Music teacher.
Born at Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, daughter of James Robertson and Amelia Neilson. Was educated at Portage la Prairie. Robertson family came to Canada from Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland; settled in Hastings county; father in the mercantile business; mother’s people pioneers of Ramsay township, Lanark county; Mr. Robertson came West in 1881 and entered the service of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Winnipeg; Portage la Prairie, 1882 (Manager); remained there eighteen years; came to Winnipeg and was engaged in the general offices of that company. Died in 1917. Miss Robertson studied in Portage la Prairie; Toronto with Dr. Edward Fisher; England with Benno Schonberger; New York with Ernest Hutchinson. She came to Winnipeg in 1900 where she taught for some years, has a large and growing clientele of pupils. Member of the Music Teachers’ Association. Member, Professional and Business Women’s Club. Member, Women’s Canadian Club; IODE, Honorary Regent (Assiniboia Chapter). Dickens Fellowship. Presbyterian.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
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