, 1881). J. W. Robertson, “Care of milk for cheese-making,” [Ontario] Agricultural College, Bull
), 141. I. R. Robertson, “Religion, politics, and education in P.E.I.” Vital statistics from N
favourite texts included Heinrich Georg August von Ewald’s History of Israel (1869) and the works of scholars in Scotland like William Robertson Smith and Alexander Balmain Bruce. Philosophical
at Dogpound, north of Calgary, and kept on raising horses which he branded 9S. By 1899, the year he took his son-in-law Alexander Robertson into partnership, the herd of horses had grown large
., 1880–81: 257. P.E.I., House of Assembly, Debates and proc., 1867–69, 1871–72. Prince Edward Island illustrated (Charlottetown, 1897). I. R. Robertson, “Religion, politics, and
with his educational adviser, James Wilson Robertson*, to create a teacher-training school to improve rural education in eastern Canada
Robertson*, a friend and business associate. In 1879 Irving was a shareholder in Robertson’s Telegram Printing and Publishing Company. Sheet music of fashionable songs, which he began issuing in the early
Robertson*. Like Mrs Jessop active in the Sunday school of the Church of St John the Divine, Robertson was provincial secretary in the newly elected government. In December 1871 he asked Jessop
. (Toronto), 7 (1869–71): 77, 259. RCAA exhibitions (McMann). Robertson’s landmarks of Toronto. Judith St John, Firm foundations: a chronicle of Toronto’s Metropolitan
: past and present; a handbook of the city (Toronto, 1884; repr. 1970), 117–18. Robertson’s landmarks of Toronto, 6: 196–97. V. L. Russell, Mayors of Toronto
Robertson*, the principal of Macdonald College at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.
Jamie Benidickson
[Two versions of the text of “The maple leaf for ever” appear in J. R. Robertson, “Alexander Muir’s life,” Robertson’s landmarks of Toronto, 6: 496–586, which also includes a number of his
synod (Halifax), 1860–75. I. R. Robertson, “The Bible question in Prince Edward Island from 1856 to 1860,” Acadiensis (Fredericton), 5 (1975–76), no.2: 3–25.
, eldest son of John Macarthur and Sarah Dallas; m. first 1873 Catherine Robertson, and they had one son; m. secondly 4 June 1876 Christian Ross in Winnipeg, and they had one daughter; m. there
from 1835 till 1891 (Quebec, 1913). I. R. Robertson, “Religion, politics, and education in P.E.I.”
Ryerson*, Thomas Jaffray Robertson*, and Daniel Wilson
) (Charlottetown, 1980). I. R. Robertson, “Political realignment in pre-confederation Prince Edward Island, 1863–1870,” Acadiensis
1961; the spirit of William McPhail continues to haunt the room in which he died.
Ian Ross Robertson
Armstrong, in the spring of 1872. O’Donoghue and stonecutter Donald Robertson successfully lobbied Prime Minister Sir John A
to a group of local businessmen led by James F. Robertson. After 40 years in the cotton industry, John Parks ceased to play a role in the direction of the mills. However, he continued to head up