BLACK DIAMOND, WASHINGTON CEMETERY RECORDS Edit Delete

Black Diamond Cemetery is located on Cemetery Hill Road in the town of Black Diamond, Washington. The cemetery was established in the 1880s in the then thriving mining town. This index is from the recording done by Alexis Ann (Alexander) Kolb from May through August 1980 which she then donated to South King County Genealogical Society. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

KENT AREA MARRIAGES - FROM EARLY KENT, WA NEWSPAPERS, Vol. 1 Edit Delete

This volume includes marriages extracted from The White River Journal for the years 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909 and parts of 1910, 1911 and 1912; from The Kent Journal for the years 1915 and 1916; and from The Kent Advertiser for 1917. These were extracted from microfilms copies at the Kent, Washington Public Library. A few big anniversaries are also included (25th, 40th, 50th, etc.) Be sure to check the index for all possible spellings. The originals were sometimes quite difficult to read, and sometimes the newspapers misspelled the names, too. Some marriages were not mentioned in the paper. Many of the old papers were missing or difficult to read or had cut-outs in them before they were microfilmed. Some years were not extracted. If the marriage you are searching for is not listed, one of those may be the reason. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

KENT AREA OBITUARIES - FROM EARLY KENT, WA NEWSPAPERS, Vol. 1 Edit Delete

The Kent Reporter was first published in May 1889, becoming The Kent Advertiser in 1890, then The White River Journal three years later. In 1913 it became The Kent Journal. All the extractions in Volume I are from The White River Journal. Many deaths occurred that were never mentioned in the paper, some months of the paper were missing, and some papers were poorly microfilmed. If the person you are searching is not listed here, that may be the reason. Also, names were copied just as spelled in the papers, and there are some obvious errors. Check all spellings close to the name you are looking for. Finally, keep in mind that this is an all-name index. Every name mentioned in the book is in the index, including spouses, children, and other relatives, as well as the clergyman officiating at services. There is not an obituary for every name listed. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

KENT AREA OBITUARIES - FROM EARLY KENT, WA NEWSPAPERS, Vol. 2 Edit Delete

Volume 2 obituaries were extracted from The White River Journal, The Kent Journal, The Kent Advertiser and The Kent Advertiser-Journal. Many deaths occurred that were never mentioned in the paper, some months of the paper were missing, and some papers were poorly microfilmed. If the person you are searching is not listed here, that may be the reason. Also, names were copied just as spelled in the papers, and there are some obvious errors. Check all spellings close to the name you are looking for. Finally, keep in mind that this is an all-name index. Every name mentioned in the book is listed in the index, including spouses, children, and other relatives, as well as the clergyman officiating at services. There is not an obituary for every name listed. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

KENT AREA OBITUARIES - FROM EARLY KENT, WA NEWSPAPERS, Vol. 3 Edit Delete

Volume 3 obituaries were extracted from The Kent Advertiser-Journal. Many deaths occurred that were never mentioned in the paper, some months of the paper were missing, and some papers were poorly microfilmed. If the person you are searching is not listed here, that may be the reason. Also, names were copied just as spelled in the papers, and there are some obvious errors. Check all spellings close to the name you are looking for. Finally, keep in mind that this is an all-name index. Every name mentioned in the book is listed in the index, including spouses, children, and other relatives, as well as the clergyman officiating at services. There is not an obituary for every name listed. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

KENT AREA OBITUARIES - FROM EARLY KENT, WA NEWSPAPERS, Vol. 4 Edit Delete

Volume 4 obituaries were extracted from The Kent Advertiser-Journal from January 1932 - December 1934. Many deaths occurred that were never mentioned in the paper, some months of the paper were missing, and some papers were poorly microfilmed. If the person you are searching is not listed here, that may be the reason. Also, names were copied just as spelled in the papers, and there are some obvious errors. Check all spellings close to the name you are looking for. Finally, keep in mind that this is an all-name index. Every name mentioned in the book is listed in the index, including spouses, children, and other relatives, as well as the clergyman officiating at services. There is not an obituary for every name listed. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

KING COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSE REGISTERS, Vol. 5 - 10 Edit Delete

The data in this book was compiled from the Marriage License Registers held by the Puget Sound Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives in Bellevue, WA. In most cases a marriage followed in King County, sometimes on the same day. However, the license was valid anywhere in Washington State, probably for quite some time. If a marriage record is not found in King County, one should check for a possible notation of another county. Also, it is possible there was no marriage. One party may have had a change of mind. Or parents may have interfered. Couples are indexed both by the male's name and the female's name. On the pertinent page for an individual, the information will include: individual's surname & given name; residence; name of spouse; date license was issued; volume number; and page number. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

MEMORIAL RECORDS OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WA Vol. 1 Edit Delete

