(1st son of John & Louise Rossier)

Born:         September 21, 1850             Vevey, Switzerland

Married:           Catherine Fitzgibbons          May, 1880
                   Born in 1846
				   died in 1932

Died:              December, 1930                 stomach Cancer

Occupation:        Farmer                         Canandaigua, NY

Children:       Faith       Louise

Henry left home when he was in his early teens. He was a feisty, independent young man and he didn't get along very well with his stepmother. It is said that he once enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 14 but was put out when his age was discovered. He came to Canandaigua, New York in 1871 and worked on the DeWitt Farm on West Lake Road. He also worked on the Tichenor Farm for a time.

In 1880, he married Catherine Fitzgibbons who was born in 1846. She came from Ireland with her father who was a priest. He died on the way over and left her an orphan. In her younger years she was raised by Harriet Beecher Stowe's mother. Later she was sent to western New York to live with foster parents.

Henry and Catherine lost a baby girl named Faith, but in 1884 they had their only other child, a girl named Louise.

In 1890 they purchased a farm in Canandaigua, New York. The farm is located on what is now known as the Rossier Road. The farm house built in 1864 had an attractive Colonial style of architecture. It remains delightfully situated facing the East and affording a grand view of the surrounding country.

Henry was very active in the Chesire Community Church which now holds a stained glass window in his memory. He died in December, 1930 of stomach Cancer. Catherine died in 1932.

Buried: Pine Bank Cemetery, Chesire, New York