PERMITS FOR BURIAL OR REMOVAL

AND DEATH CERTIFICATES

1890-1916

This information was taken from the certificates themselves that had been in a box stored at Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico by an arrangement with the offices of the County of Butte and the Association for Northern California Records and Research (ANCRR-see Lois McDonald’s white paper). The certificates were sent back to the county in 2002. We do not know where they are currently housed and under what conditions.We have lists of burials from 1890 to 1904.  The Chinese practice of removing the remains of the dead for burial in their homeland required a permit. We do not have a good contemporary source for that process from Oroville. There is a good source from a Chico (town  20 miles east and north of Oroville) newspaper however. More

It was difficult to decipher some entries and where it is unclear, a question mark has been placed.

June 5, 1890 Ah Tong (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 36 years old. He died near Magalia.  Cause of death was hemorrhage (trauma to blood vessels out of the bone). Coroner was John Gridley.  He was single and his occupation was cook. No place of interment was listed.

June 5, 1890 Ah Ying (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 37 years old.  He had died near the Hebrew Cemetery (where was that cemetery?), Oroville.  Cause of death was consumption.  Medical attendant had been a China doctor.  Interment had been at the China Cemetery.  He was married and his occupation was listed as miner.

June 30, 1890   Bo Lung (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 53 years old and he died at Oroville.  Cause of death was consumption.  Medical

attendant was Ah Lum.  Interment occurred at the China Cemetery.  He was single and had been a merchant.

January 6, 1891 Ah Teung (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 50 years old. He had been born in Hong Kong and died on the Kentucky Ranch. Cause of death was consumption and heart failure.  He was interred in the China Cemetery, Lot 100, Block 40.11 ?  He was

single and his occupation was listed was miner.

January 29, 1891.  Ah Goon (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 65 years old and he had died in the Oroville Chinatown.  Cause of death was old age and general debility.  There had been no medical attendant.

He was interred in the China Cemetery.  He was single and his

occupation was listed was miner.

October 9, 1891.    Qui Quie (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 50 years old and had died at Lumpkin.  Cause of death was suicide.  He was interred in the Oroville Chinese Cemetery.  He was single and his occupation was listed as laborer.

October 15, 1891.   Gee Chong Them (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 51 years old.  He had died in Oroville.  Cause of death was malarial fever.

He was interred in the China Cemetery.  He was married and his occupation was listed as merchant.

January 19, 1892.   Gee Whau (Certificate of Death and Permit for Burial).  The deceased was only seven days old. Baby had been born in Oroville and died in Oroville.  Cause of death was he could not eat.

Interred in the China Cemetery.

March 10, 1892.   Len Yen (Permit for Burial).  Age of the deceased was unknown. He died at the County Jail.  Cause of death was suicide by hanging. He was interred in the Oroville Cemetery.  His occupation was  listed as laborer.

February 23, 1893.   Wong Sing Yuen (Certificate of Death).  The deceased was 49 years old.  He died at Oroville.  Cause of death was phthisis (a pulmonary tuberculosis). He was married and his occupation was listed as miner.  No place of interment was listed.

June 13, 1893   Dock Shun or Dock Show (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 60 years old.  He died in Oroville.  Cause of death was old age.

He was interred in the Oroville China Cemetery.  His occupation was listed as farmer.

October 9, 1893.    A Rock (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 51 years old.  Cause of death was consumption.  Internment was at the Oroville Chinese Cemetery.

November 19, 1893 Ching Loem Gee (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 36 years old. Cause of death was consumption (tuberculosis).  Interment was at the Oroville Chinese Cemetery.

November 21, 1893 Man How (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 73 years old. Cause of death was La Grippe (influenza).  He was interred in the Oroville Chinese Cemetery.

November 26, 1893 Ling Gile  (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 57 years old. Cause of death was heart failure.  Interrment was at the Oroville Cemetery.

January 28, 1894.   Ah Gee (Permit to Inter).  The deceased was 64 years old. Cause of death was bronchitis.  Internment was at the Oroville China

Cemetery.

