Collection X

Sarah Anne’s family, the Robinsons, were among the United Empire Loyalists who supported England during the American Revolution. They left their Viriginia home to settle in Canada. Her brother, John, became Attorney General of Upper Canada. Sarah Anne supported many charitable organizations including the Protestant Orphan’s Home, St George the Martyr Church (built on The Grange’s property), and the Society for the Relief of Poor Women.

The Upper Canada Gazette, 1824:
"At a meeting of the governesses of the Society for the Relief of Poor Women during their confinement, held at the Government House, it appeared from examining the books, that since the commencement of this benevolent institution four years ago, fifty poor women had been comfortably attended during their confinement. Of this number, thirty-eight were the wives of emigrants newly arrived in the province, who had exhausted their little means in travelling from their native country, and who were so totally destitute before they reached York [now Toronto], that but for the seasonable interference of this charity, many of them would have perished."