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Memorable Manitobans: Ormond Leslie “Les” Robinson (1884-1954)
Businessman.
Born at Harriston, Ontario on 26 June 1884, son of fuel dealer Thomas D. Robinson and Elizabeth Copeland (1849-1926), after leaving school he joined his father’s business, T. D. Robinson & Sons Limited, and worked there for 25 years. He was then a manufacturers’ agent until retirement in 1949.
On 2 June 1909, he married Muriel Claire Ritchie (1888-1949) at Winnipeg. They had two children: Muriel Elizabeth “Betty” Robinson (1910-?) and Ormond Leslie “Ormie” Robinson (1915-2010). He was a member of the Victorias hockey team (1902-1903) and was goaltender for the Shamrock football team when it won the Manitoba championship in 1902. He was a member of the Central Congregational Church and later attended St. George’s Anglican Church.
He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 4 July 1954 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Robinson House (20 Avonherst Street, Winnipeg)
Sources:
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Armand Leslie Robinson, Muriel Clare Ritchie], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Muriel Elizabeth Robinson, Armond Leslie Robinson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Muriel Claire Robinson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 5 July 1954, page 29.
Obituary [Ormond Leslie Robinson], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 October 2010.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 January 2023
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