Birth: 7 October 1881 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, UK
Father: Alexander John Robertson 1850-1911
Mother: Ellen Baxter 1851-1885
Christening: 28 October 1881 St George the Martyr, Queen's Square, Camden, Middlesex, UK
Marriage: 9 February 1913 Register Office, Willesden, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Grace Jessica Chantler (Chandler) 1884-1976
Death: July-September 1933 54 Bloemfontein Road, Hammersmith, London, UK
Lucy May Chantler (Robertson) [Holt] 1912-2003
William Robertson 1914-1943
Douglas Harold Robertson 1915-1989
Gordon Hector Robertson 1920-1996
James Norman Robertson 1921-1949
Birth of William John Robertson in FreeBMD in October-December 1881 in Holborn (1b 685).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 for William John Robertson baptised on 28 October 1881 at Queen Square, St George the Martyr, Camden, parents Alexander John and Ellen Robertson. "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of S. George the Martyr in the County of Middlesex in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighty one [...] 1881 28 Oct Born 7 Oct No. 110 William John, parents Alexander John, a Gold Beater, and Ellen Robertson of 14 Gloucester Street". His sister Constance Helena was baptised at the same time.
His mother died in 1885 and his father married Maria Allison on 1 July 1888 at St John Evangelist Charlotte Street, Camden when they were living at 11 Tottenham Street.
In the 1891 census as William J Robertson aged 9, born in Bloomsbury, London, and living with his father (Alexander J) (step)mother (Maria), two brothers (Alexander and Alfred J), (half)brother (George), sister (Constance E), and two (half)sisters (Catherine R and Ellen) in two rooms at 118 Corporation Buildings, Clerkenwell, London.
In the 1901 census as William Robertson aged 19, born in Holborn, single, a druggist's porter, and lodging in one room at 87 Hall Place, Paddington St Mary, London. Three other families shared this address.
I cannot locate him in the 1911 census.
He appears to be the father of Lucy May Chantler born on 14 April 1912 in South Ealing.
Marriage of William J Robertson and Grace J Chantler in FreeBMD in January-March 1913 in Willesden (3a 432).
His son William was baptised at St Faith, Brentford on 24 August 1914 when he was a butcher living at 43 Darwin Road.
Entry in Ancestry British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 for William John Robertson aged 31, a butcher of 43 Darwin Road, S Ealing, London W, married on 9 February 1913 in Willesden, No. 030620 Army Service Corps, joined in Aldershot on 24 November 1914, discharged 18 June 1915 as no longer physically fit for war service, and his claim to a pension rejected 1 January 1916.
Entry in Ancestry British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 for William John Robertson adds his height as 5 ft 7 in, chest 34.5 + 2.5 in, false set of teeth, next of kin his wife Grace Jessie Robertson of 43 Darwin Road, S Ealing, London W, married Grace Jessie Chandler Spinster on 9 February 1914 at the Register Office, Willesden when living at 43 Darwin Road, S Ealing, two children Lucy May born 14 April 1912 and William on 23 May 1914, both at 43 Darwin Road, S Ealing.
There are thirteen entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for William John Robertson addresses 15 Ariel Road, Kilburn, Hampstead, Camden from 1919 to 1929, other occupants Grace Jessie Robertson (wife?) and up to five other families, 21 Inman Road, Roundwood, Willesden in 1931, other occupants Grace Jessie Robertson (wife?) and William Nix, and 54 Bloemfontein Road, Hammersmith in 1932 and 1933, other occupant Grace Jessie Robertson (wife?).
Death of William J Robertson in FreeBMD in July-September 1933 aged 52 in Hammersmith.
There are five entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William John Robertson born in 1881 in St Giles or in Stranraer, Wigtownshire or in 1883 in Kensington William John Robertson.
William John Robertson was the father of William Robertson, husband of Dorothy Florence Foulkes, daughter of Charles James Foulkes, husband of Emily Fullick, my second cousin three times removed.
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