Albany County Obituary Index 1868 to 1964

Copies of this index may also be found at the Wyoming State Archives, UW Coe Library, Albany County Library, Laramie Plains Museum, LDS library in Salt Lake, and the local History Center.

Index of 1868 to 1899 Obituaries:

The following is an index of accounts of deaths compiled by Elnora L. Frye from notices in the Laramie newspapers for the years of 1868 to 1899. The accounts abstracted are those involving deaths occurring in Albany County, deaths of former residents of Albany County, or individuals who were buried in Albany County. Some of these were taken from Laramie Daily Sentinel newspaper accounts from the book of Ellen (Crago) Mueller - "Laramie, Wyoming Burials 1867-1882". The date (year-month-day) of the newspaper issue is given as reference. The accounts listed are from the Laramie Daily Sentinel (LDS), or Weekly edition (LSW), Laramie Daily Boomerang (LDB), and Laramie Semi-Weekly Boomerang (LSWB). These accounts were transcribed by Leroy R. Maki, April 1996.

[ A ]    [ B ]    [ C ]    [ D ]    [ E ]    [ F ]
[ G ]    [ H ]     [ I and J ]     [ K ]    [ L ]    [ M ]
[ N to O ]    [ P ]    [ Q to R ]    [ S ]    [ T to U ]    [ V through Z ]

There are some months of newspaper records in 1899 and 1900 which are missing.

Index of 1900 to 1940 Obituaries:

The following index of Albany County obituaries that have appeared in Laramie newspapers have been abstracted by members of the Albany County Genealogical Society. Obituaries are of present or past Albany County residents, those who died in Albany County, or those who have been buried in Albany County. These have been compiled by the Albany County Genealogical Society and abstracted from the Laramie newspapers found in the Albany County Library. The listings are alphabetical by surname. Whenever possible, the maiden name of the wife is included and is listed in the surname index (see below). Normally all obituary notices of an individual are listed.

Listings of the year 1900 were obtained from microfilm at the University of Wyoming Coe Library. Most were from the weekly and semi-weekly editions of the Boomerang (SWB) [film # 93-00-135]. A few for October-December were from the Laramie Daily Boomerang (LDB) [film # 93-00-95]. This microfilm is not available at the Albany County Library for the year 1900. Obituary data for 1901 - 1906 are on microfilm at the Albany County Library. The year 1901 is in poor photographic condition and some issues are missing. Issues after 1906 are bound volumes in the Library.

Listings in this section are for 1900 through 1940. Early issues (1901 - 1906) were taken from microfilm copies kept at the Albany County Library. Some newspaper issues are missing, especially Aug. 6 - Aug 31, 1904.January - June of 1918 are indexed but available only on microfilm.

The years after 1940 have not been abstracted (there are a few random records recorded after 1940).

For listing of obituaries and burials for records from 1870 to 1900, the reader may wish to reference "Laramie, Wyoming Burials 1867 to 1900" by Ellen (Crago) Mueller, [WYO 929.1 M887a] in the Albany County Library. The dates given by Mueller were often dates of death and not of newspaper issues. She includes cemetery and church records which were not abstracted and may not be included in this present listing.

Laramie Newspapers have been indexed (including obituary data) and are on microfiche at the Albany County Library for the following years: 1870 through June 1912, 1940 - 1945, 1950 - 1959, 1970 - 1971.

For this present listing, the newspapers are coded as follows: LRB-Laramie Republican Boomerang (July 1926-May 1957); LDR-Laramie Daily Republican (Laramie Republican, daily edition, 1906-June 1926); LDB-Laramie Daily Boomerang (1901-1906), SWB - Weekly or Semi-weekly Boomerang (1900).

Married women are cross indexed by maiden name when it is known. The newspaper code, page, column, and date of appearance(s) are given for each occurrence of the appearance in the newspaper. Whenever possible, maiden names of married women are included. The names of successors, siblings, aunts, uncles, parents, and grandparents have not been included.

The listing for a married woman would appear as follows:
Surname, First name Newspaper, Pg, Col, Yr-Mo-Day
PASCOE, Ann Eliza - nee Entwistle LDR 1 5 1913-04-16
(this is listed by her married name)
ENTWISTLE, Ann Eliza - m. Pascoe LDR 1 5 1913-04-16
(this is the listing by her maiden name and gives her married name)

The following list was compiled and edited by Leroy R. Maki, August 1996.

Index of 1941 to 1957 Obituaries:

The following index of Albany County obituaries that have appeared in Laramie newspapers have been abstracted by members of the Albany County Genealogical Society. Obituaries are of present or past Albany County residents, those who died in Albany County, or those who have been buried in Albany County. These have been compiled by the Albany County Genealogical Society and abstracted from the Laramie newspapers found in the Albany County Library. The listings are alphabetical by surname. Whenever possible, the maiden name of the wife is included and is listed in the surname index (see below). Normally all obituary notices of an individual are listed.

