Deaths 1891-1893, Part 23

Author: Chelmsford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1891-1893
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 386


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PLEASE FILL OUT WITH INK.


UNDERTAKER'S RETURN


To the Board of Health and the Clerk of the City of Lowell.


Undertakers must make this return before the burial or removal of the deceased.


Date of Death, Oel. 28#


1893 Name


matthew


R Johnson


Maiden Name,


Sex, .male; Color, au


Single, Married or Widowed, Manuel


Age, 13 years3 3


months,


days.


Name of Attending Physician,


Dr Arash


medical Of


Residence of Deceased -- No.


Chelmsford Centre


Street (or Corporation), Ward


Occupation,


Operative


Husband's Name,


Place of Death -No. Chelmitau Centre


Street (or Corporation), Ward


Birthplace of Deceased, Zona Deatia


Father's Name,


Johnathan Johnson Father's Birthplace, Nova Scotia.


Mother's Name,


many of ".


Mother's Birthplace,


Mother's Maiden Name, . many of love


Place of Interment,


Edsort


Cemetery Range


.......... , Lot


Grave


Signature of Undertaker or Informer, DasWBwork


Dated at Lowell, this


day of.


189


Physician's Certificate of the Cause of Death.


(See extracts from Acts of Legislature below.


Date of Death


61.28#


Name and Sex of Deceased Mother matthew


IS9 3


Johnson


male,


Place of Death - No.


Chelmsford Centre


Street (or Corporation).


Disease or Cause of Death Sucede by Apague duration of * ...


Complications,


I certify that the above is a true return to the best of my recollection and belief.


Name and Professional Title, .


ft. With Medical Exam


Street


Residence, No.


...


Dated at Lowell, this


28


day of


CO cl-


189 3€


...


....


DEATH


-OF -


189


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


~10.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the Town in which the Death occurred.


1. Date of Death, .


Non, 8th 1893 Thomas I. linkham


2. Name, ·


(Maiden Name),* (Name of Husband),*


Male


3. Sex, and whether single, Married, or Widowed,


Widower Vrhitt


4. Color. t · .


81


Years,


10


.Months,


27 Days.


5. Age, .


Disease or Cause of Death, (Primary and Secondary), +


6. Duration of Sickness, . By whom certified, ·


7. Residence, . .


8. Occupation, .


9. Place of Deatlı, .


10. Place of Birth, . .


11. Name of Father, ·


12. Name of Mother, . (Maiden Name).


13. Birthplace of Father, .


14. Birthplace of Mother, .


15. Place of Interment, ·


Signature of Undertaker or other person making the Return, .


Arthur H, Sheldon


DATED ate


A. Chelmsford


OUI Aos 92.


1873


* If a Married Woman or Widow. { If a Soldier who served in the War of the Rebellion.


t If other than White. (M.) Mulatto. (I.) Indian. If of other Races, specify what.


[Be very particular to fill all Blanks.] I'late. Ed. May, 1891. - 5,000.


Hepatitis 3 weeks


C. S Havious West Chelmsford Mass


West Chelmsford Mass Durham N.A. Bollard Pinkhom Mary( Folsom) Pinkham Newburyport Mass, Newburg Most Mass. North Chelmsford Mass,


[AcTs OF 1888, CHAF. 306.] AN ACT


RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRY OF DEATHS, AND THE BURIAL AND REMOVAL OF BODIES OF DECEASED PERSONS.


Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


SECTION 1. Section three of chapter thirty-two of the Public Statutes, requiring attending physicians to furnish for registration certain faets relating to deceased persons, is amended so as to read as follows : - Section 3. A physician who has attended a person during his last illness shall, when requested, forthwith furnish for registration, a certificate stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the name of the deceased, his age, the disease of which he died, the duration of his last sickness, and the date of his deecase. If a physician negleets or refuses to make a certificate, as aforesaid, he shall be pun- islied by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.


