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From: "Stanley R. Clarke" <>
Subject: Re: [GFO] Rosenau in Portland
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 20:52:29 -0800
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Bonnie Randolph wrote:

>Three of us are looking for the parents of Charles Rosenau, Caroline
>Rosenau Richwold, and Minnie Rosenau Wohlfeil, siblings who all lived in
>the Albina neighborhood of Portland in the early 1900s; Prussian
>immigrant families who worked for the railroad. We need a suggestion of
>where to look further at the Forum. The only clue we have is on
>Minnie's death certificate where her father is listed as "Fred Rosenau".
>
>
>I know this is a broad question, but being a nasty weather day, I'm
>hoping someone has an idea. We searched the census, records of the
>Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, and records at the Forum like the
>1900 Oregon State Poll Tax, Portland City Directories, and voter
>registrations.
>
>Briefly this is what we know:
>Charles (Carl) Rosenau, 1852 - 29 Sept 1904, married Wilhelmina
>Schublinski, moved to Portland about 1887, and was buried in Lone Fir
>Cemetery. They lived at 307 Failing St. Charles death record is listed
>in the Oregon State Archives Index but I haven't had a chance to go to
>Salem and see if there's an actual record with place of birth.
>
>Caroline, (27 Feb 1862 Schadau, Marienwerder, Prussia - 10 Jun 1948
>Portland OR), immigrated with her husband in 1892, Frank Richwold,
>(Gottfried Franz Reichwald) to Portland. They lived at 871 Cleveland.
>
>Minnie, (17 Oct 1865-18 Jul 1923), immigrated in 1885 and married a
>widower, Friedrich Wilhelm (William Fred) Wohlfeil; in Green Bay Wisc in
>1886. They moved to Washington County OR in 1889, moving to Albina by
>1910.
>
>A son of Charles Rosenau had a plumbing business in Portland but died in
>1915. There's another Charles (Carl) Rosenau family living in the
>Ablina neighborhood who also were plumbers. Have no idea if they were
>related or not. There's also a Wilhelm Keller family that lived at 307
>Failing Street after Charles and his wife died, who also attended the
>same German Lutheran Church. Was this family a
>relative/neighbor/friend? Oh for a time machine.
>
>Thank you for your time,
>Bonnie
>
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The death of Charles occurred during the time period that Portland
required a City of Portland Death Certificate for any human dead body
being transported through the City of Portland no matter where the death
occurred. The Forum has microfilms of the "Chronological Death Index,
City of Portland". I also own a copy and checked it for Charles.

Charles Rosenau died 29 Sept 1904 at the age of 52 years 6 months 0 days
a the O. R. & N. dock of a skull fracture. He was born in Germany.
J.P. Finley was the Coronor and the Undertaker.

The "Index to Coroners Inquests" shows a Chas Rosenan (sic) on page 412,
Oct. 5, 1904. of the Cornoners Inquests. The coroners office is on NE
Knott Street across from Multnomah County Library's Title Wave Book
Store just west of MLK.

When you checked the Votor Registrations did you check the rolls of
Forein Born Votor Registrations. He would not be in the regular rolls
but would be in the Foreign Born. Those registrations give the court in
which the person was naturalized.

Stanley R. Clarke.



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