Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA
• Alternate Birth: 10 Oct 1914, Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Store Owner/Postmaster

Notes:

Emil A. Roseberg, 79 who made his home at 811 Magnolia St in Oregon City, died Friday morning at a local hospital where he had been ill for over a month. Born June 14, 1870 at Roseberg, Wash, he had made his home in Clackamas Heights for nine years. A retired farmer Mrs. Roseburg was also a former postmaster in Roseberg, Wash., a town named for his family.

Surviving are a son, Albert Roseberg, Portland; a daughter Mrs. Romona Jackson, Los angeles, and a grdnddaughter Patricia Harris in Oregon City. His wife, Louisa, died in 1941.

The funeral will be in the chapel at Hohman Hankins and Rilance Wednesday at 11 a.m. Interment will be in the Carus Cemetery.

Individuals: Rosburg, Larry Bruce, Information came from the Oregan City, Obituaries, death certificates, and Ancestery.com.

Emil married Augue, Louisa on 4 Sep 1907 in Astoria, Clatsop, Oregon, USA. Louisa was born on 22 May 1873 in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 3 Apr 1943 in Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, USA; was buried on 6 Apr 1943 in Carus Cemetery, Clackamas, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Louisa Rusburg, 69, late of 811 Magnolia street, died at the Oregon City Hospital Satudrday following a confinement of one day. She had been a resident of this district for three years, and of Oregon for 24. She was born May 22, 1873 in FRANCE, and came to the United States 46 years ago.

Survivors include one foster son, Loe Colniko of Portland and one foster daughter Ramona Jackson of Los Angeles and one grand child, Patricia Harris

Individuals: Rosburg, Larry Bruce, Information came from the Oregan City, Obituaries, death certificates, and Ancestery.com.

Data per JF Thoma.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cooper / Store Owner/ Postal Agent
• Life Event: 19 Jan 1893, Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA; Postmaster

Notes:

The German authorities listed Christian as "escaped" when they filed their reports in 1863. It kind of proves the story that they left to avoid conscription into military service.

In 1855 Christian was living in Wisconsin and is on the Wisconsin Territorial Census. In 1860 he is living in Read, Clayton, Iowa with his wife and son, William. By 1870 he is liiving in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa on the lot where his niece would later live with only his wife. He moved the house to Keystone, Benton, Iowa where he appears on the 1880 census. In 1885 he is shown on the Iowa census and in 1893 he is postmaster at Rosburg, Washington.

Rosburg, Washington
The post office opened in the 1880s after outlying neighbors had tired of the long row to Grays River for mail and appointed representatives to sail to Astoria and request a post office of their own. The mission succeeded, but finding a centrally located postmaster proved difficult. A man named Peter Nelson refused the job, even when bribed by offers to name the post office for him. Finally German immigrant CHRISTIAN ROSBURG agreed, although he had to have the job description translated into German before he understood what was expected.
The 1890s population was large enought to warrant a community hall at ROSBURG, and its Saturday night dances became famous. People living along logging railroad tracks started for ROSBURG by handcar, then rowed and walked - - dress shoes tucked into coat pockets as protection from the mud that is inevitable where rainfall reaches 110 inches a year. Other dancers came as far as they could by fishing boat, then rode by wagon or walked with a latern "listening to see if we could hear a couger or a bear, scared to death."
The above from EXPLORING WASHINGTON'S PAST - - A ROAD GUIDE TO HISTORY by Ruth Kirk and Carmela Alexander

Adaptation of the name of CHRISTIAN ROSBURG, the community's first postmaster.
From WASHINGTON STATE PLACE NAMES by James W. Phillips

Hamlet on Grays River, 10 miles northwest of Skamokawa, west central Wahkiakum County. It was name for CHRISTIAN ROSBURG, the first postmaster.
From PLACE NAMES OF WASHINGTON by Robert Hitchman

My Dad's brother, Christian Rosburg had a general store in Keystone, Iowa. He moved his house from Luzerne to Keystone (about 6 miles). In Luzerne, it was located on the lot we built our stucco house. Later both brothers moved west. Christian to the State of Washington where he founded the town of Rosburg. Henry moved to Seattle, King County, Washington, where he raised his family.
From A COLLECTION OF MEMORIES FROM "OUR FAMILY HISTORY" by Laura Maria Rosburg Kouba

CHRISTIAN married Brix, Maria Dorathea in 1856 in Clayton, Iowa, USA. Maria was born on 18 Jun 1834 in Hannover, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 21 Oct 1913 in Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA; was buried after 21 Oct 1913 in Old Grays River Cemetery, Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Alvina
• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

Data per JF Thoma. Buried in Old Grays River Cemetery.

Notes:

Surname is variously spelled Ratzborg, Razborg, Rosburg.

Kai married Boehm, Margaretha SophiaHarmsdorf, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Margaretha was born in UNKNOWN in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]