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- No birth registration was found for Robina, it is assumed she was born in the Town of Orilia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Known as Mary Robena and as Robina Mary. In the 1881 Canada Census, Robina was living with her step grandparents, Samuel and Margaret Kerr in the Town of Orillia. Robina's mother, now Mrs. Albert Kerr, was living in Toronto, York County in the 1881-82 period. Was a school teacher at Restharbour in the Muskoka area of Ontario, later teaching at Port Sydney, Ontario. Marriage registration 018908 Archives of Ontario microfilm MS932 reel 134. Robina was listed as a Presbyterian living in Orillia, Ontario. Witnesses at the wedding were Harvey D. Amos of New York City, USA and Margaret Bruce of Gamebridge, Ontario. The ceremony was performed by John Gray by license. Robina Mary and William Andrew's marriage is recorded in the Orillia Presbyterian St. Andrews Church Records, marriage register 1909-1926: Robina Mary Thomson, age 30, resident of Town of Orillia, Ontario, born Town of Orillia, Ontario, spinster, occupation was housework and assisting stepfather, Presbyterian; William Andrew Amos, age 33, resident of Town of Barrie, Ontario, born Township East Oxford, Ontario, bachelor, clergyman, Presbyterian, parents William Amos and Elizabeth Douglas. Witness, Margaret Bruce of Gamebridge, Ontario and Harvey D. Amos of New York City. Married 27 July 1909 in the house of Albert Kerr, Reeve of Orillia, Town of Orillia, Simcoe County by Pastor John Gray, Emeritus, Orillia by license. Was a poet. Lived near Palmerston, Ontario, Canada. Was living in Toronto, Ontario in 1947 when her sister, Jane Robina (Thomson) Bruce died. Was living in Watford, Ontario at the time of her passing. Died suddenly from a stroke in Strathroy Hospital, Strathroy, Ontario. Funeral was from Turner and Porter Funeral home, 436 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Section S, E1/2 Lot 1016.
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1879 - 1952 (73 years)
