Robert Clanton: store owner, bookkeeper
![black and white professional studio portrait, man facing camera with dark hair, sideburns, in formal suit.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/bc-black-pioneers_les-pionniers-noirs-de-la-cb/wp-content/uploads/sites/112/2019/11/a-09483-Robert-Clanton72.jpg)
Image A-09483 Courtesy of Royal BC Museum and Archives
Robert had been in Victoria for 56 years when he died on December 31, 1914. He was survived by his wife, Victoria, 1 daughter living in Portland, Oregon, 1 son on Galiano Island, B.C. and 1 son in Sydney, B.C.