April 30, 1894   A Gin (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 31 years old.  He died in the Oroville Chinatown.  Internment was in the Oroville Chinese Cemetery.  His occupation was listed as doctor.

August 12, 1894.   A Show (Permit to Inter).  Deceased was 48 years old and died in Oroville.  Cause of death was strangulated hernia.  Internment was at the Oroville China Cemetery.  His occupation was listed as laborer.

April 7, 1895 Ah Wing (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 46 years old.  He died at Thermalito.  Coroner’s inquiry determined that the cause of death was eating toad stools.  Internment was at the China Cemetery. 

May 2, 1895 Tong Hing (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 43 years old. He had died in Oroville.  Cause of death was paraplegia (paralysis). Medical attendant was F. W. Benjamin.  Internment was in the China Cemetery.  He was single and his occupation was listed as laborer.

January 18, 1897 Ah Hand (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 70 years old.  His previous residence had been Wyandotte.  He died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was manasmus (severe form of malnutrition). Medical attendant was T. B. Rearden.  He was interred in Oroville.  He was single and his occupation was listed as miner.

January 22, 1897 Chee Ching Oie (Certificate of Death).  The deceased was 58 years old.  He died in Oroville.  Cause of death was consumption.

No physician was in attendance, had been under the care of a China doctor, Ah Young.  Undertaker was Sovereign & Topping. He was married and his occupation was listed as laborer.  No place of internment was listed.

February 6, 1897 Ching Tai (Certificate of Death). The deceased was 46 years old. He died at Quincy.  Cause of death was asthma, mitral insufficiency (heart valve disease) and cardiac syncope (fainting or passing out?.  Physician was Joseph McHesney M.D.  No place of internment was listed but the undertaker was Sovereign & Topping.  He was  married and his occupation was listed as cook.

February 19, 1897 Ah Mow (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 49 years old.  His previous residence had been Chico but he died in Oroville.  Cause of death was intestinal impaction (blockage).  Physician was J. W. Wilson M. D.  Undertaker was Sovereign & Topping.  Internment was in the Chinese Cemetery.  He was married and his occupation was listed as laborer.

March 2, 1897   Ah Wong Mook (Certificate of Death).  The deceased was 66 years old and died in Oroville.  Cause of death was natural causes. Undertaker was Sovereign & Topping.  Interment occurred at the China Graveyard Oroville Cemetery.  He was single.

March 17, 1897.   Fong Lee also known as Chong Quong You (Certificate of 

Death).  The deceased was 52 years old and died in Oroville. Cause of death was edematous (edema) laryngitis.  Medical attendant was F. W. Benjamin M. D.  Undertaker was Sovereign & Topping. He was interred at the China Cemetery.  He was married and his occupation was listed as a merchant.  

April 24, 1897 Ah Kong (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 47 years old and died in Oroville.  Cause of death was compression of brain. Medical attendant was E. J. Tucker M.D.  Undertaker was Sovereign & Topping.  He was interred in the Chinese Cemetery at Oroville. He was married and no occupation was listed for him.

June 30, 1897 Ching Qung Quong (Certificate of Death).  The deceased was a baby boy who was 2 months and 29 days old.  Cause of death was

gastrointestinal enteritis.  He had been born in Oroville and had died in Oroville.  Mother had been born in California and the father in China.  Medical attendant was W. F. Gates M. D.  Baby was interred in the China Oroville Cemetery.

October 4, 1897 Sing Ach (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 55 years old and died in Oroville.  Cause of death was malarial fever.  Medical attendant was F. W. Benjamin M.D.  Undertaker was G. W. Sovereign.  No place of interment was listed.

December 13, 1897 Moon How (Certificate of Death). The deceased was 57 years old. He died at Oroville.  Cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver. Medical attendant was T. B. Rearden M. D.  Undertaker was

G. W. Sovereign.  No place of interment was listed.

March 12, 1899 Ah Young (Certificate of Death). The deceased was 67 years old. He had died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was pulmonary edema.  M.D. was T. B. Rearden.  Undertaker was

G. W. Sovereign.  No place of interment was listed.  His 

occupation was listed as miner.

