Marjorie Robinson

Life events

1. 1925

   Birth

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

2. 1931

   Census¹

   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.

3. 1931

   Residence¹

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, CanadaLobban Avenue

4. 4 Jun 1943

   Marriage²³

   Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

   with Joseph Gerald Lavigne 1921–1981

5. 1957

   Residence⁴

   London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

6. 1965

   Residence⁴

   Calgary, Alberta, Canada

7. 1968

   Residence⁴

   Calgary, Alberta, Canada

8. 20 Aug 1996

   Death⁵

   Calgary, Alberta, Canada

9.  

   Marriage

   with Ralph L Taylor 1913–2007