Andrew Robertson (1827-1890)

J.P., President of the Montreal Board of Trade etc.

Born at Paisley in Scotland, he was educated in classics at the Paisley Grammar School. He was a first cousin of James Robertson (1831-1913) who in 1864 established the still famous brand "Robertson's Marmalade". He became a partner in a dry goods company at Glasgow, but following medical advice emigrated to Montreal in 1853. He continued in that business, going into partnership with the future Lord Mount Stephen. He became Chairman of the Montreal Harbour Commission, the first President of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada and President of the Montreal Board of Trade, the Dominion Board of Trade and the Royal Canadian Insurance Company. He purchased and donated the land on which the Erskine Presbyterian Church was built in Montreal, and was President and Governor of the Montreal General Hospital. In Glasgow, 1850, he married Agnes Bow and they were survived by nine children. Their eldest daughter, Mary, married the eldest son of Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper, 1st. Bt.

Parents (2)

Alexander Robertson

Alexander Robertson, of Paisley, Scotland

b.c.1800

Grant Stuart MacDonald

Mrs Grant (MacDonald) Robertson

1805-1828

Spouse (1)

Agnes (Bow) Robertson

Mrs Agnes (Bow) Robertson

1827-1899

Children (9)

Alexander Robertson

Captain Alexander Robertson J.P., of Montreal

1851-1928

John Bow Robertson

J. B. Robertson, of Montreal

1852-1927

Mary (Robertson) Tupper

Mrs Mary Wilson (Robertson) Tupper

1854-1876

Isabella (Robertson) Paton

Mrs "Bella" (Robertson) Paton

d.1925

Agnes (Robertson) Johnston

Mrs Agnes Grant (Robertson) Johnston

1856-1943

Christina (Robertson) Claxton

Mrs "Christine" MacDonald (Robertson) Claxton

1858-1948

Margaret (Robertson) Strathy

Mrs Margaret Eliza (Robertson) Strathy

b.c.1859

Andrew Stuart Robertson

A. Stuart Robertson, J.P., of Claxton & Victoria, British Columbia

1865-1940

William Frew Robertson

W. Frew Robertson, Chairman of the Harbour Board, Montreal

1866-1927

Associated Houses (1)

Elmbank

Montreal, Quebec