(died 11 Feb. 1938), orchestra leader and musician. (A. Robertson Brown) Born in Martintown, GC. His early years were in Cornwall; afterwards he lived in Montreal. He was a well known musician (violinist) with his own orchestra, and is described as a familiar musician on cruise ships to the West Indies. His orchestra played at important balls and other well publicized public functions, probably mostly in Montreal, and twice accompanied government delegations to England before World War I. He was not forgotten or neglected in his native county, and in 1912 his orchestra was at the first of a series of entertainments planned to be held in Alexandria over the winter of 1912-1913. (Glengarry News 15 Nov. 1912) In 1916, during WWI, an advertisement stated that “In aid of the funds of the Canadian Red Cross Society,” the Ladies of the Red Cross would give a St. Andrew’s Night supper and “Grand Ball,” at the Armoury, Alexandria, with “Full Orchestra by A. R. Brown, Montreal.” (Glengarry News 17 Nov. 1916) In 1931, A. Robertson Brown, “a violinist of the highest standing,” was scheduled to play at a Martintown concert. (Cornwall Standard 14 May 1931) Brown died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. He was married to Catherine A. McVichie, of Bainsville.
Glengarry News 18 Feb. 1938