page_title: Wallace Havelock Robb
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Wallace Havelock Robb / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of members of the Robb and Burrows families at the wedding of Wallace Havelock Robb (1888-1976) and Edna Ilene Burrows (1892-1978) on June 4th, 1913. The house is at 134 Bridge Street, Belleville, Ontario. Back row: Sanford Burrows, Ruby Robb, Catherine Robb, William Robb, Fred Burrows and his wife, Clifford Burrows Front Row: Eva and son, William Havelock Robb, Edna Ilene Robb and Fred's son, Victoria Burrows, Stephen Burrows, Lila and daughter, Bruce Robb, Lila's husband Mr Spalding. Donated by Philippa Faulkner. Source: Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County (Flickr)
context_page_description: Wallace Havelock Robb was a Canadian poet, naturalist, and philosopher known for his poetry and prose on Canadian life and Iroquois lore. He was the founder of Abbey Dawn – a bird sanctuary, museum, art gallery, and poet's retreat – located approximately five miles east of Kingston, Ontario.
context_section_description: Robb was born on May 19, 1888 to Montreal-born parents William Doig Robb and Catharine Haggart Black. His father was an official at the Grand Trunk Railway. Robb was the third of six children his family lived near the Grand Trunk Railway Station called the Belleville Junction on Station Street in Belleville, Ontario. In 1894, the family moved to a more upscale neighbourhood at 60 Alexander Street. In 1897, the Robb family moved to Toronto to follow William's advancing career. Here, Robb attended Lansdowne Public School, and wrote his first poem at age 10. The Robb family returned to Belleville in 1900, where Robb attended Belleville High School. Robb hid his appreciation for poetry from friends – he was active in debating, hockey, and football instead. Robb also developed an interest in birds, and established a private bird sanctuary in the gardens at the back of his Alexander Street home.
caption: Photograph of members of the Robb and Burrows families at their wedding on June 4, 1913.
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