Janet Robertson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1829 - 1896  (67 years)

• Name	Janet Robertson  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	28 Mar 1829	Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland   [2, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 May 1896	Portobello, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [4, 5]
  Burial	Portobello Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I172010944228	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Robertson,   b. 11 April 1803, Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland d. 5th Oct 1895, Andersons Bay, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Jean Robertson,   b. 27 Aug 1797, , Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland d. 1841 (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	30 May 1824	Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
  Family ID	F2471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Octavius Francis Harwood,   b. 22 May 1816, London, England d. 24 May 1900, Portobello, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1848	Otakou, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
  Children	1. Mary Ann Wilson,   b. 25 July 1849, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 10 July 1933, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand (Age 83 years)   2. Lucy Ann Harwood,   b. 19 November 1851, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 27 July 1935, Portobello, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 83 years)   3. Sylvy Ann Harwood,   b. 21 October 1853, Otakou, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 23 July 1927, Portobello, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand (Age 73 years)   4. Alfred Harwood,   b. 15 January 1857, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 26 August 1922, Portobello, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand (Age 65 years)   5. Robert Harwood,   b. 10 March 1860, Otakou, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 26 May 1921, South Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand (Age 61 years)   6. James Septimus Harwood,   b. 26 December 1862, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 12 April 1927, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 64 years)   7. Octavius Harwood,   b. 10 January 1865, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 8 February 1948, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand (Age 83 years)   8. Thomas Harwood,   b. 22 April 1868, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand d. 6 February 1938, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F4442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Mar 1829 - Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland Marriage - 1848 - Otakou, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Death - 27 May 1896 - Portobello, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Burial - - Portobello Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  · Came out on Philip Laing and · a year after her arrival arrival in Otago Janet married Octavious Harwood. He had been living at Otakau since 1838 as accountant and store manager for the whalers, Weller Brothers. Later he and Janet took up farming, dairying and cattle raiding. Harwood purchased a sheep run at Moeraki in the 1850s. When he was forced to give this up, they moved to Portobello where they produced butter for the market.

  
  

• Sources

  [S370259668] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S375278779] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Nesting; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1851_2; Year: 1851. [S370270368] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S375278832] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S370259652] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).