March 19, 1899 Geon Sing Wong (Permit to Inter).  The deceased was 32 years old.  He died in the Oroville Chinatown.  Cause of death was

pneumonia.  Interment was at the Chinese Cemetery.  Occupation

was listed as miner.

March 27, 1899 Di Ah Due (Certificate of Death). Deceased was 48 years old. Previous residence had been Gridley.  He had died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver. 

M. D. was T. B. Rearden.  Undertaker was H. Bird.  No place of interment was listed.

April 20, 1899 Gee Fon (Certificate of Death). The deceased was 50 years old. He had died in the Oroville Chinatown.  Cause of death was

consumption.  M. D. was J. H. M. Karener ?  H. Bird was the undertaker.  He was interred in the Chinese Cemetery. He had been single and his occupation was listed as laborer.

April 28, 1899 Li Fok (Certificate of Death). Deceased was 42 years old.  He died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was laryngital phthisis.  M. D. was J. B. Rearden.  He was married and his 

occupation had been miner.  He was interred in the China Cemetery.

May 1, 1899 Lee Ah Soon (Certificate of Death). Deceased was 40 years old. He died on the Kentucky Ranch.  Cause of death was dropsy (edema). No physician just a China doctor.  Coroner and undertaker was Charles S. Topping.  He was single and his occupation was listed as miner.  There was no place of interment listed.  

May 4, 1899   Yee Ah (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 54 years old and died at Oroville.  He had been a laborer and was single.  Cause of death was old age. Attending was Dr. Gee Wah.  He was interred at

the Chinese Cemetery.  

May 10, 1899   Due Yoy (Certificate of Death).  The deceased was 78 years of age.  His previous residence had been Oroville.  Death occurred at the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was laringual phthisis. M. D.  was T. B. Rearden.  Undertaker was G. W. Yooery?.  He was interred at the Chinese Cemetery. 

June 6, 1899 Ah Gong (Certificate of Death).  The deceased was 65 years old.Died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was

marasmus?  M. D. was T. B. Rearden.  No place of interment was listed.  His occupation was listed as miner. 

July 3, 1899 Lee Gum (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 2 years and 4 months of age.  He had been born in Chico and died in Oroville. Death was remittent fever.  He had had a China doctor some 75 days previous to death.  Undertaker was Henry Bird.  Baby was interred in the Oroville Cemetery.

August 21, 1899 Tooy Fook (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 70 years old. Died in the Butte County Hospital.  Cause of death was cerebral 

apoplexy.  His occupation had been cook.  M. D. was T. B. Reardan.  No place of interment was listed.

September 18, 1899 Gee Ock (Certificate of Death).  The deceased was 45 years old. His previous residence had been Oroville.  He died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver. M. D. was T. B. Rearden.  Undertaker was G. W. Sovereign. He was interred in the China Cemetery.  His occupation was listed as laborer.

September 19, 1899 Tan Chow (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 45 years old. Died at Oroville.  Cause of death was fever and ague. Attending was Dr. Gee Wah.  He was single and his occupation was listed as laborer.  He was interred at the Oroville Cemetery. 

December 8, 1899 Mrs. Ah Goy (Certificate of Death.  The deceased was 50 years old.  She had died at Oroville.  Cause of death old age. Attending was Dr. Ah Gune.  Undertaker was H. Bird.  She was interred in the Oroville Cemetery.

February 8, 1903.    Yen Min (Certificate of Death).  Deceased was 66 years old.  Previous residence was Oroville.  Place of death was the Butte County Infirmary.  Time of death was 1:30 P.M. Cause of death was paralysis.  Undertaker was Charles S. Topping.  No place of interment was listed.

May 12, 1910   Ah Juie (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 78 years old and died in the hospital.  Cause of death was old age.  Medical attendant was Dr. W. F. Gates.  Interred at the China Cemetery.

