Estrella Adobe

Estrella Adobe ~ Church Cemetery
Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County,
California

The Estrella Adobe Church was the first Protestant church in northern San Luis Obispo County. It was built in 1878 by early pioneers who contributed labor and time for its construction. The church prospered for a few years and then fell into disuse, finally crumbling to ruins.

The church was restored by the History and Landmarks Committee of the Paso Robles Women’s Club. It was rededicated in 1952 in memory of those pioneers on the Estrella Plains who built the church and worshipped there. Memorial services are held in May of each year by the Friends of the Adobes, who have had the responsibility of the church’s care and preservation since 1968.

The Estrella Adobe Church Yard was also used as a Cemetery. The San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society has indexed the burials and photographed the Headstones and Monuments as part of their "Rural Cemeteries Project".

The Cemetery is not active, the earliest burials appear to be 1882 although it is possible that some of the unmarked graves are earlier; the latest burial is 1938. The Headstones and Monuments are in ruins and there appears to be no effort to restore them. The Cemetery is surrounded by vineyards. There are unmarked graves, as noted in the Index.

In September of 2005, SLOCGS spent the day photographing the Cemetery, those images are available online.

General Cemetery Photos and those of the Adobe can be found here.

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Age	Transcribers Notes
Allen, I B				Co G, 1st Mich E & M
Baker, Benny		1887	17y	One of 3 graves outside NW corner
Bardin, Unknown Female				Unmarked Grave
Brooks, Dewitt		1885	24y
Bucher, Jonathan
Coulter, Etta F	Jan 1 1870	Jun 17 1897		Beloved Mother of Forest & Nevada
Durham, Robert John	May 27 1884	Oct 6 1891		Born in England, Brother of Herbert Durham
Erdman				Corp'l  F erd 4th Ohio Battery
Erdman, Bismark
Exline, Christina		Jul 22 1884		Infant, Unmarked Grave
Exline, Forest		Mar 3 1883		Infant, Unmarked Grave
Exline, Henry		Jun 7 1886	27y	Died at his ? Near Paso Robles. He was Constable & Road Commissioner [Unmarked Grave]
Fortney, George E		1885	19y
Fortney, John		Sep 26 1880	44y7m22d
Jones, Elizabeth A		Aug 31 1887		Dau of Rev John & Elizabeth
McKinley [Mrs]				Unmarked Grave
McNeeley, Maroe V [Marda]	Sep 28 1842	Jan 23 1912
McNeeley, W L		Mar 6 1890	45y10m
Mills, Josephine	1888	1889
Morris, Edmund	1832	1907		Confederate Soldier - Civil War
Parsons, Effie R		Apr 3 1888		Wife of R L and a Sister to Fortney
Parsons, Georgie A		Jul 8 1887		Infant Son of RL & E R Parsons
Parsons, R L
Reynolds, Infant Girl				Stillborn Sister, others in Paso Robles
Rude, Alice Julia	Jul 28 1889	Feb 28 1894		Unmarked Grave
Rude, Amador Nevada	Nov 12 1856	Unknown		Born in Volcano, Amador Co., CA - Broken Stone
Rude, Mary Luisia [Metcalf]		Jul 2 1911		Born Allegany Co., NY - Married when 16 years, after being orphaned at 12 years in Knoxville, IL; Unmarked Grave
Rude, Mary Mabel	Sep 14 1904	Jan 1 1905
Rude, Orie Ann	Aug 16 1897	Oct 18 1897		Unmarked Grave
Rude, Rosalinda Elizabeth	Aug 30 1859	Apr 23 1881		Wife of T A Rude
Rude, Thomas G		Jan 23 1882	67y3m16d	Native of Hardin Co., KY "He was dragged to death by his horse"
Rude, William L	Feb 8 1844	Oct 30 1920		Born in Illinois
Sinclair, Daniel		Nov 1884	4y	Son of D & MS Sinclair
Sinclair, Edward		Dec 1884	8y
Sinclair, Ernest		Feb 22 1885	2y4m4d	Son of D & MS Sinclair
Skinner, Clyde [Baby]		Dec 2 1886	9 months
Skinner, Eldora	Apr 20 1861	1888		Wife of J N - No Marker
Sproul, Henry C	1843	1898		Nearby, but outside plot
Stovall, Evan P	Oct 30 1878	Jun 15 1885		Son of F M & Mary C Stovall
Stovall, F M		Aug 16 1907	64y1m18d
Stovall, Mary C		Mar 15 1905	63y18d
Stovall, Otis A	May 13 1881	May 4 1885		Son of F M & Mary C Stovall
Stovall, Walter M	1875	1885		Headstone broken in two
Teachout, Eliza		1898	70y
Tuley, Carol				Infant Daughter of Mr & Mrs J T Tuley - Unmarked Grave
Tuley, Ira, George & Cora				Moved to Paso Robles [ Brothers & Sister of J T Tuley]
Weir, Carlie	1891	1893
Weir, Catherine		Jul 28 1891	53y10m3d
Weir, Christian	Jan 20 1871	Jun 20 1890
Weir, John	Oct 9 1861	Apr 7 1886
Weir, Peter	1832	1919		Father
Weir, Thomas G	1886	1886
Weir, Unknown				Unmarked Grave in Weir Plot
Wolf, Adelbert	1835	1912		Father
Wolf, Albert	1871	1926		Son
Wolf, August	1874	1931		Son - Marker is a memorial, he was lost at sea in a fishing boat accident.
Wolf, Maria	1842	1924		Mother
Wolf, Maria	1881	1895		Daughter
Wolf, Otto	1877	1938		Son

The Rural Cemeteries Project Team: Marilyn Johnson, Leona Mastan, Michele McCaffrey & Martha Graham.

All of the photos and databases that are contained on this site and in linked directories are watermarked and are the property of SLOCGS [San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society, POB 4, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California]. The headstone photos may be used for personal genealogical purposes and none other. They are put online as a service to the Genealogical & Historical Community.

Site Updated: 29 October 2015

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