ID: I514745315
Name: Robert TODD
Given Name: Robert
Surname: Todd
Sex: M
Birth: 2 Feb 1821 in Greenoch, Scotland
Death: 1907 in Dundee, Illinois
Note: From "Descendants of James Todd 1796", by Carol Vanhoose , 12 Nov 2005: Robert Todd was born 2 Feb 1821 in Greenoch, Scotland. He immigrated in 1833 to Chicago, IL. He died in 1907 in Dundee, IL. He was buried in 1907 in West Dundee Cemetery, Dundee, Kane Co., IL. In 1835, he moved to Dundee, IL. In the gold rush of 1849, he went to California and stayed three years, came back and bought 80 acres of land at $1.25 per acre 3 miles northwest of Dundee. Another source states that he was born in Townhead, Lanark, Scotland. He married Grace Crichton on 3 Jul 1848 in Dundee, IL. Grace Crichton was born on 27 Jan 1827 in Airdrie, Old Monkhead Parish, Scotland. She died on 19 Dec 1914 in Dundee, IL. She was buried in West Dundee Cemetery, Dundee, IL. Her birth was recorded as Grace John Chrichton. They had the following children: 1. James Todd, born 5 Jun 1849, Dundee, IL; died 27 Aug 1928, Dundee, IL; buried about 30 Aug 1928, East Dundee Cemetery, Dundee, IL. ["Greenoch" appears as "Greenock" in modern maps, about 45 miles east of Glasgow on a fiord.]
1860 US census, illinois, Kane Co., Dundee: Robert Todd, 37, Farmer, $3600, $900, b:Scotland Grace --, 31, wife, b:Scotland James --, 10, b:IL John --, 7, b:IL Robert --, 4, b:IL Jeanette --, 4, b:IL Grace --, 1, b:IL Thomas Wood, 31, Laborer, b:Scotland ["School House" was next door.] [Same census page as brother Hugh Todd.]
1880 US Census Household: Dundee, Kane Co., IL Robert Todd, head of household, b:<1821> Scotland, age 59, Farmer, married, father b:Scotland, mother b:Scotland Grace Todd, wife, b:<1827>, Scotland, age 53, Keeping House, married, father b:Scotland, mother b:Scotland James Todd, son, b:<1849> IL, age 31, Works on Farm, single, father b:Scotland, mother b:Scotland Robert Todd, son, b:<1857> IL, age 23, Works on Farm, single, father b:Scotland, mother b:Scotland Nettie Todd, daughter, b:<1857> IL, age 23, At Home, single, father b:Scotland, mother b:Scotland Jane Todd, daughter, b:<1861> IL, age 19, At Home, single, father b:Scotland, mother b:Scotland Daniel Todd, son, b:<1866> IL, age 14, At Home, single, father b:Scotland, mother b:Scotland Sarah Todd, daughter, b:<1870> IL, age 10, At School, single, father b:Scotland, mother b:Scotland [Apparently, the family immigrated to US before 1849, before birth of oldest listed son James.]
1900 US census, Illinois, Kane Co., Dundee Township, 5 Jun 1900: Robert Todd, head, b Feb 1821, 79, m 52 yr, b/fb/mb:Scotland, immig 1835, 65 yr ago, Farmer Grace Todd, wife, b Jun 1827, 72, m 52 yr, 12/8 children, b/fb/mb:Scotland, immig 1846, 54 yr ago, no occup. Robert Todd, son, b Nov 1856, 43, single, b:IL, fb/mb:Scotland, Farm Laborer Seth Aulesworth(?), servant, Mar 1850, 50, single, b/fb/mb:NY, Farm Laborer Fred Burger, servant, Oct? 1865, 35, single, b/fb/mb:PA
Possible father or uncle: 1850 US census, Illinois, Kane Co., Dundee (image 10/34 ancestry.com) James Todd, 54, farmer, $1500 value of property Grace Todd, 67 Thomas Todd, 25, farmer Grace Todd, 22
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2540166&id=I528641542 Paula Smith , June 2003: Robert Todd, b 1821, d 1907, m 1848 Grace Crichton.
Graves of family group in West Dundee Cemetery, Dundee, Illinois, Section 2 (according to James Amis , email and mail, January 2007): Robert Todd, 1821-1907 Grace Todd, 1827-1914 Daniel Todd, 1865-1953 James Miller, Father, 1849-1923 Jeannette Miller, Mother, 1856-1928 [born Jeannette Todd] Robert Todd, 1856-1920 Grace Miller Reid, 1883-1907 Arther Miller, 1890-1894 Sarah Todd, Daughter, 1870-1894 David Todd, Son, 1867-1874 Unknown [Daniel, Jeanette, Robert Jr., Sarah and David are children of Robert Todd and Grace Crichton]. [Grade Miller Reid and Arthur Miller are assumed to be children of James Miller and Jeanette Todd].
From photos and information from James Amis, June 2007: Robert Todd and wife Grace are buried in West Dundee Cemetery, Dundee, Illinois, Section 2, front 1/4. There is a group of granite family gravestones marked as follows: Robert Todd, 1821-1907 Grace Todd, 1827-1914, with "Mother" etched on top Sarah Todd, 1870-1984, with "Daughter" etched on top David Todd, 1867-1874, with "Son" etched on top (unidentified) Todd, marble stone between stones of the above Grace and David Todd. Badly weathered; looks like horseshoe symbol at the bottom. "Frankie, son of Ida and James Todd, Dec 15 1885, Jan 8, 1899 (cylindrical marble marker)
Father: James TODD b: 1796 in Scotland
Mother: Grace HAMILTON b: 1783 in Greenock, Scotland
Marriage 1
Grace CRICHTON b: 27 Jan 1827 in Old Monkhead Parish, Airdrie, Scotland
- Married:
14 Jul 1848
in Kane Co., Illinois
Children
James TODD b: 5 June 1849 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois Robert TODD b: 8 Nov 1856 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois Nettie TODD b: abt 1857 in IL Jane TODD b: 20 Apr 1861 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois Daniel TODD b: 18 Dec 1865 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois Sarah TODD b: 1 Mar 1870 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois Anna or Allie or Alice TODD b: 30 Jun 1872 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois 9 children TODD John C. TODD b: 15 Feb 1853 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois Jeannette TODD b: 8 May or Nov 1856 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois Grace TODD b: 1859 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois David TODD b: 1867 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois | |