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Robert D. Robertson, one of the substantial residents of West Bloomfield township, Oakland County, owns and conducts a fine farm of 114 acres, lying west of Walnut Lake. He was born in Macomb County, Michigan, June 2, 1835, and is a son of William Robertson.

William Robertson was born and reared in Scotland, and in 1833 came to America with his wife, and three children. He was a farmer by occupation in his native country, and followed it through life. He first located in Lapeer County, near the Macomb County line, in Michigan, and later purchased a farm in Macomb County, where he lived until his death. He and his wife were parents of the following children: Euphemia, deceased; John; Margaret, who died in East St. Louis, Illinois, in 1853; Robert D.; and Ann; John, born November 2, 1830, now living on the old homestead in Macomb County, was married to Sarah Braidwood, a native of Scotland, and they have seven children: Mary, who married Charles Lemon, a farmer in Washington; William, a merchant of Romeo, Michigan; Andrew, who is clerking near Chicago, Illinois; Margaret, deceased; John, who is farming in Northern Michigan; Robert, who lives on the homestead farm; and Isabel, who lives at home with her parents. Ann married David Donaldson, a merchant and farmer of Attica, Lapeer County, Michigan, and they have four children: William, George, John and Mary.

Robert D. Robertson was reared and educated in Macomb County, Michigan, and has always followed agricultural pursuits except 20 years spent in mercantile pursuits. He began business for himself at an early day, and by judicious management and energetic work has achieved a high degree of success. In 1895 he came to Oakland County and purchased his present farm in West Bloomfield township. It consists of 84 acres located on the west side of Walnut Lake, and 30 acres on the south side; he has a fine home that is surrounded by a large lawn and beautiful trees.

Mr. Robertson was joined in marriage with Annie White, of Romeo, Michigan, a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Robinson) White, being one of 10 children, as follows: Eliza, wife of Edwin Waddington, of Petrolia, Ontario; David and George (twins), the former a resident of Detroit, and the latter now deceased; Robert, a farmer and merchant at Lapeer, Michigan; James, a farmer living at Piqua, Ohio; John, a mason of Detroit; Annie; Lydia, of Romeo, Michigan; Martha, deceased; and Mary, who is teaching school in Romeo, Michigan.

Mr. and Mrs. Robertson are parents of eight children, namely: William R., born May 18, 1863, who is engaged in the transfer business in Kansas City; John H., born September 5, 1864, who was married to Bell Connor, of Detroit, where they now live with their five children, — Naomi, Douglas, Kenneth, Edgar and Edwin; George U., born July 9, 1866, who was married to Clara Kern, and has one daughter, Anna Estella; Hugh, born September 18, 1868, who was married to Lillian Whitlark, and is clerk in a grocery house at Ann Arbor, Michigan; Annie E., born August 9, 1870, deceased; Albert E., born April 28, 1874, a machinist of Detroit; Estella, born May 21, 1883, deceased; and Robert, born February 15, 1887, who is living with his parents. Religiously, the family are Presbyterians. Mr. Robertson is a Mason and an Odd Fellow.