The first Saint Rose Cemetery was established in
1853 near the mouth of Yellowhawk Creek southeast of the Frenchtown site, at
what was known as the Saint Rose of the Cayouse Mission. In 1863, a second
cemetery was established in the vicinity of the Frenchtown Historic Site along
the banks of the Walla Walla River. Due to flooding, burials from that cemetery
were later moved up the hill that is now part of the historic site to establish
the present Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery on January 10, 1876. The site of this
final St. Rose cemetery was always privately owned, and over the years the
wooden markers were lost due to fire and other causes. In 2005, the Frenchtown
Historic Foundation acquired the land, has restored the marble obelisk, and has
marked the approximate boundaries of the cemetery, but the exact locations of
the individual graves is unknown.
The last of the 17 recorded burials on Yellowhawk
Creek was on February 3, 1856. The interred were all Native Americans who had
converted to the Catholic faith, and the exact location of that cemetery has
not been identified.
In the second St. Rose cemetery along the Walla
Walla River, church records show 18 burials between 1863 and 1875, including
Canadians of French descent, Métis, and Native Americans.
Fifty-seven new burials were recorded at the final
Saint Rose Cemetery on the hill at Frenchtown from 1876-1893, primarily
French-Canadians associated with the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Walla Walla,
their Indian, French, and Métis wives and descendants. In addition to those
moved from the Walla Walla River site, further burials are reported to have
been made at the final cemetery through 1912, though no markers or records
exist showing the names of those buried there.
Those for whom records exist, either presumably
moved from the second cemetery along the Walla Walla River,or original burials
at the final cemetery are below:
7 Oct 1863, Peter Fritz, 1 yr, parents Jacob Fritz
& Sarah McGuire
8 Nov 1863, Catherine Peltier,18 yrs, wife of Etienne Peltier
3 Mar 1864, Charlotte Laprate, wife of Joseph Menard, age 20
19 Mar 1868, Leon Adrian Cascabil, about 40 yrs
29 Nov 1868, Joseph Adams, 20 yrs
16 Dec 1869, Joseph Hebert, 29 yrs, husband of Esther Belique, bro. of Marcel Gagnon's sister
2 Mar 1870, John Baptiste Forest, 56 yrs
15 July 1871, Charles Lapierre 4 yrs,
drowned, parents Francis Lapierre & Madeleine Maloin
15 Oct 1871, Madeleine Maloin, wife of Francis
Lapierre, mother of Charles Lapierre
28 Feb 1872, Charles Ward, about 38 yrs
16 Mar 1872, Annie Forest, 33 yrs wife of Andrew Lefebve
1 May 1872, Telesphore Amadee Lefebve, 2 mos, son of
Andrew Lefebve & Annie Forest
19 May 1872, Julienne Allard, 12 yrs, parents Olivier
Allard & Leocadie Forest
3 Oct 1872, Josephine Petit, 16 yrs
31 Dec 1872, Minnie Page, parents Thomas Page &
Ellen Gael
4 Feb 1873, Joseph Bergevin, about 50 yrs
22 June 1874, Joseph Cornoyer, parents Narcisse
Cornoyer & Marie Belique
11 Nov 1874, Celina M. Forest ,28 yrs, wife of Louis Bergevin
Apr 1875, Mary Wind, 34 yrs
9 May 1875, John Sing, 36 yrs
10 Jan 1876, Jean Baptiste Lucier, 13 yrs
20 Jan 1876, Angelique Depot, about 38 yrs, wife of Joseph Depot
8 Feb 1876, Aedegius Gravel, 18 yrs
18 Feb 1876, Felicite St Denis, about 7 yrs
