Born Newport Township, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Albro and Jane Cole, who had come from Rhode Island. He represented the Halifax Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826. He operated a tannery, later operating as a butcher and then as a hardware merchant. In 1793 he married Elilzabeth Margaret Vandergrift. He married Elizabeth Margaret Dupuy in 1803. He was a grand master in the freemasons and the John Albro Lodge is named after him as well as Albro Lake in the nearby community of Dartmouth. He also served as a road commissioner and fire warden and reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the local militia.
Born Newport Township, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Albro and Jane Cole, who had come from Rhode Island. He represented the Halifax Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826. He operated a tannery, later operating as a butcher and then as a hardware merchant. In 1793 he married Elilzabeth Margaret Vandergrift. He married Elizabeth Margaret Dupuy in 1803. He was a grand master in the freemasons and the John Albro Lodge is named after him as well as Albro Lake in the nearby community of Dartmouth. He also served as a road commissioner and fire warden and reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the local militia.
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