Robert James Crombie Sr. (1832–1895)

Born: 1832, Chinguacousy (recorded as Ireland in some entries) Died: 7 May 1895, Kent County, Ontario Religion: Church of Scotland / Protestant Occupation: Labourer Migration Pattern: Ireland → Peel County → Amaranth Township → York County → Bruce County → Kent County

Parentage

Father: James Crombie Sr. (1811–1891) Mother: Jane McCartney (1811–1840)

Robert is the eldest son of James and Jane, forming the first branch of the Crombie family before James’s later marriages to Sarah Susan Brown and Martha Reid. This places Robert as a half‑brother to your direct line (William 1848, James Jr. 1844, John 1852, etc.).

Siblings (Full and Half)

Full siblings (children of James Crombie & Jane McCartney)

• Mary Crombie (1834–1900)

• Robert Crombie (1834–1895) – same name duplication in records

• Hugh Crombie (1839– )

• Jane Crombie (1839–1892)

• Susanna Crombie (1843–1894)

Half‑siblings (children of James Crombie & Sarah Susan Brown)

• James Crombie Jr. (1844–1896)

• William Crombie (1848–1922)

• John Ellis Crombie (1852–1906)

• Thomas Samuel Crombie (1865–1952)

• Sarah Ann Crombie (1866–1924)

Half‑siblings (children of James Crombie & Martha Reid)

• Charles Crombie (1864–1943)

• Margaret Crombie (1868–1950)

Marriages & Children

First Marriage:

Elizabeth White (1819–1898)

• Child:

  • William James Crombie (1857–1942) Born in Thornhill, York County; later the progenitor of the Pembina County / Dakota branch.

Second Marriage:

Elizabeth Jane “Eliza” Ellis (1849–1920) Children born across Bruce, Brantford, and Kent counties, reflecting the family’s movement:

• Margaret Melissa “Maggie” Crombie (1873–1922)

• Arthur Samuel Crombie (1875–1950)

• Elizabeth Jane Crombie (1879–1954)

• Wilhemina “Mina” Crombie (1881–1962)

• Robert James Crombie Jr. (1882–1944)

• Evaline “Eva” Crombie (1884– )

Residences & Community Context

• 1830s–1840s: Peel County (Chinguacousy)

• 1840s–1860s: Amaranth Township, Dufferin County

• 1861 Census: Head of household; labourer; Church of Scotland

• 1870s–1880s: York County → Bruce County → Kent County

• 1895: Death in Kent County

Robert’s movements mirror the broader Crombie migration pattern: Irish-born Presbyterian settlers → Peel/Dufferin pioneers → later dispersal into York, Bruce, and Kent counties.

Historical Significance in the Crombie Line

• Robert represents the senior branch of the Crombie family in Ontario.

• His son William James Crombie (1857–1942) becomes the bridge to the Pembina County, North Dakota Crombies—your genetically connected but genealogically separate cousin line.

• His life overlaps with the formation of the Amaranth Presbyterian community and the Crombie settlement cluster that later spreads into Minnesota and the Dakotas.

Profile Summary (Lineage‑Site Ready)

Robert James Crombie Sr. (1832–1895) was the eldest son of James Crombie Sr. and Jane McCartney, born during the family’s early settlement period in Peel County. After his mother’s death in 1840, Robert grew up within a blended household that later expanded through James’s marriages to Sarah Brown and Martha Reid. Robert married twice—first to Elizabeth White, producing William James (the Dakota line), and later to Eliza Ellis, with whom he raised a large family across York, Bruce, and Kent counties. A labourer and Presbyterian, Robert’s life reflects the Crombie family’s westward movement through Ontario and the branching of the lineage into multiple descendant clusters.