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Robb (Grassie), Edna Hyacinthe

16-49-2       Column 16, Plot 49-2 (south)
b. 1902-Aug-03, MB
d. 1964-Apr-27, Empress, AB

Headstone, Footstone: Raised concrete on cover
Cover: Concrete
Level?: Yes

Empress Cemetery Tree on Ancestry.ca
     https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/201433125/person/332730222484
Find a Grave
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187201925
Alberta Death Register #004-106
     https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2018-11/deaths-r-1960-1964.pdf

Available here 

Cemetery Register 1963-1965.jpg

Grave Photos 

16-49-2 Robb, Edna, Headstone (2025-06-05).jpg
16-49-2&1 Robb, Edna & Bertram, Whole grave (2025-06-05).jpg
16-1-2, 16-2-1, 16-50-1, 16-49-2&1 Robb, William&Hughie+Ruth, Dosch, Hugh (white cross), Robb, Edna & Bertram, Whole grave (2025-05-26).jpg
16-1-2, 16-2-1&2, 16-50-1, 16-49-2&1, 16-48-1 Group (2025-08-31).jpg
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Father: William Grassie (1857-1927), Find a Grave:170856446
Mother: Sarah Wilson (1866-1942), Find a Grave:170856471
Spouse: Bertram Robert Robb (1894-1973), Find a Grave:187201897
Children:
     William Robert Robb (1930–1963), Find a Grave:187201966
     Hugh Arnold "Hughie" Robb (1932–1985), Find a Grave:187201936
     Ruth Robb (1936–1936), Find a Grave:290784664

Summary
1902-Aug-03: Edna was born to William Grassie & Sarah Wilson in Manitoba, Canada.
1906-Jul-24: Canada Census with parents & 4 sisters at 15-26-29-W1, 2.9 km northwest of Shell River, Manitoba, Canada.
1911-Jun-01: Canada Census with parents & 1 sister at 15-26-29-W1, 2.9 km northwest of Shell River, Manitoba, Canada.
1916-Jun-01: Canada Census with parents & 1 sister at 26-29-W1, Shell River, Manitoba, Canada.
1921-Jun-01: Canada Census with parents & 1 sister at 15-26-29-W1, 2.9 km northwest of Shell River, Manitoba, Canada.
1923-Jul-19: Newspaper Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), reports that Edna completed Normal School (teacher's school), at Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1924: Saskatchewan Residents Index says that Edna was living in both Jedburg & Theodore (neighbouring communities), Saskatchewan, Canada.
1926-Jun-01: Canada Census with parents & 1 sister at 15-26-29-W1, 2.9 km northwest of Shell River, Manitoba, Canada.
1929-Dec-21: Edna married Bertram Robert Robb at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1930-Oct-09: Son William Robert born.
1931-Jun-01: Canada Census with husband & son at E-33-25-28-W3, 14.1 km southwest of Mantario, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1932-Jun-25: Son Hugh Arnold born.
1936: Daughter Ruth was stillborn at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1945: Canada Voters List with husband at Eyre, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1949: Canada Voters List with husband at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1953: Canada Voters List with husband and both sons at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1957: Canada Voters List with husband and both sons at Eyre, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1963: Canada Voters List with husband and son Hughie at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1964-Apr-27: Edna died at Empress, Alberta, Canada.  Alberta Death Register #004-106.

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Bruce A. Johnson - Empress, Alberta, Canada.
Last Updated: 2026-Jan-06       Go to Empress Cemetery page