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Pioneer - ROBINSON, William (Ire.)
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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ROBINSON, William
(d.), was b. in Co. Sligo, Ire., and came to Wellington County in 1838. He was
one of the early settlers in Erin Tp., where he took up 100 acres of Clergy
Reserve, and located on the rear of his farm to be in close proximity to a
living spring. With the assistance of his sons, he cleared the land and many
were their hardships and privations. He m. Mary Brown of Ire., and d. about
1866, his widow surviving him a number of years. Both are buried in the
Ballinafad Cemetery. Issue: Thomas (d.), set. Muskoka; William set. in Guelph;
Mrs. (Dr.) McNaughton, Guelph, and Walter.
Walter Robinson, was b. Streetsville, 1838, and set. in West Garafraxa, in 1882, and purchased his property of 200 acres lot 17 and 18, con. 3, He has later given the north 100 acres to his son William A. Mr. Robinson is a Methodist and Conservative. He m. Margaret Near, and later Jane Thompson. Issue: William A. Robinson, unm., owns and occupies the 100 acres, lot 18, con. 7. Both of these farms contain fine buildings and on the homestead is a fine brick residence. Mr. Walter and Mr. William A. Robinson are leading farmers and raisers of grain and stock in West Garafraxa. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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