Hall - Blackwood - McKeen - Saunders in Canada:Information about Robert Blackwood
Major Robert Blackwood (b. November 17, 1850, d. May 6, 1920)
Robert Blackwood Elizabeth Clark |
Robert Blackwood (son of Alexander Blackwood and Agnes Craik) was born November 17, 1850 in Franklin Centre, Quebec, Canada, and died May 6, 1920 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada101.He married Elizabeth Forrester Clark on October 12, 1880 in Godmanchester, Quebec, Canada102, daughter of Robert Clark and Elizabeth Forrester.
Notes for Robert Blackwood:
Died at Montreal General Hospital
Robert was farming in Martintown when he received $2,000 from an inheritance of a distant relative.He left the farm for Allister to run and bought a property in Huntingdon, then built a home.Several years later the farm buildings were destroyed in a fire, and Robert sold the land and moved everyone to Huntingdon.
More About Robert Blackwood:
Baptism: August 23, 1853, Congregational Church, Russelltown.
Occupation: Major, British Army, then farmer.
More About Robert Blackwood and Elizabeth Forrester Clark:
Church: Presbyterian Church at Elgin and Athelstan.
Marriage: October 12, 1880, Godmanchester, Quebec, Canada.102
Marriage Notes for Robert Blackwood and Elizabeth Forrester Clark:
Minister was John Joseph Casey
Children of Robert Blackwood and Elizabeth Forrester Clark are:
- Elizabeth Forrester Blackwood, b. July 21, 1880, Martintown, Ontario, Canada, d. February 5, 1973, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada.
- Robert William Blackwood, b. December 13, 1882, Martintown, Ontario, Canada, d. January 20, 1929, Calgary, Alberta, Canada103, 104.
- +Allister Chester Blackwood, b. January 9, 1884, Martintown, Ontario, Canada, d. June 27, 1971, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- +Agnes Craik Blackwood, b. July 14, 1885, Martintown, Ontario, Canada, d. June 17, 1968, Rockburn, Quebec, Canada.
- +Muriel Eloise Blackwood, b. March 3, 1888, Martintown, Ontario, Canada, d. February 17, 1934, Amsterdam, New York, USA105.