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Jean Robison (Grahame)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: October 10, 1824 (31)
Whitehill, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Grahame of Whitehill and Helen Grahame
Wife of Sir John Robison
Mother of Helen Robison; Euphemia Erskine Gerard and Anne Grahame Robison
Sister of Anne Donald; James Grahame and Thomas Grahame

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About Jean Robison

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

  • 7 April 1793 birth or baptism of Jean Grahame, daughter of Robert Grahame and Helen Geddie [child 6], in the parish of Glasgow

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Marriages

  • 3 April 1816 marriage or banns of John Robison to Jean Graham, in the parish of Glasgow

From wikisource - Robison, John Dictionary Of National Biography

Sir John Robison (1778–1843), son of Professor Robison, was born in Edinburgh on 11 June 1778. ... He married first, in 1816, Jean Grahame (died 1824) of Whitehill, near Glasgow Whitehill House, near 35 Finlay Drive, Glasgow G31 2QY 55.860043, -4.218424; and, secondly, Miss Benson (died 1837). He left two daughters by his first wife. The elder daughter, Euphemia Erskine, born in 1818, married in 1839 Archibald Gerard of Rochsoles, Airdrie, and died at Salzburg in 1870, leaving three sons and four daughters, two of whom (Emily, wife of General de Laszowska, and Dorothea, wife of Major de Longgarde) won repute as the novelists E. and D. Gerard. The former died 11 January 1905.

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 2 children of John Robison and Jane Grahame from first: 28 April 1817 Helen Robison to last: 4 May 1818 Robertson

  • 28 April 1817 birth or baptism of Helen Robison, daughter of John Robison and Jane Grahame [child 1], in the parish of Barony
  • 4 May 1818 birth or baptism of [blank] Robertson, (U) [son or daughter] of John Robertson [NOTE: spelling, but listed as child 2 so possible] and Jean Graham, child 2, in the parish of Barony

From Biographical Sketches of the Hon. The Lord Provosts of Glasgow by John Tweed Published 1883 Page 19

Mr. [Robert] Grahame's youngest daughter, Jane Grahame, married Sir John Robison, (son of Illuminati Robison), both are dead, leaving two daughters.

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Deaths and Burials

15 October 1824 death or burial of Jane Robinson, aged 31 [born about 1793], [maiden surname] Graham, [spouse of] Robinson, in the parish of Glasgow

From British Newspaper Archive: Fife Herald Thursday, 28 October 1824 Page 3 Deaths

Deaths: At Whitehill, on Sunday, 10 October 1824 [instant], Jane Grahame, wife of John Robison, Esq. Coates Crescent, Edinburgh.

Probably Scotland's People: Wills and Testaments

  • 4 October 1824 Inventory ; Holograph Testamentary Letter of Jean Robertson, residing in Minto Street of Newington; court: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories
  • 11 November 1824 Testament Dative of Jean Robertson, residing in Minto Street, Newington, Edinburgh; court: Edinburgh Commissary Court
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Jean Robison's Timeline

1793
April 7, 1793
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1817
April 28, 1817
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1818
1818
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1820
1820
Scotland, United Kingdom
1824
October 10, 1824
Age 31
Whitehill, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)