INDEX TO DEATHS 1852-1885
From the Placer Herald Newspaper, Auburn, California
Extracted and indexed by Roscoe Ashton, Jan Catalano, Annabelle Chandler, Harry Grady, Henrietta Gustka, Barbara Leak, Louise Pilger, and Rita Santos.
Copies of death notices from the Placer Herald may be obtained by writing to:
Placer County Genealogical Society
Research Committee
PO Box 7385
Auburn, CA 95604-7385
Search fee: $5.00 for first notice, $3.00 each additional notice ordered at the same time. Send name of deceased and year of death from this index. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). Name of deceased, age, and full date and place of death are usually given in the newspaper notices. Please allow at least 4 weeks for a reply to your request.
INDEX TO DEATHS 1852-1885 LAST NAME GIVEN NAMES YEAR LOCATION ------------- --------------------- ---- ----------------------------------- Saddler Charles 1853 Empire Hotel Sadler Hiram M. 1853 Auburn Sailing John 1873 Sailing's Farm, near Lincoln Sailing Letitia 1863 Sailing's Ranch Salgado Elvira 1870 home of father Salsig Catherine 1879 Los Angeles Sampson John 1876 County Hospital Sampson Silvy 1875 West Brookfield, MA Sanborn Edwin 1885 Auburn Sanders Mattie Murdge? 1866 near Virginia, Placer Co. Sanderson Peter 1870 County Hospital Sangmaster Hattie Christian 1881 Alta Saunders Mary Minerva 1872 Saunders Ranch Sawyer ---, son 1870 Auburn Sawyer Sarah M., Mrs. 1870 Auburn Sayles Willie 1882 Coalville Schecle John 1869 County Hospital Schelhouse Frances Ellen 1864 Dry Creek, Placer Co. Schellhouse ---, dau 1866 Dry Creek, Roseville Schillensky ---, infant son 1880 Dutch Flat Schillensky Jacob 1880 Dutch Flat Schlatman H. 1872 Dutch Flat Schmidt Henry 1869 Rocklin Schmidt John 1880 Iowa Hill, CA Schmidt William 1858 Ophir Schnabel Frederick 1878 near Doty's Flat Schnabel Henry 1876 Jenny Lind Flat Schnebley Henry 1865 Doty's Flat Schneider Elizabeth M. 1872 Orr's Ranch Schnetz Mary J. 1881 Rocklin Schodtgen Thadeus 1874 Horse Shoe Bar Schofield H.A. 1868 Redwood City Schoren Mathias 1879 County Hospital Schultheiss Gottfried 1872 Auburn Schwalenberg Bertie 1885 Penryn Schwalenberg Julius 1876 Colfax Schweltzer M.W. 1880 Forest Hill Schwime A. 1883 County Hospital Scott A.B. 1883 Newcastle Scott D.C., Dr. 1882 Eureka Scott James 1883 near Iowa Hill Scott John 1861 St. Genevieve, MO Scroggs N.S., Mrs. 1883 Auburn Scully Ellen 1884 Auburn Station Seagreen ---, infant daughter 1885 Hotaling Sears Sarah A., Mrs. 1864 Rattlesnake Bar, Placer Co. Secord ---, infant daughter 1873 Dutch Flat Secord ---, infant son 1873 Dutch Flat Secord Maud 1884 Ophir Seely E.M., Mrs. 1870 Auburn Selgado Eva 1885 Greenwood, El Dorado Co. Selkirk Edith Lydia 1873 Placerville Selkirk Edward R. 1884 Placerville Selkirk Mary A., Mrs. 1866 Dutch Flat Semmon Eliza J. 1879 Colfax Sexton James 1867 Cisco Sexton John 1860 Rattlesnake Sexton John 1863 Sexton Margaret 1881 Newcastle Sexton William 1863 Auburn Shackleton E.L. 1882 Auburn Shackleton John P. 1876 Conway, Arkansas Shackleton Uretta Q. 1878 Auburn Shafer Christian 1879 Lincoln Shafer Susan 1882 