Helen Robbs Hardie
Helen was born on January 7th, 1811 in
Ruthven, Angus, Scotland. Helen's father was
James Hardie and her mother was
Christian Thomson. Her maternal grandparents were
James Thomson and
Kathryn Gibson. She had five brothers and three sisters, named
Patrick,
James,
William,
Andrew,
John,
Isabella,
Margaret and
Jean. She was the fourth oldest of the nine children.