SECTION 2. Seetion five of said chapter, prohibiting the burial or removal of a human body until a proper certificate is fur- nished, is amended so as to read as follows : - Section 5. No undertaker, sexton or other person shall bury in a eity or town or remove therefrom the body of a deceased person until he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its duly appointed agent, or, if there is no board of health in such city or town, from the city or town clerk. No sueh permit shall be issued until there has been delivered to suchi board, or agent or elerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written state- ment containing the facts required by this chapter to be returned and recorded, together with the certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by seetion three of this chapter, or in lieu thereof a certificate as hereinafter provided. If there is uo attending physician, or if the certificate of the attending physician eannot be obtained, for good and sufficient reasons, early enough for the purpose, the chairman of the board of health or any physician employed by a city or town for the purpose shall, upon request of said board, agent or clerk, make such certificate as is required of the attending physician; and in ease of death by violence, the medical examiner shall, if requested, make the same. When sueh satisfactory statement and certificate are de- livered to the board of health or to its agent, the board or agent shall forthwith countersign and transmit the same to the elerk or registrar for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given shall thereafter furnish for registration any other information as to the deceased or to the manner and cause of the deatlı, as the clerk or registrar may require. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a finc not exceeding fifty dollars. [Approved May 4, 1888.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


No.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the Town in which the Death occurred.


( 6 6 . 2m )


1. Date of Death, .


2. Name,


(Maiden Name),*


8 11tier


rechuretten.


(Name of Husband),*


/30221 12.222


att , neste


3. Sex, and whether single, Married, or Widowed,


4. Color, t


5. Age, . ·


Disease or Cause of Death, (Primary and Secondary), ;


6. Duration of Sickness, . By whom certified, .


7. Residence, .


.


8. Occupation, . .


.


9. Place of Death, . .


10. Place of Birth, . ·


11. Name of Father, ·


12. Name of Mother, · (Maiden Name),


13. Birthplace of Father, .


11. Birthplace of Mother, .


15. Place of Interment, ·


Signature of Undertaker or other person making the Return, .


DATED at


.50


..... .


.. , O11


10 ×6


1893


+ If a Married Woman or Widow. { If a Soldier who served in the War of the Rebellion.


t If other than White. (M.) Mulatto. (I.) Indian. If of other Races, specify what.


[Be very particular to fill all Blanks. ] Plate. Ed. May, 1891 .- 5,000.


inhile


46 Years,


Months.


14 Days.


.............


So Chemateel


So Chicl naford


Jourzenet Mais


Leurline, Richauelzen


,hatt


4


(


Daniel By am


87this


[ACTS OF 1888, CHAP. 306.] AN ACT


RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRY OF DEATHS, AND THE BURIAL AND REMOVAL OF BODIES OF DECEASED PERSONS.


Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


SECTION 1. Section three of chapter thirty-two of the Public Statutes, requiring attending physicians to furnish for registration certain facts relating to deeeased persons, is amended so as to read as follows : - Section 3. A physician who has attended a person during his last illness shall, when requested, forthwith furnish for registration, a certificate stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the name of the deceased, his age, the disease of which he died, the duration of his last siekness, and the date of his deceasc. If a physician neglects or refuses to make a certifieate, as aforesaid, he shall be pun- ished by a fine not exeeeding fifty dollars.


SECTION 2. Seetion five of said chapter, prohibiting the burial or removal of a human body until a proper certificate is fur- nished, is amended so as to read as follows : - Section 5. No undertaker, sexton or other person shall bury in a city or town or remove therefrom the body of a deceased person until he has rceeived a permit so to do from the board of health or its duly appointed agent, or, if there is no board of health in such city or town, from the city or town clerk. No such permit shall be issued until there has been delivered to such board, or agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written state- · ment containing the faets required by this chapter to be returned and recorded, together with the certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by seetion three of this chapter, or in lieu thereof a certifieate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if the certificate of the attending physician cannot be obtained, for good and sufficient reasons, early enough for the purpose, the chairman of the board of health or any physician employed by a city or town for the purpose shall, upon request of said board, agent or clerk, make such certificate as is required of the attending physician; and in case of death by violenee, the medical examiner shall, if requested, makc the same. When such satisfactory statement and certifieate arc dc- livered to the board of health or to its agent, the board or agent shall forthwith countersign and transmit the same to the clerk or registrar for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given shall thereafter furnish for registration any other information as to the deceased or to the manner and cause of the death, as the clerk or registrar may require. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. [Approved May 4, 1888.


PLEASE FILL OUT WITH INK.


UNDERTAKER'S RETURN


To the Board of Health and the Clerk of the City of Lowell.


Undertakers must make this return before the burial or removal of the deceased.


Date of Death,


Dev 12


1893 Name evening Harrington


Maiden Name,


Single, Married or Widowed,


Age, 7.years,


months, ...


.days.


Name of Attending Physician,


Each Chelmsford mars


Street (or Corporation), Ward


. .......


Occupation, ..


Husband's Name,


Place of Death - No.


Middle Town Chelmsford


Street (or Corporation), Ward ...


