Thomas Roberton and Euphemia Hall

This is as far back as my father managed to get for the Robertons and I've had no success in tracing back further either.

We have no birth or death dates for Thomas or Euphemia. What we do know is that they married in 1799 in Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. They had four sons - James, John, Archibold and Thomas. I can surmise that Euphemia's father was called Hall but have no proof. I cannot trace Thomas's parentage.

These are my great great great grandparents.

Janet Taylor

My great, great grandmother, I have few details about Janet. She was born in 1811 somewhere in Scotland. I have no details of her parents. She married Thomas in 1825 in the parish of Eastwood, Scotland.

In the 1841 census, she was living at Greenhead, Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland with her husband and their four children, Margaret, Euphemia, Charles and Thomas (all names which crop up time and time again in the Roberton family).

She died somewhere between 1841 and 1870 in Scotland.

The next Thomas Roberton, my great great grandfather

Thomas seemed to be a popular name in the Roberton family. This Thomas, my great great grandfather was born in 1804 in Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. My father wrote this about him.

The record of my grandfather's birth shows that his parents were Thomas and Janet Roberton but I have been unable to obtain any further information at this time.

The IGI shows a Thomas Roberton/Janet Taylor were married 6 December 1825 at the parish of Eastwood.

They were both stated to be deceased on the certificate of their son's second marriage on 5 June 1874 but on the certificate for his first marriage only Janet Roberton is stated to be deceased. This means that Thomas Roberton my great grandfather died between 19th July 1870 and 5th June 1874.

In a 1851 census for the Parish of Eastwood, the head of the house is shown as Thomas Roberton, a widower aged 45, with two sons and 2 daughters. The youngest son is a Thomas aged 10 and this age makes it possible that the son was my grandfather who was born in 1841. If this is true it would mean that the head of the house was my great grandfather and that my great grandmother, Janet Taylor, was dead at that time.

The names of the children (Margaret, Euphemia, Charles, Thomas) seemed to connect with the future members of my family.

The IGI at Huddersfield included the following entries for the parish of Eastwood:

30 May	1799	Roberton Thomas	Euphemia Hall	HM
13 October	1799	Roberton James	Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall	MB
15 March	1801	Roberton John	Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall	MB
26 September	1802	Roberton Archibold	Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall	MB
1 December	1804	Roberton Thomas	Thomas Roberton/ Euphemia Hall	MB

The date of birth of the youngest son relates closely with the 45 quoted as the age of the house in the 1851 census. In which case the Thomas Roberton and Euphemia Hall married on 30th May 1799 would have been my great great grandparents.