Register entry 294 - Rev. Ebenezer Robson
Visited the Bell Farm on October 8, 1890.
Rev. Ebenezer Robson (1835-1911) was born of Scottish parents in Lanark County, Ontario. Mr. Robson, whose name is well known in British Columbia, went out in the year 1859. Of Presbyterian parentage, he was ordained into the ministry of the Methodist Church immediately before leaving for the Pacific Coast. The first Methodist Church building in Victoria was opened with much eclat, and the Rev. Mr. Robson as a pioneer was chosen as First President. In 1894 an Industrial Institute on a large scale for the education of young Indians, both men and women, was begun at Chilliwack, on the Fraser River, and Rev. E. Robson was released from other ministerial duties to become the head of this institution. Mr. Robson has been for half a century an example of the sturdy pioneer, and of what a Scottish origin, home, and upbringing can do for a man.
SOURCES:
“The Scotsman in Canada", p. 283
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.