Robert Whitson, the son of John Whitson/Huitson (a mason) and Mary Trotter, was born in 1798 in Midlothian, Scotland. In his early 20's, he lived at No. 143 Causewayside in Edinburgh and worked as a "victual dealer." His first wife was Ann Alexander who lived close by at No. 148 Causewayside with her mother Frances Nicholson Alexander (d. 1822-1825) and her siblings William (a watchmaker, d. 1822), Isabella, and Frances. Their father William Alexander, a blacksmith from Hull, England, was deceased prior to 1822.
Robert married Ann on January 19, 1823, at Saint Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh. Their son John Alexander Whitson was born on 9 Nov 1823 and baptized at Saint Cuthbert's. On his birth record, Robert is now listed as being a mason living at "Hope Park End," which is not far from his earlier location on Causewayside.
Although a record has not yet been found, Ann must have died soon after giving birth to her son because Robert married her older sister Isabella Alexander on March 25, 1825, at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh. At that time, he was living in Bull's Close across from the kirk (artist rendition and photo pictured). It is likely that he married Ann's sister to help raise John and also to help her since both her parents as well as her brother were dead.
In 1827, Robert built and moved to a new home in Morningside just outside Edinburgh (pictured). Four children were born to Robert and Isabella while still in Scotland--Robert, Ann, James, and William.
In late 1835, the Whitson family immigrated from Scotland to Canada, where they resided for a few years in Lanark County. They had two more children in Canada--Andrew G. and Mary Isabella. The Whitsons next appear on the 1839 census for Kitley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, where they lived close to the town of Smiths Falls.
On February 23, 1850, Robert's oldest son John married twenty-three year old Jane Lawson, daughter of Walter Lawson and Margaret Lowther, in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Perth, Drummond Township, Lanark County, Ontario. Her father was a native of Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and her mother was from Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. The Lawsons had migrated from Scotland to Canada about 1824, and were living in Elmsley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, where Jane herself had been born. John and Jane settled close to his parents, and on the 1851 census for Kitley, both Robert and John are listed as farmers and as Presbyterians. Robert's family was living in a one and a half story stone house, and John and Jane were living in a one-story log house, along with their one-year old son Robert.
In 1863, much of the Whitson family--Robert, his sons' families, and several of his grandchildren's families as well--made the decision to migrate to America. Possibly this was because of tension between the Catholics and the Protestants in Canada at the time. They settled in Minnesota, and John and Jane soon decided to join them, moving to Granville Mills in Lillian Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1868.
In 1875, Robert Whitson died and was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield Township, Rice County, Minnesota.
Robert married Ann on January 19, 1823, at Saint Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh. Their son John Alexander Whitson was born on 9 Nov 1823 and baptized at Saint Cuthbert's. On his birth record, Robert is now listed as being a mason living at "Hope Park End," which is not far from his earlier location on Causewayside.
Although a record has not yet been found, Ann must have died soon after giving birth to her son because Robert married her older sister Isabella Alexander on March 25, 1825, at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh. At that time, he was living in Bull's Close across from the kirk (artist rendition and photo pictured). It is likely that he married Ann's sister to help raise John and also to help her since both her parents as well as her brother were dead.
In 1827, Robert built and moved to a new home in Morningside just outside Edinburgh (pictured). Four children were born to Robert and Isabella while still in Scotland--Robert, Ann, James, and William.
In late 1835, the Whitson family immigrated from Scotland to Canada, where they resided for a few years in Lanark County. They had two more children in Canada--Andrew G. and Mary Isabella. The Whitsons next appear on the 1839 census for Kitley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, where they lived close to the town of Smiths Falls.
On February 23, 1850, Robert's oldest son John married twenty-three year old Jane Lawson, daughter of Walter Lawson and Margaret Lowther, in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Perth, Drummond Township, Lanark County, Ontario. Her father was a native of Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and her mother was from Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. The Lawsons had migrated from Scotland to Canada about 1824, and were living in Elmsley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, where Jane herself had been born. John and Jane settled close to his parents, and on the 1851 census for Kitley, both Robert and John are listed as farmers and as Presbyterians. Robert's family was living in a one and a half story stone house, and John and Jane were living in a one-story log house, along with their one-year old son Robert.
In 1863, much of the Whitson family--Robert, his sons' families, and several of his grandchildren's families as well--made the decision to migrate to America. Possibly this was because of tension between the Catholics and the Protestants in Canada at the time. They settled in Minnesota, and John and Jane soon decided to join them, moving to Granville Mills in Lillian Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1868.
In 1875, Robert Whitson died and was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield Township, Rice County, Minnesota.
