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James Robb 1799 – 1891 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 DEC 1799

Birth Location: Beatons, Lesmahogow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 NOV 1891

Death Location: Netherhouses Farm, Near Armadale, Bathgate, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: John Robb

Mother: Mary Thomson

Spouse(s): Mary Donald

Children(s): John Robb, Andrew Robb, Margaret Robb, James Robb, Mary Robb, Susanah Robb, William Robb, Janet Robb, Robert Robb, Thomas Robb

James Robb was born in 1799 in Beatons, Lesmahogow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of John Robb and Mary Thomson. In 1841, James Robb resided in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland. James Robb married Mary Donald, and had children including John Robb, Andrew Donald Robb, Margaret Robb, James Robb, Mary Robb, Susanah Robb, William Robb, Janet Donald Robb, Robert Robb, Thomas Robb. James Robb passed away in 1891 in Netherhouses Farm, Near Armadale, Bathgate, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Robb was born in 1799 in Beatons, Lesmahogow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of John Robb and Mary Thomson.
  • In 1841, James Robb resided in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • James Robb married Mary Donald, and had children including John Robb, Andrew Donald Robb, Margaret Robb, James Robb, Mary Robb, Susanah Robb, William Robb, Janet Donald Robb, Robert Robb, Thomas Robb.
  • James Robb passed away in 1891 in Netherhouses Farm, Near Armadale, Bathgate, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Robb
1762 – 1825
Birth Location: Beatons, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
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Mary Thomson
1758 – 1847
Birth Location: Killbank, Lesmahagow Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Mary Donald
1801 – 1891
Birth Location: Blackwoodyett, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Robb
1827 – 1911
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Andrew Robb
1829 – 1881
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Margaret Robb
1831 – 1861
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MR
James Robb
1834 – 1920
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Mary Robb
1835 – 1895
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MR
Susanah Robb
1836 – 1895
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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William Robb
1838 – 1841
Birth Location: Carnwath, Scotland
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Janet Robb
1839 – 1927
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Robert Robb
1842 – 1938
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Thomas Robb
1845 – 1846
Birth Location: Upper Haywood, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James Robb's Ancestors

Self
James Robb
1799 – 1891
Birth Place: Beatons, Lesmahogow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
John Robb
1762 – 1825
Beatons, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Mary Thomson
1758 – 1847
Killbank, Lesmahagow Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Robb
1729 – 1810
Carluke, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Janet Melvin
1727 – 1826
Carluke, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
James Thomson
1725 – 1809
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary (Eliza) Lean
1727 – 1827
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Rob
1695 –
Agnes Gibson
1699 – 1769
James Melvin
1699 –
Jannet Finley
1694 –
William Thomson
1693 – 1750
Elizabeth Hamilton
1706 – 1734
John Lein
1707 – 1807
Jean Nicoll
1706 – 1796
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Robb
1646 –
Isabel Philipshill
Thomas Gibsone
1670 –
Margaret Hendersone
1675 –
Richard Hamilton
1671 – 1735
Jean Weir
1682 – 1740
James Lein
1673 –
Elisabeth Cliland
1673 –
Robert Nicoll
1665 –
Helen Gray
1668 –