Ophir Shaffer Phillip Henry 1864 Dutch Flat Shamp Benj. J. 1875 County Hospital Shanley Patrick 1877 Auburn Shanley Thomas 1883 San Francisco Shannon Louis W. 1885 Colfax Shannon Louis Wernwag 1885 Colfax Shannon Robert 1884 Auburn Sharon Louisa 1884 Dutch Flat Sharp George W. 1869 County Hospital Shattuck Geo. W. 1880 Iowa Hill Shattuck William 1885 near Penryn Shaw Andrew Sampson 1879 Alta Shearer Carrie 1880 Todd Valley Shearer Lewis Clark 1872 Green Valley Sheldon John 1864 Gold Run, Placer Co. Sheppard George B. 1865 Clipper Gap Sherman Wm. Roger 1880 County Hospital Shields W.S., Dr. 1873 San Bernardino Showalter Cris. 1877 County Hospital Sickles Daniel 1881 Virginiatown Sickles George 1867 Auburn Simon Franklin Albert 1868 Central Pacific RR, Blue Canyon Simons Charles L. 1884 Auburn Simons Henry, Mrs. 1885 Iowa Hill Simons John H. 1883 Dutch Flat Sims Thomas, Col. 1865 Michigan Bluff Sinclair Laura O. 1858 Auburn Sisly Lillie G. 1879 Rocklin Slade Chester H. 1868 Auburn Smaley Edward William 1884 Yankee Jims Small Lucinda 1885 Hoagland, IN Smiley John H. 1880 Iowa Hill Smith ---, infant son 1859 Dutch Flat Smith Adam T. 1860 Iowa Hill Smith Adolphus Louis 1863 Smithville Smith Alfred 1883 Hotaling Smith Charles 1867 Dutch Flat Smith Emeline 1872 Todd Valley Smith Frank 1859 Auburn Smith Geo. 1859 Newcastle, Placer Co. Smith H.C. 1884 Colfax Smith H.H. 1876 Newcastle Smith Hannah, Mrs. 1877 Auburn Smith Harvey 1871 Pleasant Grove Creek Smith Horace 1863 Virginia City, Nevada Terr. Smith James 1885 Emigrant Gap Smith James C. 1873 Orr's Station, Eldorado Co. Smith John 1884 near Sheridan Smith L.G. 1880 Rocklin Smith Mary 1867 Coon Creek Smith Mary F. 1872 Todd Valley Smith Mattie C. 1870 Pine Grove Smith Mattie Lulu 1867 Smithville Smith Minnie Alice 1871 Colfax Smith Nickolous 1876 County Hospital Smith W.H. 1873 Ophir Smith W.R. 1880 near Newcastle Smith William 1876 near Auburn Smithwick ---, Mrs. 1868 Dutch Flat Snyder Henry 1876 Rocklin Snyder Ludwig 1875 County Hospital Solgado Augustine 1879 Auburn Sonndag Andrew 1861 Dutch Flat Spann William, Capt. 1858 Neosho, MO Sparks S. 1870 Blue Canyon Spaulding John 1868 Truckee Spear Jacob 1880 Dutch Flat Speidel Philip 1874 Sheridan Spinna Mary 1869 Gold Run Sprague A.M., Mrs. 1864 Auburn Sprague Bertie 1883 Iowa Hill Sprague Charles 1885 County Hospital Sprague Charles W. 1874 Colfax Sprague George Albert 1883 Iowa Hill Sprague James E. 1879 Penryn Stackhouse Lucy Ann, Mrs. 1865 Walla Walla, Washington Terr. Staddon Thomas 1884 near Emigrant Gap Stahili Jaque 1873 County Hospital Stancliff Quinzey 1875 County Hospital Stanley Arthur 1881 Dutch Flat Stanley John M. 1856 Goodall's, Oro City, Placer Co Stanley W.F. 1866 on way to Placer Co from Montana Starr Mary J., Mrs. 1875 Ophir Steel Wm. 1883 New England Mills Steffens Mary Nellie 1864 Dutch Flat Steinbaugh Michael 1885 Sacramento Steinberg Max 1885 Dutch Flat Steiner Jacob 1871 Grizzly Bear House Stephens Mary, Mrs. 1862 Staten Island, NY Stephensen Daniel 1881 near Roseville Stern Henry 1876 Gold Run Steven Lucy 1866 Dutch Flat Steven William 1856 Auburn