Alpine County, California

Deaths – Years 1905-2000

Surnames A-K

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Death registrations were required within the State of California beginning in the year 1905. However, it took many years to implement fully the law within the County of Alpine. Unless a family lived in or near the county seat, death records often were never filed up until about the year 1920. Therefore, many deaths that occurred within Alpine County prior to the year 1920 were not recorded. Death records in Alpine County prior to 1905 are extremely sparse and none are included here.

There may be some ‘Unnamed’ infants within this index. Because of the high mortality rate for infants in the early years of Alpine County, many families did not give their children a Christian name until after the baby was at least several months old. Some of the unnamed infants also perished shortly after birth or were stillborn.

Names here are listed as they appear in the records of the Alpine County Clerk. To protect the privacy of living individuals, no information about mothers’ maiden names (or fathers’ surnames for deceased married women) are listed here. For further information about any death record listed here, contact the county coordinator (bottom of page).

The Alpine County death records contain many errors, especially as far as the places of birth of decedents. Proper state postal codes were not used in some cases. For example, MI usually means Michigan, but also was used erroneously for Minnesota; AK usually means Alaska, but also was used erroneously for Arkansas; MS usually means Mississippi, but also was used erroneously for Missouri; etc. Only U.S. states, major U.S. territories, Canada, and Mexico have birthplace codes in the following index. The notation ‘EL’ means ‘elsewhere’, as in ‘elsewhere in the world (not U.S., a major U.S. territory, Canada, or Mexico)’. Verifying correct birthplace is up to the individual researcher.

Place of birth abbreviation key:

AK = Alaska	IA = Iowa	NE = Nebraska	TN = Tennessee
AL = Alabama	ID = Idaho	NC = North Carolina	TX = Texas
AR = Arkansas	IL = Illinois	ND = North Dakota	UT = Utah
AS = American Samoa	IN = Indiana	NH = New Hampshire	VA = Virginia
AZ = Arizona	KS = Kansas	NJ = New Jersey	VI = Virgin Islands
CA = California	KY = Kentucky	NM = New Mexico	VT = Vermont
CN = Canada	LA = Louisiana	NV = Nevada	WA = Washington
CO = Colorado	MA = Massachusetts	NY = New York	WI = Wisconsin
CT = Connecticut	MD = Maryland	OH = Ohio	WV = West Virginia
DC = Dist. of Columbia	ME = Maine	OK = Oklahoma	WY = Wyoming
DE = Delaware	MI = Michigan	OR = Oregon
EL = Elsewhere (not U.S.)	MN = Minnesota	PA = Pennsylvania
FL = Florida	MO = Missouri	PR = Puerto Rico
GA = Georgia	MS = Mississippi	RI = Rhode Island
GU = Guam	MT = Montana	SC = South Carolina
HI = Hawaii	MX = Mexico	SD = South Dakota

REMEMBER: All information for this index was gathered via the County of Alpine death records and indexes. Information is recorded on death records via an informant. In some cases, the informant did not provide correct information about the decedent. It is up to the individual researcher to verify all information herein. Prior to 1940, no birth date or birth place is available. However, the approximate age at death is available. To obtain that information, contact the county coordinator (below).

Alpine County has never had a hospital. Many residents who were injured, ill, or aged were removed to other counties (or even to another state) in order to obtain medical services. Those residents on the west side of Alpine County generally went to Calaveras County or Tuolumne County in California. Those residents on the east side of Alpine County generally went to Douglas County, Nevada. If you are unable to locate a decedent here, you may wish to check for death records in one of those counties.

You may notice multiple people with the same surname who died on the same date. While this kind of occurrence may seem extraordinary in such a small county, that data is not in error. The deaths of those individuals most probably can be attributed to accidents of some kind, such as automobile accidents.

NAME	DATE OF BIRTH	PLACE OF BIRTH	DATE OF DEATH
Adams, Ethel W.			21 Jul 1927
Adams, Harold D.	03 Nov 1905	OR	03 Jul 1972
Alarcon, Samuel	13 Jul 1932	TE	18 Nov 1968
Ann, Mary	15 Apr 1851	CA	30 Dec 1947
Arbonis, Pedro	20 Feb 1894	EL	04 Jun 1952
Arnold, David Alan	15 Jul 1942	CA	04 Aug 1989
Arnot, Celia	(not given)	NV	06 Aug 1958
Arnot, Jefferson	12 Apr 1918	CA	28 Dec 1955
Arnot, Nute	01 Jan 1904	CA	10 Sep 1958
Aurich, Barbara Marian	09 Mar 1928	NY	15 Mar 1986
Aurich, Franklin Winter	19 Jun 1928	WA	15 Mar 1986
Baer, Frank E.	27 Jan 1941	EL	12 Aug 1977
Bagley, Ott	01 Jan 1885	EL	04 Nov 1953
Bagley, Tuney	12 Apr 1859	CA	01 Oct 1943
Bagley, Unnamed Male	03 Feb 1940	CA	08 Feb 1940
Baines, Erma E.	08 Jan 1910	CA	07 Aug 1977
Bamert, Frank C.			21 Sep 1908
Barclay, Dorthy S.	10 Aug 1902	N?	05 Sep 1965
Bardett, Alfred	08 Jan 1888	KS	16 Sep 1949
Bari, Dominico			09 Aug 1914
Barker, Luman Carl	21 Dec 1916	MO	01 Oct 1982
Barlow, Olive			18 May 1907
Barr, Kerry Edward	07 Feb 1956	CA	20 Dec 1959
Barrett, Alfred			11 Feb 1906
Barrett, Ernest	01 Jan 1903	CA	20 Jul 1941
Barrett, Horace Wolfred	05 Jan 1910	CA	20 Apr 1998
Barriere, Louis Joseph	29 Jun 1929	CT	08 Mar 1991
Basmajian, David Keith	19 Apr 1963	CA	06 Jan 1993
Bassett, Douglas Gregory	13 May 1976	CA	29 Dec 1990
Bassman, Wayne W.			12 Jul 1913
Bean, Charles R.			04 Sep 1926
Beanblossom, Jimmie E.	27 May 1919	TX	14 Aug 1977
Beers, Ernest W.	11 Jan 1916	CA	27 Jul 1963
Belden, Louie Elmo	07 Oct 1910	AR	25 Sep 1955
Bender, Theodore “Ted”	24 Aug 1909	??	24 Sep 1962
Bergin, Patrick F.	17 Apr 1939	WI	01 Jun 1974
Bernal, Regan Phillip	19 Jun 1957	CA	17 Mar 1984
Bigelow, John M.	28 Aug 1913	AR	27 Sep 1975
Blinoff, Gleb	06 Aug 1944	EL	14 Sep 1964
Bob, Elsie	01 Jan 1890	EL	10 Oct 1940
Boitano, Walter Boyd	08 Jun 1918	WA	01 Apr 1998
Booth, Timothy Ben	08 Apr 1963	CA	17 May 1984
Bottarini, Charles A.	23 Nov 1899	CA	14 Aug 1961