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  • 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
    1. Has Children James TODD b: 5 June 1849 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    2. Has No Children Robert TODD b: 8 Nov 1856 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    3. Has No Children Nettie TODD b: abt 1857 in IL
    4. Has No Children Jane TODD b: 20 Apr 1861 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    5. Has No Children Daniel TODD b: 18 Dec 1865 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    6. Has No Children Sarah TODD b: 1 Mar 1870 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    7. Has Children Anna or Allie or Alice TODD b: 30 Jun 1872 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    8. Has No Children 9 children TODD
    9. Has No Children John C. TODD b: 15 Feb 1853 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    10. Has Children Jeannette TODD b: 8 May or Nov 1856 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    11. Has No Children Grace TODD b: 1859 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois
    12. Has No Children David TODD b: 1867 in Dundee, Kane Co., Illinois

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