Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameIsaac Roberts ECKART 
Birth15 Mar 1805, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [22, p 1, note 7]
Baptism7 Apr 1805, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [22, p 1, note 8] Age: <1
Death6 Aug 1859, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [22, p 3, note 27] Age: 54
Burial8 Aug 1859, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [22, p 3, note 27]
OccupationMerchant; Master Brewer [22, p 3, note 19]
FatherJonathan ECKART (1770-1812)
MotherElizabeth ROBERTS (~1773-1812)
Individual Notes
• Baptism - 7 April 1805 - Baptism of Isaac Roberts Eckart, son of Jonathan tobacconist and Elizabeth. Born 15 March 1805. Present were Jonathan Eckart, father, Eliza Eckart, mother, Isaac Roberts Godfather, John Reinhart Godfather, Mary Wilson Godmother. [22, p 1, note 8]
• Attended Garden Street School, July 1817. [8334]
• Marriage at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Quebec City. Present were Andrew Torrance, Claude Denechan, James Gibb, and Robert Shaw. This is the first mention of any of the orphaned children after the death of their parents in 1812. [22, p 2, note 14]
• While Isaac Roberts had changed from ‘merchant’ to ‘master brewer,’ his signature in the record shows that it was the same man. [22, p 3, note 19]
• “Extra Assistant” in the Office of Governor General from 1st November, 1838, to 31st May, 1839, at £270 Sterling per annum. [3848]
• Burial witnesses were Robert Shaw, brother-in-law of the deceased and H. C. Stevenson, son-in-law of the deceased. [22, p 3, note 27]
• Miss Mary Nelson of the City of Quebec, aged sixty-three years, died on the nineteenth and was buried on the twenty-second of January in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred & twenty-nine. Who is Mary Nelson? [8332, p 2]
• Attended Garden Street School, July 1817. [8334]
• Marriage at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Quebec City. Present were Andrew Torrance, Claude Denechan, James Gibb, and Robert Shaw. This is the first mention of any of the orphaned children after the death of their parents in 1812. [22, p 2, note 14]
• While Isaac Roberts had changed from ‘merchant’ to ‘master brewer,’ his signature in the record shows that it was the same man. [22, p 3, note 19]
• “Extra Assistant” in the Office of Governor General from 1st November, 1838, to 31st May, 1839, at £270 Sterling per annum. [3848]
• Burial witnesses were Robert Shaw, brother-in-law of the deceased and H. C. Stevenson, son-in-law of the deceased. [22, p 3, note 27]
• Miss Mary Nelson of the City of Quebec, aged sixty-three years, died on the nineteenth and was buried on the twenty-second of January in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred & twenty-nine. Who is Mary Nelson? [8332, p 2]
Census
• 1851 Canada Census: Quebec City, Quebec. Age 46, b Quebec. Merchant. Episcopalian. Head of household; family of 3 males, 6 females. 2 domestics. [8452]
Spouses
Birth13 Feb 1805, Katrine, Ayrshire, Scotland [3842]
Deathabt 1895, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [3860] Age: 89
FatherThomas TORRANCE (1778-1818)
MotherElizabeth ORR (1779-)
Individual Notes
• the Andrew Torrance noted as a witness at her wedding was, I suspect, her brother. [3841]
Census
• 1851 Canada Census: Quebec City, Quebec. Age 46, b Scotland. [8452]
Marriage27 Aug 1828, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [22, p 2, note 14], [3860]
Marr MemoSt. Andrews Presbyterian Church
ChildrenWilliam Charles (Died as Child) (1829-1836)
Herbert Goldsworthy (1830-1867)
Catherine Shaw (1831-)
Anna (1833-1866)
Margaretha (~1836-)
Marion Gibb (Died as Infant) (1837-1838)
Isaac Roberts (1839-)
Elizabeth Margaret Torrance (Died as Child) (1842-1847)
Amelia Gibb (1845-)
Mary (~1847-)