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Submitted by: Merlene Swenson Brockway
Email address: <Merlene43@aol.com>
 

Husband: Charles Louis ROSENKRANS
Birthdate: 12 Apr 1853
Birthplace: Jersey Shore, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Death date: 9 Jan 1913
Place of death: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Burial: Hoxie Cemetery, Hoxie, Kansas
Father: Asa ROSENKRANS
Mother: Henryetta EDGECOMB

Marriage date: 20 Jul 1875
Marriage place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Wife: Sarah Anna Wesby
Birthdate: 28 May 1857
Birthplace: South Milford, La Grange, Indiana
Death date: 22 Mar 1921
Place of death: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Burial: Hoxie Cemetery, Hoxie, Kansas
Father: Unknown WESBY
Mother: UNKNOWN
 

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Gracie Mabel ROSENKRANS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 2 Oct 1878
Birthplace: Centreville, St. Joseph, Michigan
Death date: 20 Oct 1884
Place of death: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Burial: Hoxie, Kansas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 2: Jesse Bryan ROSENKRANS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2 Oct 1878
Birthplace: Jennings Twp., Decatur, Kansas
Death date: 8 Oct 1896
Place of death: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Burial: Hoxie Cemetery, Hoxie, Kansas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 3: Harmon ROSENKRANS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 Nov 1880
Birthplace: Jennings Twp., Decatur, Kansas
Death date: 1 Jun 1961
Place of death: Lamar, Prowers, Colorado
Burial: Hoxie cemetery, Hoxie, Kansas
Marriage date: 22 May 1900
Marriage place: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Spouse's name: Ida Sophia MONTGOMERY

Child No. 4: Flora Mae ROSENKRANS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 23 Sep 1882
Birthplace: Hoxier, Sheridan, Kansas
Death date: 6 May 1912
Place of death: Plainville, Rooks, Kansas
Burial: Hoxie Cemetery, Hoxie, Kansas
Marriage date: 26 Aug 1899
Marriage place: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Spouse's name: Judson W. Keech

Child No. 5: Viola Maude ROSENKRANS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Nov 1884
Birthplace: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Death date: Feb 1968
Place of death: Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington
Marriage date: 7 Aug 1901
Burial: Hawthorne Lawn Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Washington
Marriage place: Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Kansas
Spouse's name: William John KERR

Child No. 6: Dott Myrtle ROSENKRANS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 Dec 1891
Birthplace: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Death date: 1956
Place of death: Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington
Burial: Hawthorne Lawn Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Washington
Marriage date: 21 Jul 1910
Marriage place: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Spouse's name: Albert I. MITCHELL

Child No. 7: Isabel ROSENKRANS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 30 Dec 1893
Birthplace: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Death date: 8 Jul 1963
Place of death: Stanwood, Snohomish, Washington
Burial: Loveland Cemetery, Loveland, Colorado
Marriage date: 1 Jan 1912
Marriage place: Hoxie, Sheridan, Kansas
Spouse's name: James Edward KERR
 
 

 Documentation: Sources: Transcription from ROSENKRANS FAMILY BIBLE, with
attending affidavit signed and notarized by Charles O. Bowman, a Notary
Public,Lamar,Prowers County,Colorado. Marriage Return Kalamazoo
County,Michigan. Marriage Certificates, Sheridan and Ellsworth County,
Kansas. Death Certificates State of Washington. Death Certificates State
of Kansas. Cemetery Headstone Transcription Project Hoxie, Kansas.
Obituaries from Hoxie Sentinel, Skagit Valley Herald, Plainville Times.
Handwritten Will for Charles Louis Rosenkrans. 1850 Federal Census
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. 1870 Federal Census, St. Joseph County,
Michigan. 1880,1900,1910,1920 Federal Census Decatur & Sheridan
County,Kansas. 1920 Federal Census Washington County, Colorado. Various
Cemetery Headstone Photos. Homestead Papers for Charles L. Rosenkrans,
Sheridan County, Kansas. School Records, Sheridan County, Kansas.
Charles and Sarah Rosenkrans first settled in Decatur County, Kansas in
1876. Later moving to Sheridan County,Kansas where Charles filed a
Homestead Claim. They remained here the remainder of their lives. .