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Pioneer - LAYBOURNE, Robert
Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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LAYBOURNE, Robert
, was b. Durham Co., Eng., 1832, and came to Canada with his parents when three
years old. They set. near Cobourg and he was brought up there. He m. Ann J.
Martin of Hope Tp., and the following year they came to Alma. When the land
sale in Minto occurred in 1854, he secured 100 acres, lot 19, con. 3, but aside
from doing settlement duty did not settle permanently on this land until 1863.
This farm he cleared and still owns. Mr. Laybourne has practially retired from
active business, and the homestead is carried on by his son, Samuel L.
Laybourne, with whom this respected pioneer lives. In 1901 they had their
golden wedding anniversary, and in 1904 his wife passed away. Issue: Lorenzo,
ry. conductor in Wis.; Arthur, on Wis. Cen. Ry.; James M., rancher in the
N.-W.; Charles, connected with ry. bridge construction in the West; Mrs. John
Burns, Wallace; Mrs. Albert Copland, Wallace; Mrs. Richard Burns, Wallace; Mrs.
William Taplin, Seattle; Mrs. T. Murphy, Spokane, and Samuel L.
Samuel L. is the only one living in Minto. In 1881 he went into the railway business at St. Paul, on the Great Northern Ry., and rose from brakeman to passenger conductor, resigning in 1897, when he returned to Minto and purchased 100 acres, lot 20, con. 2, also buying his father's stock and implements, and paying cash for all. He now carries on the home farm as well as his own. He m. Jane Morrison. Issue: Marguerite I., Clarence B. and Kenneth M. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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