Sargent Family Genealogy Website
Hills Ferry Cemetery, Newman, California
(the cemetery address is given below) (the photos at the cemetery by Chris, 5 April 2007)

View northeast from the graves of Benjamin and Alfonsa Sargent. 37 19.940 N   121 03.272 W

View north from gravesites of Benjamin and Alfonsa Sargent.  37 19.940 N   121 03.272 W

Satellite view from Google Earth with measured GPS coordinates.  West end (37 19.940 N  121 3.272 W) Benjamin Sr. and Alfonsa Sargent.   W of center (37 19.974 N  121 3.154 W) B. Sargent Jr., Rasmus Lauritsen, Clotilda Lauritsen and Louis Lauritsen.  Center (37 19.951 N  121 3.108 W) Elsie and Anthony Souza.

   Benjamin G. Sargent, Sr.
nee: probably Beniamino Giovanni Sargenti
October 19, 1862 - February 25, 1945, born in Magadino, Ticino Canton, Switzerland
Benjamin's grave marker is at: 37 19.940 N   121 03.272 W . In the southwestern
Catholic subdivision of the cemetery.

Alfonsa Sargent
nee: Alfonsa Sasselli, a.k.a. Alfonsina
June 15, 1872 - December 30, 1954, born in Ascona, Ticino Canton, Switzerland
Alfonsa's grave marker is at: 37 19.939 N   121 03.272 W . In the southwestern
Catholic subdivision of the cemetery.

Benjamin Sargent, Sr., Clotilda Lauritsen, and Alfonsa Sargent (ca. 1936).
(photo from Phillips' collection, colorized by Chris)

Benjamin G. Sargent, Jr.
a.k.a. Ben John Sargenti or Sargent
son of Benjamin and Alfonsa
December 17, 1899 - July 24, 1955, born in Langlois, Curry County, Oregon

(photo of Benjamin Sargent, Jr. needed)

Benjamin Sargent, Jr.'s grave marker was the southern-most of four markers
in the row.  The other markers were for the Lauritsens, including Ben's aunt
Clotilda.  Benjamin's grave is at: 37 19.973 N  121 03.154 W  . Benjamin’s
grave is in the “Masonic subdivision” near the center of the cemetery.

(the other son of Benjamin and Alfonsa, Percy A. Sargent, is buried at Colma's Holy Cross Cemetery)

other family members at Hills Ferry Cemetery are given below

This row had the graves of Benjamin Sargent, Jr. and the three Lauritsens described
below.  From left to right (south to north): Benjamin, Rasmus, Clotilda and Louis.

Clotilda Lauritsen
nee: Clotilda Sasselli, a.k.a. Clotilda Gilardi, Tilly and Auntie
March 13, 1879 - January 4, 1938, born in Switzerland, probably Ticino Canton.
Clotilda's grave is at: 37 19.974 N  121 03.154 W  .  Her grave is in the
“Masonic subdivision” near the center of the cemetery.

(Clotilda's photo is shown above with her sister Alfonsa and brother-in-law Benjamin, Sr.)

Rasmus Hansen Lauritsen
a.k.a. Robert H. Lauritsen
April 27, 1871 - January 24, 1941, born in Denmark
Rasmus' grave is adjacent to and just south of Clotilda's.

(need a photo of Rasmus)

Rasmus was Clotilda's second husband.  She married Rasmus when
she was 39 in about 1918.  Her first husband was John Gilardi.  The Clotilda-
John Gilardi marriage was brief but long enough to produce Tilly's three
children, including Elsie, listed below.  Apparently Rasmus broke his back while
tree trimming and spent years immobilized in bed.

Louis H. Lauritsen
a.k.a. Laurits H. Lauritsen (the H. is probably Hansen)
Jan. 1869 - 1924, born in Denmark
Louis' grave is adjacent to and just north of Clotilda's.  Louis was probably
the older brother of Rasmus.  Louis lived briefly early on in Newman, but then
spent many years away as a miner in Alaska and Washington.

(photo of Louis needed)

Elsie Marie Gilardi Souza and Anthony Mathews Souza
Elsie is the daughter of Clotilda Sasselli and John (Giovanni) Gilardi
Elsie, June 19, 1903 -  April 2, 1994, was born in Oregon
Anthony, March 5, 1899 - May 29, 1992, was born in Stanislaus County, California

Elsie Souza circa 1936.

(photos of Elsie and Anthony needed)

The grave marker for the graves of Elsie and Anthony is near the center of the cemetery just
south of the flagpole.  The GPS coordinates measured were:  37 19.951 N  121 03.108 W .
Their graves are in the IOOF (Oddfellows) subdivision of the cemetery.

Elsie's two brothers are not buried at Hills Ferry Cemetery, their graves' whereabouts are unknown.

Hills Ferry Cemetery
1334 West Stuhr Road
Newman, CA 95360

P.O. Box 657

phone (209) 862-0501
FAX (209) 862-1819

GPS coordinates: center: 37 19.961N 121 3.081W