Jane McRoberts

Robertson, Dress Tartan
Jane McRoberts was born in 1796 in Kircudbrightshire Scotland. It is not known who her parents were. She died at 81 years of age in Tuckersmith Ontario on April 19, 1877, and is buried beside her husband John Murray in the Egmondville Cemetery.

Source: Huron Expositer Newspapter, May 24, 1874, and April 27, 1877.
Source: A Dictionary of Scottish Settlers to Canada before Confederation, Whyte
Source: Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands, page 340

    McRobert is of the Clan Robertson, called "The Children of Duncan". Descended from the Celtic Earls of Atholl, the stout Duncan (Donnachadh Reamhair) from whom they take their Gaelic patronymic is said to have led his men to fight for King Robert at Bannockburn. Duncans alternated with Roberts for the first few generations, with "De Atholia" or "of Atholl" as a territorial designation, and from them the two forms of the surname have arisen. The barony of Struan, which gave a landed title to the chiefs was created by a charter of 1451. It was granted to Robert Duncanson by James II in gratitude for his zeal in apprehending one of his father's murderers.
    A Clan Donnachaidh museum was opened at Bruar Falls near the heart of the old homeland in 1969, where objects, pictures, and documents tell the story of the Clan. Central to the display is the Clach na Brataich, a charm stone traditionally linked with the fortunes of the Clan since the days of Bannockburn.

                       Remote Origens of the Robertsons

    In Pictish times, the King of Atholl reigned in the mountains behind Dunkeld; under the high-king of Southern Pictland, whose captital was usually near Perth. Dunkeld or Duncalden is thought to mean either the dun or fortess of the Caledonian Picts, or else the dun of the Culdees, early Celtic Monks. By the end of the seventh century, the kindred of Saint Columba had established a monastery at Dull in Atholl, where they improved agriculture and taught husbandry. This family seem to have been the remote forefathers of the Robertsons of Clan Donnachaidh. They belinged to the Cineal Conaill, descended from Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages who ruled Ireland from Tara about the time the Romans left Britain.

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