Stevens James, Captain 1862 Bath, Placer Co. Stevens Margaret Somerville 1859 Millertown, near Auburn Stewart Charles 1874 Tahoe City Stewart Joseph M. 1866 Higgins Ranch, near Gold Run Stickney William 1853 near Auburn Stimson John Wilson 1863 Secret Ravine Stinger Baptist 1878 near Virginiatown Stinson G.W. 1884 County Hospital Stone Mary Caroline 1862 Iowa HIll Stone Ptolemy 1882 Iowa Hill Stone S.A., Mrs. 1877 Iowa Hill Stoner Mary Melvina, Mrs. 1861 Carson City, Utah Territory Story Ambrose W. 1855 Ophir Story Mathew 1882 Todd's Valley Stow Solon 1863 Alabaster Hotel, El Dorado Co. Stradley J.B. 1883 County Hospital Strahler Eliza 1878 Dutch Flat Strawther John W. 1873 near Colfax Street Joseph E. 1884 Colfax Streper Charles 1873 Philadelphia Striker John 1875 Oakland Strobel Charles S. 1873 Michigan Bluff Strong Leavander 1880 Auburn Stuart William 1876 County Hospital Stull I.A. 1877 County Hospital Sullivan Eliza 1879 Rock Creek Sullivan Jerry 1879 County Hospital Sullivan Maggie 1884 Truckee Sullivan Maggie A. 1882 Truckee Sullivan William H. 1863 Forest Hill Summer Emma R. 1882 Auburn Sutherland J. 1873 Rocklin Sutphen William 1876 County Hospital Sutton Margaret 1880 Napa Swan Charles J. 1884 Los Angeles Swan Irene 1861 Auburn Swan James 1875 County Hospital Sweeney E.H. 1875 Auburn Station Sweeney Miles T. 1880 County Hospital Sweet Silas 1870 Rocklin Swenson Annie 1878 Dutch Flat Swesey Margaret 1871 Dutch Ravine Swett Merritt 1882 Auburn Swift Barney 1880 Dutch Flat Switzer Minnie 1863 Bloomer Ranch, near Auburn Sylvia Antonio 1880 San Francisco Symington Wm. 1879 Nevada City Symonds George 1881 Colfax Talbot Hannah, Mrs. 1883 Dutch Flat Talbott Etta 1875 Shady Run, Placer Co. Tanes Jesus P. 1880 County Hospital Taylor Cornelius 1872 Lincoln Taylor Henry 1878 County Hospital Taylor Henry 1885 near Auburn Taylor J.B. 1875 Rock Creek, near Auburn Taylor Jennie 1876 Forest Hill Taylor Sophia 1882 Foresthill Taylor W.G. 1877 Ophir Taylor W.G., Mrs. 1877 Ophir Teeters Rhoda Ann 1870 Truckee, Nevada Co. Tegler Anna 1869 Iowa Hill Telly John 1885 Rocklin Tenhard Wm. 1879 County Hospital Terry Charles Floyd 1880 Smith Ranch Tews Joseph 1877 County Hospital Thatcher Lizzie Dell 1878 Gold Bar Thiebeau 1870 Auburn Thomas Charlotte S. 1873 Sacramento Thomas Dee 1882 Cloverdale Thomas Effie K. 1872 Michigan Bluff Thomas John M. 1870 Coon Creek, Sutter Co. Thomas Philip W. 1871 Auburn Thomas Sarah 1870 Coon Creek, Placer Co. Thomas W.A., Mrs. 1874 Roseville Thompson Joseph 1871 Shady Run Thompson Luther 1883 County Hospital Thompson Peter 1870 Gold Run Thompson Thomas 1882 Auburn Thompson Zebalon 1876 County Hospital Threlkel Katie 1876 near Old Auburn Station Tiffany Mary Frances 1884 Auburn Tigh Wm. 1885 County Hospital Tilson Augustus 1854 Gold Hill Timmons William 1877 County Hospital Tiner William J. 1885 Damascus Tinken John 1872 Gold Run T??lote Stephen 1876 County Hospital Tollman James 1874 County Hospital Tolman Jane 1870 Colfax Tompkins John 1874 Newcastle Towle Frank 1876 Sacramento Towslee Gideon 1861 on the North Fork Tracy Willie 1860 California House