February 8, 1911.   Chin Wee (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 56 years old and had died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was general blood poisoning.  Medical attendant was W. F. Gates. Interred at the China Cemetery.  Henry Murphy, sexton, was in charge of the burial ground.

February 24, 1911 Oune Ching (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 79 years old and died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was 

dropsy.  Medical attendant was W. F. Gates.  Interred at the Chinese Cemetery, Oroville.

May 18, 1912   W Wong (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 54 years old

and he died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was

tuberculosis of lungs.  Medical attendant was Dr. W. F. Gates.

Interred at the Butte County Infirmary Cemetery.

January 29, 1912 Ah Lee (Permit for Burial or Removal).  No age was given for the deceased.   Cause of death was tuberculosis of the lungs.

Coroner was in Yuba County.  Undertaker was Kelly Brothers, Marysville.  He was removed from Dobbins, Yuba County to Oroville, Butte County.

January 2, 1913.  Joe Chee (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 63 years old and had died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was

Brights Disease of the kidneys.  Medical attendant was Dr. W. F.

Gates.  Interred in the Butte County Infirmary Cemetery.

August 25, 1913.   Yee Lum (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 80 years old and he died on Mitchell Avenue, south side, Oroville.  Cause of death was infirmities of old age.  Coroner was John Wallace.  He

was interred at the Oroville Chinese Cemetery.

September 12, 1913 Hung Gee Tun (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 60 years old and had died at Lew Saunders Orchard, seven miles below Oroville.  Cause of death was crushing of chest under wheel of

wood wagon.  Coroner was John Wallace.  Interred at the Oroville

Chinese Cemetery.

April 1, 1914     Wong Kay (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 51 years old and had died in the Butte County Infirmary.  Cause of death was

tuberculosis of the lungs.  Medical attendant was Dr. W. F. Gates.

Did not say who the undertaker was or where he was interred.

December 24, 1914 Gee On (Permit for Burial).  The deceased was 60 years old and died at Pleasant Valley near Oroville.  Cause of death was listed as suicide by hanging.  Coroner was C. O. Hamiton.  He was

interred at the Oroville Cemetery.

September 8, 1915 Ah Louie (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 80 years old. Cause of death was Achia Lclonse ?  Physician was T. B.

Rearden.  Interred in the Chinese Cemetery, Oroville.

September 17, 1915 Chun Sin (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 69 years old. Cause of death was perforation of stomach due to an acute ulceration.  Physician was William Johnson.  Undertaker

was Thomas & Kelly, Oroville. Interment was in Butte County.

December 15, 1915 Lee Wong (Permit for Burial). Deceased was 70 years old and he died at Oroville  Cause of death was mitral insufficiency. Physician was T. B. Rearden.  Undertaker was Thomas & Kelly, Oroville.  Interred at the Chinese Cemetery, Butte County.

December 23, 1915 Tai Len, female (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 72 years old and she died near Biggs.  Cause of death was bronchial asthma.  Physician was Dr. B. Caldwell.  Undertaker was Reynolds & Hamilton of Oroville.  Interred in the Chinese

Cemetery, Oroville.

December 31, 1915 Ching Yee (Permit for Burial). Deceased was 56 years old and died at Oroville.  Cause of death was material insufficiency.

Physician was T. B. Rearden.  Undertaker was Thomas & Kelly,

Oroville.  Interred in the Chinese Cemetery, Oroville.

July 9, 1916 Ah Moon (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 54 years old and died in the Butte County Infirmary, Oroville.  Cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis.  Physician was T. B. Rearden.  Undertaker was Reynolds & Hamilton, Oroville. Interred at the Oroville Chinese Cemetery.
August 18, 1916 Gee Gon (Permit for Burial).  Deceased was 70 years old and died at Honcut.  Cause of death was murder by knife in neck.  Coroner was N. M. Johnson.  Undertaker was Thomas & Kelly, Oroville. Interred at the Chinese Cemetery, Butte County.