12 June 1876, Narcisse Depot, 16 yrs
19 June 1876, Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, 78 yrs, wife of Mathieu Dauphin
1 Sept 1876, Marie Beauchemin, 28 yrs, wife of Paul Beauchemin
28 Oct 1876, Josephine Esther Bonenfant, 14 mos,
parents Napoleon Bonnenfant & Marguerite Laroque
14 Jan 1877, Narcisse Beauchemin, 13 mos, parents Charles
Beauchemin & Julia Pierre
24 Feb 1877, George Forest, 18 yrs
7 Apr 1877, Adolphe Lacourse, 5 yrs , son of Marie
Lacourse
17 May 1877, Louis Lacourse, 9 yrs, parents Amable
Lacourse & Magdeleine
3 Nov 1877, Caroline Weber, 1 mos, parents Francis
Weber & Catherine Rush
14 Dec 1877, Catherine Brechtel, 33 yrs
21 Dec 1877, John Murphy, 55 yrs
15 Jan 1878, Jean Baptiste Beauchemin, 1 mo, parents
Charles Beauchemin & Julie Pierre
15 Jan 1878, Alexandre Allard, 7 yrs, parents Alexandre
Allard & Leocadie Forest
25 Jan 1878, Emma Lefevre, 7 yrs, parents Andre
Lefevre & Anna Forel
27 Jan 1878, Nancy Perrin, 3 yrs 4 mos, parents Francois
Perrin & Julie Gravel
31 Jan 1878, Louis Perrin, 10 mos, Francois Perrin
& Julie Gravel
Feb 1878, Caroline Gardipe, 4 yrs
8 Feb 1878, Joseph St Denis, 6 yrs 2 mos, parents
Desire St Denis & Rosalie Raymond
11 Feb 1878, Basile Poirier, 6 yrs 10 mos, parents
Antoine Poirier & Isabelle Thomas
22 Feb 1878, Gedeon Normandin, 14 yrs
18 May 1878, Rosalie Dauphin Gagnon, wife of Marcel
Gagnon, parents Mathieu Dauphin &
Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin
30 May 1878, Marie Anne Beauchemin, wife of
Beaushemin
9 Nov 1878, Felix Moran, 5 yrs
24 Feb 1878, Abraham Dauphin 30 yrs par's -
Mathieu Dauphin & Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin
2 July 1879, Cecile Marie St Denis, 3 yrs 3 mos
par's - Desire St Denis & Rosalie Raymond
7 July 1879, Pierre (Peter) McBean, 24 yrs par's - William McBean & Jane Bouche
8 Oct 1879, Cecile Raymond, 35 yrs, wife of Jacques
Dobson, parents Narcisse Raymond & Pauline
Mar 1880, ______ Morais, 7 yrs
15 Aug 1880, Paul Lucier, 1 yr, parents Paul Gardipe
& Marguerite Pin
17 Aug 1880, Francois Perin, 2 yrs, parents Francois
Perin & Nancy Gravel
21 Nov 1880, ____ Gagnon, parents Marcel Gagnon
& Julia Raymond
9 Jan 1881, Marie Julia Remillard, 1 mo, parents Romain Remillard & Denise Raymond
27 Feb 1881, Marguerite Pitcherz, about 69 yrs wife of Joseph Forest
20 Mar 1881, Edith Martha Pharon (Faron), 2 mos,
parents Adolphe Pharon & Susana
27 May 1881, John Tellier, 88 yrs born in Canada
19 Feb 1882, Nancy Joanna Perrin, 22 mos, parents Francis
Perrin & Julia
31 Aug 1883, John Tellier, 15 yrs
4 Sept 1883, J. Francois Perrin, about 38 yrs
6 Sept 1883, Olivier Brisbois, about 60 yrs born in Canada
10 Oct 1883, Julia Gravelle, about 28 yrs, wife of Francois
Perrin parents Gedeon Gravelle &
Nancy
19 Oct 1883, Gedeon Gravel, about 56 yrs
3 Jan 1884, Leocadie Marie Forrest, 40 yrs
28 Mar 1884, Julien Dauphin, 30 yrs, parents Mathieu
Dauphin & Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin
6 May 1884, Marie Ranford, 17 yrs
27 Sept 1885, Denise Raymond wife of Romain Remillard
4 June 1886, Marc Vial, about 28 yrs, born in France
12 Dec 1886, F. G. Pharon, born in Canada
28 Oct 1887, Bernard Renfort , son of Bernard
Renfort
28 Oct 1887, Julia Faron about 24 yrs wife of
Martin
9 Sept 1888, Adolphe Martin, 1 yr, parents Francis
Martin & Juliana Farron
21 Oct 1888, John Groves
