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Robert Anderson

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Robert Anderson

Birth
Kent, England
Death
15 May 1840 (aged 58)
Sutton, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Sutton, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Grave 6 on Site Guide
Memorial ID
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1799 (18 yrs) Midshipman on merchant vessel
1800 Sydney (Port Jackson)- NSW Corps - states he has a farm, sheep & horse
1802 - on board “Porpoise” Norfolk Island
1803 - Norfolk Island
Nov 1804 - Visited Port Dalrymple (Launceston Tasmania), went on a short expedition of exploration and discovered Anderson Creek, Northern Tasmania, Australia. See attached photo of plaque in Tasmania.
30 March 1805 - Purchased Leutenancy. About to travel to India
1806 - Calcutta
1809 - Married in Fort William, Calcutta India
1810-1814 Three children born in India (incl Alexander Caulfield) has Indigo Plantation
1811 - growing Indigo
1817 - Returned To West Ham, England
1817-1831 Eight children born in West Ham England, Robert invested in rope making business
1831 To Georgina, Toronto, 450 acres land grant - farming
1831-1836 Two children born in Georgina, Toronto.
1840 died in Georgina Lake Simco Toronto Canada.

Just opposite the second gate into the Briars, there’s an apple tree, there used to be a log cabin there and that’s where Robert & Eliza lived when they first came to Canada.

Headstone in St Georges Churchyard, Sibbald, Sutton, Ontario, Canada
In Memory of Robert Anderson Who died May 15 1840 Ag 56 Yrs Seventh son of Dr James Anderson LBD Also of his son Webster Anderson Who died Jan'y, 26, 1844
Ag. 7 yrs. (Grave in St George Church Yard, Sutton, Ontario) (Grave 6 in Site Guide)
1799 (18 yrs) Midshipman on merchant vessel
1800 Sydney (Port Jackson)- NSW Corps - states he has a farm, sheep & horse
1802 - on board “Porpoise” Norfolk Island
1803 - Norfolk Island
Nov 1804 - Visited Port Dalrymple (Launceston Tasmania), went on a short expedition of exploration and discovered Anderson Creek, Northern Tasmania, Australia. See attached photo of plaque in Tasmania.
30 March 1805 - Purchased Leutenancy. About to travel to India
1806 - Calcutta
1809 - Married in Fort William, Calcutta India
1810-1814 Three children born in India (incl Alexander Caulfield) has Indigo Plantation
1811 - growing Indigo
1817 - Returned To West Ham, England
1817-1831 Eight children born in West Ham England, Robert invested in rope making business
1831 To Georgina, Toronto, 450 acres land grant - farming
1831-1836 Two children born in Georgina, Toronto.
1840 died in Georgina Lake Simco Toronto Canada.

Just opposite the second gate into the Briars, there’s an apple tree, there used to be a log cabin there and that’s where Robert & Eliza lived when they first came to Canada.

Headstone in St Georges Churchyard, Sibbald, Sutton, Ontario, Canada
In Memory of Robert Anderson Who died May 15 1840 Ag 56 Yrs Seventh son of Dr James Anderson LBD Also of his son Webster Anderson Who died Jan'y, 26, 1844
Ag. 7 yrs. (Grave in St George Church Yard, Sutton, Ontario) (Grave 6 in Site Guide)

Inscription

In Memory of Robert Anderson Who died May 15 1840 Ag 56 Yrs Seventh son of Dr James Anderson LBD Also of his son Webster Anderson Who died Jan'y, 26, 1844
Ag. 7 yrs. (Grave in St George Church Yard, Sutton, Ontario) (Grave 6 in Site Guide)

Gravesite Details

Grave 6 in the Site Guide.



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  • Created by: Snefne
  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195476363/robert-anderson: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Anderson (15 Nov 1781–15 May 1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 195476363, citing St. George's Anglican Church & Cemetery, Sutton, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Snefne (contributor 49807158).