There will be no Regular Meeting in August..but... September Program - Author Douglas Keister will speak on cemetery symbolism and introduce his newest book "Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography." This should be a great program on Sept. 9th at 3 pm.

Hello, In follow up to the below posting, I have sent the following letter to the editors of the Pasadena Star News and the San Gabriel Valley Tribune newspapers. I have also notified the State Cemetery and Funeral Bureau in Sacramento. Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves ************************************* Begin letter text: Re: Savannah Memorial Park Editor: The El Monte Cemetery Association has quite a dilemma on its hands if it cannot afford to continue to hold, operate or maintain the Savannah Memorial Park in Rosemead. This cemetery is also known as the El Monte Cemetery or at least that is the name the State recorded when it conducted surveys of California cemeteries between 1950 and 1985. It is by all means one of California's historic cemeteries and represents the early exploration and settlement in California, probably before and after the Mexican War. The State's register for this cemetery cites that it was established in 1852, just two years after California attained statehood. I do not know when the El Monte Cemetery Association acquired the cemetery, but they were not incorporated until 1920. California's statutes governing cemeteries provided for the incorporation of Rural Cemetery Associations in 1859 (Repealed 1931). It does appear that the cemetery was in use by the public for some 60+ years before the El Monte Cemetery Association became a legal California cemetery corporation and was duly authorized to own, operate and maintain a cemetery in the state. From these few facts and presumptions, it would be our opinion that the title to the El Monte Cemetery, as it was used by the public previous to the formation of the El Monte Cemetery Association, vested in the PUBLIC through operation of California law (former Political Code section 3105, now substantially embodied as Health and Safety Code section 8126). The public acquired legal title to the cemetery as a result of its continuous and uninterrupted use of the cemetery for five or more years after January 1, 1873. The public's title was and is superior to that of the El Monte Cemetery Association as the law prohibits adverse possession of lands in public title. Even if the above were not accepted as factual, cemetery associations formed under the former Rural Cemetery Association Act are subject to regulation by the Dept. of Consumer Affairs Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. This means that the El Monte Cemetery Association must abide by the laws and regulations of the Health and Safety Code pertaining to Private Cemeteries. The El Monte Cemetery Association cannot by law sell this cemetery to any entity that has not been issued a Certificate of Authority by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to operate the cemetery. It cannot sell the land as other than cemetery land unless it removes all human remains from its acreage and petitions the Superior Court of California to remove the land's dedication to cemetery purposes. The situation faced by the El Monte Cemetery Association is not unique in California. Many small cemetery associations have functioned for many years without establishing endowed care funds to provide for the cemeteries when they can no longer generate revenues. As is being contemplated by this Association, those cemeteries are basically abandoned, along with all the many original citizens of our state. California on the whole has a dismal record in its treatment of its cemeteries, both historic and modern. Remove a cemetery and you remove the evidence of all those people and the history their lives represented to the very community the cemetery represents. The history of the community is, in essence, often entirely removed. It is a shame that the Asian peoples who have moved into this community cannot be convinced to respect the cemeteries that existed there before they arrived. Their discomfort with the location of the cemeteries is NOT a criteria reviewed by the Superior Court of California when it approves applications to remove and relocate cemeteries. We believe the dead should be left to rest in peace. We believe the cemeteries of our state's early and historic communities should be left unmolested as their original founders intended. We would be willing to assist any interested persons who would like to help preserve this cemetery so that it may remain where it was established in 1852. Sincerely, Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Email: ssilver1951@jps.net California Website: www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/ Worldwide Website: www.savinggraves.org End letter text. (See below for original list posting.) ******************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: <Larakathy@aol.com> To: <CALOSANG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 9:31 AM Subject: [CALosAngeles] Savannah Memorial Park > > Whittier Daily News > > Grant cemetery landmark status > Thursday, July 29, 2004 - THE Savannah Memorial Park in Rosemead has been > the final resting place of San Gabriel Valley residents for more than 150 > years. And before that, it was an Indian burial ground. > The cemetery on Valley Boulevard was the site where pioneers on the Santa Fe > Trail would bury those who had died on the journey from points east to what's > now Rosemead and El Monte. It has been the scene of a few tragic suicides > and a fatal shootout between police and robbers. It is also the site where > Chinese characters adorn the headstones of two Japanese immigrants, the > first-known use of the writing in a public place outside of Chinatown. > Resting beneath its grassy fields are the founding families of the region, > Civil War veterans and even a veteran of the War of 1812. And the graves are > not limited to the park others are known to be underneath Valley Boulevard and > the the surrounding businesses. > Unfortunately, all that history may be forced to make way for development, as > staff writer Jason Kosareff reported Sunday. > The El Monte Cemetery Association, which owns the graveyard, is saying that > without help, the group will soon be forced to sell the land to developers > salivating over the property. > Of course, the graves would be moved and the relatives notified. But moving > such an old cemetery would mean losing a piece of the Valley's heritage in a > community that frankly, has not done well in preserving historic resources. > Ideally, the association would like to make the cemetery a historic landmark > with the state. However, the group fears it does not have the resources to > pull it off. > That's a call for help that should be heeded. Where are those groups that say > Rosemead needs to maintain its old-town atmosphere? With the ferocity that > some groups are showing to oppose a Wal-Mart, ardent Rosemead residents should > fight for this forgotten treasure. > Perhaps Wal-Mart itself can kick in some bucks? With all its talk about > giving back to the community, here's a chance for the retail behemoth to puts its > money where its mouth is. > As for the Asian businesses who see the Savannah Memorial Park a hindrance to > their patrons, they need to respect the history that made their businesses > possible. > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QY.2ADE/1008 Message Board Post: Hi, I wanted to let you all know that there is a new CaGenWeb Archives Project. It was begun on June 28th and is growing rapidly. You can find it at http://www.cagenweb.com/archives If you have any records you would like to submit, would like to help with transcribing data, or want to offer suggestions and ideas, please email me. Thank you, Kathy Sedler Coordinator, CaGenWeb Archives Project kathysedler@hotmail.com