James Robb's Descendants

1.
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James Robb (6 DEC 1799 – 18 NOV 1891) m. Mary Donald (25 Dec 1801 – 22 May 1891)
  1. 1. John Robb (25 JUL 1827 – 16 NOV 1911)
  2. 2. Andrew (Donald) Robb (14 Jun 1829 – 07 Jan 1881) m. Elizabeth Hamilton (27 Jun 1830 – 1909)
    1. 1. James Robb (10 Mar 1858 – Abt. 1934)
    2. 2. Marion (Meikle) Robb (8 JUL 1859 – 14 Apr 1928) m. JOHN SMART (07 Feb 1856 – 25 Feb 1918)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Hamilton) Smart (22 Nov 1880 – 21 Feb 1952) m. William Smith (1878 – 1951)
        1. 1. Marion (Robb) Smith (1905 – 1990) m. John Louden (1901 – 1973)
        2. 2. Lilias (Chalmers) Smith (30 APR 1907 – 1981) m. Frank (Mtchell) Gillespie (1906 – 1990)
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Hamilton) Smith (1908 – ) m. William North (1908 – )
      2. 2. Christina Smart (6 Aug 1882 – 20 Feb 1976) m. William (Russell) Maxwell (18 Jul 1880 – 12 May 1964)
        1. 1. William Maxwell (28 Jun 1910 – 29 Jun 2001) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Maxwell (28 Feb 1910 – 6 Aug 1993)
        2. 2. John (Smart) Maxwell (02 Apr 1912 – 7 Sep 1957) m. Alice (Dickson) Strang (11 Oct 1916 – 9 Sep 2004)
        3. 3. Marion (Robb) Maxwell (02 Sep 1915 – 01 May 2003)
        4. 4. Peter Maxwell (3 Jun 1918 – 25 Jun 2009) m. Marian (Theresa) Riley (24 APR 1924 – 4 Oct 2012)
        5. 5. Justina (Grant) MAXWELL (26 Oct 1920 – 25 Oct 2008) m. Lloyd (Desmond) Brookbanks (08 Jul 1922 – 27 Jun 2005)
      3. 3. Marion (Robb) Smart (1884 – 1962) m. Peter Dougall (1882 – 1935)
      4. 4. James Smart (1888 – 15 Sep 1893)
      5. 5. Mary Smart (1889 – 1970) m. Hugh Ramsay (1888 – 1953)
        1. 1. John (Smart) Ramsay (1917 – ) m. Margaret Hayes (1920 – )
        2. 2. Marion (Robb) Ramsay (1921 – ) m. John (Alexander) Watson (1918 – )
      6. 6. Margaret Smart (1890 – 1890)
      7. 7. Andrew Smart (22 NOV 1892 – 21 Dec 1969) m. Sarah (Atedtewina) Plenderleith (1901 – 1985) m. Elizabeth Scott (1894 – 1919)
      8. 8. Jean Smart (22 Dec 1899 – 20 Jun 1979)
    3. 3. William Robb (13 Jan 1862 – 18 Jun 1940) m. Elizabeth (1868 – )
      1. 1. Florence (Woodruff) Robb (24 Aug 1893 – 25 Oct 1974) m. Cecil (Bingham) Levita (January 1867 – 10 Oct 1953)
        1. 1. Dora (C P) Levita (Abt. 1918 – 21 Oct 1951)
        2. 2. Dora (C P) Levita (Jul 1918 – 21 Oct 1951) m. John (M) Sim m. John (Mackay) Sim (4 OCT 1917 – 11 Sep 1993)
        3. 3. Arthur (Cecil) Levita (Sep 1920 – 31 Jan 1972)
    4. 4. Andrew Robb (11 Nov 1863 – 18 Jun 1940) m. Elizabeth (Mc) Naught (7 MAY 1862 – 1892) m. Catherine Gillies (1890 – 1930)
    5. 5. Mary Robb (6 MAY 1865 – 1935)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Robb (19 Apr 1867 – )
    7. 7. John Robb (13 Jan 1869 – Infant) m. Mary Robb (April 1872 – unknown)
  3. 3. Margaret Robb (03 Oct 1831 – 1861)
  4. 4. James Robb (1 November 1834 – 5 Nov 1920)
  5. 5. Mary Robb (4 NOV 1835 – 1895)
  6. 6. Susanah Robb (18 NOV 1836 – 1895)
  7. 7. William Robb (1838 – 1841)
  8. 8. Janet (Donald) Robb (28 JUN 1839 – 26 SEP 1927)
  9. 9. Robert Robb (4 June 1842 – 1938)
  10. 10. Thomas Robb (30 May 1845 – Apr 1846)

James Robb's Timeline

8 Records

1799
6 DEC 1799
Birth of James Robb in Beatons, Lesmahogow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Beatons, Lesmahogow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1800
9 JAN 1800
Age 1
James Robb was baptized
None
1841
1841
Age 42
James Robb resided here in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 52
James Robb resided here in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 72
James Robb resided here in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 82
James Robb resided here in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1891
18 NOV 1891
Age 92
Death of James Robb in Netherhouses Farm, Near Armadale, Bathgate, Midlothian, Scotland
Netherhouses Farm, Near Armadale, Bathgate, Midlothian, Scotland
1891
18 Nov 1891
Age 92
Burial of James Robb in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 DEC 1799
    Event Place: Beatons, Lesmahogow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Carluke; ED: 6; Page: 13; Line: 651; Year: 1841
    [2] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Carnwath; ED: 9; Page: 17; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1851_151; Year: 1851
    [3] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Carnwath; ED: 8; Page: 12; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1871_121
    [4] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Carnwath; ED: 8; Page: 4; Line: 6; Roll: cssct1881_209

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 9 JAN 1800

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Carluke; ED: 6; Page: 13; Line: 651; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Carnwath; ED: 9; Page: 17; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1851_151; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Carnwath; ED: 8; Page: 12; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1871_121

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Carnwath; ED: 8; Page: 4; Line: 6; Roll: cssct1881_209

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 NOV 1891
    Event Place: Netherhouses Farm, Near Armadale, Bathgate, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936
    [3] Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 18 Nov 1891
    Event Place: South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes
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