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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Jean S. (Jeannie, Jane) Robbie: Birth: 17 Nov 1884 in Manila PhilippinesTemple. Death: Jul 1967 in Springfield, Hampden, MA

  2. Euphemia Main (Effie) Robbie: Birth: 29 Apr 1886 in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. Death: 1975 in East Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA

  3. Helen Lyon Robbie: Birth: 3 Dec 1887 in 31 Regent Place, Norton Park, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Death: 1930 in East Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA

  4. John Robbie: Birth: 15 Jan 1890 in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. Death: Jun 1975 in Springfield, Hampden, MA

  5. James Colin Robbie: Birth: 4 May 1892 in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. Death: Oct 1967 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

  6. George Main Robbie: Birth: 25 May 1895 in East Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. Death: 1959 in East Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA


Notes
a. Note:   s a mason. George entered the US in 1881. He returned to Scotland in 1887, probably because of his father's death, and his daughter Helen was born in Edinburgh. He re-entered the Port of Boston on the "S.S. Bothnia" on 27 May 1888; he was listed as a mason, age 37 from England. In about 1890 George was a stone cutter residing in Springfield, MA (page 272). He attended his brother John's 15th wedding anniversary in Manchester, NH. In 1900 George was a stone cutter in East Longmeadow, Hampton Co., MA with his wife Jane and 6 children. In 1910 he was retired and living at 118 Centre Street, East Longmeadow with his wife Jane and 5 children; daughter Euphemia (saleswoman in a department store) lived nearby at 119 Prospect Street, East Longmeadow with Helen H. Vinin. In 1920 Jane and children Jeannie, Euphemia, John, and George lived at 194 Central, Springfield, Hampton Co., MA. George was naturalized a U.S. citizen on 17 Feb 1906 at the Police Court, Springfield, Hampden County, MA. At the time he lived in East Longmeadow. Obituary - Date: Saturday, July 5, 1913, Paper: Springfield Daily News (Springfield, MA), Page: 7 : George Robbie, 60, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at his home in East Longmeadow. Mr. Robbie was an uncle of Kenneth Robbie, general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. in this city. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to this country 23 years ago, settling in East Longmeadow, where he had been employed as a stonecutter. He leaves a widow and 6 children, the misses Jennie, Effie, and Helen Robbie, and John, James, and George Robbie Jr. Miss Jeannie Robbie is employed at the Y.M.C.A. headquarters in this city and her sister Helen is taking a course at the nurses' training school at the University of Pennsylvania. Miss Effie and the three sons live in East Longmeadow. Besides his children, Mr. Robbie leaves a sister, Mrs. Helen Purvis [Pendry], who lives in England, and two nephews, Secretary Robbie of the Y.M.C.A. and James Robbie of East Longmeadow. The funeral will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. T. S. Wilder, Pastor of the Congregational Church in East Longmeadow, officiating. Burial will be in East Longmeadow.
Note:   In 1871 and 1881 George was unmarried and living with his parents in Edinburgh. In 1881 he wa


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