Robert Dunsmuir
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Robert Hamilton Dunsmuir (1825 - 1889)

Robert Hamilton Dunsmuir
Born in Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotlandmap
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Husband of — married 11 Sep 1847 in Riccarton, Ayr, Scotlandmap
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Died at age 63 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canadamap
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Biography

Robert Dunsmuir is/was a significant British Columbian.

Robert Dunsmuir was a Scottish-Canadian coal mine developer, owner and operator, railway developer, and member of the British Columbia Legislature.

He was born in 1825, the son of James Dunsmuir and Elizabeth Hamilton.

He passed away in 1889[1] and was buried in the Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Sources

  1. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations," online database with images. Entry for Robert Dunsmuir; Registration Number: 1889-09-006922, Victoria, 1889-04-12, Age at Death: 64. Death certificate Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed August 17, 2020).
  • "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6S-LL1 : 2 March 2021), Robert Dunsmuir, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Robert Dunsmuir, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 August 2020), memorial page for Robert Dunsmuir (31 Aug 1825–12 Apr 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #6371, citing Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Find A Grave .


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Chris Kilgour
The photograph of Hatley Park was removed from this profile because it was built long after Robert passed away, by his son James, whose profile it is already, rightly associated with.
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Janet Evans
I am cousin of Robert and have information that I will use to update profile as time permit.

Robert came to Canada when he began working for the Hudson's Bay Company. He made his fortune in Coal

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Janet Evans
I am cousin of Robert and have information that I will use to update profile as time permit.

Robert came to Canada when he began working for the Hudson's Bay Company. He made his fortune in Coal

posted by Janet Evans

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