St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery is located at South 204th Street and Orillia Road South (51st Place South) on Kent's west hill, overlooking the Boeing Space Center. The Saar Pioneer Cemetery is located on a knoll, overlooking the Valley Freeway (State Highway 167), off the north side of South 212th Street (O'Brien Road) on Kent's east hill. The Mess Cemetery is located off Frager Road in South King County, Washington. Although the cemetery is surrounded by an industrial area and is virtually inaccessible, the memory of some of the early pioneers from this area lives on in the small abandoned burial ground. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

MEMORIAL RECORDS OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WA Vol. 2 Edit Delete

Hillcrest Burial Park is located on Reiten Road, Kent, Washington on the East Hill overlooking the valley southeast of the city. The original land platted for the first cemetery in the area was in the valley near the railroad. This location proved unsuitable for a cemetery due to occasional flooding in the valley, so in 1890 property was acquired for a new cemetery when four acres on Knob Hill were acquired. Many of those buried in the valley cemetery were reinterred in the new cemetery, which was first known as the Kent Cemetery. The name was officially changed to Hillcrest Burial Park in August of 1950. The cemetery now has about fifty acres of land with room for ninety thousand burials. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

MEMORIAL RECORDS OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WA Vol. 3 Edit Delete

Meridian Cemetery is located in Covington, Washington in a secluded setting between Lake Meridian and Highway 18, 1/10 of a mile south of SE 272nd Street (Kent-Kangley Road) on the west side of 156th Avenue SE. Based on tombstone inscriptions, it is believed that the first burial (Elina J. Johnson, wife of Charles Johnson) took place in September 1903. Marker-Lagesson Cemetery is located off the Sweeney Road and SE 216th Street at Eklund Road in Maple Valley, Washington. The cemetery was started in 1891, when the young sister of Nils Peter Lagesson died of pneumonia. Burials in this index are complete through 1994 and part of 1995. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

MEMORIAL RECORDS OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WA Vol. 4 Edit Delete

Auburn Pioneer Cemetery, located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Auburn Way North and 8th St. NE. The plat map "Cemetery at Slaughter," dated 14th February 1889, states that the land was donated on the 14th January 1878 by Charles A. Williams and his wife, Mary Williams, both of Linn County, Oregon for a cemetery and deeded over to L.W. Ballard, Thomas Christopher, and J.R. Stark all of Slaughter, King County, Washington Territory. In 1864 it was the homestead of 160 acres belonging to John Twiggs Faucett and his wife, Rachel Ann (Cullin) Faucett. The Faucetts had a lot of Japanese families that farmed for them. When any of the Japanese died, they were buried in the Pioneer Cemetery. It is said this is why it is sometimes called the Japanese Cemetery. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

MEMORIAL RECORDS OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WA Vol. 5 Edit Delete

Mountain View Cemetery was established in 1890, a year before Slaughter was incorporated as a town. (The name was changed to Auburn in 1893.) At the instigation of social societies, including Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) and Knights of Pythias, the Mountain View Cemetery Association was formed for the purpose of purchasing land well above the White River's annual floods. It is located on the west hill of Auburn, with an unobstructed view of Mt. Rainier. At the northeast end of the older part of the cemetery are many upright markers, some dating to the 1800s. There is a sign designating a small veterans section, which is a block of 32 graves for Civil War veterans and their spouses. Burials are recorded complete through December 1996, with a few included from early 1997. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

MEMORIAL RECORDS OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WA Vol. 6 Edit Delete

Evergreen Memorial Park in Enumclaw, Washington is owned and operated by the City of Enumclaw. Holy Family Krain Cemetery it has been known as the Cemetery of St. Gall the Abbot, Krain Cemetery, Krain Catholic Cemetery, and Holy Cross Cemetery. Veterans Memorial Park is located at 1151 Roosevelt Avenue, west of the intersection of State Routes 410 and 164 in Enumclaw. 32 Marines lost their lives on Mount Rainier in a plane crash on December 10, 1946. A memorial was erected at Round Pass, within view of the crash site. However, it required a seven-mile drive on bumpy unpaved roads. A new memorial, a duplicate of the first, was erected in Enumclaw's Veterans Memorial Park in August 1999. The bodies of the 32 men were never recovered from the glacier where the plane crashed en route from San Diego to Seattle. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

MEMORIAL RECORDS OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WA Vol. 7 Edit Delete

Maury Island Cemetery is located at the southeast corner of SW 256th Street and 75th Avenue SW, on top of a hill near the entrance to the Gold Beach area of Maury Island. The cemetery has also been known as the Old Vashon Island Cemetery. Vashon Island Cemetery is located on the southwest corner of SW 196th Street (also known as Cemetery Road) and 115th Avenue SW on Vashon Island. The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 15420 Vashon Highway SW, on the east side of the road, 1.4 miles north of the town of Vashon. The mailing address is PO Box 508, Vashon, WA 98070. The memorial garden is to the north of the church building. Burials are recorded complete through February 2004. All the names in the book are indexed, not just those buried in the cemeteries, except we have deleted all references to living individuals. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

