He had the following children:
F i Mary McCarter F ii Catherine McCarter
Robert Elder was born in 1760 in York County, Pennsylvania. He died on 28 Oct 1839 in Lincoln County ?, Kentucky. He married Rebeckah Robertson in Amherst County, Virginia.
From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.
This is possibly the Elder who was the distant relative which my father,
Joseph D. Robertson heard about when he was a boy. See introductory notes.He was a Revolutionary War soldier.
Rebeckah Robertson [Parents] was born on 21 Oct 1762 in Amherst County, Virginia. She died on 25 Apr 1839 in , Kentucky. She married Robert Elder in Amherst County, Virginia.
From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.
one source gives her birth as 21 Jan 1762.
Mentioned in her father' will.
They had the following children:
M i Matthew Elder.
From research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.M ii James Elder.
From research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.M iii Andrew Elder.
From research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.M iv Robert Elder.
From research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.M v Mary Elder.
From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.F vi Rebecah Elder.
From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.F vii Jane Elder.
From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.M viii William Elder
William Elder [Parents] was born in Jan 1802 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. He died in 1855 in Decatur County, Indiana. He married Sarah S. Sellers in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
From research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.
Sarah S. Sellers was born in 1806 in Garrard County, Kentucky. She married William Elder in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
From research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.
They had the following children:
John Robertson [Parents] was born about 1780 in Amherst County ?, Virginia. He married Mildred Wheeler about 1821.
From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.
Mildred Wheeler died in 1854. She married John Robertson about 1821.
1From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.
They had the following children:
M i James Austin Robertson
James Austin Robertson [Parents] was born on 10 Dec 1822. He died on 21 Jul 1888. He married Mary Dorinda Jennings about 1856.
From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.
Mary Dorinda Jennings was born on 12 Nov 1834. She died on 30 Nov 1910. She married James Austin Robertson about 1856.
From the research and notes of Joseph D. Robertson.
They had the following children:
Roger David Ornduff [Parents]
They had the following children:
F i Carolyn Sue Ornduff M ii Steven Donald Ornduff M iii David Scott Ornduff
Willis Emery Robertson [Parents] was born on 2 Dec 1907 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He died on 4 Jul 1985 in Ottumwa Regional, Hospital, Ottumwa, Iowa. He was buried on 8 Jul 1985 in Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa. He married Milre McCoy on 20 Apr 1932 in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Information from the records of Joseph D. Robertson, and from Marian (Newquist) Dimmitt; also from death certificate.
Willis resided at 145 Vanness, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Milre McCoy was born on 3 Nov 1909 in Hedrick, Iowa. She died on 16 Sep 1968 in St. Joseph Hospital, Ottumwa, Iowa. She was buried on 18 Sep 1968 in Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa. She married Willis Emery Robertson on 20 Apr 1932 in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Information from funeral record, and from the records of Joseph D. Robertson, and from Marian (Newquist) Dimmitt.
In some places her name is spelt "Melre".
They had the following children:
F i Margaret Jean Robertson M ii Douglas Emery Robertson M iii Philip Charles Robertson
Mary E. Robertson [Parents] was born on 6 Sep 1909 in Ottumwa, Iowa. She died on 9 Jul 1982 in St. Francis, Hospital, San Francisco, California. She was buried on 13 Jul 1982 in Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa. She married Floyd Childs on 6 Apr 1937.
Information from notes of Joseph D. Robertson and also from funeral record. The funeral record shows that she never married! The informant was her sister, Mrs. Margaret (Robertson) Ornduff.
Place of residence at death was in San Francisco.
Douglas Emery Robertson [Parents]
They had the following children:
F i Paula Robertson
Margaret Jean Robertson [Parents]
They had the following children:
F i Linda Margaret Welsh F ii Cynthia Kay Welsh