Supposedly met Jane on the ship to Canada; Jane was sister to Robert’s brother James’ wife Ann. Settled on concession 2, lot 7, Albion Township, with James, until James moved to Collingwood in 1848. James paid £100 for the farm in 1853. Lived in a one story log cabin described as long and low; Robert built a large brick house in 1872 (four years after Jane’s death), and a new barn in 1884. A strong man, and wasn’t ill until the week before he died.29