2.3.4.2.2. Robert Riddell (1915-1981)

Robert Riddell was born on 16 July 1915 at his parents home on 21 Dykhead Rows in Hamilton parish, Scotland. His parents were John and Agnes (Richmond) Riddell and his father was a coal miner. His mother died in 1925 when he was just ten years old and his father immigrated to Canada in August 1928.

On 15 September 1928, Robert and his sister, Mary, boarded the Canadian Pacific Line's S/S Montcalm at Greenock. He lived at Udston Rows before their departure and attended school. They arrived at the port in Quebec on 21 September and likely traveled by rail to their father's home in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

On 8 October 1936 Robert married Margaret Campbell Clelland Jamieson at 300 Robson Street in Nanaimo. Robert was 21 years old, worked as a farmer, and lived at 706 Haliburton Street. The couple had two children. I have been unable to find any information on their daughter, Margaret R.

I believe the following is an accurate depiction of Robert's adult life gleaned through Canadian voters lists:

• 1945 Nanaimo, 715 Halliburton Street; occupation: Miner
• 1953 Nanaimo, R. R. 3; occupation: Grindman
• 1957 Nanaimo, R. R. 3, lived with wife, Mrs. Robert; occupation: Groundsman
• 1962 Nanaimo, East Wellington, lived with wife, Mrs. Robert; occupation Truck driver
• 1972 Nanaimo, 1641 Bowen Road, lived with Mrs. Margaret and Miss Margaret R.; occupation: Helper
• 1972 Nanaimo, 1641 Bowen Road, lived with Mrs. Margaret and Miss Margaret R.; occupation: British Columbia hydro helper

Robert died on 28 May 1981 at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in Nanaimo, of pneumonia and bronchogenic squamous carcinoma. He was retired from BC Hydro at the time of his death; his widow lived another 23 years.

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Canada, British Columbia Death Certificate, 1872-1993, 1981-09-008773  
Canada, British Columbia Death Index, 1872-1990, 1981 Riddell, Robert
Canada, British Columbia Marriage Certificate, 1872-1938, 1936-09-440010
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1928 Riddell, Robert
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1945 Riddell, Robert
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1953 Riddell, Robert

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1957 Riddell, Robert

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1962 Riddell, Robert

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1972 Riddell, Robert

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, 1974 Riddell, Robert

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland (1915 Riddell, Robert)
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1928 Riddell, Robert