Jean Clark

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name
Jean Clark
aka
[Jane Clark, Jean Robson]
sex
female
access
public
summary
A native of Roxburghshire, wife of Thomas Robson, who as the FamilySearch tree has it married him at Eckford in 1793 and came with him to Upper Canada. She died in 1844, aged 74, and is buried with him at Caledon, Peel County. Probably the mother of Jane (Robson) Pattullo and great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood.
born
date
c. 1770
place
Roxburghshire, Scotland
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[gravestone-thomas-robson-1841]
note
Aged 74 at her death in May 1844, "native of Roxburghshire" (her gravestone).
died
date
1 May 1844
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[gravestone-thomas-robson-1841, findagrave-robson-family]
buried
place
Dixon's Union Cemetery, Caledon, Peel County, Ontario
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[gravestone-thomas-robson-1841]
note
On her husband's stone.

Great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood, as the evidence stands. "Jean Clark" on the stone she shares with her husband Thomas Robson at Caledon (record); "Jane Clark" in the FamilySearch tree. Her daughter Jane Robson named her own first daughter Jane.

Research: Ruth Short's ancestry: the archive, the Ancestry tree, WikiTree and FamilySearch compared.

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  • Her parents, and her baptism (about 1770, Roxburghshire).
  1. ---
  2. name: Jean Clark
  3. aka: [Jane Clark, Jean Robson]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. A native of Roxburghshire, wife of Thomas Robson, who as the FamilySearch tree has it married him at
  8. Eckford in 1793 and came with him to Upper Canada. She died in 1844, aged 74, and is buried with him
  9. at Caledon, Peel County. Probably the mother of Jane (Robson) Pattullo and great-grandmother of Ruth
  10. (Short) Ellingwood.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1770
  13. place: Roxburghshire, Scotland
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [gravestone-thomas-robson-1841]
  17. note: Aged 74 at her death in May 1844, "native of Roxburghshire" (her gravestone).
  18. died:
  19. date: 1 May 1844
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [gravestone-thomas-robson-1841, findagrave-robson-family]
  23. buried:
  24. place: Dixon's Union Cemetery, Caledon, Peel County, Ontario
  25. basis: documented
  26. confidence: proven
  27. sources: [gravestone-thomas-robson-1841]
  28. note: On her husband's stone.
  29. ---
  31. Great-grandmother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood, as the evidence stands. "Jean Clark" on the stone she
  32. shares with her husband Thomas Robson at Caledon ([record](/files/sources/gravestone-thomas-robson-1841/));
  33. "Jane Clark" in the FamilySearch tree. Her daughter Jane Robson named her own first daughter Jane.
  35. Research: `research/ellingwood/Short_Pattullo_Comparison.md`.
  37. ## Open questions
  39. - Her parents, and her baptism (about 1770, Roxburghshire).
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