Funeral Card Friday: William T Rosa

 

Egads!  I just realized how long its been since I've touched my genealogy or this blog....  I'm a tax preparer... can you tell when I get swamped? 

So this post will be rather short and sweet... the funeral card for William T. Rosa, oldest son of James and Ruth Rosa.



Wednesday's Child: Roy E Rosa

   

Photo taken by Jami L. Berthiaume at the Indian Creek Cemetery in Hamburg, IL 

Roy Eldon Rosa, had he lived, would have been my Grandfather's oldest brother.  He was the first-born of George Westly and Eva Jane (Hallett) Rosa.  He was born Nov. 5, 1891 and died Jan. 30, 1892 at the tender age of two months and 25 days.

Funeral Card Friday: James Rosa Sr

 

This funeral notice announces the death of my great-great-grandfather, James Rosa Sr.  He was born in Vuren, in the Gelderland region of the Netherlands on the 16th of September in 1840.  The family settled in Hamburg, Calhoun County, Illinois around 1853.  His descendants live there still.  He died May 24, 1904 and was buried two days later at the Indian Creek Cemetery in Hamburg.

Wordless Wednesday: Juicy's Playground

My Granpa Juicy (James Russell Rosa Sr.) apparantly ran a dance hall in Banning.  Anybody out there know anything about it??