Rand District Cemetery
100-158 Ophir St, Johannesburg, CA, 93528
Tombstone Transcription
Compiled by: Interment.net
Date Compiled: May 2000
Dates of Death Range: 1897-1999
Total Records: 621
Transcribed and Contributed by "Anonymous", May 2000.
Located on a hill in Johannesburg, Calif, the cemetery is bounded by Mt. Wells Avenue on the north, Sunset Avenue on the south, Ophir Street on east, and Fremont Street on the west.
Thanks to Bart Parker, caretaker of the cemetery, for the following information on the history: It was established in Dec of 1896 when J.F. Davis, a gambler who had been shot in a gambling hall in Randsburg, was buried there
Some of the grave markers are faded and unreadable, some of the headstones and crosses are made of wood. Many of the graves have personal items place upon them, such as glassware, pans that were used for panning gold, and rock collections. One site has a mine car as a marker.
- Anonymous
Burial Records (Page 1 of 7)
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Zuniga, Conception B. Jr: b. Jun 19 1921, d. Aug 15 1967, Calif, Pfc HQ BTRY 329 FA BN World War II, BSM-PH
Zaiss, Cecelia M.: b. 1868, d. 1910, Beloved Mother
Yarbrough, Ray Eldon MD: b. Feb 7 1915, d. Sep 3 1966, "Doc" General Practice and Gold Mining
Woodward, Samuel J: b. Jan 27 1889, d. Jan 13 1968, Calif, Pfc US Army, World War I
Wood, Egbert Rice: b. Apr 3 1903, d. Jun 8 1968, Virginia, LTJG USNR, World War II
Witt, Wade H.: b. Mar 11 1920, d. Aug 1970, SGT Army Air Force, World War II
Witt, Nellie G.: b. 1890, d. 1972, Mother
Witt, James N.: b. 1875, d. 1942, Daddy
Witt, Hardee N.: b. 1897, d. 1961
Witt, Arthur Newton: b. May 3 1928, d. Sep 24 1967, Calif, HA USNR, World War II
Wisely, Merle Orion: b. 1912, d. 1965, Beloved Son
Wise, Otho: b. 1866, d. 1925
Wise, Laura: b. 1866, d. 1951
Wise, Cecil Orin: b. Apr 1 1899, d. Jun 25 1909, Indiana, Sgt Co C 32 Infantry, World War I
Wilson, Verde W.: b. 1899, d. 1961
Wilson, Ross L.: b. 1879, d. 1918, Beloved Husband Father
Wilson, Lisa Colleen: b. Aug. 23 1965, d. Aug 23 1965
Wilson, Lewis Eugene: d. Mar 1 1992, Arizona, US Army
Wilson, Deane Frank: b. Jun 27 1930, d. Apr 25 1956, Calif, SGT HQ Co 2 INFANTRY DIV, Korea
Wills, Beatrice W.: b. 1882, d. 1950
Williams, Martha: b. 1907, d. 1998
Williams, Infant: d. Sep 4 1957, Son of Delthon & Leila Williams
Williams, Frank: b. 1912, d. 1971
Wilkinson, William C.: b. Dec 1879, d. Jan 1965
Wilkins, Edson A.: b. 10/21/1907, d. 03/30/1996 , Beloved Husband Father and Grandfather
Wilkins, Adalaide: b. 2/5/1911, d. 8/26/1992, Beloved Wife and Mother
Whittier, Beatrice M.: b. Sep 29 1905, d. Dec 15 1968, Beloved Wife, Always in My Heart
White, Mrs J. R.: b. 1873, d. 1928
White, Mr J. R.: b. 1866, d. 1935
White, Jerry: b. 1935, d. 1950
Wharton, Isaac William: b. Aug 27 1911, d. May 8 1993, 82 years, 8 months, 11 days
Welch, George: b. 1872, d. 1942, Father
Welch, Elizabeth: b. 1891, d. 1956, Mother, At Rest
Weishaupt, John: b. 1863, d. 1946
Weise, Fred: b. 1888, d. 1953
Wegley, Ella Mae: b. Oct 22 1919, d. Jul 24 1956, At Rest
Watkins, Frank William: b. 1917, d. 1983, Pfc, US Army, World War II
