Roydon MacFarlane Barbour

1896 - 1970  (73 years)

• Name	Roydon MacFarlane Barbour
  Born	5 Apr 1896	Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Employer	University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Interesting	education, business
  Military	WW2 - 25th Nova Scotia Battalion  [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-215710P
  Died	16 Mar 1970	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I215710	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Helen Louise "Louise" Blogg,   b. 21 Oct 1891, , York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1983, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. Robert MacFarlane Barbour
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F232966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  U. of W. Marketing Centre Founder Dies ROYDON M. BARBOUR …marketing pioneer Roydon M. Barbour, 73, found of the centre for continuing studies in marketing at the University of Waterloo, died Monday at the Toronto General Hospital where he had been for a month. Mr. Barbour was one of Canada's best-known marketing and advertising pioneers having served for more than 50 years in various capacities. In recent years he lived in Waterloo where he was director of university's marketing centre. There he organized short courses for marketing and sales personnel from all over Canada. He retired last July and moved back to Toronto where he continued to represent the centre in arranging workshops for the Toronto area. A native of Fredericton, N.B., he started his career after the First World War in which he served with the 25th Nova Scotia Battalion. He was awarded the Military Cross. Early in the university's history he conducted marketing courses for the extension department and this led to the development of the marketing centre in the early '60s. He was founder and past president of the Advertising and Sales Club of Toronto and was ??? two years as international vice-chairman of NSE He was a winner of the first silver medal awarded by the Association of Canadian Advertisers to a member of the graphic arts for outstanding contribution to advertising in Canada. Surviving are his wife, the former Louise Blogg; a son, Robert, in Waterloo, and two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Mitchell (Beverley) of Toronto and ??? The Kitchener-Waterloo Record Mar 17 1970. Comments: The end of the obituary was cutoff. There are ??? 's for the areas that are missing. __________________________ His wife: Henrietta Louise (Blogg) b.1891, d.1983 His oldest daughter: Helen Louise Ryder b.1924 living (Fresno, California) second oldest daughter: Beverly Ann Mitchell (North York) Son: Robert MacFarlane (Waterloo)

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Robert (Bob) Bambury - 14 Jul 1994.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Apr 1896 - Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada Employer - - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Mar 1970 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth