| 1. | Robert Alexander McPherson was born about Jun 1865 in Gananoque, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada; died in 11Aug 1947 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, United States; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- _UID: FF8C6EC5D0074C1B9FF42D52144A2FB04BA9
- Census-Household Member: 1871, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Census-Household Member: 1881, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada; Canada
- 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
- Census: 1950, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; USA
Notes:
Census-Household Member:
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.
Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Died:
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/.
Robert married Elizabeth Ann Hillock in March15 1893 in Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States. Elizabeth was born on 22 Oct 1865 in Orangeville, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1942 in Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Gertrude R. McPherson
 was born on 1 Jan 1894 in Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; died on 28 May 1979 in Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States.
- 3. Donald McPherson was born on 29 Mar 1906 in Michigan, United States; died on 7 Apr 1906 in Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States.
- 4. Robert "Kenneth" McPherson was born on 12 Jul 1907 in Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; died in 1965; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States.
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Robert married Elizabeth May "Effie" English on 27 Aug 1890 in Delaware Twp, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of William George English and Mary Ann Mills) was born about Oct 1865 in Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Gertrude R. McPherson was born on 1 Jan 1894 in Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; died on 28 May 1979 in Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States.
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- 4. Robert "Kenneth" McPherson was born on 12 Jul 1907 in Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; died in 1965; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States.
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Abt 1865 - 1947 (~ 81 years)