Researching my family has lead me to Placerville, El Dorado County; actually Camino for quite a few. The family came from Iowa to Kansas to California. Starting in Wheatland, Yuba Co., in 1880, to Napa Co., then El Dorado Co. sometime before 1899. Some of the relatives left El Dorado Co. before 1910 for Napa Co. again while others remained in Camino and Placerville for many years. I may still have relatives in that area. Joseph Carson Power and Rebecca Mary McDonald Power left Iowa sometime after 1872, they were in Kansas in 1879 and California by the 1880 census. Joseph And Rebecca Power's Children: John William b. 1855 Iowa Minerva b. 1857 Iowa Mary Jane b. 1859 Iowa Andrew Hayden b. 1862 Iowa David Edwin b. 1864 Iowa Charles Ellison b. 1869 Iowa Newton Theodore b. 1870 Iowa Robert Henry b. 1872 Iowa Joseph Allen b. 1879 Kansas Joseph and Rebecca are first found in the Placerville, El Dorado census in 1900 with their youngest son Joseph Allen Power and his wife Grace Douglass Power (married El Dorado Co., 4 NOV 1899) Napolean Bonaparte Douglass (General B. Douglass) and his second wife Casandra June Giles Douglass are also in Placerville in the 1900 census with their children: (Grace b. 1878 Texas not living with them) Harry b. 1885 Texas Bailey b. 1886 Texas Olivet b. 1888 WA William N. b. 1894 CA They also had older children Ora and Alferd. It is my belief that Joseph and Grace Power met, were married and had their children in the Placerville area. Children of Joseph and Grace Power: Everett b. 7 MAR 1903 Rowena b. 26 FEB 1906 Guinevieve (Guinevere) b. 15 JUL 1907 Lorin Weston Power b. abt 1909 (late 1909 or early 1910) Lorin was my grandfather, I do not know his birthdate and I believe the records of these four births were lost in the fire in 1910 in El Dorado County. The only way I can possibly find these births is to check on Mountain Democrats for those years. John William Power and his wife (Martha) Luella Waters Power made their home in Placerville for many years. Children: Norman, Warren and Alta (Alita) Power. Minerva Power married Alonzo Simpson in Iowa, they also were in Yuba Co. in 1880; in Yolo Co., in 1900 they are in Yolo County. by 1920 they have also found their way to El Dorado County. Their children Daisy Simpson b. 1879 Iowa and Lillian Simpson b. 1880 Kansas. Daisy married Henry Morgan Davey I believe in El Dorado Co., and Lillian married Joel Benjamin Wood also in El Dorado Co. I visited the El Dorado History Museum in Placerville last weekend and found many interesting things. Unfortunately it is a ways for me to travel and I could not find all that I wanted in one day. I would be interested in finding other family members researching this family and also interested in any researches in that area that might be able to take my search further. Look forward to your response, Katrina Sonoma, CA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BAUMANN, STILWELL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QY.2ADE/1007 Message Board Post: Elisa Rosa Baumann Elisa Rosa Baumann died at Alderson Convalescent Hospital, Woodland Sunday, July 4, 2004, at age 89. Born Dec. 5, 1914, in Wheatland, Mrs. Baumann had been a Yolo County resident for over 60 years. She had a dairy farms in Knights Landing and Esparto for many years. Survivors include her daughter, Rosie Baumann Stilwell II of Auburn; grandchildren, Richard Stilwell, III of Grass Valley, Elisa Stilwell of Auburn and Deanna Stilwell of San Rafael; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews in the U.S. and Switzerland. She was preceded in death by her husband Ben Baumann. The family requests memorials be directed to American Heart Association. Services: A funeral mass is scheduled to be said at noon Saturday, July 10, at Holy Rosary Church, Woodland. A vigil service is scheduled at 6 p.m. Friday, July 9, at McNary's Chapel, Woodland. Burial will be at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Woodland. Arrangements are under the direction of McNary's Chapel of Woodland. (Obituary from the Woodland "Daily Democrat," Thursday, July 8, 2004, (Woodland, Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St., Woodland, CA 95695. <http://www.dailydemocrat.com/> Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QY.2ADE/1006 Message Board Post: Hi, In addition to all the new files being added to the Yuba Co. CaGenWeb site, there is now a new CaGenWeb State Archives. Although literally in its infancy, the goal is to provide researchers with very large databases to supplement County pages. You may wish to check both sites periodically for updates and new files. http://www.cagenweb.com/archives/ http://www.cagenweb.com/yuba/ Thank you, Kathy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: rideout Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QY.2ADE/64.227.338.3 Message Board Post: can you sent me what you have on john? mary

