The Roe Valley Hospital

[betty53]

Would anyone be able to help with the details of the death of Dr Robertson from the Roe Valley Hospital Limavady and the whereabouts of her burial?

Regars

Betty

[aghadowey]

Could this be her?:
Dr. K. O. Robertson - her second name was Octavia because she was the 8th in the family - was recognized by everyone and the town was saddened when she was killed by being thrown from her horse." - from Limavady and the Roe Valley by T. H. Mullin (1983)

[kingskerswell]

Betty,
        Aghadowey is correct about the manner of death and I think that the year is about 1935. This could be confirmed by ploughing through the microfilms of the Coleraine Constitution which I believe are available in Limavady Library

Regards

[betty53]

Dear Aghadowey & Kingskerswell

Yes - correct lady and time - thank you both.  Any idea of which churchyard she might be buried in?

Regards

Betty

[kingskerswell]

Betty,
        Unfortunately, no. Hence my suggestion of the Constitution. I am certain that this lady would have had a long obituary. I have a couple of other "pots boiling" at the moment but if you give me time I will do the "ploughing"

Regards

[aghadowey]

Agree that there should be an obituary for her in the local papers which unfortunately aren't indexed. Coleraine Library has Northern Constitution and Coleraine Chronicle for that period.

[betty53]

Thank you both.

Regards

Betty

[aghadowey]

The Times, 14 Nov.1935: ROBERTSON.- On Nov. 12, 1935, accidentally killed, Katherine Octavia Robertson, M.D., of Main Street, Limavady, aged 44 years. Funeral private.

[betty53]

Very well done Aghadowey - does The Times have online archives - any mention of the church?  Is there a possibility it might have been Christ Church Limavady?  I helped run a Reminisence night there last Thursday (27th Nov) and got asked this question by a BBC researcher - could not give an answer.

Regards


Betty