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ROBINSON, JOHN (1856-1944)
ROBINSON, JOHN, general merchant, game warden, and sporting property manager; b. Saint John, 12 Nov 1856, s/ o John Robinson Sr and Margaret Reid; m. 1887, Georgina Elliott, d/ o Walter Elliott and Mary Vaughan, of Newcastle; d. there, 17 Oct 1944.
John Robinson was born while his parents were temporarily residing in Saint John and came to the Miramichi with them while still an infant. As a youth he worked for D. & J. Ritchie & Co., and he was employed in Ritchie's store in Newcastle immediately before he opened a small general store of his own in 1884. He stayed in the retail field for ten years and then sold out to Thomas Russell.
An avid outdoorsman and woodsman, Robinson received a provincial appointment in 1898 as overseer of fisheries for Northumberland County. Although he was described by the Miramichi Advance as 'one of the most efficient fishery officers the county ever had,' he was dismissed a year later for 'political reasons.' In 1899 he
ROBINSON, JOHN, general merchant, game warden, and sporting property manager; b. Saint John, 12 Nov 1856, s/ o John Robinson Sr and Margaret Reid; m. 1887, Georgina Elliott, d/ o Walter Elliott and Mary Vaughan, of Newcastle; d. there, 17 Oct 1944.
John Robinson was born while his parents were temporarily residing in Saint John and came to the Miramichi with them while still an infant. As a youth he worked for D. & J. Ritchie & Co., and he was employed in Ritchie's store in Newcastle immediately before he opened a small general store of his own in 1884. He stayed in the retail field for ten years and then sold out to Thomas Russell.
An avid outdoorsman and woodsman, Robinson received a provincial appointment in 1898 as overseer of fisheries for Northumberland County. Although he was described by the Miramichi Advance as 'one of the most efficient fishery officers the county ever had,' he was dismissed a year later for 'political reasons.' In 1899 he
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Birth — 1856
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - 
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Death — 1944
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