George Robertson (Hudson's Bay Company factor)

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This article is about the Hudson's Bay Company factor who brought his family to Fort William in 1867. He is not to be confused with George Robertson, who died at Ignace in 1917 at the age of about nine.




George Robertson
OccupationHudson's Bay Company factor
Children

George Robertson was a Hudson's Bay Company factor whose family came to Fort William, Ontario, by canoe in 1867.[1]

Hudson's Bay Company service

  • Recorded in 1956 as having been a Hudson's Bay Company factor.[1]
  • His daughter Annie Jane was born at James Bay on 9 August 1859, indicating a posting on the bay at that date.[1]
  • Brought his family to Fort William by canoe in 1867, when that daughter was eight years old.[1]

Family

  • Father of Annie Jane Marcell (1859–1956), who married the carpenter and trapper George Marcell at Fort William in 1875.[1]
  • He and his wife, who is not named in the source, were both dead by March 1956.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Port Arthur News-Chronicle, 24 March 1956, p. 3