Laura

Laura Shaw (1834–1914) married George John Robertson (1826-1910) in 1857

George John Robertson was born in Grantham, the son of Frederick Fowler Robertson and Anne Tindall. His older brother, Sir William Tindal Robertson, was an eminent physician and MP for Brighton. George practised as a solicitor in Bath

George and Laura had five children.

1. Arthur George Shaw Robertson (1858-1943) married Norah Kathleen Paget Dease (1889-1973) in Bath in 1910.

Norah Kathleen Paget Dease was the daughter of Patrick Paget Dease and Annie Clement Fairlough. She was born in India where her father was a civil engineer constructing railways. Arthur was, like his father, a solicitor based in Bath.

Arthur and Nora had one son.

1.1 Patrick Arthur Shaw Robertson (1912-1982)

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Arthur Shaw Robertson served with the Grenadier Guards from 1932 to 1957.

2. Amy Robertson (1859-1930) married William Sutcliffe Marsh (1852-1917) in Bath in 1881.

William Sutcliffe Marsh was the son of Thomas Edward Milles Marsh and Harriet Robertson and, like his father, he was an engineer. There is further information about railway engineer Thomas Edward Milles Marsh and his family here . 

William Sutcliffe Marsh designed Mumbles Pier, Swansea. He was also resident engineer for the construction of the Rhondda Tunnel. The Marsh family lived in Swansea for a number of years, moving back to Somerset later in life.

Mumbles Pier was designed by William Sutcliffe Marsh. Construction of this 254.5 metre pier began in 1897 and was completed the following year at a cost of £17,000. It opened officially on 10th May 1898. Built for the Mumbles Railway & Pier Company as the terminus of the line from Swansea, it is now Grade II listed, one of only six surviving iron piers in Wales.

Amy and William had four children.

2.1 Violet Amy Marsh (1882-1966) married William Aubrey Leyson (1885-1952) in Bath in 1916.

William Aubrey Leyson was the son of Thomas Leyson and Mary Louisa Lewis. Thomas Leyson was a timber merchant living in Blaenhonddan, Glamorgan. William Aubrey Leyson was a solicitor based in Neath, Glamorgan.

2.2 Godfrey Sutcliffe Marsh (1883-1948) married his first cousin, Marjorie Kathleen Crosbie Crosbie (1895-1975), in 1920.

Majorie Kathleen Crosbie Crosbie was the daughter of Sir William Edward Douglas Crosbie and Georgina Mary Marsh (daughter of Thomas Edward Milles Marsh and Harriet Robertson). Sir William Edward Douglas Crosbie was the eighth, and last, of the Crosbie baronets of Maryborough in Queen's County, Ireland.

Godfrey Sutcliffe Marsh was a civil engineer who worked in India. He died in Devon. His widow died when living in Kensington.

2.3 Robert Barkley Marsh (1885-1963)

Robert Barkley Marsh was a solicitor. In 1911 he was practising in Swansea. He died in a nursing home in Devon.

2.4 Noel Arthur Marsh (1887-1921) married Evelyn Germain Homewood (1891-1918) in 1914 in York, Ontario, Canada.

Evelyn Germain Homewood was the daughter of Richard Beverley Homewood and Annie Germain. Her father was a Fine Art dealer who lived in Brighton.

Noel Arthur Marsh was a mechanical engineer. In 1909 he was employed by the Great Western railway company in Swindon and Taunton. In 1913 he moved to Canada. Evelyn Germain Homewood made the journey to Canada the next year, when they got married. After four years of marriage Evelyn died in York, Ontario. Meanwhile Noel Arthur Marsh appears to have gained employment in Pernambuco, Brazil. He died there at the age of 33. Noel and Evelyn’s son was three years old when his mother died and six years old when he became an orphan.

3. Jessie Robertson (1861-1948) married George Osbaldeston Welch (1862-1935) in Bath in 1887.

George Osbaldeston Welch was born in Canada, the son of Captain Edward Welch and Sophia Anne England. George’s father died when he was three years old. A plaque states that Captain Edward Welch was wounded before Sebastapol in 1855, severely wounded at the relief of Lucknow in 1857 and died aged 30 in Montreal in 1865.

Colonel George Osbaldeston Welch C.B., F.R.G.S. served with the Army Service Corps and the 19th Hussars. He and Jessie spent their last years in Cheltenham.

Jessie and George had one son.

3.1 Vere Edward Osbaldeston Welch (1896-1918)

After completing his education at Harrow and Oxford University, Captain Vere Edward Osbaldeston Welch was killed in action in France in 1918.

https://www.everyoneremembered.org/profiles/soldier/304381/

4. Florence Robertson (1862-1954) married Herbert Sydney Jacob (1862-1924) in Bristol in 1884.

Herbert Sydney Jacob was the son of Colonel Herbert Bruce Jacob, Indian Army, and Agnes Allardyce. He was a 21 year old medical student when he married Florence, also 21. It would seem that Herbert abandoned medical studies and he and Florence lived in Nagpur, India. Herbert was an auditor working for the railway company. After leave in England Herbert returned to India expecting Florence to follow him, but she never did. When Herbert made a visit to England Florence refused to see him. In 1913 Herbert went to court to “petition for restitution of conjugal rights”. The next year he petitioned for divorce. In the meantime Mrs Katherine Bertha Graham, nee Katherine Bertha De La Condamine, was more willing to be affectionate towards Herbert, who was named as co-respondent when her husband, Francis John Graham, petitioned for divorce in 1910. Herbert and Katherine married in Bromley in 1918 and remained there for the rest of their lives. In 1911 Florence was staying with her sister, Jessie, and brother-in-law, George Osbaldeston Welch, at Harrow-on-the-Hill. She died in Hove in 1954, the same year as her daughter, with whom she was living at time of her death.

Florence and Herbert had two children.

4.1 Florence Allardyce Nina Alethea Jacob (1885-1954)

Florence never married. She died living in Hove.

4.2 Gerald Herbert Jacob (1887-1925)

In 1901 and 1911 Gerald was staying with William and Julia Carey in Combe Down, Bath and in both censuses he is described as “feeble minded”.

5. Norah Robertson (1871-1946)

Norah Robertson never married. in 1939 she was living with her widowed sister, Jessie, in Bath. She died in Bath in 1946