Robert SUMMERS*

Male 1810 - 1897  (86 years)


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  • Name Robert SUMMERS*  [1, 2
    Born 14 Jul 1810  Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Mar 1897  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I867  Brick Street Cemetery, London, Ontario
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father Robert SUMMERS*
              b. 1758, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Aug 1833  (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret BELL*
              b. 1772, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Nov 1862  (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella ROBSON
              b. 1805, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1833  [2
    Children 
     1. John SUMMERS
              d. 1878  [natural]
     2. Margaret SUMMERS  [natural]
     3. Ann SUMMERS  [natural]
     4. Jane SUMMERS  [natural]
     5. Isabell SUMMERS  [natural]
     6. Mary SUMMERS  [natural]
     7. Katherine SUMMERS  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Mar 1897 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Summers 11
      farmer, then introduced this area's first knitting machine 1869 and established a custom knitting shop in Byron; 1879 his four daughters established large knitting trade in London;
      8 children
      Photo of him from London library on file.

      HCM, p. 1013]: Robert Summers, a resident of the 2nd Concession of Nissouri Township, Middlesex County, was born in County Cumberland, England, on the 14th of July, 1810,, his parents, Robert and Margaret (Bell) Summers, being natives of the same county....Robert has been a farmer the greater portion of his life, but for a time was engaged in merchandising. In 1865 he went to Massachusetts, and for about four years was engaged there in a cotton factory, but then returned to Middlesex County. Since that time he has resided five miles south-west of London, and is one of the oldest and most honored residents of the county. Although seventy-nine years of age, his memory is remarkable, and he recollects with distinctness incidents that happened when he first came to this county. He has always been a Reformer in politics. July 29, 1833, he was married to Miss Isabella robson, who was born in Cumberland County, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1820. The following are their children who are living: -- Margaret (Mrs. Kenny), Robert (in San Jose, California), Ann (wife of Albert McCulloch, in New York State, near Rochester), Jane (wife of Thomas H. Orrell), Isabella, Mary and Katherine. John, the eldest son, died in California on Christmas Day, 1878.

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Brick Street Cemetery marker.

    2. [S20] Glen Curnoe records.