Robert Crosby

1807 - 1891  (84 years)

• Name	Robert Crosby
  Born	1807	, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  House of Industry and Refuge	1891	House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		HouseofIndustryandRefugeca1869.JPG The House of Industry and Refuge. In 1868, 141 acres was purchased on Frederick Street in Berlin (now Kitchener) and the house opened on June 15, 1869. The original building housed 100 and operated as an industrial farm, which raised crops and livestock. The residents worked for their keep if possible, those most did not. The House eventually became a strictly a residence of the aged and later relocated and renamed Sunnyside.
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	House of Industry
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	House of Industry
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-150632
  Died	16 Mar 1891	House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I150632	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 36.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1807 - , Scotland House of Industry and Refuge - 1891 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - House of Industry - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - House of Industry - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Mar 1891 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth