This Place
Who Lived Here?
We’re piecing together the stories of people who once called Rosson House home while it operated as a lodging house. Please take a look at our growing list of residents – organized by decade and alphabetized – to see if any names look familiar. We’ve also included a few names of renters from the other homes at The Square. If you have any details or memories to share, we’d love to hear from you through our Lodger Information Form. You can also learn about some of these residents from our recent blog article, More than a Museum: Life and Lodging at Rosson House.
An asterisk (*) indicates someone who lived at Rosson House during more than one decade.
Catherine McDonald with Mae and Jimmy Gemmell outside the Duplex, with Rosson House in the background, circa 1928.
Rosson House
1900s
- Henry Christoph
- Louis Migel
1910s
- Emanuel Behny
- Grace Behny
- Margaret Behny
- Frank Berg
- John V. Berg
- Robert W. Freligh
- August Georgouses
- James C. Georgouses
- Thomas Georgouses
- John C. Hurley
- Cecil B. Keck
- Eileen Keck
- John Kermeras
- Someone with the initials C. A. M.
- Jeff Matthews
- John B. Owens
- Catherine Power
- Nellie G. Warner
1920s
- Marrian Bales
- John H. Booth*
- Charles Bradman
- Henry Brown
- John B. “Shorty” Brummer*
- Tilman Cullem
- Dora Elliot
- Robert Feddersen Jr.*
- Oscar H. Freyschlag
- James Gilson
- Gus Guzunis
- William L Holman
- Watt Hooker
- John Irwin
- Charles F. Kuthe
- James H. McCauley
- B. McCulley
- Ruth McCulley
- Mr. Maestas (first name currently unknown)
- Virginia Mitchell
- R. Bruce Mitchell
- Jack Morgan
- William Ogle
- Billie Orreges
- Sidney Owen
- Ascension Perez*
- Frank Rudolph
- Raymond Rudolph
- Lucius L. Russell
- Will E. Ryan
- ? Sager (first name currently unknown)
- Alice L. Schlicker
- Angelita Skinner
- Howard O. Tatem
- John Tatem
1930s
- John J. Brady
- John H. Booth*
- John B. “Shorty” Brummer*
- Joseph Carney
- Mary Caveness
- Eileen Chooley
- George Darding*
- Mary Doyle
- Edward F. Doyle
- Sadie Feddersen (Sr.)
- Robert Feddersen Jr.*
- Lillian Gray
- John Greer
- Eugenio Miranda
- Lillian Newton
- John Nolen
- Francisco Noriega
- Ascension Perez*
- Newel Ponder*
- Betty Rogers
- Will E. Ryan*
- William Weir
- Leonardo Ybarra
1940s
- Virginia M. Baker
- Margery B. Boettcher
- Charles E. Chambers
- Evelyn Cohen
- George Darding*
- William Espey
- Carole J. Gagon
- Betty Gallagher (Jendrisak)
- Marie D. Grandstaff
- Alice Honsick
- Frank Honsik
- Violet Hunt
- Margaret T. Hurley
- Agnes M. Kescilniak
- Joseph Loomis
- Carol McKemy
- Gail C. McKemy
- Orrin W. Miller
- A. Nelson
- Ascension Perez*
- Howard Pinney (Penny?)
- Newel Ponder*
- Mary W. Spratt
- Estelle Topoleski
- Henry Topoleski
1950s
- Edward Banulski
- Phoebe Benson
- Ernest Bosl
- Helen Bosl
- Marilyn Brown
- Helen G. Condon
- Emma Cutter
- Robert Cutter
- Janette Fletcher
- Orville K. Fletcher
- Winifred C. Fletcher
- Arthur Garman
- Joe L. Garcia
- Frank A. Hochevar
- Mary Hanrahan
- Harley Hutzler
- Betty Gallagher Jendrisak
- Dominick B Jendrisak
- Herbert M. Johnson
- Norbert Knoth
- Catherine Leahy*
- Harold McKillop
- Hildred McKillop
- Linda McKillop
- Myrtle McKillop
- Earl McNabb
- Ila C. McNabb
- Carl Smith
- Mary Stunkard
- Bonnie Jean Verdugo
- Catherine Wilke
- Paul Wilke
1960s
- Al Achock
- Anna K. Clifford
- Thomas Gromouski
- Estelle F. Heikes
- Catherine Leahy*
- Johanna (Josie) Lyons
- Kai “Speedy” Skounborg*
1970s
- M. Clark
- Pat Coyne
- Lee Gail
- Emily Garrity
- Ann Gerstenberger
- Pat Healy
- James Johnston
- ? Kochanek (first name currently unknown)
- Delbert Lett
- Mary Lovett
- ? Rudolph (first name currently unknown)
- George Scott
- Kai “Speedy” Skounborg*
- Maurice Smith
- William Sorenson
- Gene Timmons
- Sadie Wisecarver
Our Other Historical Buildings
We’re also learning more about who lodged or boarded at the other historic houses at The Square, whether they were renting individual rooms or the entire home. Here are a few people we’ve found so far:
The North Duplex
- Ardin Fry (1948)
- Keisker Heinrich (1948)
- Ella Strayker (1930-2)
- Sallie Strayker (1930-2)
- Ellsworth Strayker (1930-2)
The South Duplex
- Anne McDonald (1928-32)
- Catherine McDonald (1928-32)
- George McDonald (1928-32)
- Ethel Hester (1932)
Stevens House
- Berna Brelsford (1930)
- W. E. Brelsford (1930)
- Florence Fraser (1932)
- (?). M. Fraser (1932)
- R. W. Fraser (1932)
Haustgen House
- Fred C. Adams (1930)
- Jennie Adams (1930)
- Cecil Mills (1930)
- Dwight R. Mills (1930)
- Rosario Oviedo (1932)
- Susie Oviedo (1932)
Teeter House
- Ralph Marks (1930)
Silva House
Information coming soon
Thomas House
Information coming soon
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