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Robertson, Catherine Katherine (Storey)
Not in Empress Cemetery

b. 1887-Feb-20, Westminster, London, England
d. 1914-Aug-07, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada

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Robertson, Donald & Storey, Katherine, Alberta Marriage Register 1748.jpg
Robertson, Herbert D, Alberta Death Register 411, 1910.jpg
Robertson, Catherine, Alberta Death Register 2794 & 3130.jpg
Robertson, Catherine, Calgary Daily Herald, 1914-08-08, Page 3.jpg
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Father: John Frederick Storey (1859–1891
Mother: Mary Ann Lynch (1864–?)
Spouse: Donald Robert Robertson, Jr. (1878-1925), Find a Grave:166661066
Children:
     Herbert D Robertson (1910-1910), Find a Grave:127458583
     Margaret Catherine (Robertson) Grant (1911-1984), Find a Grave:138742972
     Grace Marion (Robertson) Agate (1912-1983), Find a Grave:201777095
     Baby Boy Robertson, (1914-1914)

Summary
"Catherine" in English records, "Kate" or "Katherine" in Canadian records.

1887-Feb-20: Catherine was born to John Frederick Storey & Mary Ann Lynch in Westminster, London, England.
1890-Feb-19: Catherine was baptized in Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, London, England.
1891-Apr-05: England Census with parents & sister at 10 Romney St., Westminster, London, England.
1891-Jun-17: Catherine's father died.

1906-Jun-30: Canada Census as "Kate" with the Herr family as a servant at 24-21-29-W4, a few km south of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1907-Dec-05 or 12: Katherine married Donald Robert Robertson, Jr. in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  Alberta Marriage Register #1748.
1910-Mar-28: Son Herbert D, was stillborn, or died soon after birth, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1911-Aug-08: Daughter Margaret Catherine born, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1912-Dec-03: Daughter Grace Marion born, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada.
1914-Aug-07: Katherine died in childbirth while on the journey from Rocky Mountain House, AB to Memorial Hospital in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.  Alberta Death Register #2794 & #3130.

The Calgary Daily Herald, August 8, 1914, page 3
ROBERTSON--The remains of the late Mrs. D. R. Robertson, who died in Red Deer [sic], Alta., on August 7th, will arrive in Calgary Saturday evening and will be removed to Graham & Thompson's parlors, 611 Centre street.  Time of funeral is not yet known but may be found out from Graham & Thompson, Ltd., funeral directors. Interment will be made in Union cemetery.

Red Deer News, August 12, 1914, page 1
DIED
On Sunday, August 8th [sic], 1914, Mrs. Katherine Roberts[on], of Rocky Mountain House, who was being brought to the Memorial Hospital at Red Deer, died from child birth while on the journey.  The deceased was only twenty-seven years of age, and leaves behind her husband and three small children.  The body was brought to Stone's parlors and shipped to Calgary for burial on Saturday night.


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Bruce A. Johnson - Empress, Alberta, Canada.
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