George Roy Robinson

Life events

1. 11 Jul 1886

   Birth^1–8

   Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

2. 1891

   Residence⁸

   Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

   Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: grand S

3. 1901

   Residence³

   Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

4. 1901

   Census⁹

   Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

5. 27 Jul 1903

   Newspaper mention¹⁰

   Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

   A HAPPY PARTY

   A HAPPY PARTY
   Of Young Men Left Today for Western Canada.

   This evening's Canadian Pacific train from here will have a company of active young men who are taking leave of their native heath today to try their fortunes in the West. They have come from points between here and Chatham and have accepted invitations to improve their chances from the managment of the Toronto division of the C. P. R. The jolly party includes Messrs. Chessman and Ross (Joe) of Chatham and Harris of Blackville, who will undergo examination as telegraph operators. The others are Mr. George Roy Robinsons, the popular assistant station agent at Gibson, son of A. G. Robinson, Esq., of Marysville; the Messrs. Hoyt of the Canada Eastern; Mr. James Ross of Chatham and Mr. James Cameron of Gibson. Great interest centres in the prosperity of this party who have all hosts of friends, and who will no doubt be heard from vavorably at no distant day.

   - Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, New Brunswick

6. 1911

   Residence²

   Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

7. about 1911

   Occupation¹¹

   Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

8. 1911

   Census¹¹

   Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

9. 1 Jun 1921

   Residence¹²

   Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

   Religion: Church Of England; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son

10. 9 Nov 1924

    Marriage⁶¹³¹⁴

    Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

    with Mary Alma Robichaud 1898–1994

11. 1931

    Occupation⁷

    Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

    engineer for the C.N.R.

12. 1931

    Census⁷

    Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, CanadaLobban Avenue

    In the 1931 census, George Roy Robinson, his wife Emma (Mary Alma), her three Anderson children and their five Robinson children were living in their own house on Loban Avenue in Chatham, New Brunswick, along with a lodger. George was an engineer with the C.N.R. The whole family was listed under the misspelled surname “Robertson”.

    1931 Census of Canada

    1931 Census of Canada

    Header: Seventh Census of Canada, 1931. Population, Form 1A. Province: New Brunswick. Electoral District: Northumberland, No. 20. Enumeration Sub-district No. 41, Town of Chatham. Enumerator: LeBaron Finley. Page 8.

    Line 38: Dwelling 74, family 8[?] (struck through; corrected to 78 and 79). Robertson, Geo Roy. Loban Ave. Owned; value $1200; single house; wood; 8 rooms; radio: yes. Head, M, married, 44. Born N.B.; father born N.B.; mother born N.B. Nationality Canada. Racial origin Scotch. Speaks English: yes; French: no. Mother tongue: En. Religion: United Ch. Can read and write: W. Occupation: Engineer. Industry: C.N.R. Class of worker: W. Earnings: 2500. At work 1 June: yes.

    Line 39: Robertson, Emma. Wife, F, married, 31. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. French. English: yes; French: yes. Mother tongue: "En" struck through, "Fr". United CH. W. Home Maker.

    Line 40: Robertson, Hilda. Daughter, F, single, 16. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. English: yes; French: no. En. United CH. W. Months at school: 9. Student.

    Line 41: Robertson, Pearl. Daughter, F, single, 11. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W. 9. Student.

    Line 42: Robertson, Oscar. Son, M, single, 10. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W. 9. Student.

    Line 43: Robertson, Ronald. Son, M, single, 8. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W. 9. "Student" struck through.

    Line 44: Robertson, Grace. Daughter, F, single, 6. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W.

    Line 45: Robertson, Marguerie. Daughter, F, single, 5. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W.

    Line 46: Robertson, Jockie. Son, M, single, 3. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United Ch. No.

    Line 47: Robertson, Florence. Daughter, F, single, 1. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United Ch. No.

    Line 48: Smith, Gustave. "Domestic" struck through, "Lodger" written beside it. M, single, 31. Born N.B.; father N.B.; mother N.B. Canada. Scotch. yes; no. En. United C.H. W. Occupation: Labourer (faint). Industry: Farm, written over a struck-through word (possibly "Field"[?]). Class of worker: W. Earnings: 200. At work 1 June: yes. Weeks unemployed in the last 12 months: 24; weeks out of work for no job: 24.

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    By June 1931 Emma had remarried and was raising a large blended family in Chatham, New Brunswick. She and her second husband, George Roy Robinson, owned an eight-room wooden house on Loban Avenue, worth $1,200, and they had a radio. George was forty-four and worked as an engineer for the C.N.R., earning $2,500 a year. Emma, thirty-one, kept the home.

    Emma’s three children from her first marriage to Oscar Anderson lived with them: Hilda, sixteen, Pearl, eleven, and Oscar, ten, all in school. The census taker wrote them under their stepfather’s name. George and Emma’s own children were Ronald, eight, Grace, six, Marjorie, five, John, three, who was known as Jack, and Florence, one.

    The household also took in a lodger, Gustave Smith, a thirty one year old farm labourer who had been out of work for twenty four weeks of the past year. The census taker spelled the family’s surname “Robertson” throughout.

13. 1931

    Residence⁷

    Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, CanadaLobban Avenue

14. 1940

    Residence¹⁵

    Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

15. 1945

    Residence¹⁵

    Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

16. 1953

    Residence¹⁵

    Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

17. 7 Jan 1954

    Death⁵¹⁶¹⁷

    Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

    Obituary

    Robinson - At Victoria Public Hospital, Thursday afternoon, January 7, 1954, G. Roy Robinson, in his 67th year. Resting at his late home 707 Canada Street, Marysville. Funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the United Church of Canada, Marysville. Rev. E. A. Gunn officiating. Interment in the Baptist Cemetery Extension, Marysville, N.B., under auspices of Marysville Branch Canadian Legion and B.P.O. Elk’s No. 274.

18.  

    Religion

    Methodist

19.  

    Occupation

    Locomotive Engineer fireman on a locomotive

20.  

    Occupation

    Loggieville, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

21.  

    Burial⁵

    Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada