Robert SELKIRK
1821 - 1870 (49 years)
Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1819 - DECEASED-
Name Robert SELKIRK Relationship 
with Rodney VOJVODICH Birth 1821 Scotland 
Gender Male Death Record 1870 Victoria, Australia #2286 Death 1870 Victoria, Australia Person ID I29942 MyBradyTree | AGW, IJH Last Modified 9 Nov 2024
Family Mary HALL, b. Abt 1819, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland d. DECEASED Marriage UNKNOWN Children + 1. Robert SELKIRK, b. 1840, Kirkaldy, Scotland d. 21 Jun 1921, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 81 years)â–» Ann GARLICK m. 1864+ 2. James SELKIRK, b. 1844, Leith, Scotland d. 19 Sep 1918, Ouyen, Victoria, Australia (Age 74 years)â–» Mary Suppurdy Superdy Supwidy TAYLOR m. 11 Jan 18663. Andrew SELKIRK, b. 1848 d. DECEASED 4. William SELKIRK, b. 1851 d. DECEASED 5. John SELKIRK, b. 1853 d. DECEASED Family ID F10449 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Nov 2024
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Birth - 1821 - Scotland 
Death Record - #2286 - 1870 - Victoria, Australia Death - 1870 - Victoria, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - About Selkirk - (The Place)
It is said Selkirk was declared a royal and ancient borough in the 12 century.
Anyone born there is called a Souter. (means shoemaker - I assume it is Gaelic) There is a saying "Yince a souter, aye a souter" - means Once a souter, always a souter. I believe at one point in history, Selkirk supplied the soldiers of maybe, Bonnie Prince Charlie with shoes or more probably boots.
The Common Riding is the big event in Selkirk. It takes place in the middle of June every year. That would be a good time to go because you must see it, if you want a sense of history. They have been doing for around 475 years. I'm not totally clear on the history but what I do know is that when the Battle of Flodden took place about 80 young men from Selkirk went. Only one returned. His name was James Fletcher. I think he came back carrying the English flag. He waved the flag about his head which started the tradition known as the "casting of the colours".
Here is a site about the Common riding. http://www.selkirk.bordernet.co.uk/common riding/1999/
On Commonriding morning, you say to the riders "Safe in, Safe oot"
The week before the commonriding there are many events. One is the colonial concert and dinner and you must not miss that if you go. The singing will reach so far deep into your roots.
The main street running through the town is High Street. This is where the shops are. It runs about 12 blocks maybe. Close to one end is the Market square. In the square is a statue of Sir Walter Scott who was the sheriff of Selkirk. A sheriff back then was like a judge. His courthouse is in the square too and it is now a museum dedicated to him and to other famous men from the Selkirk area. There is a display about the poet James Hogg also know as the Ettrick Shephard. There is also a display about Mungo Park, famous explorer of Africa. You will find Scott and Hogg's death masks there.
Most of the buildings on High Street are around 200 years old. People strolling down the sidewalk can look right into their living room and dining room. There are cobble stones at the back of the house. Many houses have wonderful stone walls.
Down an alley from the Square, you will find Halliwells. This is a museum and a gift shop with Selkirk tourist stuff. Lots of books about history in the area and lots of tourist pamphlets. The museum has some wonderful artifacts. The building that it is in is one of the oldest in Selkirk. I think it originally belonged to a wigmaker.
Just up from the square, I think it is on Kirkwynd is the Auld Kirk. This is a very old church. Only the walls are standing. There is a beautiful view of the surrounding countryside and the Auld Kirk graveyard is attached. There are memorials on the inner walls of the church. There is one for Andrew Lang, famous writer and anthropologist. Lang wrote the Blue Fairy book, the Yellow Fairy book, The Red Fairy book and so on. The surrounding countryside is like a massive green crazy quilt covering rolling hills and dotted white with sheep. There is no way to describe the beauty of it. Even photographs can't give you the feeling, you get surrounded by it.
This site has wonderful old pictures of Selkirk
http://www.ettrick-graphics.freeserve.co.uk/bordersindex.htm
Reference Darryl Brady. "Robert SELKIRK". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I29942&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed November 25, 2024).