Traphagen Independence 1872 Colfax Trask Alice 1861 Monona Flat, Placer Co. Trask J.H., Dr. 1863 Todd's Valley Trathen Frankie L. 1878 Dutch Flat Tremelling Harriet Ann 1881 Humbug Flat, near Ophir Trethen Eva Josephine 1873 Dutch Flat Tribble J.H. 1865 Owl Creek, near Todd Valley Trott Emma 1864 Newcastle Trott Samuel 1878 Rocklin Trowers Annie Beatrice 1881 near Penryn Trucks Michael F. 1883 County Hospital Tupper W.H. 1853 Turley Hugh 1878 Capelle, Napa Co. Turley Mary 1881 Todds Valley Turner Francis M. 1885 Ophir Turner J.C. 1880 Pino Tuttle Maria, Mrs. 1868 Brooklyn, NY Tweed Ruth 1871 Arizona City Tyrell Andrew 1874 County Hospital Uren ---, infant son 1880 Dutch Flat Uren Thomas 1873 Dutch Flat Utt Albert 1870 on Dry Creek, 4 miles from Auburn Valet Christopher 1869 Carolton, Placer Co. Van Baren Josiah 1884 Gold Run Van Trees Dan L. 1867 Rocklin Van Trees Frank 1878 Rocklin Vaneman Alex 1870 Michigan Bluff Varney ---, infant daughter 1873 Truckee Verholtz John 1862 Stewart Flat Verholtz 1863 Stewart's Flat Vickers James 1870 Damascus Vidal Louis 1879 County Hospital Virt August 1885 Forest Hill Vivian May 1882 Penryn Vogle Prisilla, Mrs. 1861 Dutch Flat Voight Charles 1878 Dutch Flat Voss Louisa 1868 Dutch Flat W'--- Wm. 1884 near Auburn Waddel Stephan 1874 Hospital Waddell John 1860 on Secret Ravine Wade David 1863 Grizzly Bear House Wadley Josephine 1867 Miners Ravine Walden Josie M. 1875 Rocklin Waldo ---, infant daughter 1884 near Auburn Waldron ---, infant son 1875 Lincoln Walker A.M., Mrs. 1876 Rocklin Walker Harvey Sutton, Col. 1879 Lincoln Walker Louise 1879 Lincoln Walker Mary 1877 Rocklin Walkup Charles Carrol 1863 Auburn Walkup Joseph 1873 Auburn Walkup Rankin 1869 Columbus, Ohio Wann John 1881 County Hospital Warfield James Albert 1877 Newcastle Warner C.P., Mrs. 1870 Cook's, Dry Creek, near Auburn Warnicke Henry 1883 County Hospital Warwick Richard f. 1877 County Hospital Washburn M.J. 1878 San Francisco Wasiter Mary 1864 Gold Hill Waters Joseph 1880 Iowa Hill Watson E.L., Judge 1866 Auburn Watson Peter D. 1872 Rocklin Webb ---, infant twin 1878 near Penryn Webb ---, twin child 1878 near Pino Webb Elisha 1881 Pino Webb Willam 1881 Newcastle Weeks Geo. T. 1885 Roseville Weir John 1860 Dutch Flat Welch ---, infant daughter 1864 Auburn Welch ---, infant son 1862 near Auburn Weld DesCartes, Dr. 1860 Virginia, Placer Co. Welis Seymour O. 1868 Rocklin Wells Absolam 1862 Well's Precinct, Placer Co. Wells Bazaleel R. 1880 Sacramento Wells Dora 1883 Dry Creek Wells Francis, Mrs. 1882 Dry Creek Wells George W. 1870 County Hospital Wells Horace 1883 Dry Creek Wells Solomon 1858 Auburn Wells Thomas 1861 Auburn Wells Thomas 1861 Nevada Road, Placer Co. Welsh Patrick 1870 County Hospital Wentworth Maria, Mrs. 1861 Michigan Bluff Wessing Emma 1879 Sacramento West Basil 1880 Auburn West Charlotte 1870 Auburn Weston T.F. 1884 Penryn Whaley James H. 1870 near Lincoln Whaley Margaret E. 1884 Vallejo Whaley Nettie 1873 near Lincoln Wheeler A. 1871 Yankee Jim Wheeler L.L. 1869 Iowa Hill White ---, infant son 1872 Gold Run White ---, infant son 1881 Rocklin White Charles 