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Robert Samson Tait 1842–1931 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1842

Birth Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death Date: 19 July 1931

Death Location: Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia

Father: William Tait

Mother: Jean Paterson

Spouse(s): Sarah Verey

Children(s): Ellen Tait, Jane Tait, Ada Tait, Teresa Tait, Ethel Tait

Robert Samson Tait was born in 1842 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the child of William Tait And Jean Thomson Jane Paterson. Robert Samson Tait married Sarah Verey, and had children including Ada Tait, Ellen Catherine Louisa Tait, Ethel Maud Tait, Jane E Tait, Teresa Campbell Tait. Robert Samson Tait passed away in 1931 in Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia.

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Biography

  • Robert Samson Tait was born in 1842 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the child of William Tait And Jean Thomson Jane Paterson.
  • Robert Samson Tait married Sarah Verey, and had children including Ada Tait, Ellen Catherine Louisa Tait, Ethel Maud Tait, Jane E Tait, Teresa Campbell Tait.
  • Robert Samson Tait passed away in 1931 in Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Tait
1812–1875
Birth Location: Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Jean Paterson
1817–1905
Birth Location: Kirkintollock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Verey
1837–1918
Birth Location: Ickford, Buckinghamshire, England
SV

Children(s)

Ellen Tait
1879–1962
Birth Location: Young, New South Wales, Australia
ET
Jane Tait
1875–1878
Birth Location: Young, New South Wales, Australia
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Ada Tait
1873–1960
Birth Location: Young, New South Wales, Australia
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Teresa Tait
1871–1933
Birth Location: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
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Ethel Tait
1883–
Birth Location: Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
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Robert Tait's Ancestors

Self
Robert Tait
1842–1931
Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parents
William Tait
1812–1875
Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Jean (Thomson "Jane") Paterson
1817–1905
Kirkintollock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Elizabeth Glover
1798–
Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Glover
1756–
Jean McGill
1765–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Glover
1733–
Jean Thomson
1728–

Robert Tait's Descendants

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Robert (Samson) Tait (1842–19 July 1931) m. Sarah Verey (17 Dec 1837–28 Mar 1918)
  1. 1. Ellen (Catherine Louisa) Tait 1879–1962 m. Albert (George) Milross 1878–1954
    1. 1. Elsie (Hannah) Milross 1905–1905
    2. 2. Albert (Edward) Milross 1902–1952 m. Mary (Ellen) Cogley 1893–1982
      1. 1. Martha (Mary "Mary") Milross 1936–2019 m. Francis (Michael "Frank") Lawless 1929–2013
    3. 3. Gladys (Emily) Milross 1900–1981 m. John (Charles Reginald) Colwell 1897–1970
    4. 4. Robert (H B) Milross 1900–
  2. 2. Jane (E) Tait 1875–1878
  3. 3. Ada Tait 1873–1960 m. Dennis (Charles) Quinn 1873–1944
    1. 1. Stuart (Charles Asche) Quinn 1904–1959 m. Edna (Doris) Sweetman 1908–1997
      1. 1. John (Stuart) Quinn 1930–2010 m. Elizabeth (Anne) Links 1928–2010
    2. 2. Margaret (Lily) Quinn 1909–
  4. 4. Teresa (Campbell) Tait 1871–1933
  5. 5. Ethel (Maud) Tait 1883–

Robert Tait's Timeline

2 Records

1842
1842
Birth of Robert Samson Tait in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1931
19 July 1931
Age 89
Death of Robert Samson Tait in Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1842
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 July 1931
    Event Place: Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
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