| Name |
Robert Lygertwood ESSON |
| Birth |
4 Oct 1870 |
St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK  |
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: Robert Ligertwood Esson Gender: Male Birth Date: 4 Oct 1870 Birth Place: Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Father: Robert Esson Mother: Helen Bisset FHL Film Number: 6035516
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1871 |
St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
| Census |
1881 |
20 Argyle Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
| Census |
1891 |
St Meddans, Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK |
| Death |
12 Nov 1959 |
Transvaal, South Africa |
- Transvaal Province, South Africa, Estates Death Notice Index, 1855-1976
Name: Robert Lygertwood Esson Death Year: 1959 Death Country: South Africa
Title: Transvaal Estates Death Index (Master of the Supreme Court, Pretoria)
Source: National Archives, Pretoria Reference Number: 8190/59
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| Notes |
- Robert Lygertwood ESSON Birth: 4 Oct 1870, St Nicholas Aberdeen Family Bible note: worked in James G.'s bookshop in Broad St. Aberdeen. Went to Africa.
Married there in 1902. Record found for marriage to Lilian Small. Died Transvaal 1959.
In 1922, he patented the loose leaf binder. It was an improvement on earlier versions. See https://patents.google.com/patent/US1426468A/en
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| Person ID |
I3203 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
| Last Modified |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Father |
Robert ESSON, b. Abt 1844, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK d. 28 Jul 1937, St Meddans, Fintray, Scotland, UK (Age 93 years) |
| Mother |
Helen BISSET, b. 17 Jan 1845, Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK d. 28 Jun 1894, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Nov 1867 |
Eastside, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK |
- 1867 marriages in the Parish of Maryculter in the County of Kincardine. No 6. 1867 on the 27th day of November at Eastside Parish of Maryculter after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland. Robert Esson tailor (master) bachelor aged 24 of 4 Harriet Street, Aberdeen. Reputed father: Alexander Esson farmer. Mother: Jane Barclay domestic servant and Helen Bisset domestic servant spinster aged 22 years of Eastside, Maryculter. Father: David Bisset farmer. Mother: Jane Bisset M.S. Silver. Witnesses: William Selbie minister Free Church, Maryculter. John Bisset, David Bisset.
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| Family ID |
F867 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lilian SMALL, b. Abt 1872, Hastings, Sussex, England, UK d. UNKNOWN |
| Marriage |
30 Dec 1902 |
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
- South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP39-CQ3R
Name: Robert Lygertwood Esson Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 30 Dec 1902 Event Place: Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Event Place: Johannesburg, W WRand Goldfields Gender: Male Age: 32
Birth Year (Estimated): 1870 Spouse's Name: Lilian Small Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 30 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1872
Transcript: Marriage celebrated at Johannesburgh in the district of Rand Goldfields. No 585/02 20/1902, 30th December 1902, Robert Lygertwood Esson, aged 32, born Aberdeen, Scotland, bachelor, without antenuptial contract, indecipherable address and Lilian Small, aged 30, born Hastings, England, spinster, of 57 ??? St.
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| Family ID |
F2737 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Aug 2025 |
1870 - 1959 (89 years)