Title Info: Rosewood Cemetery

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Introduction The Rosewood Cemetery index lists individuals interred at this cemetery located in Spokane County, Washington. Death dates on the markers range from 1887-2011, and 1797 is the earliest birth date shown. Index information about an individual may include name, birth date, birth place, death date, and names of family members. Index data was compiled by Maggie Rail, a member of the Washington State Cemetery Association who has transcribed over 400 cemeteries since 1993.

The Rosewood Cemetery is located at Lat: 47° 20 '51"N, Lon: 117° 10' 20"W T21N R44E Sec 1.

Contact Information:
204 N Fairweather Ave, Fairfield WA
509-283-4257

There are 517 individuals listed in this index.

This index is in English.

This index is open for research.

Abbreviations used in this index:
b/o = baby of
b/o = brother of
c/o = child of
d/o = daughter of
f/o = father of
h/o = husband of
m. = married
s/o = sister of
s/w = stone with
w/o = wife of
*= from obit or had no stone

Notes from transcriber Maggie Rail, 1998-2009, last edited Feb 24, 2012:

“The Rosewood Cemetery is located three and one half miles south of Fairfield WA, and one half mile east of Hwy 27 on Chapman Road.”

“It was established in about 1888 by German Immigrant farmers. Ferdinand Pagel donated three fourths of the land and Frederick Kienbaum donated one fourth. In later years Henry Treede Jr. donated an addition to the original part.”

“Most of the early burials were of the Lutheran faith and of German or Danish descent. Even today many of the burials are descendants of these early families. The earliest birth listed is for Jan 05, 1797, earliest death is Nov 06, 1887.”

“I have transcribed from the current cemetery files as provided to me by Charley Hahner, the Sexton.”

“I again visited the cemetery Jun 20, 2004 and walked it, using my digital camera. I have digital photos of all existing headstones up to 2004. Listings followed by an asterisk * were records I found no stone for, so this means I have no photo for those or obtained from an obit.”

Citation: Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Rosewood Cemetery Spokane County Index, Office of Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed].

Source: Index and transcription notes were donated to the Washington State Archives by Maggie Rail, Historical Records Project, March 2012.
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