I posted an inquiry awhile back regarding information on the large home on the corner of 7th and G Streets, but neglected to state that was Marysville. The home is across from (or was) the grammar schools in the '30"s and '40's. I wondered who the owner was. Thank you. Millie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QY.2ADE/926.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for posting my grandfather's obituary. Digitizing historical records and making them commonly available is a most valuable technological advancement.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCOTT/HAMPTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QY.2ADE/582.1 Message Board Post: MY GREAT GRANDFATHER MONROE SCOTT AND HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH VINA[ HAMPTON] SCOTT LIVED A FEW MILES FROM BRANSON MO. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN HORSE MAN. PLEASE E-MAIL ME IF THIS MAY BE THE FAMILY YOUR LOOKING FOR.

I would like very much to have a digital photo of a headstone in the Peoria Cemetery near Marysville.... HUBBARD, Rovell Paul b. 1925 Ok. d. march 9, 1980 Ca. Thank you very much! Evelyn in Oregon

I met a fine man at your library's California Room, but I have lost his card. Can someone fill me in on the name and contact information of Marysville's town historian? I have some questions about the old catholic school my Powers went to in 1880-1896. Thanks, Candi in CA

Are there any pictures of students in the Marysville Grammar School during the late 1930's and early 1940's? Thank you. Millie

Can someone tell me who lived in the big house on the corner of 7th and G streets across from the old elementary school in the 1940's? Thank you. Millie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QY.2ADE/1005.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I've walked the cemetery, copied their burial book, and have not seen any Horner's listed there. There is a complete list of burials at http://www.cagenweb.com/yuba/wheatland.htm Sorry. Kathy Sedler Yuba County CaGenWeb Coordinator http://www.cagenweb.com/yuba

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Horner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QY.2ADE/1005 Message Board Post: If anyone can provide a listing, if any, of Horners buried here I surely would appreciate it.

Hello listers; I'm new to this list and would appreciate any and all information regarding Aphaline KIRKPATRICK b. ca 1851, possibly in Missouri. Married John Hayden McCreary on 20 Jun 1872 in Marysville, Yuba County, California. In the 1930 census, she was living with her son, S.M. McCreary in Center Township, Sacramento, California. Thank you in advance for your help, John C. Hall, Petaluma, California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Todd, McNeal, Klenzendorf, Gregory, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QY.2ADE/641.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi there My g-grandmother was Lucy Ann Todd (Gregory - don't know where this name comes in.) She was the daughter of Ephraim Todd and Anna McNeal. She married Carl Klenzendorf (b 08/14/1859) on 08/26/1891 in Yuba County. They had one daughter, Clara Klenzendorf, and one son, William Warren. Carl's father was Josim Henry Klenzendorf, b 05/01/1822. Is this a help? Carol

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QY.2ADE/58.61.64.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Jim, Haven't seen you in a very long time. Couldn't remember where I had posted on the Burrichter family. Please email back. Your email is partialy cut off. my email is <nucoat@aol.com> Derek

Kathy, Thanks for such dedication and wonderful work you are doing. Cindy ----- Original Message ----- From: <CAYUBA-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <CAYUBA-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:00 PM Subject: CAYUBA-D Digest V04 #28