Person:Helen Robertson (11)

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Name Helen Robertson
Gender Female
Birth? 14 Oct 1864 Bathgate, Armadale, (Linlithgow) West Lothian, Scotland
Marriage to Michael Cavanaugh
Death? 3 Oct 1957 Mulberry, Crawford, Arkansas

Shown in the 1871 Census of Shotts, Co. Lanark 655/bk8/p25 as a scholar age 6 and shows her birth place as Linlithgow, Bo'ness, Scotland.

Shown in the 1881 Census of Slamannan, Co Stirling 489/bk4/p23 to be an unmarried general servant age 16

From an obituary received from Lois Price: Mulberry, October 3, 1957. Mrs. Helen Cavanaugh died at 4 o'clock this morning at her home in Mulberry. Probably the oldest resident of Mulberry, Mrs. Cavanaugh was born October 14, 1864 in Armadale, Scotland, and came to America as a small child. The family lived for a time in Pittsburg and then moved to Mulberry in 1916. Survivors include one son, Frank Cavanaugh of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Alfred Hammerton, 719 West Seventh, Pittsburg, Mrs. Thomas Downer, Fairfield, California, Mrs. Fern Johnson, Detroit, Michigan, and Miss Josephine Cavanaugh of the home; thirteen grandchildren, and one brother, Henry Robertson, of Denver, Colorado.