Robertson Fuller Bertram^[1]

1864 - 1942  (78 years)

• Name	Robertson Fuller Bertram
  Born	11 Apr 1864	Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	Stockbroker, Merchant, Farmer  [3]
  Residence	6 Nov 1942	High Constantia, Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa   [3, 4]
  see http://highconstantia.co.za/our-history/
  Died	6 Nov 1942	Victoria Hospital, Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa   [3]
  		Bertram, Robertson Fuller(1864-1942) DN Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91C-39D7-X Keywords: Death Notice
  Buried	Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  		BERTRAM, Robertson Fuller & BERTRAM, Elizabeth Maude-001 Caption Note: per Moira P Keywords: Gravestone
  		BERTRAM, Robertson Fuller & BERTRAM, Elizabeth Maude-001 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I71295	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Peter David Bertram,   b. 17 Nov 1822, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 22 Aug 1907, St Georges Road (No:42), East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Susannah Fuller,   b. 1839
  Family ID	F26086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Maude Fuller,   b. Abt 1871,   bur. Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Married	12 Jun 1889	St Mary's, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa   [5]
  		Bertram, Robertson Fuller and Elizabeth Maude Fuller marriage Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT7T-99WN Keywords: Marriage
  Children	+ 1. Pearl Bertram,   b. Abt 1890   2. Cyril Robertson Bertram,   b. 25 Feb 1892, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa ,   d. 18 Jun 1916, Tanzania  (Age 24 years) + 3. Phyllis Maud Bertram,   b. 10 Mar 1896,   d. 1965  (Age 68 years)   4. Helen Cynthia Bertram,   b. Abt 1898   5. Evelyn Constantia Bertram,   b. 21 Aug 1904, Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa ,   d. 27 Aug 1905, Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa  (Age 1 years) + 6. John Robertson Bertram,   b. Abt 1906, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa ,   d. 20 Sep 1943, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa  (Age 37 years)   7. Margaret Frances Bertram
  Last Modified	10 May 2017
  Family ID	F40900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 11 Apr 1864 - Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Married - 12 Jun 1889 - St Mary's, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Buried - - Constantia, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  At age 19 Robertson left for the gold fields in Barberton, then went to the diamond fields in Kimberley and then the new Witwatersrand gold fields and entered into partnership with his childhood friend, Abe Bailey. He did very well and met his cousin Gypsey, who had moved to Johannesburg from their farm Thornlands. He named a mine in which he had interest "Gypsey" and bought a farm which he later sold and is now Bertrams suburb. With that he bought property in Constantia in the Cape, the house was named High Constantia and he had a very successful wine making business using the vines of Groot Constantia. The Bertram cellars are now where the tasting rooms of Groot Constanta are and High Constantia is now a convent.

  
  

• Sources

  [S794] FULLER Family Tree, Fuller, John, (website http://members.shaw.ca/jnf). [S2405] van der Schyff, Jason. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91C-39D7-X (Reliability: 3). [S62] MacLeod, Lynn, Lynn MacLeod. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT7T-99WN (Reliability: 3).