When Albert Porteous Robertson was born on 5 February 1885, in Dayton, Yamhill, Oregon, United States, his father, Charlie Gilbert Robertson, was 29 and his mother, Lillian Agnes Norton, was 24. He married Ruth Brinkman on 21 December 1910, in Portland, Washington, Oregon, United States. He lived in Oregon, United States in 1885. He died on 7 December 1969, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.