Rosenberg Cemetery - Rosenberg, TX
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N 29° 33.795 W 095° 48.818
15R E 227394 N 3273694
Once three seperate cemeteries, in 1973 it became known as Rosenberg Cemetery. Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church Cemetery, not part of Rosenberg Cemetery, is located at the back left of this cemetery and shares the same entrance.
Waymark Code: WMV7QC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2017
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The Texas Historical Marker outside the main gate offers a brief history of the Rosenberg Cemetery.
The Rosenberg Cemetery, formerly the Woodmen of the World (W.O.W.) Cemetery, had its beginnings in three separate but adjacent cemeteries--the W.O.W. Cemetery, and Moers and Klauke additions. Although it includes burials dating to the 1890s, the W.O.W. Cemetery was established by Rosenberg Camp No. 535 in 1905, when the group bought eight acres from R.T. Mulcahy. The cemetery was originally to be used only by W.O.W. members and their families.
Soon after establishing the burial ground, the W.O.W. camp bought a strip of land connecting the cemetery to a city street. This strip became Magnolia Street, and the land to the west and east of it became the Moers and Klauke cemeteries respectively. W.C. Moers established his graveyard in 1935 and in 1940 sold his remaining lots to Fred E. Klauke, who had started his cemetery the previous year.
The City of Rosenberg, which bought the W.O.W. cemetery in 1937, purchased the Moers and Klauke sites in 1973, and today the three graveyards are known together as Rosenberg Cemetery. The names of the city's early settlers and leaders can be found among the grave markers.
(2002)
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
Approximate number of graves: 2600
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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