| Name |
Robert Alexander McPherson |
| Birth |
Abt Jun 1865 |
Gananoque, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census-Household Member |
1871 |
Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada |
| Canada |
- Role: Household Member
Leeds Rear and Lansdowne Rear
Source Citation
Year: 1871; Census Place: Leeds Rear and Lansdowne Rear, Leeds South, Ontario; Roll: C-10001; Page: 63; Family No: 233
Source Information
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1871 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1871. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.. RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: C-9888 to C-9975, C-9977 to C-10097, C-10344 to C-10388, C-10390 to C-10395, to C-10540 to C-10570.
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| Census-Household Member |
1881 |
Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada |
| Canada |
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| Immigration |
Abt Apr 1884 |
Michigan, United States |
| via port of Sarnia |
| Residence |
1890 |
Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation |
1900 |
Custer Twp, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| Merchant - Hardware |
| Residence |
1900 |
Custer Twp, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| Census |
1910 |
Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| USA |
| Census |
1920 |
Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| USA |
| Census |
1930 |
Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| USA |
| Occupation |
1930 |
Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| Merchant - variety Store |
| Census |
1940 |
Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| USA |
| Death |
11Aug 1947 |
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, United States |
- He was engaged in the mer-ed cantile business in Carsonville for some time before moving to Sandusky in 1895 to establish a lose:hardware business. He maintained h1s hardware business until 1924 ser-,wh he sod the store t(? Ford j. qis In 1928, he founded McPher- 'son's f j af.? stre h,e operated until 1947 when he hand. cd the reins of hb,ness t0 hlS son R- Kenneth McPherson. HE WAS a member of San-Benedict.
dusky Presbyterian church where he served as elder and superin-you tendent of the Sunday School. He was one of the founders of the state Bank of Sandusky and He is survived by a son. R. Kenneth McPherson. Sandusky a daughter.
Miss Gertrude McPher-fields son; SanduskVi and a granddaugh-ified teach-ter Miss Sarxdra McPherson, of Sandusky Funerai arrangements have not been completed. The remains are he family home. Death Takes R. A. McPherson Prominent Thumb Merchant Was 88 Sandusky, July 18 Robert A.
McPherson, 88, longtime San-i dusky merchant and a member of the Board of Directors of the! State Bank of Sandusky, died Friday in Dpctors Hospital, Sandusky, after a long illness. HE WAS borrr June 17, 1865, in Gananoque, Ont., coming to Michigan with his parents in 1875 where the family began farming in Washington Township. He married Miss Effie J. English, Aug. .27, 1890, in Carsonville.
She died the following year. He later married Miss Elizabeth A. Hillock, March 15. 1893. in Port Huron.
She died Feb. 12, 1942. (served as an active member of the Board of Directors until failing health caused him to step down from active membership on the board. He was a life member of Custer lodge. No.
393. F. & A. M.
"Robert Alexander McPherson 1947 Obituary" Newspapers.com. The Times Herald, July 18, 1953. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald-robert-alexander-mcpher/133952509/.
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| Census |
1950 |
Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| USA |
| _UID |
FF8C6EC5D0074C1B9FF42D52144A2FB04BA9 |
| Burial |
Greenwood Cemetery, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| Person ID |
I13242 |
Lanark County Origins |
| Last Modified |
23 Oct 2023 |
| Father |
Henry McPherson, b. 21 Apr 1828, New Hatford, Hatford, Oneida County, New York, United States d. 7 May 1896, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Wilson, b. 31 Jul 1832, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Sep 1919, Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
1854 |
| Family ID |
F4013 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Ann Hillock, b. 22 Oct 1865, Orangeville, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada d. 1942, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
March15 1893 |
Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Gertrude R. McPherson, b. 1 Jan 1894, Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States d. 28 May 1979, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 2. Donald McPherson, b. 29 Mar 1906, Michigan, United States d. 7 Apr 1906, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States (Age 0 years) |
| | 3. Robert "Kenneth" McPherson, b. 12 Jul 1907, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States d. 1965 (Age 57 years) |
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| Family ID |
F21946 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Elizabeth May "Effie" English, b. Abt Oct 1865, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
27 Aug 1890 |
Delaware Twp, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States |
- Name: Robt. A. McPherson
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1865
Marriage Date: 27 Aug 1890
Marriage Place: Delaware, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
Father: Harry Mcpherson
Mother: Margt. Mcpherson
Spouse: Effie English
Film Number: 000978670
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Marriage Records. Michigan Marriages. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, UT.
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Robert McPherson & Effie English Marriage
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| Children |
| | 1. Gertrude R. McPherson, b. 1 Jan 1894, Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States d. 28 May 1979, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 2. Living |
| | 3. Robert "Kenneth" McPherson, b. 12 Jul 1907, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States d. 1965 (Age 57 years) |
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| Family ID |
F4213 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2024 |
Abt 1865 - 1947 (~ 81 years)
