Louis Robertson

1872 - 1951  (78 years)

• Name	Louis Robertson
  Birth	18 Sep 1872	Norwich, Norfold, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Sep 1951	Toronto, Ontario
  Burial	17 Sep 1951	Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Scarborough
  Person ID	I7406	Whisperspast | David
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2007

  
  

  Family	Clarissa Ann Sanderson,   b. 21 Oct 1863, Scarborough, York, Ontario d. 6 Dec 1948, Toronto, York, Ontario (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1900	Scarborough, Ontario
  Children	1. Henry Belcher Robertson,   b. 3 Sep 1902, Toronto, Ontario d. 29 Apr 1952, Allensville, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years)   2. Louis Alvin Robertson,   b. 19 Dec 1904, Toronto, York, Ontario d. 20 Feb 1949, Toronto, York, Ontario (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F2248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  There are two empty plots, one on each side of the graves, that were for the two boys if they wanted or needed them. The headstone is over Clarissa's grave at her head and Louis is interred on her right (the viewer's left). The headstone reads: In memory of CLARISSA A. SANDERSON Oct 21 1863 Dec 6 1948 Beloved wife of LOUIS ROBERTSON Sept 18 1872 Sept 14 1951 Peace Perfect Peace Louis left home in England at the age of 12 for reasons unknown and earned his passage to America on a sailing vessel while working as the captain's cabin boy. After landing (probably at New York City) he signed on again for a voyage around Cape Horn to the west coast of America. He landed (probably at San Francisco) and was discharged with the captain's written recommendation to be taken on as an "Able Bodied Seaman" if he ever went to sea again-he never went. On his way East, he stayed at a cabin in the Rockies where he made his own skis by forming the curved tips between the logs of the cabin walls. Somehow, he got to Pennsylvania and worked for a Dutch farmer (probably an Amish farmer) for a year or two. He was there long enough to learn a little German. It was a case of "Learn to speak German or you won't eat!". His next stop was Canada and the beginning of his family life. He had sown his wild oats! Louis had many real-life stories for his grandchildren at bedtime. Everything from hand cutting wine bottle corks as a boy in England to catching sharks and flying fish at sea. Some of his tales were so intriguing that they became standard fare and were repeated time after time by popular request. He was a gentle man, and within his means, a generous man. He loved a good game of chess with his grandson, Roy, and a smoke now and then. Have family movie from 1930-40 in family file.