Robert Whitson, the son of John Whitson/Huitson (a mason) and Mary Trotter, was born in 1798 in Midlothian, Scotland. In his early 20's, he lived at No. 143 Causewayside in Edinburgh and worked as a "victual dealer." His first wife was Ann Alexander who lived close by at No. 148 Causewayside with her mother Frances Nicholson Alexander (d. 1822-1825) and her siblings William (a watchmaker, d. 1822), Isabella, and Frances. Their father William Alexander, a blacksmith from Hull, England, was deceased prior to 1822.
Robert married Ann on January 19, 1823, at Saint Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh. Their son John Alexander Whitson was born on 9 Nov 1823 and baptized at Saint Cuthbert's. On his birth record, Robert is now listed as being a mason living at "Hope Park End," which is not far from his earlier location on Causewayside.
Although a record has not yet been found, Ann must have died soon after giving birth to her son because Robert married her older sister Isabella Alexander on March 25, 1825, at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh. At that time, he was living in Bull's Close across from the kirk (artist rendition and photo pictured). It is likely that he married Ann's sister to help raise John and also to help her since both her parents as well as her brother were dead.
In 1827, Robert built and moved to a new home in Morningside just outside Edinburgh (pictured). Four children were born to Robert and Isabella while still in Scotland--Robert, Ann, James, and William.
In late 1835, the Whitson family immigrated from Scotland to Canada, where they resided for a few years in Lanark County. They had two more children in Canada--Andrew G. and Mary Isabella. The Whitsons next appear on the 1839 census for Kitley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, where they lived close to the town of Smiths Falls.
On February 23, 1850, Robert's oldest son John married twenty-three year old Jane Lawson, daughter of Walter Lawson and Margaret Lowther, in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Perth, Drummond Township, Lanark County, Ontario. Her father was a native of Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and her mother was from Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. The Lawsons had migrated from Scotland to Canada about 1824, and were living in Elmsley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, where Jane herself had been born. John and Jane settled close to his parents, and on the 1851 census for Kitley, both Robert and John are listed as farmers and as Presbyterians. Robert's family was living in a one and a half story stone house, and John and Jane were living in a one-story log house, along with their one-year old son Robert.
In 1863, much of the Whitson family--Robert, his sons' families, and several of his grandchildren's families as well--made the decision to migrate to America. Possibly this was because of tension between the Catholics and the Protestants in Canada at the time. They settled in Minnesota, and John and Jane soon decided to join them, moving to Granville Mills in Lillian Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1868.
In 1875, Robert Whitson died and was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield Township, Rice County, Minnesota.
Robert married Ann on January 19, 1823, at Saint Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh. Their son John Alexander Whitson was born on 9 Nov 1823 and baptized at Saint Cuthbert's. On his birth record, Robert is now listed as being a mason living at "Hope Park End," which is not far from his earlier location on Causewayside.
Although a record has not yet been found, Ann must have died soon after giving birth to her son because Robert married her older sister Isabella Alexander on March 25, 1825, at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh. At that time, he was living in Bull's Close across from the kirk (artist rendition and photo pictured). It is likely that he married Ann's sister to help raise John and also to help her since both her parents as well as her brother were dead.
In 1827, Robert built and moved to a new home in Morningside just outside Edinburgh (pictured). Four children were born to Robert and Isabella while still in Scotland--Robert, Ann, James, and William.
In late 1835, the Whitson family immigrated from Scotland to Canada, where they resided for a few years in Lanark County. They had two more children in Canada--Andrew G. and Mary Isabella. The Whitsons next appear on the 1839 census for Kitley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, where they lived close to the town of Smiths Falls.
On February 23, 1850, Robert's oldest son John married twenty-three year old Jane Lawson, daughter of Walter Lawson and Margaret Lowther, in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Perth, Drummond Township, Lanark County, Ontario. Her father was a native of Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and her mother was from Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. The Lawsons had migrated from Scotland to Canada about 1824, and were living in Elmsley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, where Jane herself had been born. John and Jane settled close to his parents, and on the 1851 census for Kitley, both Robert and John are listed as farmers and as Presbyterians. Robert's family was living in a one and a half story stone house, and John and Jane were living in a one-story log house, along with their one-year old son Robert.
In 1863, much of the Whitson family--Robert, his sons' families, and several of his grandchildren's families as well--made the decision to migrate to America. Possibly this was because of tension between the Catholics and the Protestants in Canada at the time. They settled in Minnesota, and John and Jane soon decided to join them, moving to Granville Mills in Lillian Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, in 1868.
In 1875, Robert Whitson died and was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield Township, Rice County, Minnesota.
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