Birthplace of Deceased,


byland


Father's Name,


John Harrington


Father's Birthplace,


Ireland


....


man,


Mother's Birthplace,


Mother's Name,


Many Sullivan


Mother's Maiden Name,


Place of Interment,


Cacería


Cemetery Range ..


............. ,


Lot


, Grave


Signature of Undertaker or Informer,


Peter Darry


Daled at Lowell, this


12


day of.


IS9 3


Physician's Certificate of the Cause of Death.


(See extracts from Acts of Legislature below.


Date of Death Re 12


189 3


Name and Sex of Deceased Jeremiah Harrington male,


Place of Death - No.


Middletown Chalneford


Street (or Corporation) .


Disease or Cause of Death


duration of *


Complications, I certify that the above is a true return to the best of my recollection and belief.


Name and Professional Title, .


77


Street


Residence, No ..


Dated at Lowell, this


12"


day of


189 3


; time of death.


Trorrat, such as street or corporation, single, married or widowed, and insert "fe" before male


Residence of Deceased --- No.


Laborer


Sex, .... male ; Color, white


RETURN OF DEATH - OF-


189


Commonfocalth of Massachusetts.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the Town in which the Death occurred.


1. Date of Death,


Lee. 1. 1993.


2. Name, Elisabeth A Hvor


(Maiden Name) ,* ·


Harrer


(Name of Husband),*


3. Sex, and whether single, Married, or Widowed,


4. Color, t


90 Years,


3


Months,


Days.


5. Age,


Disease or Cause of Death, (Primary and Secondary ), #


6. Duration of Sickness, . By whom certified,


7. Residence,


8. Occupation, . ·


9. Place of Death, .


10. Place of Birth,


11. Name of Father,


12. Name of Mother, (Maiden Name),


13. Birthplace of Father, .


14. Birthplace of Mother, .


15. Place of Interment, ·


Signature of Undertaker or other person making the Return, . · ·


Sf. R. Htc


DATED at


theto form


, on


Sex. 20


18 9.3.


* If a Married Woman or Widow. # If a Soldier.who served in the War of the Rebellion.


t If other than White. (M.) Mulatto. (I.) Indian. . If of other Races, specify what.


[Be very particular to fill all Blanks.] Plate. Ed. May, 1891. - 5,000.


...


....


Chelindforel


...


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[ACTS OF 1888, CHAP. 306.] AN ACT


RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRY OF DEATHS, AND THE BURIAL AND REMOVAL OF BODIES OF DECEASED PERSONS.


Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


SECTION 1. Section three of chapter thirty-two of the Public Statutes, requiring attending physicians to furnish for registration certain facts relating to deccased persons, is amended so as to read as follows : - Section 3. A physician who has attended a person during his last illness shall, when requested, forthwith furnish for registration, a certificate stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the name of the deceased, his age, the disease of which he died, the duration of his last sickness, and the date of his decease. If a physician neglects or refuses to make a certificate, as aforesaid, he shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.


SECTION 2. Section five of said chapter, prohibiting the burial or removal of a human body until a proper certificate is fur- nished, is amended so as to read as follows : - Section 5. No undertaker, sexton or other person shall bury in a city or town or remove therefrom tlic body of a deceased person nntil he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its duly appointed agent, or, if there is no board of health in such city or town, from the city or town clerk. No such permit shall be issued until there has been delivered to such board, or agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written state- ment containing the facts required by this chapter to be returned and recorded, together with the certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by section three of this chapter, or in lieu thereof a certificate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if the certificate of the attending physician cannot be obtained, for good and sufficient reasons, early enough for the purpose, the chairman of the board of health or any physician employed by a city or town for the purpose shall, upon request of said board, agent or clerk, make such certificate as is required of the attending physician; and in case of death by violence, the medical examiner shall, if requested, make the same. When such satisfactory statement and certificate are dc- livered to the board of health or to its agent, the board or agent shall forthwith countersign and transmit the same to the clerk or registrar for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given shall thereafter furnish for registration any other information as to the deceased or to the manner and cause of the death, as the clerk or registrar may require. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. [Approved May 4, 1888.


Ree No.


Commontocaith of Classachusetts.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the Town in which the Death occurred.


1. Date of Death, .


Dec 26th 1893


2. Name,


Martha S. Dadman


(Maiden Name),* (Name of Husband),*


Charlie " James Nathan PDadmin


3. Sex, and whether single, Married, or Widowed,


Mindona


4. Color, t


5. Age,


74


.Years,


21


Months,


6 Days.


Disease or Cause of Death, (Primary and Secondary), }


6. {Duration of Sickness, . By whom certified, .


