William John Robertson

b. 1863, Melbourne, Victoria  
d. 3 March 1953 in 'Sunset' Nedlands WA aged 90

Burried, Mandurah Cemetery, Anglican Section Grave 23

Parents William John? Robertson & Mary Elizabeth Hannah

Married Amy Jane Spencer

Children Forrest John Spencer Robertson, Gilbert William Robertson, April Sybil Robertson, Pansie Elsie Robertson, Violet Robertson, Phyllis Robertson.

ROBERTSON, William John CB 1762626 Birth
Father: William
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Hannah
Event Place: Melb
Reg Year: 1863 Reg State: Victoria
Ref Number: 22369

William gave his age as 36 when he married Amy Jane Spencer but he was in fact, 45 years old. He married Amy Jane on the 2nd of September 1908 in Jandakot home of her parents, WA. Although the marriage produced 7 children, it was not a success and they later separated. 

He was the eldest of 10 children most seem to have been born in Sandridge, Victoria, Australia
Siblings:

Mary 1865-1949,

Joseph Edward 1867-1896,

Margaret Theresa 1868-1878,

Stafford Albert 1870 1943,

Eliza Ellen 1873-1941,

John Ernest 1874- ,

James 1878- ,

Anna 1883

Louisa Emma 6 October 1886 Died 11th March 1965, Perth WA Buried in Mandurah Anglican #1 Plot 7. Married Lawrence Fernandez Trinidad 1876–1949 (m. 1907) They married on 25/11/1907 in the Lutherian Church, Fitzgerald Street, Perth, WA

I have found this potential lead:

'Once more, in passing westwards, I was at Colac. It was the month of June (midwinter), but the country, with its lake, was not the less beautiful in the universal green. Excepting the partial post-and-rail barricade of my friend William Robertson's 5,000 acres of purchased land, there was nothing all around but free and open squatting. On every side was the hardly yet disturbed indigenous aspect. Pelicans flew aloft, tall "adjutants" stalked about here and there, and cockatoos screeched everywhere. One of the curious green knolls, so common there, was so thickly covered with the yellow-crested white cockatoo as to give the look of a cap of snow.'

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/e00090.txt

William John Robertson & Amy Jane on their Wedding Day.

Wedding Notice

The Robertson syblings, Bill (Gilbert) is second from the right

 

Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954)
Sunday 16 October 1927, page 23

The SELECTOR'S GUIDE
LAND OPEN NOVEMBER 2 NEW LOCATIONS.

The following new locations and forfeited blocks will be opened for selection at the Perth Lands Office or the country land agency mentioned on and after November 2:

Tenders Returnable at Perth, 29/10/'27.

Kelmscott Lots 96, 97, and 117, being the whole of the land comprised in Certificates of Title, Vol. 904, Fol. 144, Vol. 904, Fol. 145, standing in the name of Amy Jane Robertson, wife of William John Robertson. Area, 8 acres 1 rood 31 perches, situated 1½ miles south-east of Kelmscott, described as all first-class land, 3 acres 3 roods 20 perches-partly cleared and cultivated, 4½ acres cleared and cultivated, and have been planted as an orchard. J.W.B. house, stable, shed, and loft, windmill, tank, stand and piping, quantity of fencing. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58336511

 

Funeral Notice
West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954),

Wednesday 4 March 1953, page 20

ROBERTSON: On March 3, 1953, William Robertson, late of Mandurah, loved brother of Louisa (Mrs. Trinidad): aged 90 years; Funeral at Mandurah Cemetery, Thursday, at. 1. o'clock. Arthur N. Davies and Company.

 

William's headstone and grave

Located in the Anglican section, grave 23 of the Old Mandurah Cemetery, Western Australia

Robertson, Spencer Tree

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Spencer Tree

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