MEMORIAL RECORDS OF SOUTH KING COUNTY, WA Vol. 9 Edit Delete

The Maple Valley – Hobart Cemetery is located on SE 208th Street in Maple Valley, Washington. Two acres on a slight elevation above the old Hobart Road, now known as 208th Street, make up the burial ground of the cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. C.O Russell, whose homestead was on the Hobart Road, gave a portion of their land in 1879 for the cemetery. It was administered by the United Farm Alliance No. 211 until May 15, 1899, when the Maple Valley – Hobart Cemetery Association was organized by the following citizens: William Sidebotham, George Sidebotham, L.W. Clifford, C.W. Smith, Charles Peacock, C.O. Russell, and William Scott. Burials are recorded complete through December 2006. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

OBITUARIES FROM THE RENTON WA RECORD/CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER, Vol. 1 Edit Delete

All the extractions in Volume 1 are from The Renton Chronicle from 7 July 1927 - 29 December 1932. Many deaths occurred that were never mentioned in the paper, some months of the paper were missing, and some papers were poorly microfilmed. If the person you are searching is not listed here, that may be the reason. Also, names were copied just as spelled in the papers, and there are some obvious errors. Check all spellings close to the name you are looking for. Finally, keep in mind that this is almost an all-name index. Almost every name mentioned in the book is listed in the index, including spouses, children, and other relatives, as well as the clergyman officiating at services. There is not an obituary for every name listed. Surviving relatives residing in distant places (eastern states, eastern Canada, Europe) were not included in the index. You may purchase copies of individual pages from SKCGS publications, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

South King County Obituary Index 1991 Edit Delete

The South King County Genealogical Society has a collection of obituaries beginning September 15, 1991. The local newspaper for South King County went through various name changes through the years before ceasing publication entirely on January 21, 2007. The newspaper page with the obituaries was cut so that just the obituaries and the date and page number were kept. These were folded and stacked by date. Each year is kept in a large envelope. Copies ordered from SKCGS will be made from this collection. If a person died near the end of a year, check the index for the following year since it may have taken a few days for the obituary to be published. Indexer's comments are used to clarify when needed. You may purchase copies of obituaries from SKCGS, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

South King County Obituary Index 1992 Edit Delete

South King County Obituary Collection. The local newspaper for South King County went through various name changes through the years before ceasing publication entirely on January 21, 2007. The newspaper page with the obituaries was cut so that just the obituaries and the date and page number were kept. These were folded and stacked by date. Each year is kept in a large envelope. Copies ordered from SKCGS will be made from this collection. If a person died near the end of a year, check the index for the following year since it may have taken a few days for the obituary to be published. Indexer's comments are used to clarify when needed. You may purchase copies of obituaries from SKCGS, please visit our website skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

South King County Obituary Index 1993 Edit Delete

The South King County Genealogical Society has a collection of obituaries beginning September 15, 1991. The local newspaper for South King County went through various name changes through the years before ceasing publication entirely on January 21, 2007. The newspaper page with the obituaries was cut so that just the obituaries and the date and page number were kept. These were folded and stacked by date. Each year is kept in a large envelope. Copies ordered from SKCGS will be made from this collection. If a person died near the end of a year, check the index for the following year since it may have taken a few days for the obituary to be published. Indexer's comments are used to clarify when needed. You may purchase copies of obituaries from SKCGS, please visit our website http://skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

South King County Obituary Index 1994 Edit Delete

The South King County Genealogical Society has a collection of obituaries beginning September 15, 1991. The local newspaper for South King County went through various name changes through the years before ceasing publication entirely on January 21, 2007. The newspaper page with the obituaries was cut so that just the obituaries and the date and page number were kept. These were folded and stacked by date. Each year is kept in a large envelope. Copies ordered from SKCGS will be made from this collection. If a person died near the end of a year, check the index for the following year since it may have taken a few days for the obituary to be published. Indexer's comments are used to clarify when needed. You may purchase copies of obituaries from SKCGS, please visit our website http://skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.

South King County Obituary Index 1995 Edit Delete

The South King County Genealogical Society has a collection of obituaries beginning September 15, 1991. The local newspaper for South King County went through various name changes through the years before ceasing publication entirely on January 21, 2007. The newspaper page with the obituaries was cut so that just the obituaries and the date and page number were kept. These were folded and stacked by date. Each year is kept in a large envelope. Copies ordered from SKCGS will be made from this collection. If a person died near the end of a year, check the index for the following year since it may have taken a few days for the obituary to be published. Indexer's comments are used to clarify when needed. You may purchase copies of obituaries from SKCGS, please visit our website http://skcgs.org/indices.html for more information.