Rosburg, CHRISTIAN Johann Julius

1832 - 1909  (77 years)

• Name	Rosburg, CHRISTIAN Johann Julius
  Birth	1 Mar 1832	Harmsdorf, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Life Event	19 Jan 1893	Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA   [7]
  	Postmaster
  Occupation	Cooper / Store Owner/ Postal Agent
  Burial	Jun 1909	Old Grays River Cemetery, Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA   [8]
  Death	8 Jun 1909	Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA   [6, 8]
  Person ID	I5042	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Rosburg, Kai Friedrich,   b. 20 Jul 1791, Harmsdorf, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Boehm, Margaretha Sophia,   b. UNKNOWN, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Harmsdorf, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  Family ID	F2624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Brix, Maria Dorathea,   b. 18 Jun 1834, Hannover, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany d. 21 Oct 1913, Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1856	Clayton, Iowa, USA
  Children	1. Rosburg, William,   b. 1859, Read Township, Clayton, Iowa, USA d. Bef 1870, Iowa, USA (Age < 10 years)  [natural]   2. Rosburg, Emil Andrew,   b. 14 Jun 1870, Keystone, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 9 Dec 1949, Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, USA (Age 79 years)  [natural]   3. Rosburg, Emile Alvina,   b. 6 Oct 1875, Keystone, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 23 Apr 1939, Salinas, Monterey, California, USA (Age 63 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F5243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Mar 1832 - Harmsdorf, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Marriage - 1856 - Clayton, Iowa, USA Life Event - Postmaster - 19 Jan 1893 - Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA Burial - Jun 1909 - Old Grays River Cemetery, Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA Death - 8 Jun 1909 - Rosburg, Wahkiakum, Washington, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Documents

  ROSBURG, Larry Information

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S280] GERMANY: rootdigger Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein. Emigration out of Schleswig-Holstein http://www.rootdigger.de/Emi.htm [S1207] USA: Census 1870. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024 [S2070] USA: Census 1880. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683 [S2074] USA: Census 1940. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2000219 [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Kouba, Emil Rosburg: Deceased [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Kouba, Laura Marie nee Rosburg: Letters [S791] WORLD: Ancestry Family Trees. https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/ [S295] USA: WA: WAHKIAKUM: Old Grays River Cemetery. https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Old-Grays-River-Cemetery/262647 Old Grays River Cemetery, Wakiakum County, WA.jpg