Robert Maitland
| Robert Maitland | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1893-12-26 |
Robert Maitland (died 26 December 1893) was a resident of Thunder Bay, Ontario.[1] The newspaper index notes: Elderly/ Rev. Murray.
In the Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society
Robert Maitland appeared among the approximately fifty callers received by Belle Dobie on New Year's Day in the early days of Prince Arthur's Landing.[2] The same account identifies Mrs. Mary Munro, a Scottish woman and sister of Maitland, as a neighbour who operated a boarding house in a log building, providing lodgings for early settlers of the community.[2]
An un-bylined account of early residents who had passed away likewise names Mrs. Mary Munro as a sister of Robert Maitland.[3]
Sarah Stafford's account of railway construction in the region lists Maitland among the commercial agencies represented during that period, alongside George T. Marks, J. T. Ruttan & Co., James Dickson, J. Flaherty, and T. D. Ledyard.[4]
Extracts from the diary of Rev. D. W. McKeracher, as published by Belle Dobie, record Maitland's central role in the early Presbyterian congregation at Prince Arthur's Landing.[5] He was appointed to the Building Committee for the new church, together with Peter Nicolson, T. B. Horner, and McKeracher.[5] He also served on the committee of a newly formed branch of the Bible Society at Prince Arthur's Landing, constituted at a conference with Rev. Wm. Halstead in September 1873.[5] Maitland subsequently attended a meeting at Mr. Horner's home, at which it was decided to advertise for tenders for the construction of the church.[5] In March 1874 he was nominated and elected to the eldership of the congregation,[6] and on 4 April 1874 was ordained as an elder alongside Benjamin Sinclair Sr., constituting the first session of the Presbyterian church at Prince Arthur's Landing.[6]
References
- ↑ Thunder Bay Sentinel, n.d.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Belle Dobie."(untitled)."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 164.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ "Some of Those Who Have Passed Away."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 171.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ Sarah Stafford."Railway Builders of Canada."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 292.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Belle Dobie."Extracts from Rev. D. W. McKeracher's Diary of 1873."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 386.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Belle Dobie."Extracts from Rev. D. W. McKeracher's Diary of 1873."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 387.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)