Robert Anstruther Begg, 1864-1942, was born in Quebec City and attended the Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario. He accompanied his family to Alberta when they purchased the Dunbow Ranche. While living at the ranch he was secretary at the Davisburg Ranchers Society. He later was a cattle buyer in Alberta and British Columbia for the Vancouver-Prince Rupert Meat Company. In 1902 he married Lavinia Frances Golding, ?-1917, and they had three children, Lavinia (Hunter), Nora Marina Golding (Fortune), 1903-?, and G. Alexander. He later remarried.