Background
His father Alexander Robertson was a Scottish convert to the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church who arrived at Kanesville, Iowa, in 1850.
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Robertson was raised in Springville, Utah. They spent time in Tokyo, Osaka, and Sapporo. In October 1923, Robertson was appointed the mission president
He oversaw the closing of the Japanese Mission the next year.
Robertson served as a bishop and then a counselor in a stake presidency in Utah. He worked as an insurance salesman.
In 1936 Robertson, was made president on the Japanese Mission headquartered in Hawaii. He then returned to Utah in 1940, where he again served as a bishop and worked in insurance and real estate.
In 1949, Robertson was made president of the newly formed Chinese Mission, with Henry Aki, a Chinese man from Hawaii, serving as first counselor in the mission presidency.
He served in Hong Kong until 1951. From 1951 to 1953 Robertson oversaw missionary work among the Chinese in San Francisco. In 1953, this was merged into the San Francisco Stake Mission and Roberson returned to Utah.
Membership
He was also a member of the Utah County Commission.
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Religion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints