 The two met during a period when John McCartney was preaching on the Isle of Bute – Robertson's father was opposed to the marriage.Geneva College (and the Macartneys with it) moved to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1880.In 1894, in response to John's respiratory problems, the family moved to Redlands, California, and then to Claremont in 1895 when John took up a post at Pomona College.