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 CALEDONIA HIGHLANDERS
 by Thomas McIntyre
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HELEN ROSE 2 31 SmartMatches
Birth:28 Mar 1807 in BROADALBIN, FULTON CO., NEW YORK 1 1
Death:2 Aug 1910 in CALEDONIA, LIVINGSTON CO., NEW YORK 1 1
Sex:F
Father:ALEXANDER ROSE b. 14 May 1776 in INVERNESS, STERLINGSHIRE, SCOTLAND
Mother:HELEN ADAMS b. 4 Jun 1778 in STERLINGSHIRE, SCOTLAND
  
Burial: MUMFORD RURAL CEMETERY, WHEATLAND, N.Y.
Occupation: AT HOME, LEROY, GENESEE CO., N.Y. 1860, 1870 2
Religion: PRESBYTERIAN, UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CALEDONIA, N.Y. 3

Spouses & Children 
DUNCAN P CAMPBELL (Husband) b. 1799 in CALEDONIA, LIVINGSTON CO., NEW YORK
Marriage: 1830
 
WILLIAM ROBERTSON (Husband) b. 22 Sep 1803 in STRATHAVEN, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND
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Marriage: 4 JAN 1842
Children: 
  1. WILLIAM R ROBERTSON b. 31 Oct 1842 in CALEDONIA, LIVINGSTON CO., NEW YORK
  2. DescendantsHELEN ROBERTSON b. 22 Nov 1843 in CALEDONIA, LIVINGSTON CO., NEW YORK
  3. MARGARET ROBERTSON b. 30 Jun 1845 in LEROY, GENESEE CO., NEW YORK
  4. JEANETTE ROBERTSON b. 8 Jul 1848 in ROCHESTER, MONROE CO., NEW YORK
  5. FRANCIS "FRANK" ROBERTSON b. 2 Nov 1851 in NEW YORK STATE
 
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AFTER THE DEATH OF WILLIAM, HELEN WENT TO LIVE WITH HER DAUGHTER JEAN. THERE SHE LIVE TO ONE HUNDRED THREE!
" ONE OF THE THINGS SHE DELIGHTED TO TELL WAS WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY SHE ATTENDED CHURCH IN CALEDONIA, WALKING THE ENTIRE DISTANCE THERE AND BACK. THERE WERE TWO SERMONS A DAY, ONE PREACHED IN ENGLISH AND THE OTHER IN

GAELIC, BECAUSE PART OF THE PEOPLE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH. IN THOSE DAYS THE SECTION WAS INFESTED WITH RATTLESNAKES, AND THE PEOPLE ON THERE WAY TO CHURCH CARRIED STICKS TO COMBAT THE REPTILES. THERE WERE NO ROADS BETWEEN LEROY AND MUMFORD, A DISTANCE OF EIGHT MILES, THERE BEING SIMPLY A PATH THROUGH THE WOODS. ......
IN 1812 THE FAMILY CAME TO GENESEE VALLEY, THE TRIP BEING MADE IN A SLEIGH AND TAKING THREE WEEKS. ONLY ONCE AFTER COMING TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY DID MRS. ROBERTSON RETURN TO HER NATIVE TOWN OF BROADALBIN, AND THEN MADE THE TRIP ON A

PACKET BOAT ON THE ERIE CANAL." THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS TAKEN FROM A LOCAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CELEBRATING HER 103RD BIRTHDAY. ARTICLE FROM BONNIE HOWLETT AND PROVIDED BY JEAN HARMS.


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