For listing of obituaries and burials for records from 1870 to 1900, the reader may wish to reference "Laramie, Wyoming Burials 1867 to 1900" by Ellen (Crago) Mueller, [WYO 929.1 M887a] in the Albany County Library. The dates given by Mueller were often dates of death and not of newspaper issues. She includes cemetery and church records which were not abstracted and may not be included in this present listing.

Laramie Newspapers have been indexed by Elnora Frye and by the Albany County Genealogical Society for the years 1868-1940 and can be found in a bound volume in the Albany County Library, Laramie Plains Museum, and the Coe Library, University of Wyoming.

For this present listing, the newspapers are coded as follows: LRB-Laramie Republican Boomerang (July 1926-May 1957) or LDB-Laramie Daily Boomerang (1958-1996).

Married women are cross indexed by maiden name when it is known. The newspaper code, page, column, and date of appearance(s) are given for each occurrence of the appearance in the newspaper. Whenever possible, maiden names of married women are included. The names of successors, siblings, aunts, uncles, parents, and grandparents have not been included.

The listing for a married woman would appear as follows:
Surname, First name Newspaper, Pg, Col, Yr-Mo-Day
PASCOE, Ann Eliza - nee Entwistle LDR 1 5 1913-04-16
(this is listed by her married name)
ENTWISTLE, Ann Eliza - m. Pascoe LDR 1 5 1913-04-16
(this is the listing by her maiden name and gives her married name)

Former residents who died in other cities or states are included.

The following list was compiled and edited by Leroy R. Maki, November 1997, and includes 5,230 records January 1941 through December 1957.

[ A ]   [ B ]    [ C ]    [ D ]    [ E ]    [ F ]
[ G ]    [ H ]    [ I ]    [ J ]    [ K ]    [ L ]    [ M ]    [ N ]
[ O ]    [ P ]    [ Q ]    [ R ]    [ S ]    [ T ]    [ U and V ]    [ W ]    [ X through Z ]

 

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Index of 1958 to 1964 Obituaries:

The following is an index of Albany County obituaries that have appeared in Laramie newspapers. These have been abstracted by members of the Albany County Genealogical Society. Obituaries are of present or past Albany County residents, those who died in Albany County, or those who have been buried in Albany County. These have been compiled by the Albany County Genealogical Society and abstracted from the Laramie newspapers and microfilm found in the Albany County Library. The listings are alphabetical by surname. Whenever possible, the maiden name of the wife is included and is listed in the surname index (see below). Normally all obituary notices of an individual are listed.

For listing of obituaries and burials for records from 1870 to 1900, the reader may wish to reference "Laramie, Wyoming Burials 1867 to 1900" by Ellen (Crago) Mueller, [WYO 929.1 M887a] in the Albany County Library. The dates given by Mueller were often dates of death and not of newspaper issues. She includes cemetery and church records which were not abstracted and may not be included in this present listing.

Laramie Newspapers have been indexed by Elnora Frye for the years 1868-1899, by the Albany County Genealogical Society for the years 1900-1940, and 1941-1957 and can be found in bound volumes in the Albany County Library, Laramie Plains Museum, and the Coe Library, University of Wyoming.

For this present listing, the newspaper is coded as LDB-Laramie Daily Boomerang (1958-1996).

Married women are cross indexed by maiden name when it is known. The newspaper code, page, column, and date of appearance(s) are given for each occurrence of the appearance in the newspaper. Whenever possible, maiden names of married women are included. The names of successors, siblings, aunts, uncles, parents, and grandparents have not been included.

The listing for a married woman would appear as follows:
Surname, First name Newspaper, Pg, Col, Yr-Mo-Day
PASCOE, Ann Eliza - nee Entwistle LDR 01 05 1913-04-16
(this is listed by her married name)
ENTWISTLE, Ann Eliza - m. Pascoe LDR 01 05 1913-04-16
(this is the listing by her maiden name and gives her married name)

Former residents who died in other cities or states are included.

The following list was compiled and edited by Leroy R. Maki, September 1998, and includes 2,550 records through 1964.

Where to find the obituaries indexed on these pages:

The Coe Library at the University of Wyoming and the State Archives in Cheyenne have microfilm copies of Laramie newspapers (Daily Boomerang, or the Sentinel) from 1868 to 1998. There are some years missing when the original newspapers could not be found for those years. Anything referenced in the Obituary Index should be found somewhere on microfilm at these two libraries.

The Albany County Library in Laramie and has microfilms of the newspapers for most of 1868 - 1912. They also have bound copies of the newspapers for 1912 - to about 1952. They have microfilm of the newspapers from then on to date. They did not purchase microfilm for the hard bound copy years that they have on the shelf.

In addition to the 1912 - 1952 hard copies of the Boomerang and Sentinel, the Laramie Plains Museum has hardbound copies of the newspapers from 1912 to about 1940 which they gave to the American Heritage Center on the University of Wyoming campus in 1999, so there is a second set of hard bound copies there.