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Robert WIGHT (1874 - 1915)
soldier, joiner
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Robert WIGHT (1874 - 1915)

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Margaret DODDS
James Dickson WIGHT (1844 - 1916) Thomas WIGHT (1799 - 1873) David WIGHT
Elizabeth RENTON
Helen DICKSON (1804 - 1862) Robert DICKSON (1776 - )
Margaret PATERSON
Margaret DICKSON (1840 - 1916) James DICKSON (1807 - ) Robert DICKSON (1776 - )
Margaret PATERSON
Mary STIRLING




b. 1874 at Tranent, Haddington, Scotland
m. 26 Jun 1908 Margaret DODDS at Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland
d. 16 May 1915 at Festubert, Pas-de-Calais, France aged 41
Parents:
James Dickson WIGHT (1844 - 1916)
Margaret DICKSON (1840 - 1916)
Siblings (6):
Mary Stirling WIGHT (1868 - )
Thomas WIGHT (1870 - )
Helena Dickson WIGHT (1872 - )
James Dickson WIGHT (1875 - )
Elizabeth Dickson WIGHT (1877 - )
Agnes Grant WIGHT (1879 - )
Events in Robert WIGHT (1874 - 1915)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1874 Robert WIGHT was born Tranent, Haddington, Scotland
26 Jun 1908 34 Married Margaret DODDS Elphinstone, East Lothian, Scotland 18
16 May 1915 41 Robert WIGHT died Festubert, Pas-de-Calais, France 18
Personal Notes:
Robert dies 16 May 1915 Festubert he had fought in the boer war and was a Quarter master serjeant service number 33 in Royal Scots no know grave is commemorated on Le Touret memorial, he was a joiner, he married Margaret Dodds dressmaker
Source References:
18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool
- Reference = Douglas Dickson email 24 Mar 2018 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = Douglas Dickson email 24 Mar 2018 (Death)
- Reference = Douglas Dickson email 24 Mar 2018 (Marriage)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
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