1869 County Hospital White Elizabeth, Mrs. 1868 Auburn White John B. 1864 Pine Grove, Placer Co. White Mary Marcellia 1878 Auburn White Samuel 1866 Dutch Flat White Sarah Marcellia 1878 Auburn White Stephen A. 1871 Gold Run Whiting H.L. 1873 near Roseville Whitmarsh Hannah 1865 Whitmarsh Susan E. 1861 Empire Hotel, Auburn Whitney Nellie 1879 Roseville Whitney Walter A. 1879 Roseville Whittenhall Hank 1868 at the summit Wiggins Henry F. 1853 Auburn Wilcox Sarah E. 1884 Colfax Willard Daniel 1871 Lincoln Willard Esther R. 1882 Gold Run Willard John 1871 Lincoln Willey Walter 1884 Michigan Bluff Williams Cass, Mrs. 1883 Colfax Williams Fielding 1860 San Francisco Williams Frederick 1876 Michigan Bluff Williams Hogan 1871 Gold Run Williams John 1878 County Hospital Williams L.W. 1874 Nevada City Williams Pringle 1858 Secret Ravine Williams Reuben 1883 Iowa Hill Williams Russell 1870 near Alta Williams Thomas D. 1879 Oakdale Vineyard, near Lincoln Willingham Walter C. 1884 near Penryn Willits ---, infant daughter 1864 Dutch Flat Willment George 1878 Auburn Wills James 1880 San Francisco Wilson Anthony 1856 County Hospital Wilson Charles 1879 County Hospital Wilson Daniel A. 1870 Newcastle Wilson George Henry 1863 Auburn Wilson George W. 1882 Spring Garden Ranch Wilson James 1883 Pleasant Bar, Mdl. Fork Am. R. Wilson John P., Mrs. 1877 Lisbon Wilson Peter 1882 Auburn Wilson Samuel E. 1882 Shipley Ravine House Wilson Sophie E. 1882 Auburn Wilson William 1878 County Hospital Winchester Elliott B. 1866 Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. Wing Charles R. 1882 Auburn Winkler Archibald 1853 Millertown Winks Melvin 1874 Rocklin Winspear Robert 1884 Forest Hill Winters John 1872 Stockton Wisch Henry v.d. 1853 vicinity of Auburn Withauph Alice L. 1867 Dutch Flat Wixon Helen Jane 1860 Franklin House, Miners Ravine Wolcott U.S. 1871 Gold Run Wood Ephriam 1885 Robinson P.Q. Wood J.D. 1882 Lincoln Woodbury Edward 1865 Auburn Woodlife Thomas Beavan 1871 Colfax Woodman Clara 1872 Auburn Woodruff Albert 1882 Roseville Woodruff Elizabeth 1884 Roseville Woodruff F.A., Miss 1871 Sacramento Worthington Samuel 1885 County Hospital Wright John 1876 County Hospital Wright Marie E., Mrs. 1874 Alta Wright Thomas A. 1875 Brunswick, MO Yerksey Daniel 1872 Forest Hill Young Addie Louise 1880 Rocklin Young H. Ellen 1869 Donner Lake Young Sarah E. 1865 Wisconsin Hill Yount John 1880 County Hospital Yule Miriam Janet 1872 Michigan Bluff Zentmeyer J.J. 1861 Auburn Ziegenbein Maria, Mrs. 1863 Daneville, Placer Co. Ziegenbein Wm. 1866 Lincoln Zoover Leonard Allen 1885 Auburn
Copies of death notices from the Placer Herald may be obtained by writing to:
Placer County Genealogical Society
Research Committee
PO Box 7385
Auburn, CA 95604-7385
Search fee: $5.00 for first notice, $3.00 each additional notice ordered at the same time. Send name of deceased and year of death from this index. Please include a self-adressed, stamped envelope (SASE). Name of deceased, age, and full date and place of death are usually given in the newspaper notices.
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