page_title: Andrew Robertson (businessman)
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Andrew Robertson (businessman) / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph Hugh Paton and friends at Andrew Robertson's house on Dorchester Street, Montreal, QC, 1884 Wm. Notman &amp; Son 1884, 19th century Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process 20 x 25 cm Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd. II-73472 © McCord Museum
context_page_description: Andrew Robertson was a successful Scottish dry goods merchant at Montreal. He was best known as Chairman of the Montreal Harbour Commission. He purchased and donated the land on which the Erskine Presbyterian Church was built, and was President and Governor of the Montreal General Hospital. He was the first President of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada and the Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada. He was also President of the Montreal Board of Trade, the Dominion Board of Trade and the Royal Canadian Insurance Company.
context_section_description: In 1850, Robertson had married his wife Agnes Bow in Glasgow, the daughter of merchant Alexander Bow of Glasgow. In 1853, they emigrated to Montreal with their two eldest children. Their remaining eight children were all born in Montreal. The family lived at 'Elmbank' off Dorchester Street in the Golden Square Mile. Two children died young, and of the eight who survived they included,
  Captain Alexander Robertson (1851–1928) J.P., married Laura Ellen Bond, daughter of the Rt. Rev. William Bennett Bond, Bishop of Montreal and 2nd Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
  Mary Robertson, married James Stewart Tupper, son of Sir Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada
  Isabella Robertson, known as Bella, married in 1884 Hugh Paton (1852–1941) of Montreal and "The Island" at L'Abord-à-Plouffe.
  Margaret Eliza Robertson, married James Alexander Strathy (1857–1901), son of James Breckinridge Strathy and Elvira Lee. They were the parents of seven children.
  John Bow Robertson, of Montreal
caption: Robertson's house off Dorchester Street in the Golden Square Mile, Montreal
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