Robert Lambton Leggett

1930 - 1996  (66 years)

• Name	Robert Lambton Leggett
  Born	13 Jan 1930  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	business
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-165334P
  Died	5 May 1996	Richmond, British Columbia   [1]
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I165334	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  ROBERT LEGGETT 1930-1996 Robert Lambton Leggett arrived in Blair in 1955 to open the Blair Machine and Welding shop. While he filled a valuable role as Blair's Mr. Fixit, Mr. Leggett is best remembered as Blair's unofficial historian. The history of his adopted community and its buildings became Mr. Leggett's passion. Through research of land documents and discussions with the town's people, Mr. Leggett documented the histories of each of the town's properties, points of interest and influential people and families. Mr. Leggett left Blair in 1988 to settle in Richmond, British Columbia. He died there on May 5, 1996 and is buried at the Blair Cemetery. Source: Obituary Cambridge Reporter Cambridge Obituaries Binder Ito M, page L-43 Cambridge Archives. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. Leggett/ Robert Lambton. Jan. 13, 1930/ May 5, 1996/ Historian, Philisopher, and Fixer of/ Blair 1953 - 1988/ the village Smithy is gone

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 5 May 1996 - Richmond, British Columbia Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth