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Cacciatori D'Africa Cemetery
Roslyn, Kittitas County, Washington

Memorial Ave.
Roslyn, WA 98922

GPS: 47.2203, -121.0024

by Suzanne Livingstone [livingstoneancestry@gmail.com]
Published February 18, 2019
Total records: 25

Directions:  From main intersection in Roslyn, turn left on Pennsylvania Ave, follow up hill past Roslyn Museum, merging onto 5th Ave.  Follow signs for Roslyn Historic Cemeteries; turn left on Memorial Ave.

Parking available next to information kiosk and can walk up to upper section or can drive around and up to the cemetery.  Cemetery is in between Old City Cemetery and Serbian Cemetery.

Cemetery History

Translated from the Italian as Hunters of Africa, an Italian lodge named in honor of Italian infantry who invaded parts of Africa, including Libya, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, during Italian colonization in the late 19th century. The local Lodge was founded in Roslyn in 1889.

Notes

Cemetery is in very good condition and well cared for.  There is plenty of parking.   The oldest marked grave was from 1909 with the most recent burial in 1983.

Per the sign at the cemetery “Cacciatori D’Africa” means Hunter of Africa and was an Italian Lodge founded in 1900.

Cemetery Records

Records below were compiled by Suzanne Livingstone in April 2018 during a visit to the cemetery. These are the stones that are visible.  It is possible there may be other stones, some of which are no longer legible.  At least two other possible burial plots were noted with no info and/or illegible info.

 

Amosso, Frederic, b. 1868, d. 1928
Andreotti, Lucy, b. 29-Dec-1901, d. 22-Sep-1909
Bruno, John, b. 1876, d. 1940
Bruno, Laura, b. 1873, d. 1918
Capovilla, Battista, b. 1902, d. 1951
Capovilla, Catherina, b. 1878, d. 1946
Capovilla, John, b. 1874, d. 1934
Capovilla, Margaret, b. 1905, d. 1916
Capovilla, Pete, b. 1917, d. 1924
Gallinatti, Louisa, no dates on stone
Gallinatti, Maurice, no dates on stone
Malano, Domenick, b. 1881, d. 1956
Malano, Eda, b. 1889, d. 1952
Malano, Franchina, b. 1846, d. 1916
Malano, Tony, b. 1874, d. 1917
Marietta, Madeline, b. 1882, d. 1921
Oberto, Antonio, b. 7-July-1877, Borgiallo Italy, d. 27-May-1918, Ronald WA
Oberto, Ettore Angelo, b. 17-Jun-1909, Beekman, d. 2-Oct-1921, Ronald WA
Rossine, Catherine, b. 1861, d. 1941
Rossine, Charles L, b. 1859, d. 1933
Spad. Giovanni, b. 21-Feb-1884, Italy, d. 10-May-1919, Ronald WA
Trucano, Joseph, b. 26-Apr-1893, Roslyn WA, d. 18-Jan-1920
Venera, Albert E, b. 1941, d. 1983
Venera, George P, b. 7-Jul-1933, d. 16-Oct-1933
Vittone, Guiseppe, b. 26-Dec-1879, d. 8-Dec-1918