Warren, Willie P.: b. 1888, d. 1974, Beloved Mother & Grandmother
Warren, William W.: b. 1886, d. 1957, Beloved Brother
Warren, Libby: b. Dec 25 1927, d. Jun 20 1994
Warren, Jack Richard: b. Dec 10 1916, d. Jan 16 1995
Warren, Homer H.: b. Jul 10 1914, d. Apr 25 1957, Rest in Peace
Warren, George W.: b. 1890, d. 1967, Beloved Father and Grandfather
Wadsworth, Ruth Hill: b. Jul 18 1885, d. Dec 13 1973, New Mexico, Nurse, Army Nurse Corps, World War I
Wadsworth, Clarence Raymond: b. 1877, d. 1946
W. R. B.: (no other information)
Voss, Rosa L.: b. 1869, d. 1948
Voss, John D.: b. 1862, d. 1949
Vizcaino, Manuel: b. Dec 22 1896, d. Oct 29 1976, (marker #2) US Army World War I, two markers
Vigneault, Dumont Rudolph: b. 1911, d. 1957, Father
Vaughn, James: b. 1870, d. 1927
Vaughn, Eva: b. 1880, d. 19 (no date)
Vaughn, Edward: b. 1907, d. 1926
Van Curan, E. Kyle: b. 1853, d. 1925
Unmarked: (American Legion marker only)
Unmarked: (American Legion marker only)
Unmarked: 67 unmarked graves
Unmarked: There is a wrought iron quail with the name "Tiger" on it
Unmarked: (barbed wire cross)
Unmarked: (cement cross on the ground)
Unmarked: (headstone of rock)
Unmarked: (Ten graves with wooden crosses & metal crosses)
Unmarked: (wooden headstone and footstone)
Unknown, "Charlie": b.1897, d. 1989, King of the Desert
Unknown: (Ladies Auxillary VFW sign at site)
Unknown: (Wooden plaque on the ground difficult to read)
Unger, Edith P.: b. 1897, d. 1969
Underwood, Oliver R.: b. 1873, d. 1957, Father
Underwood, Ida: b. 1875, d. 1939, Mother
Tyler, James W.: b. 1884, d. 1941
Tyler, Daniel Gunderson: b. 1924, d. 1924
Tyler, Bessie M.: b. 1891, d. (no date)
Turner, John Gardner Sr: b. Feb 22 1913, d. Oct 16 1980, Beloved Father & Grandfather
Turner, Helena G.: b. 1878, d. 1968
Turner, Albert A.: b. 1874, d. 1951, Beloved Husband, (Masonic symbol)
Trujillo, John I.: b. 1906, d. 1957
Trueblood, Mary Jean: b.1874, d. 1942
Tomney, Martha: b. 1860, d. 1935, Wife
Tomney, Henry: b. 1859, d. 1940
Todd, (Baby): d. 1955, (wooden cross)
Tisch, Walter: b. 1891, d. 1973, Forever in Our Hearts
Tisch, Margaret L: b. 1897, d. 1983, Beloved Mom & Nana
Tinsley, Wallace Greene: b. October 16 1908, d. Jun 10 1975, Returned Home
Tillett, Randall M.: b. Jan. 8 1950, d. Feb 22 1974, Beloved Son of Norma and Joe, In Memory Of...
Thorsby, Dixie Johnson: b. 1917, d. 1965, (star symbol between the dates)
Thompson, Robert Hurd: b. 1897, d. 1967
Thompson, Jimmie L.: b. 1916, d. 1916, Son
Thompson, Ernest L.: b. 1878, d. 1932, Father
Tate, W. W.: b. 1875, d. 1929, P.O.E.
Tarwater, Allie E: b. 1895, d. 1962
Tart, Thomas Arthur: b. Aug 11 1906, d. Nov 9 1966, Calif, PVT US Army, World War II
Taffinder, J. C.: d. Jun 9 1951
Sweet, John W.: b. 1861, d. 1945
Suschy, Elizabeth Stewart: b. 1871, d. 1953, Mother
Stumpf, Irving Joseph: b. Nov 3 1923, d. May 5 1977, SSGT US Army, World War II & Korea
Stryker, William A.: b. 1914, d. 1986, Beloved Father, Last of the Hard Rock Miners
Strange, Lawrence: b. 1908, d. 1957, Beloved
Stone, Hazel D: b. Mar 2 1892, d. Jun 11 1983
Stone, Ernest M.: b. May 29 1888, d. Dec 7 1958
Stockman, Walter: b. 1890, d. 1967