Robert Barclay (1893 - 1910)

Born 1893 in Hartney, Grassland Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada

Ancestors

Died 1910 at about age 17 in Jansen, Wolverine No. 340, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

Robert was born in 1893 in Hartley, Manitoba. He was the son of Robert Barclay and Anne Coulter who were farmers. His mother died in 1902. His father married Anne Hepburn MacKenzie. His father took out a homestead near Jansen, Saskatchewan in 1906. He took Robert (Bobby) and his older brother, Jim, as well, to Jansen. In 1910, Robert was kicked in the head by a horse. He died shortly afterward. Bobby was buried in Jansen Cemetery.

Sources

• 1901 Canada Census - Robert Barclay age 8, born Manitoba, lived in Sifton district, Manitoba, in Robert's household: his father: Robert C Barclay, age 41, a farmer, mother: Anne age 39, James age 12, Robert age 8, Jane age 11, John age 7 and Minnie MacKenzie, age 17, his mother's sister.

• Find A Grave, database and images, (accessed on 23 November 2022) Robert Barclay (1893 - 1910) Find A Grave: Memorial #110776457 citing Jansen Cemetery, Jansen, Saskatchewan, maintained by Kris 'Peterborough K' Peterson (contributor 46537737).