HELP US RESTORE
the Marysville City Cemetery.  It is in continuous need of maintenance and restoration. Donations* are tax deductible and are always appreciated.  Please make checks payable to YubaRoots and mail to: 

YubaRoots, MCC
P. O. Box 5947
Marysville, CA  95901

Your time as a volunteer is also appreciated and greatly needed!!

Latest happenings at the cemetery

This database is a huge labor of love and not available anywhere else with my permission.  It is compiled from a vast amount of sources, with thousands of hours of work, and is to remain free to the public for individual research on family lines only.   Copying of this work used for any purposes whatsoever not authorized by myself will be subject to legal action.

[A]     [B]

[C]     [D]

[E-F]     [G]

[H]     [I-J]

[K]     [L]

[M]     [Mc]

[N-O]     [P-Q]

[R]     [S]

[T]     [U-V]

[W]     [X-Z]

If there is an "X" marked on the cemetery list, you will find my photos at:

 Headstone Photos

Last update April 2007 -   over 6,400 burials listed. 

 The list is still incomplete, as I seek more records, obituaries and documentation of burials.  Estimated 8,000 burials at this time based on what I have found.  When I began this project there were roughly only 1,250 names for this cemetery with little accuracy in the list compiled.

BURIAL BOOK TRANSCRIPTION - The burial book for this cemetery (1870-1936) has been transcribed and is online.  It is one of the documents used in compiling this database.  The book is not complete nor totally accurate for burials listed.

Located north of Marysville on Hwy. 70 in what was originally mapped out as the "suburban" portion of Marysville, the cemetery is located on 13.24 acres, surrounded by levees on three of its sides, and a slough on the north edge. 

In 1929 - when the cemetery was considered "full" - until the 1990's, this cemetery was left to vandals, neglect and flooding.  Stones are missing, vandalized, or have fallen in disrepair. Periodically, concerned citizens have undertaken various projects at this site.  In 2007, YubaRoots  submitted a proposal to the City of Marysville involving a 20 year sustainable plan and commitment  for restoration and preservation of these public grounds. 

The cemetery is laid out in sections that include areas for: I.O.O.F., Masonic, Chinese, Japanese, Potter’s Field, Babies Ground, Colored Section, Firemen's Plot, G. A. R.  Although these areas were designated for specific burials, you will find others buried throughout the grounds. There is a separate Jewish Cemetery in the fenced-in area, consisting of one acre on the southeast portion. 

As you will see from the alphabetical index, many immigrated to Marysville from Germany, Prussia, Ireland, England, France, Scotland, Mexico, Asia – to name a few – as well as those coming from the East Coast.  Times were harsh - many infants, young children and adults perished - but the community still managed to thrive. Although Marysville seems smaller now in the second millennium than other California cities, in the 1850-60’s it was one of the three major cities – the others being Los Angeles and San Francisco. 

This cemetery is a registered historic site.  Many of the city’s early notable citizens are buried here, along with people from the diverse cultures that were drawn to this area by the abundant farm land or in hopes of mining gold along the then expansive Yuba and Feather Rivers.  With but a handful of exceptions, the last burials here were in the late 1920’s.  As the cemetery became full, later burials will be found in Sierra View Memorial Park in Olivehurst/Marysville (late 1928 to present).  A few of the burials originally at this cemetery were reinterred in the privately owned Sierra View after it opened.

Early epidemics of diseases took many lives - consumption (tuberculosis), malaria, cholera - to name a few.  Apoplexy (stroke), drowning, murder, childbirth, pneumonia, inanition, and even one case of leprosy, took other lives.   The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 swept through this area as well.

This is also the resting place of approximately 120 veterans, ranging from the Mexican War to Vietnam, with nearly 80 of those from the Civil War.  Two burials are from the Confederate Army.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED 

If you have any photos of Marysville City Cemetery plots pre-2000 or of those persons buried here, please share them with me.  I am attempting to identify missing stones,  and compile further documentation of the plots and cemetery history.  Photographs will be valuable in helping to restore plots back to their original state, as well as identify what are now unmarked gravesites or damaged headstones. 

I'm looking for records relating to the families buried here to further document this cemetery.  I am compiling as much information as I can on each burial.  If you can share something about your family member buried here, please email me.

For the past eight years I have been working on my own documenting this historic cemetery by creating a new map, cross-referencing and building an index for place of burial (section/plot number), obtaining photos of all visible stones, putting stones back in their original plots (moved by vandalism or flood), attempting to identify unmarked graves, ordering headstones, and compiling data on this historic cemetery.  This project is a huge labor of love, to be shared with the descendents of those buried here.  With your help, it means I will be able to get more graves identified and documented.   

BURIAL RECORDS MISSING:  The first 20 years of recorded burials are missing from this cemetery.  The records were taken by the first Sexton (Ebenezer Hamilton) and have not yet been recovered.  If you know of the location of these records, please contact me.  They are crucial to filling in the gaps of our early history.

June 2006 - Michael Cullen, Michael Collins, John Logan - deserter from the Civil War

IF YOU ARE IN POSSESSION OF, OR KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO HAS ANY HEADSTONES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS CEMETERY, PLEASE CALL KATHY (530-218-6252) TO ARRANGE TO RETURN IT. 

Would you like to join the YubaRoots Cemetery Committee?  Email Kathy (see below).