William Wight Robson

1865 - 1946  (80 years)

• Name	William Wight Robson
  Born	27 Nov 1865	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123042109
  Interesting	photography, photographer
  Occupation	photographer
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-104967
  Died	16 Apr 1946	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I104967	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	James Robson,   b. 1819, , Scotland ,   d. 28 Aug 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth B. Beattie,   b. 1819, , Scotland ,   d. 25 Oct 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F39793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  William Wight Robson

  
  

• Notes

  Manitoba Photographers: William Wight Robson (1865-1946) Born at Galt, Ontario on 27 November 1865, he was first employed as a machinist. He learned the photographic trade in his brother's studio at Waterford, Ontario before operating his own studios at Halifax, Nova Scotia and later at Windsor, Ontario before coming to Winnipeg around 1906 and opening a studio on Main Street. He remained active as a photographer up to the day of his death. He and wife Hattie May Curry (c1865-1919) had five children: J. Kenneth Robson (b 1897), William Gordon Robson (b 1900), Allan Vair Robson (b 1900), Eleanor Robson (b 1906, wife of Samuel L. Thompson), and Laurie Curry Robson (b 1907). An avid curler, he was an original member and past President of the Strathcona Curling Club. In 1933, he was made an honorary life member of the Manitoba Curling Association. He was also a member and past President of the Assiniboine Lawn Bowling Club, and a member of the Rotary Club and Knox Church. He died at his Winnipeg home, 39 Polson Avenue, on 16 April 1946 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Manitoba Photographers: William Wight Robson (1865-1946). (2019). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/photographers/robson_ww.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 2 Page 33. [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 32. [S2812] Canada Marriages, 1661-1949. Name: William W. Robson Birth Date: 1866 Birthplace: Galt Age: 28 Spouse's Name: Hattie M. Curry Spouse's Birth Date: 1866 Spouse's Birthplace: Windsor Spouse's Age: 28 Event Date: 13 Jun 1894 Event Place: Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia Father's Name: James Robson Mother's Name: Elizabeth Spouse's Father's Name: Edward Curry Spouse's Mother's Name: Rhoda Marital Status: Single Spouse's Marital Status: Single [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., Winnipeg, G., & Cemetery, E. (2020). William W Robson (Unknown-1946) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 15 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123042109/william-w-robson.

  
  

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  Born - 27 Nov 1865 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Apr 1946 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Buried - - Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth