Title Info: Lithuanian Cemetery

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Introduction The Lithuanian Cemetery index lists individuals interred at the Lithuanian Cemetery in Roslyn, WA (Kittitas County). See photos. It is one of 27 identified burial places in Roslyn, WA. View information about Roslyn’s cemeteries here. Index information about an individual may include: name, birth date, birth place, death date, and names of family members. Index data was compiled by Maggie Rail, a member of the Washington State Cemetery Association, who has transcribed over 400 cemeteries since 1993.

Abbreviations used in this index:
b.= born
c/o= child of
d.= dead
h/o= husband of
P= Plot
s/o= son of
s/w= stone with
w/o= wife of

There are 80 individuals listed in this index.

Notes from transcriber Maggie Rail, August 2001:
The Lithuanian Cemetery can be reached by driving west on Pennsylvania Ave to Memorial Rd where you take a left. From this road take the first left continue past all the cemeteries and then take a right between the New City Cemetery and Memorial Gardens. The Lithuanian Cemetery will be on the right across the road from the back side of the Old City Cemetery. Lat: 47° 13' 11"N, Lon: 120° 59' 55"W T20N R15E Sec 17. See map.

The Lithuanian Cemetery was established in 1909 by the Lithuanian Alliance Lodge, which chartered in 1907. If you were a dues paying member of the lodge, you had a free burial in this cemetery. The first burial was A.S. Strastsky in Oct of 1910. The lodge has long been disbanded, but the Mulvihill family has continued to care for the cemetery.

I acquired the information I have presented from my reading of the headstones which was done when I visited the cemetery. I also compared with the Sexton files, one old and one newer, which conflicted. I have added the Row and Lot numbers from these records, and because they differ some of the burial locations may be incorrect.

Some names were not on the Sexton lists. The one list says there are 51 burials and I found 79. Perhaps the records were not up to date, or I listed an entry twice, which had two markers. If I found a spelling difference, I chose the headstone reading. I surveyed this cemetery on Aug 20, 2001, using pencil and pad, plus my digital camera. Information followed by an asterisk * is from family and there is no stone.


This index is in English.

This index is open for research.

Citation: Preferred Citation:[Identification of item], Lithuanian Cemetery Index, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov,[date accessed].

Source: Index and transcription notes were donated to the Washington Historical Records Project by Maggie Rail, Historical Records Project, August 2009.
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