Sir Robert Laird Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden was born on June 26, 1954 in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia to Andrew and Eunice Jane Laird Borden. Robert grew up in the Gaspereau Valley and attended the local school know as the Acacia Villa Seminary where he excelled in Latin, Greek, and math. Due to his outstanding achievements throughout his school years, in 1869, when Robert was only 14 years old, he became a teacher at the Acacia Villa Seminary. Then, in 1873, Robert accepted a teaching position in Matawan, New Jersey, where he taught for one year. Robert returned to Canada in 1974 to become a lawyer and, due to the fact that Nova Scotia had n