7. Residence,


8. Occupation, .


Housekeeping


9. Place of Death, . .


10. Place of Birth, .


11. Name of Father,


Sears b. Sans


Clean B. Shedd


13. Birthplace of Father, .


14. Birthplace of Mother, .


15. Place of Interment,


(


Signature of Undertaker or other person making the Return, .


1


-


V


DATED at


Dee 27th


189.3.


* If a Married Woman or Widow. { If a Soldier who served in the War of the Rebellion.


t If other than White. (M.) Mulatto. (I.) Indian. If of other Races, specify what.


[Be very particular to fill all Blanks. ] Plate. Ed. September, 1892 .- 5,000.


,


Chelmsford


Chelmsford


12. Name of Mother, . (Maiden Name),


Chelmsford


[ Public Statutes, Chapter 32, as amended by Acts of 1888, Chapter 306 ; Acts of 1889, Chapter 224.]


SECTION 3. A physician who has attended a person during his last illness shall, when requested, forthwith furnish for registration, a certificate stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the name of the deceased, his age, the disease of which he died, the duration of his last sickness, and the date of his decease. If a physician neglects or refuses to make a certificate, as aforesaid, he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. In case the deceased was a soldier or a sailor who served in the war of the rebellion, the physician shall give both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. If a physician refuses or neglects to make such certificate he shall forfeit to the treasurer the sum of ten dollars for the use of the town in which he resides.


SECTION 5. No undertaker, sexton or other person shall bury in a city or town or remove therefrom the body of a deceased person until he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its duly appointed agent, or, if there is no board of health in such city or town, from the city or town clerk. No such permit shall be issued until there has been delivered to such board, or agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written statement containing the facts required by this chapter to be returned and recorded, together with the certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by section three of this chapter, or in lieu thereof a certificate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if the certificate of the attending physician cannot be obtained, for good and sufficient reasons, early enough for the purpose, the chairman of the board of health or any physician employed by a city or town for the purpose shall, upon request of said board, agent or clerk, make such certificate as is required of the attending physician ; and in case of death by violence the medical examiner shall, if requested, make the same. When such satisfactory statement and certificate are delivered to the board of health or to its agent, the board or agent shall forthwith countersign and transmit the same to the clerk or registrar for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given shall thereafter furnish for registration any other information as to the deceased or to the manner and cause of the death, as the clerk or registrar may require. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


No.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the Town in which the Death occurred.


1. Date of Death, .


2. Name,


(Maiden Name),*


(Name of Husband),*


3. Sex, and whether single, Married, or Widowed,


Dec 27th 1893 Chester Fisher


Male-


Single


4. Color, t White


5. Age, .


Disease or Cause of Death, (Primary and Secondary ), ;


6. Duration of Sickness, . By whom certified,


7. Residence,


8. Occupation, . . .


9. Place of Death, . .


10. Place of Birth, . .


11. Name of Father, Hames Fisher 12. Name of Mother, (Maiden Name). Grace (Gorrie) Fisher 13. Birthplace of Father, . Nova Scotia Nova Scotia North Chelmsford Mass.


14. Birthplace of Mother, .


15. Place of Interment,


Signature of Undertaker or other person making the Return, .


Arthur to Sheldon


DATED at


N. Chelmsford


., on


Dec. 24th


1893


* If a Married Woman or Widow. { If a Soldier who served in the War of the Rebellion.


t If other than White. (M.) Mulatto. (I.) Indian. If of other Races, specify what.


(Be very particular to fill all Blanks.] Plate. Ed. May, IS91. - 5,000.


2 Years, 6 Months, . .


Days. Convulsions 5 hours 1


7. W. Pike i. D.


North Chelmsford Muss.


. North Chelmsford Muss. North Chelmsford Mass.


--


[ACTS OF 1888, CHAF. 306.]


AN ACT


RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRY OF DEATHS, AND THE BURIAL AND REMOVAL OF BODIES OF DECEASED PERSONS.


Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


SECTION 1. Section three of chapter thirty-two of the Public Statutes, requiring attending physicians to furnish for registration certain faets relating to deceased persons, is amended so as to read as follows : - Section 3. A physician who has attended a person during his last illness shall, when requested, forthwith furnish for registration, a certificate stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the name of the deceased, his age, the disease of which he died, the duration of his last siekness, and the date of his decease. If a physician negleets or refuses to make a certificate, as aforesaid, he shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.


