Robert Ketchen

  Noted events in his life were:

• He had a residence on 26 May 1838 in Linton, Peeble, Scotland.

• He appeared on the census in 1841 in Braidwood Stable, Temple, Midlothian, Scotland. Recorded (aged 25) as an agricultural labourer living with his wife Agnes (20) and daughter Janet (2).

• He appeared on the census in 1851 in Templefarm, Temple, Midlothian, Scotland. Recorded (aged 37) as a farm labourer living with wife Agnes, their children Janet (12, scholar), John (9, scholar), James (5, scholar), Robert (2) and niece Catherine Bisset (4, scholar).

Robert married Agnes Crawford, daughter of James Crawford and Janet Flint, on 26 May 1838 in Temple, Midlothian, Scotland. (Agnes Crawford was born in 1816 in Currie, Edinburgh, Scotland and was christened in 1816 in Currie, Edinburgh, Scotland.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They had marriage banns published on 26 May 1838 in Temple, Midlothian, Scotland. Robert Ketchin, residing in the parish of Linton, and Agnes Crawford, residing in this parish, gave in their names for Proclamation in order to marriage. These parties were duly proclaimed and no objections were offered.