Obituary/cemetery record, 1879-1965.

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Obituary/cemetery record, 1879-1965.

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Obituary record books (1879-1916, 1916-1947) and three photocopies of cemetery plats (1886-1965) detailing the persons who died and/or were buried at the hospital. Information recorded in the obituary records may include death date, patient name, sex, age, marital status, occupation, nativity, from which county sent, form of disease on admission, number of attack, number of admission, case number, admission date, period of residence, total duration of disease, cause of death, and disposal of remains. The cemetery plats show the location of each grave, with name and case number of the interred.

0.3 cu. ft. (2 volumes and 1 oversize folder in 2 partial boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7317802

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Rosemont Cemetery (Rochester, Minn.).

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Rochester State Hospital Cemetery (Rochester, Minn.).

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Rochester State Hospital (Minn.)

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The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery was originally named Rosemont, with the male patients buried south of, and the female patients north of, the road which ran down the center of the cemetery. In 1940, that practice ended and the sites were then filled in sequence of death until the last burial in 1965. Over 2000 bodies and body parts were laid to rest in the cemetery over the institution's existence. The cemetery's location as of 2002 was in the City of Rochester's Qu...