Robert Cummings (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Robert Cummings (politician)
- Robert Cummings (June 16, 1833 – January 16, 1910) was a Canadian manufacturer and community leader. He was born in Gloucester Township, Ontario to a family of Irish immigrants in 1833.
- He learned the trade of carriage making and became a leading Canadian manufacturer.
- He opened a general store and operated a flour mill on Cummings Island in the Rideau River which became the nucleus of a new community, Janeville, which eventually became part of Vanier.
- He served ten years as reeve in the township, was also a Justice of the Peace and was elected warden for Carleton County in 1876.
- Cummings was also a captain in the local militia.
- He married Agnes Borthwick (1840–1921). The Cummings Bridge across the Rideau River was named after him.
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