace) clohessy 1909–1988
        2. 2. Gordon (Victor Russell) August 1908–1988
        3. 3. Stillborn (F) August 1904–1904
        4. 4. Iona (Edna Mary) August 1912–1995

Grizel Robertson's Timeline

2 Records

1802
1802
Birth of Grizel "Grace" Robertson in Garth, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Garth, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
1880
17 Dec 1880
Age 78
Death of Grizel "Grace" Robertson in Everbie, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Everbie, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1802
    Event Place: Garth, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Dec 1880
    Event Place: Everbie, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland

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