First Generation  

1. Robert SCOTLAND [92738] was born about 1818 in Kincardine Perthshire Scotland and died after 1881.

General Notes: Census Information for Robert and his Family, provided by Sylvia [Taylor] Robertson in January 2011 is as follows:
1851 Census - living 167 Dobbies Loan(?), Lanark:
SCOTLAND Robert, aged 33, Head, Married, Cabinet Maker, born Kincardine (Perthshire) *
SCOTLAND Margaret, aged 31, Wife, Married, born Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire
SCOTLAND Walter, aged 6, Son, Scholar, born Glasgow, Lanark
SCOTLAND William, aged 25, Brother, Cabinet Maker, born Aberdour, Fifeshire

1861 Census - living 47 Clyde St, Lanark:
SCOTLAND Robert, aged 43, Head, Married, Organ Builder, born - *
SCOTLAND Margaret, aged 41, Wife, Married, born Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire
SCOTLAND David, aged 19, Son, Cabinet Maker; born Glasgow, Lanark
SCOTLAND Walter, aged 16, Son, Cabinet Maker; born Glasgow, Lanark
SCOTLAND Robert, aged 6, Son; born Glasgow, Lanark

1871 Census - living 5 Craigton Tce, Glasgow, Lanark:
SCOTLAND Robert, aged 49, Head, Married, Cabinet Maker; born Kincardine, Perthshire *
SCOTLAND Margaret, aged 48, Wife, born Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire
SCOTLAND Robert G, aged 16, Son, Cabinet Maker; born Glasgow, Lanark

1881 Census - living 31 Ratho Tce, Glasgow Springburn, Lanark:
SCOTLAND Robert, aged 60, Head, Married, Cabinet Maker N.B.R., born Kincardine (?) Perthshire
SCOTLAND Margaret, aged 59, Wife, Married; born Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: 167 Dobbies Loan, 1851, Barony Lanarkshire Scotland.

• Residence: 47 Clyde Street, Milton, 1861, Barony Lanarkshire Scotland.

• Occupation: a Foreman Cabinet Maker, 3 Jan 1876, Barony Lanarkshire Scotland.

Robert married Margaret McGOWAN [92739] [MRIN: 30918], daughter of Walter McGOWAN [92755] and Unknown, on 27 Apr 1841 in Barony Lanarkshire Scotland. Margaret was born about 1820 in Port Glasgow Renfrewshire Scotland and died after 1881.

Marriage Notes: In a File of Information received from Jenni Webber in January 2011, she stated:
By Rev John Eadie, Minister of the United Secession Chapel, Cambridge Street. "The Free Church of Scotland had originally seceded from the Church of Scotland in the Disruption of 1843. The United Presbyterian Church was formed in 1847 by a union of the United Secession and Relief Churches, both of which had earlier split from the Church of Scotland. The two denominations united in 1900 to form the United Free Church (except for a small section who refused and continued independently under the name of the 'Free Church').

Children from this marriage were:

   2 M    i. David McGowan SCOTLAND [92740] was born on 21 Mar 1842 in Barony Lanarkshire Scotland.

+ 3 M    ii. Walter McGowan SCOTLAND [10786] was born on 21 Aug 1844 in Barony Lanarkshire Scotland, was baptised on 29 Sep 1844, died on 1 Aug 1891 in Alexandria Sydney Colony of New South Wales at age 46, and was buried on 4 Aug 1891 in Rookwood Cemetery [The Necropolis - Presyterian Section] Lidcombe Colony of New South Wales.

   4 M    iii. Robert SCOTLAND [92741] was born on 3 May 1847 in Barony Lanarkshire Scotland.

+ 5 M    iv. Robert Grieve SCOTLAND [92756] was born about 1855 in Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland.

   6 M    v. William SCOTLAND [92742] was born on 30 Aug 1858 in Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland.

   7 M    vi. Duncan McDougall SCOTLAND [92743] was born on 6 Oct 1861 in Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland.