Carole Rosamond Robertson (1949 - 1963)

Born 24 Apr 1949 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama

Ancestors

Died 15 Sep 1963 at age 14 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama

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Biography

Carole Robertson died young.

Carole was born 24 Apr 1949 to Alvin and Alpha (Anderson) Robertson , she was their third child. Carole was the youngest of the three.

The family was proud of Carole's accomplishments in her young life. She was attending Parker High School and was a straight A student.

Carole sang in the Wilkerson Elementary school choir and later she was a member of Parker High School Band.

Carole was also very active in the Girl Scouts.

Carole lived at a very charged time in the Southern US. Carole attended the 16th Street Baptist Church and she was one of four little girls that were killed in the bombing of the church.

Carole was the daughter of Alvin and Alpha (Anderson) Robertson.^[1]

On Sunday, September 15,1963 Addie Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Denise McNair(11) died in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.^[2]

Carol Rosamond Robertson

Alabama Deaths

Name Carol Rosamond Robertson

Event Date 15 Sep 1963

Event Place Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama

Gender Female

Age (Original) 14y

Birth Year (Estimated) 1949

Father's Name Alvin C. Robinson

Mother's Name Alpha B. Anderson^[3]

See 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 space page for a list of profiles for people involved in this event.

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXFP-JJC : 11 January 2021), Carol Rosamond Robertson, 1963.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing
3. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXFP-JJC : 15 February 2018), Carol Rosamond Robertson, 15 Sep 1963; citing reference 22105, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,909,057.

• Carole Robertson, Biography.com, archived at Wayback Machine

• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Carole Rosamond Robertson (24 Apr 1949–15 Sep 1963), Find A Grave: Memorial #6433311, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
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• https://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=61197

• http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5241/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/four-little-girls-honored-with-congressional-gold-medal/2013/05/24/91e8d896-c481-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?utm_term=.261b1227c148