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Memorial gravestone of 1906 earthquake victims, Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery

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Title	Memorial gravestone of 1906 earthquake victims, Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
Type of object	photograph
Date created	2006
Description	Photographs of the gravestones of 1906 earthquake victims, known and unknown, Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery. A memorial stone stands over the grave of sixteen victims. It lists nine named and four unnamed victims of the earthquake. The gravestone of the Bluth brothers stands next to it. Initials of some of the victims are incised on the flat slabs over the graves . Josephine Boone Ely, born in 1859 in Missouri, was 47. Her son, Marshall, was 17. One John Murphy, born in Massachusetts, was a 40 year old tanner. The other, born in 1844 in Ireland, was a veteran of the Civil War. C. Allen Trudgeon, born in Sonoma County in 1884, was a 22 year old drug clerk. Charles W. Palm, born in 1863, was 43. Nicholas Stampfli, 32, died in the Eagle Hotel. Frank Downing was an employee at the City Stables in Santa Rosa.
Subject	Earthquake, 1906 Gravestones Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
City	Santa Rosa, California
Region	Sonoma County (California)
Transcript	In memory of those who died in the disaster of April 18, 1906. Mrs. C. Heath - Josephine Ely - Marshall Ely - John Murphy - C.A. Trudgeon - Chas. W. Palm - Nicholas Stampfli - John Murphy - Frank Downing - Four persons unknown - Nos. 1 - 4- 6 - 7.
Repository	Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California
File name	EQ_RUR_001
Digital reproduction	Original photographs archived at 300 dpi-Displayed in jpeg format at 75 dpi
Related resources	Earthquakes (Gaye LeBaron Collection file folder) Earthquake damage (Gaye LeBaron Collection file folder) Hoyt Earthquake Photograph Collection Hotz earthquake photographs (Sonoma County Preservation Projects)
Copyright	Restrictions may apply. For more information see http://library.sonoma.edu/specialcollections/usingcollections/rights/
Date digitized	2006

Title	Memorial gravestone of 1906 earthquake victims, Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, image 1
Collection	Earthquake of 1906 Digital Collection
Repository	Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California
Copyright	Restrictions may apply. For more information see http://library.sonoma.edu/specialcollections/usingcollections/rights/

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