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About William George Robertson
Known in the family as "Willie George". The 10th of 12 children. Both parents died when he was young. Presumably the children were raised & sponsored by other family and friends as his eldest brother (John Alexander) was 15 when their father Henry Robertson died and JA was 18 when their mother Elizabeth Edmund Robertson (born Cripper).
WG obtained a MA from Glasgow University (my mother Jean Ann Hart recalls the university as being Edinburgh, but there is a record for William George Robertson graduating with an MA from Glasgow University in 1889 - see: http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH15872&type=P)
Update: There is also a record of WG spending time at Edinburgh University (1892/3) in the Medicine Faculty. (See https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/69778). His age in the university record is shown as 22, which is a few years out given that he was born in 1867 (His dob is correctly reflected in the Glasgow University record).
The Edinburgh University record also shows that he was previously schooled at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
WG's family (or that of their guardians) were (according to my mother) involved in sail making business. At some stage following graduation WG was sent to the Manchester area to gain experience in an related part of the business (textiles used for sails?). There he met and married Anne (Annie) M Unwin. I have a photocopy of a handwritten transcript of what appears to be a newspaper report of their marriage ans well a what I suspect is their wedding photo & another photo of a wedding cake. By this evidence the wedding was a "Society wedding" and Annie's family the Unwins were socially prominent in Macclesfield where the wedding occurred.
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William George Robertson's Timeline
| 1867 |
December 5, 1867
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Glasgow, UK
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| 1897 |
December 11, 1897
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Arbroath, Angus, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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| 1899 |
November 9, 1899
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Arbroath, Angus, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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| 1900 |
November 28, 1900
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Arbroath, Angus, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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| 1903 |
November 7, 1903
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Arbroath, Angus, UK
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| 1908 |
April 3, 1908
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South Africa
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| 1912 |
August 13, 1912
Age 44
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King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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- 1889
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Glasgow University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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King William's Town, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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