 1870 - 1948 (77 years)
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| Name |
Robert Cuthbert Selfridge |
| Born |
17 Aug 1870 |
North Argyle, New York, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
10 May 1948 |
Long Lake, New York, USA |
| Buried |
Pine Ridge Cemetery, Saranac Lake, Essex County, New York, United States |
| Person ID |
I00720 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Father |
John Taylor Selfridge, b. 23 Mar 1817, Washington, New York, USA , d. 18 Apr 1902, North Argyle, New York, USA (Age 85 years) |
| Mother |
Jane Elizabeth Cuthbert, b. Mar 1838, New York, USA , d. 1912, New York, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
1863 |
| Family ID |
F1973 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Eliza L. McClelland, b. Jul 1872, New York, USA , d. 1917, Tupper Lake, New York, USA (Age 44 years) |
| Married |
1891 |
Saranac Lake, New York, USA |
| Children |
| + | 1. Elinor Beatrice Selfridge, b. 20 Jul 1894, Saranac Lake, New York, USA , d. 25 Nov 1935, San Francisco, California, USA (Age 41 years) |
| + | 2. Dorothy E. Selfridge, b. 21 Jul 1897, New York, USA , d. 26 Jul 1982, Bennington, Vermont, USA (Age 85 years) |
| + | 3. Robert Stanley Selfridge, b. 18 Sep 1900, Saranac Lake, New York, USA , d. 1 Jun 1972, Syracuse, New York, USA (Age 71 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0250 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Annie E. Scott, b. 8 Jul 1872, Moriah, New York, USA , d. 17 May 1955, Long Lake, New York, USA (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
16 Jun 1929 |
Long Lake, New York, USA |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2021 |
| Family ID |
F1974 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 17 Aug 1870 - North Argyle, New York, USA |
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 | Married - 1891 - Saranac Lake, New York, USA |
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 | Married - 16 Jun 1929 - Long Lake, New York, USA |
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| Died - 10 May 1948 - Long Lake, New York, USA |
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 | Buried - - Pine Ridge Cemetery, Saranac Lake, Essex County, New York, United States |
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| Pin Legend |
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| Photos
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 | Robert Cuthbert Selfridge
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 | Selfridge Family
L-R: Robert Selfridge, Eliza (McClelland) Selfridge, Aunt Bertha Storey, Elinor (Selfridge) Tobin, John Tobin (son of Elinor). Front: Kenneth Storey (Son of Elinor from previous relationship, raised by Aunt Bertha) |
 | Selfridge Family
Eliza, Elinor, Robert S., Robert C. Front: Dorothy |
 | Selfridge Family
Robert, Kenneth, Eliza, Eleanor and Ken's college buddy in front |
 | Selfridge Family
Back row; Robert C. Selfridge and wife Eliza, John T. Selfridge (father of Robert C.), unknown, Elinor Selfridge, Dorothy Selfridge and unknown.
Front Row; Unknown girl, William Kohankie, Ralph Kennedy, unknown adult holding infant (possibly Kenneth Story), possibly Mary Wise McClelland, possibly James McClelland holding unknown infant and Ransom Selfridge holding unknown boy.
Picture was taken at the Old Homestead in Hudson Falls, NY. |
| Obituary & Death Notice |
 | Robert C. Selfridge, Formerly of Tupper, Dies Suddenly Monday
Robert C. Selfridge, Formerly of Tupper, Dies Suddenly Monday
Robert C. Selfridge, 77, a resident for many years of Tupper Lake, died very suddenly Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock at his home at Deerland, Long Lake.
He had been under treatment for a heart ailment for several years, but had remained active until his death. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 1:30 at Long Lake Methodist Episcopal Church and interment was in the family plot at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Saranac Lake.
He was born at North Argyle, N.Y. on August 17, 1870, the son of James and Elizabeth Cuthbert Selfridge, and was married at Saranac Lake to Eliza McClelland. The family moved to Tupper Lake in 1914, and Mrs. Selfridge died here in 1917.
Mr. Selfridge was in the employ of the New York Central (illegible two lines) Maintenance of Way Employee. About 18 years ago he moved to Long Lake, where he was married a second time in 1930 to Annie Scott Plumley, who survives. She has been confined to Mercy General hospital here by illness since last November.
Mr. and Mrs. Selfridge operated Plumley's Camp, one of the leading summer resorts on Long Lake, until about two years ago, when they sold the property.
Surviving, besides his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Dorothy) Kennedy of Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; one son, Robert Selfridge of Altmar, N.Y.; four brothers; Ransom Selfridge of Ganesvoort, N.Y.; Charles and Frank Selfridge of Hudson Falls, N.Y.; and Chauncey Selfridge, North Hartford, N.Y.; also four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were made at the Deshaw Funeral Parlors here.
--Tupper Lake Free Press, Tupper Lake, NY, May 14, 1948 Page 1 |
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| Last Rites Conducted for R.C. Selfridge
Last Rites Conducted for R.C. Selfridge
Interment services were held yesterday afternoon in Pine Ridge Cemetery for Robert C. Selfridge, 77, former resident of Saranac Lake who died suddenly Monday afternoon at his home at Deerland, Long Lake.
Mr. Selfridge was born at North Argyle on August 17, 1870, son of James and Elizabeth Cuthbert Selfridge. He came to Saranac Lake to reside while an employee of the New York Central railroad.
He was married in this village to Eliza McClelland who passed away in 1917. Later he moved to Tupper Lake and then Long Lake where he married Annie Scott Plumley in 1930.
For a number of years he and his wife operated Plumley's Camps, a leading summer resort at Long Lake. Funeral rites were conducted at 1:30 p.m. yesterday in the Long Lake Methodist Church.
--Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Saranac Lake, NY, May 13, 1948 |
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