Arthur Roebuck
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck (1878 - 1971)

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canadamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 93 in Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canadamap
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Judith Chidlow private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 18 Jan 2014
This page has been accessed 616 times.


Biography

Notables Project
Arthur Roebuck is Notable.
Arthur Wentworth Roebuck was born 28 February 1878. He married in 1918 Inez Perry. Arthur was a labour lawyer. He later became Ontario’s Attorney-General from 1934 to 1937, Minister of Labour in Ontario from 1934 to 1935, M.P. (Trinity, Toronto) from 1940 to 1945 and was appointed to the Senate in 1945. He advocated creation of a Canadian bill of rights. He died in 1971. One daughter.

A fuller biography of Arthur Roebuck may be found on Wikipedia.

Sources

  • 1901 Census of Canada, Toronto, York, Ontario, schedule 1 population, Lydia Roebuck household.
  • Senator arthur roebuck: Lawyer, labor conciliator, journalist, politician often fought for underdog. (1971, Nov 18). The Globe and Mail (1936-2016) Retrieved from ProQuest




Is Arthur your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.

Images: 1
Portrait, circa 1912
Portrait, circa 1912


Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.

Rejected matches › Arthur Burrell Ray (1876-1952)

Featured National Park champion connections: Arthur is 14 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 12 degrees from George Catlin, 17 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 25 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 11 degrees from George Grinnell, 24 degrees from Anton Kröller, 13 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 17 degrees from John Muir, 15 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

R  >  Roebuck  >  Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Categories: Members of the Provincial Parliament of Ontario | Members of Parliament for Ontario | Canadian Senators from Ontario | Canada, Notables | Notables