SECTION 2. Section five of said chapter, prohibiting the burial or removal of a human body until a proper certificate is fur- nished, is amended so as to read as follows : - Section 5. No undertaker, sexton or other person shall bury in a city or town or remove therefrom the body of a deceased person until he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its duly appointed agent, or, if there is no board of health in such city or town, from the city or town clerk. No such permit shall be issued until therc has been delivered to such board, or agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written state- ment containing the faets required by this chapter to be returned and recorded, together with the certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by seetion three of this chapter, or in lieu thereof a certificate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if the certificate of the attending physician cannot be obtained, for good and sufficient reasons, early enough for the purpose, thie chairman of the board of health or any physician employed by a eity or town for the purpose shall, upon request of said board, agent or clerk, make such certifieate as is required of the attending physician; and in case of deatlı by violence, the medical examiner shall, if requested, make the same. When such satisfactory statement and certificate are de- livered to the board of health or to its agent, the board or agent shall forthwith countersign and transmit the same to the clerk or registrar for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given shall thereafter furnish for registration any other information as to the deceased or to the manner and cause of the death, as the elerk or registrar may require. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. [ Approved May 4, 1888.


F


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


No.


RETURN OF A DEATH. To the Clerk of the Town in which the Death occurred.


1. Date of Death, .


Dec 31st 1893


2. Name,


Martha Justini


Ma Grath


(Maiden Name), *


(Name of Husband),*


Laviel t. Questi. Finale


3. Sex, and whether single, Married, or Widowed,


Widow White


4. Color, t


83


.. Years,


3


Months,


23


.. Days.


5. Age, .


Disease or Cause of Death, (l', imary and Secondary), ;


6. {Duration of Sickness, . By whom certified, ·


F. V. Plice M. D.


North Chetingford Class


7. Residence,


8. Occupation, .


9. Place o Deatlı, . ·


10. Place of Birth,


11. Namc of Father,


12. Name of Mother, (Maiden Name),


13. Birthplace of Father, .


14. Birthplace of Mother, .


15. Place of Interment, ·


Signature of Undertaker or other person making the Return, .


DATED a


A. Ctuliusford


, O11


Die, 31st


1893


* If a Married Woman or Widow. { If a Soldier who served in the War of the Rebellion.


If other than White. (M.) Mulatto. (I.) Indian. If of other Races, specify what.


[Be very particular to fill all Blanks.] Plate. Ed. September, 1892 .- 5,000.


North Chutinsford Muss


Groter UN.N.


John Vis Gratti


Margaret (Taylor) MY. Grat .....


Deril, U.K.A.


North Chelousford Class


- Arthur H. Shielden


Cancer


2 months


[Public Statutes, Chapter 32, as amended by /1cts of 1388, Chapter 355 ; Acts of 1839, Chapter 224.]


SECTION 3. A physician who has attended a person during his last illness shall, when requested, forthwith furnish for registration, a certificate stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the name of the deceased, his age, the disease of which he died, the duration of his last sickness, and the date of his decease. If a physician neglects or refuses to make a certificate, as aforesaid, he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. In case the deceased was a soldier or a sailor who served in the war of the rebellion, the physician shall give both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. If a physician refuses or neglects to make such certificate he shall forfeit to the treasurer the sum of ten dollars for the use of the town in which he resides.


SECTION 5. No undertaker, sexton or other person shall bury in a city or town or remove therefrom the body of a deceased person until he has received a permit so to do from the board of health or its duly appointed agent, or, if there is no board of health in such city or town, from the city or town elerk. No such permit shall be issued until there has been delivered to such board. or agent or clerk, as the case may be, a satisfactory written statement containing the facts required by this chapter to be returned and recorded, together with the certificate of the attending physician, if any, as required by section three of this chapter, or in lieu thereof a certificate as hereinafter provided. If there is no attending physician, or if the certificate of the attending physician cannot be obtained, for good and sufficient reasons, early enough for the purpose, the chairman of the board of health or any physician employed by a city or town for the purpose shall, upon request of said board, agent or clerk, make such certificate as is required of the attending physician ; and in case of death by violence the medical examiner shall, if requested, make the same. When such satisfactory statement and certificate are delivered to the board of health or to its agent, the board or agent shall forthwith countersign and transmit the same to the clerk or registrar for registration. The person to whom the permit is so given shall thereafter furnish for registration any other information as to the deceased or to the manner and cause of the death, as the clerk or registrar may require. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.




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