Mary Alma Robichaud

Life events

1. 25 Oct 1898

   Birth^1–5

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

2. 6 Nov 1898

   Baptism^36–8

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, CanadaSt. Michael's Church

   Baptism Record

   On this 6th day of November, 1898 I the undersigned baptized Alma Robichaud born on the 5th day of October 1898 of the lawful marriage of Frederic Robichaud & Elizabeth Gallant, Sponsors being William Landry & Angele Arsenault.
   Margin note: Was married to Oscar Joseph Anderson before Rev. J.A. Hartt on the eleventh of November A.D. 1914.

3. 1901

   Residence⁵

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

   Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter

4. 11 Nov 1914

   Residence

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

5. 11 Nov 1914

   Marriage^49–11

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

   with Karl Oskar Andersson 1890–1921

6. 1921

   Census¹²

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, CanadaPrincess Street

   Oscar Anderson, his wife Alma and their daughters Hilda and Pearl were living on Princess Street in Chatham, New Brunswick, where Oscar was listed as an invalid at a military hospital

   1921 Census of Canada

   1921 Census of Canada

   Header: Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Population, Schedule "B". Province: New Brunswick. District No. 44 (Northumberland). Enumeration Sub-District No. 33, Town of Chatham. Enumerated by Stewart England, June 7th 1921. Page 13.

   Line 30: Dwelling 141, family 148. Anderson, Oscar. Chatham, Princess St. Rented (rent $15), class of house A, wood, 4 rooms. Head, male, married, 30. Born Sweden; father born Sweden; mother born Sweden. Immigrated 1904; naturalized 1918. Nationality Canada. Racial origin Swedish. Speaks English: yes; French: no. Mother tongue: Swedish. Religion R.C. Can read: yes; write: yes. Occupation: Invalid. Where employed: military hospital.

   Line 31: [Anderson], Alma. Wife, female, married, 20. Born N.B.; father born N.B.; mother born N.B. Nationality Canada. Racial origin French. Speaks English: yes. ["French" written in the language column and struck through.] Religion R.C. Can read: yes; write: yes. Occupation: Housekeeper.

   Line 32: [Anderson], Hilda. Daughter, female, single, 6. Born N.B.; father born Sweden; mother born N.B. Nationality Canada. Racial origin Swedish. Speaks English: yes; French: no. Religion R.C. [Read/write entries struck through and corrected to "no".]

   Line 33: [Anderson], Pearle. Daughter, female, single, 1. Born N.B.; father born Sweden; mother born N.B. Nationality Canada. Racial origin Swedish. Speaks English: yes; French: no. Religion R.C. Can read: no; write: no.

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   In June 1921 the Anderson family was living in a rented four-room wooden house on Princess Street in Chatham, New Brunswick, paying $15 a month. Oscar Anderson, born Karl Oskar Andersson in Sweden, was thirty. He had come to Canada in 1904 and became a naturalized citizen in 1918. His wife, Alma, was twenty, and their daughters, Hilda and Pearl, were six and one.

   The census taker recorded Oscar's occupation as "invalid," with "military hospital" written beside it, a sign that he was very likely being cared for as a returned soldier. Alma kept house for the family. Oscar's illness proved serious: he died just four months later, on 26 September 1921, leaving Alma a widow at twenty-two with two young daughters.

7. 1 Jun 1921

   Residence¹²

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, CanadaPrincess Street

8. 9 Nov 1924

   Marriage⁴¹³¹⁴

   Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

   with George Roy Robinson 1886–1954

9. 1931

   Census¹⁵

   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.

10. 1931

    Census¹⁶

    Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada

    With George Roy Robinson 1886–1954, Joseph Oscar Anderson 1921–1985, Pearl Mary Anderson 1919–2001, Mary Hilda Anderson 1915–2006, Florence Fisher Robinson 1930–2006, Georgia Grace Robinson 1924–1993, John Alexander Robinson 1928–2012, Marjorie Robinson 1925–1996, Ronald William Robinson 1923–1974, Gustavor Smith 1900–?

    1931 Census of Canada

    1931 Census of Canada

    Geo Roy Robertson, Lovan Ave, owns home, value $1200, head, male, married, age 44, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, speaks English, doesn’t speak French, religion United Ch, occupation engineer, industry C.N.R.
    Emma Robertson, wife, female, married, age 31, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin French, can speak English, can speak French, religion United Ch, occupation homemaker.
    Hilda Robertson, daughter, female, single, age 16, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch, occupation student.
    Pearl Robertson, daughter, female, single, age 11,born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch, occupation student.
    Oscar Robertson, son, male, single, age 10, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch, occupation student.
    Ronald Robertson, son, male, single, age 8, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch.
    Grace Robertson, daughter, female, single, age 6, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch.
    Margurie Robertson, daughter, female, single, age 5, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch.
    Jackie Robertson, son, male, single, age 3, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch.
    Florence Robertson, daughter, female, single, age 1, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch.
    Gustuvr Smith, lodger, male, single, age 31, born in NB, father born in NB, mother born in NB, nationality Canada, origin Scotch, can speak English, can’t speak French, religion United Ch, occupation laborer, industry farm.

    Age: 44

11. 1931

    Residence¹⁵

    Chatham, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, CanadaLobban Avenue

12. abt. 8 Nov. 1935

    Visiting¹⁷

    St. Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, CanadaChipman Memorial Hospital

    In the fall of 1935, Mrs. G. R. Robinson (Mary Alma) of Marysville spent a day in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, visiting her daughter Hilda Anderson, a student at the Chipman Memorial Hospital. She travelled by car with friends from Fredericton.

    AT MARYSVILLE.

    [Special to The Daily Gleaner]

    Marysville, N. B., Nov. 8. — [...]

    Mrs. G. R. Robinson spent a day recently in St. Stephen where her daughter, Miss Hilda Anderson, is a student at the Chipman Memorial Hospital. She made the trip by motor with friends from Fredericton.
    - Daily Gleaner, 8 Nov 1935, page 2

    In the fall of 1935, not long after Hilda began her nurse’s training, her mother, Emma, made a day trip to St. Stephen to see her. She went by car with friends from Fredericton, and the Marysville column in the Daily Gleaner reported the visit in early November.

13. 17 Aug 1989

    Residence¹⁸

    Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

14. 7 Feb 1994

    Death¹

    Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

15.  

    Religion

    Roman Catholic

16.  

    Burial¹¹⁹

    Marysville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada