Marriage
On 7 December 1829 Robert married Anne Kirkwood, the only child of John Kirkwood. Together they had 14 children, three of whom died in infancy. Excluding these three, their children were Robert, Nina (Mrs. Frederick Lehmann, and mother of Rudolf Chambers Lehmann), Mary (Mrs. Alexander Mackenzie Edwards, mother of Bob Edwards), Anne (Mrs. Dowie, mother of Ménie Muriel Dowie), Janet, Eliza (Mrs. William Overend Priestley), Amelia (Mrs. Rudolf Lehmann), James, William, Phoebe (Mrs. Zeigler), and Alice.
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