Rosabelle (Cockerl) Ijames (1915 - 1984)

Born 7 Jan 1915 in Chester, South Carolina, United States

Wife of Archie Jerome Ijames — married 13 Apr 1935 in Catawba, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1984 at age 69 in Dade, Florida, United States

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Biography

Rosie was born in 1915. She was the daughter of Henry Cockerl and Bertha Sawyer.

Rosie became a member of the Peoples Temple at Jim Jones's original Temple location of Indianapolis, where her husband Archie eventually was chosen by Jones to be the Temple's associate pastor, taking over for Jones when he was away. Archie eventually followed Jones and the Peoples Temple to California and then to Guyana to help Jones set up the location for what would become Jonestown. Conflict arose while Archie and Jones were in Guyana, and Rosie and Archie left Guyana without Jones. Although they remained members of the Peoples Temple branch in San Francisco, they did not return to Guyana or Jonestown. Because they abandoned the Guyana mission, Rosie and her husband did not die in Jonestown on 18 November 1978 when Jim Jones called for the "revolutionary suicide" of Peoples Temple Members. Rosie and Archie's daughter Anita, their daughter-in-law Judith, and granddaughter Maya perished in Jonestown.

Rosie passed away in 1984 in Florida.

Sources

• Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
  • Who Had Died Since 18 November 1978?
  • Ijames Family Tree
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• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8FM-QJ3 : 22 December 2016), Archie J. Ijames and Rosabell Cockerl, 13 Apr 1935; citing , Catawba, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 593,305.
• North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. (2015). This Day in North Carolina History. In Archie Ijames, Associate of Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple. Retrieved from Wayback Machine Internet Archive 28 April 2021.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6ZD-18N : accessed 7 March 2019), Rosevelt Cockrell in household of Henry Cockrell, Township 1, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States; citing ED 50, sheet 7B, line 61, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1695; FHL microfilm 1,821,695.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3Q1-2VS : accessed 7 March 2019), Rose B Cockrel in household of Henry Cockrel, Franklin, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 7A, line 22, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1718; FHL microfilm 2,341,452.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSZ-D3R : 13 March 2018), Rosabella Ijames in household of Archie J Ijames, Mocksville Township, Davie, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-11, sheet 3B, line 55, family 41, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2900.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J254-MJ3 : 19 May 2014), Rosabell Ijames, Dec 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).