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Robbins Elliott
Person · 1920-2003

Robbins Leonard Elliott (1920-2003) was the son of Dr. Malcolm R. and Jean Steadman (nee Haley) Elliott. He graduated from Acadia University with a B.A. in 1941 and from the University of Toronto with a M.A. in 1947. Elliott started his career as a local correspondent for the Halifax-Herald-Star. He was also the editor of Acadia’s Athenaeum between 1939 and 1941. Before going overseas, Elliott was on staff with the Halifax Chronicle in 1941. He joined the military in 1941 and stayed in the Service until the end of the War, serving with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Canadian Intelligence Corps. He was a Field Press Censor, attached to No. 3 Canadian Public Relations Group on the Western Front. Elliott retired with rank of Captain. When he returned to Canada, Elliott began a long career within the Federal government. He worked with many departments, including the Canadian Citizenship Branch, the Minister of Resources and Development, Public Works, the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce. Elliott retired in 1977 and returned to Wolfville. Beyond his career, Elliott’s other interests were wide. He was a member of the Rotary Club and the Legion, active in local historical societies, and an author. In 2002, he received the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation. Robbins Elliott married Myfanwy (Nan) Millward McGuire of Ottawa in 1950 and they raised four children.

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Evelyn Edward Robbins was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on 3 August 1845, the son of Deacon Asa Robbins and Amanda Jane Cook, the ninth of fifteen children. On 5 August 1873, at Adrossan, Scotland, he married Jessie Poole. They had one son, Evelyn Edward Jr. As a young man Robbins served as a cabin boy on board his father's ship the Lilliam L. Robbins. He went on to earn his masters' papers and commanded the Yarmouth vessels Ruby, Marrion, Lilliam L. Robbins, Glenelvan and the barque W.E. Heard.

Robert Mansour, 1936-
Person · 1936-

Bob Mansour was born in Halifax in 1936 and worked in his father’s general store on Chebucto Road during his youth. He attended SMU High School where he played football and was nicknamed “Munchie.” Upon graduation in 1953 he went on to complete a Diploma in Science/Engineering at Dalhousie which he completed in 1964. From 1964 until 1967 Mansour worked for Northern Electric in Ottawa. In 1967 he moved to Toronto and began working in educational publishing. Mansour began his own businesses in 1972 producing and distributing educational materials for Canadian schools, RBM Ltd. and Ethos Ltd. respectively. Mansour married Mickie (McCunn) of Greenhill N.S. in 1970 and they reside in Markham Ontario.

Robert Parker Associates
Corporate body · 1987-1997

Robert Parker Associates Limited, a Halifax-based architectural firm, was incorporated in 1987. Previously the firm was known as Parker Truitt Associates (1974-1980) and G. Robert Parker Associates (1980-1987). The firm's founder and president was G. Robert Parker, an American born and educated architect/planner who had accumulated extensive local, provincial and international experience in the disciplines of environmental, urban and regional planning, and in community development architectural projects. He was a prime consultant for restoration projects such as St, Michael's Russian Orthodox Church, Sitka, Alaska, (1958-1959); in Nova Scotia these included Historic Properties, Halifax (1970-1973); McCully House, Halifax (1989-1992); Stella Maris Church, Pictou (1990-1991); the Junior Ranks Mess at CFB Greenwood, (1993); and a century-old sea captain's house on Paddy Head. His large scale master planning projects included the Mainland Common (Halifax), the Dartmouth Waterfront Development Project, and the TUNS-Infirmary Site Redevelopment Proposal. In the field of heritage planning his projects included the production of an urban design study to determine the impact of future development on the Halifax Public Gardens and a Peggy's Cove planning and development strategy. He also developed projects in the United States, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Besides his work as an architect, he was also an associate professor at NSCAD, and presented professional papers widely across Canada and the United Kingdom. He was awarded several fellowships and research grants to undertake studies in "self-help" housing and was the recipient of a number of awards, including the Governor-General's Award from the Canadian Housing Design Council in 1985 for outstanding work in the restoration of a Victorian house at Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia, and an environmental award from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment in 1983. Upon his retirement in 1997 his firm was dissolved.

Robertson, Annie D., b. 1867
Person · b. 1867

Annie D. Robertson was born November 30, 1867 in Yarmouth to Master Mariner William D. Robertson and his wife Sarah Freeman, both of Milton, Queens Co. Annie attended Acadia Ladies' Seminary from 1882 to 1885. The 1882-1883 and 1884-1885 Seminary Calendars state that she was enrolled as a First Year student, and is the daughter of Captain W.D. Robertson of Wolfville. The 1883-1884 Calendar indicates she was enrolled in Instrumental Music, Fourth Grade. On 15 August 1894, she married Walter Rankin of St. John in Yarmouth.

Robertson, George
Person · [19--]-2000

George Robertson received his law degree from Harvard in 1946. He was a law professor at Dalhousie University, and counsel at the McInnes Cooper Robertson law firm in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Robertson was appointed to the Queen's Council. He died on November 22. 2000.

Robertson, Marion, 1910-1998
Person · 1910-1998

Marion Robertson (nee Doane), teacher, researcher, folklorist, and author, was born in Massachusetts in 1910 and spent most of her life in Shelburne, N.S. She attended Mount Allison Ladies' College in Sackville, N.B. and Normal College in Truro, N.S., where she graduated with a teacher's certificate in 1942. In 1944 she married Donald Robertson (d.1981) of Shelburne. She served as secretary of the Shelburne County Historical Society from 1947-1975 and became the author of seven books and numerous articles, primarily on the early history of Shelburne County. She received the Centennial Award from the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society for her publication, Kings Bounty: A History of Early Shelburne, N.S. (1983) and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 1993. She died on 3 October 1998.