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William Blount Robertson III

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26 Feb 1898 (aged 58)
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The following information was extracted from an article in the 6 August 1898 edition of The San Francisco Call, entitled "Time, Lives and Labor Lost While Going to Dawson" and "Sam Wall's History of Hardships and Disasters to Those Who Left on Hurried Expeditions", downloaded from Newspapers.com on 3 September 2017.

W.B. Robertson was among a group of gold-seekers who left San Francisco in the Summer of 1897 and sailed from Seattle on the steamer W.K. Merwin headed for Dawson City, Yukon Territory, and the gold rush. The boat left Seattle on 10 August 1897 and wintered at Minevek Creek, near the mouth of the Yukon. Her passengers had a hard time, being reduced to the plainest living, having exhausted such luxuries as milk, butter and sugar. Many of the passengers went ashore and built cabins, while others stayed aboard the boat the entire winter.

W.B. Robertson of San Francisco, 60 years of age, died of exposure and dysentery on February 24, 1898.

Despite the date of death cited in this newspaper article, papers filed in his probate revealed the actual date of death as 26 February 1898.
The following information was extracted from an article in the 6 August 1898 edition of The San Francisco Call, entitled "Time, Lives and Labor Lost While Going to Dawson" and "Sam Wall's History of Hardships and Disasters to Those Who Left on Hurried Expeditions", downloaded from Newspapers.com on 3 September 2017.

W.B. Robertson was among a group of gold-seekers who left San Francisco in the Summer of 1897 and sailed from Seattle on the steamer W.K. Merwin headed for Dawson City, Yukon Territory, and the gold rush. The boat left Seattle on 10 August 1897 and wintered at Minevek Creek, near the mouth of the Yukon. Her passengers had a hard time, being reduced to the plainest living, having exhausted such luxuries as milk, butter and sugar. Many of the passengers went ashore and built cabins, while others stayed aboard the boat the entire winter.

W.B. Robertson of San Francisco, 60 years of age, died of exposure and dysentery on February 24, 1898.

Despite the date of death cited in this newspaper article, papers filed in his probate revealed the actual date of death as 26 February 1898.

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