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From: "Elliottt" <>
Subject: Re: [CADI] lost grandfather
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 20:31:38 -0800
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I searched the Oregon Death index 1931-1941 today for Alexander Robertson
and found nothing. Betty in Oregon



----- Original Message -----
From: Colleen <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CADI] lost grandfather


> I searched 1940-49 on the cadi cds and nothing turns up for an Alexander
> Roberts and Robertson except
> ROBERTSON ALEXANDER
> 08/29/1894 POWELL
> ROBERTSON 1NY19 02/11/1949 0154
> and the birthdate is too late and the death date isn't until 1949....
>
> Is it possible that he might have died in Oregon? I know there is an
Oregon
> death index; not sure of the years
> Here's a volunteer with access:
> Oregon death index (Diane) <mailto:>
>
> Could Edna have been a middle name for the spouse? Do you have a death
date
> on her or her death certificate?
>
> Colleen
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Robertson <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:13 AM
> Subject: [CADI] lost grandfather
>
>
> > Colleen you are a godsend; and so are the kind people who referred you
> > to me.
> > I sent in the word subscribe; please tell me anything esle I should do?
> > My grandfather Alexander Roderic Robertson died after I was born
> > (5/17/37). How soon after I don't know, but his widow Edna my
> > stepgrandmother was living with us in 1941 when my sister was born. It
> > is rumored that he died in a car accident reportedly driving back from
> > wash state while working in Sacramento for Portland Cement?
> > He was born--I think, around 1877 in New York the eldest of four
> > children who came with his parents to Oakley, Ca. at the turn of the
> > Century. He married my grandmother Maude Harkinson and produced two
> > sons=Robert and Donald (my father). They then divorced; my grandmother
> > married another man named Roberts and had another son named Lee. All
> > three boys grew up under the name of Roberts. My father took his
> > original fathers name--Robertson-- when he got married. His brother Bob
> > remained a Roberts and became a Superior Court Judge in El Dorado
> > county. Lee twelve years younger became City Manager of Napa. Great
> > grand parents were Alexander Robertson and Martha Seyffort Robertson of
> > Oakland and Robert Harkinson and Alice Brinckerhoff Harkinson of
> > Antioch, Ca.
> > I Know I've probably given you a lot you didn't need; and I can't vouch
> > for accuracy, but again I want to thank you for whatever help you can
> > offer.
> > Yours Truly, Tom Robertson
> >
> > "You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will
> > be too late."
> > Ralph
> > Waldo Emerson
> >
> >
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> > Need a volunteer for further help now that you know the county of death?
> > California County Websites - what resources are available
> > http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/
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> > http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml
> >
>
>
>
> ==== CA-DEATH-INDEX Mailing List ====
> Need a volunteer for further help now that you know the county of death?
> California County Websites - what resources are available
> http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/
> California Helplist - volunteers by county
> http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml
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