Two Death Certificates For Same Person -- Why?

There is nothing unusual about the death certificates (below)  for my great-grandparents. They were obtained in 1999 and you can see that the state loved red stamps. If you look closely, you can see that they died in Illinois and were buried in Washington, D.C.

The third certificate is for my great-grandmother, recently found on the internet, is from the District of Columbia. Her information was "furnished by transit permit." If you ever have a "transit permit" certificate of death, you will see there is very little information provided, so try and obtain the original certificate from where that person died.

The saddest thing is, I haven't a clue where I found her second certificate on the internet. And, I can't even locate my great-grandfather's "transit permit" (his record of death, does state transit permit), although I saw a shorter one and copied to my computer, somewhere. Lesson learned to myself...pay more attention and keep better records, even after all these years, I mess up.

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Those Places Thursday -- Concord, MA

Thomas Pellet

1670s / 1728

Cyrus Pierce

1850

Capt. John Adams

c. 1817

I have no idea how many historical houses there are in Concord, but I will try and find out. If a sign is for your ancestor, please let me know, and I will take a photo of the house.

Downtown Concord, MA on a nice rainy day. (To me, the best time for taking photos, esp. cemetery stones.)

DAR Postcard -- First Day Cover -- Wordless Wednesday

Postcard purchased at the DAR on the date it was issued, October 11, 1990.

Tombstone Tuesday -- SHERWIN family of Stafford, New York

Stafford Rural Cemetery, Stafford, Genesee Co., New York

Herbert C. Sherwin

1844  --  1935

His wife,

Ada L. Dewolf

1859  --  1943

Their daughter below.

Ella M. Sherwin

1883  --  1959

Photos taken by my cousin Claire, and used with permission.

Lucius Poole Could Split Hairs

This Man Could Split Hairs.

Lucius Poole, whose den in Springfield St., Boston, is famous among antiquarians, can do more wonderful things with a sheet of paper than any one else in America--perhaps in the world. Not only can be dovetail, skive, splice and inlay, but he can split. This is the most difficult achievement in the whole art of book patching. Mr. Poole will take a leaf from any of the current magazines and slice it three times through its entire length and width, thereby making four sheets instead of one, each of just one-quarter the thickness of the original. Splitting hairs is rough work beside a job like that.

One of Mr. Poole's tricks is to cut an imperfect picture from a page and then insert one in its stead so deftly that only the closest scrutiny will discover that a fiber has been disturbed. Another is to "plant" a photograph on the page of a book so that one cannot tell that it was not printed there originally.

When Mr. Poole is asked to tell how he performs his feats, he says: "Oh, it's just by work, partly natural and partly acquired. It would take a year to explain the detail."--New York Press.

Lucius was my 2nd great-granduncle.

(Above article sent to me by Carol Merriman.)

Lucius was my 2nd great-grand uncle.

Sunday's Obituary -- Mrs. George S. Poole

Mrs. George S. Poole

Mrs. Sarah Poor Poole, widow of George S. Poole, who was president of the Warren Institution for Savings, died Tuesday at her home at 9 Washington ave. Mrs. Poole was born in Peabody, May 5, 1850, the daughter of Franklin Osborne and Nancy Poor Jacobs. She was a graduate of Abbott academy in Andover and throughout her life had been much interested in the affairs of that school.

Mrs. Poole was a resident of Mt. Vernon st., Somerville, for 40 years and had been a summer resident of Marblehead neck for more than 50 years. She was a member of and for many years active in the affairs of Winthrop church, Charlestown. Mrs. Poole leaves three children, Franklin Osborn Poole, librarian of the Bar association of New York; Mrs. Edith Poole Merriman of this city and Irving Poole of Arlington, and nine grandchildren.

The funeral was held Thursday morning at the Blake Memorial chapel, Rev. R. E. Bailey officiating. The interment was in Harmony grove cemetery. Salem.

POOLE--Aug. 26, Sarah Poor Osborn, widow of George S. Poole, age 80 years, at her home, 9 Washington av., Cambridge, Mass. Funeral service at the Blake Memorial Chapel, at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 28, at 11 a. m. The family requests that no flowers be sent.

(Above article sent to me by Carol Merriman.)

Sarah was the wife of my 2nd great-grand uncle.

Mason Membership Cards from NEHGS

Recently, the New England Historic Genealogical Society's webpage, American Ancestors, announced adding additional Mason Membership cards, surnames M to P, into their database. (This is for members only, not a free database.)

A quick look at the Poole surname brought up three members of my family. What I especially liked was they have the birth date, location, death date and occupation, a nice new source.

 Fitch was a first cousin, once removed to George Sanger Poole.

George's son Irving also was a Mason.

 

Wordless Wednesday -- Great Reunion Cake

My distant cousin, Val Nagel, sent me a photo of this cake after I had seen it on her Facebook page and requested it. Reunions are still going on, and I thought this was a neat idea for the top.

The names:

Bulda

Crisman

Johnson

Vining

Scrambling

Barringer

Batchelder

Janssen

New England Marriages Prior to 1700

The New England Marriages Prior to 1700 book are keywords people have used in their search engines, and they have been showing up on my blog stats page.

The book is a publication of the New England Historic Genealogical Society's (NEHGS) publication "New England Marriages Prior to 1700." Clearly, people are looking for information about this wonderful publication. I wrote about it last year. (See here.)

So, why does that blog page show up between 1st and 2nd in the Google rankings, usually ahead of Ancestry.com postings and the publisher NEHGS? I have no answer, but am pleased. The photo was taken at NEHGS recently and shows a new 2011 publication (large maroon books) of the New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

From the NEHGS description of this series, 

"This three-volume work of New England Marriages Prior to 1700 is a transcription of the complete text of Clarence Almon Torrey's twelve-volume handwritten manuscript, held by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Although 'Torrey' as it is familiarly known, has been published in book form previously, it has never before been printed in a format that includes all sources and a comprehensive every-name index."

Tombstone Tuesday -- Mr. and Mrs. George S. Poole

 George S. Poole

1839  --  1907

His wife

Sarah P. Osborn

1850  --  1930

Back of Tombstone

 Irving Poole

1890  --  195_

His wife

Ruth Clark Poole

1893  --  1985

Edith Poole Merriman

1881  --  1965

Sally Poole Spooner

1918  --  1987

Side view.

Harmony Grove Cemetery

Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts