Death Records for the Town of Bethel, 1896
FHC Film #11491337 Pages 574-575
The word Blank has been used when no information was entered on the original record
An * indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber
The ? marks indicate letters or words that could not be read due to the quality of the original record
Name of Deceased |
Place of Death |
Date of Death |
Year/Month/Day |
Sex |
Condition |
Place of Birth |
Resident at Death |
Cause of Death |
Occupation |
Color/Race |
Name of Father/Mother |
Name of Person Certifying |
| 1. Dibble, Samuel L | Bethel, CT | January 6 | 83y 6m 0d | Male | Married | Bethel, CT | Bethel, | Valular Disease of the Heart | Farmer | White | Daniel & Polly C Dibble | Edward, W Smith, MD |
| 2. Pulford, Emily J | Bethel, CT | January 7 | 62y 3m 0d | Female | Married | Roxbury, CT | Bethel, | Bronchitis | Housewife | White | Ezara & Betsy War?ier* | Jay A Day, MD |
| 3. Foster, Barnabas T | Bethel, CT | January 23 | 73y 2m 30d | Female | Married | Croft, England | Bethel | Gastritis | Engineer | White | Unknown | JA Day, MD |
| 4. Wood, William E | Bethel, CT | January 29 | 17y 1m 19d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Pneumonia | Machanic | White | W E & Elizabeth Flood | C.R Hart, MD |
| 5. Schoonmaker, Sarah A. | Bethel, CT | February 10 | 71y 10m 10d | Female | Married | Wilton, CT | Bethel, | Asthma | Housewife | White | James & Abigail Hodges | A.E.Barber, MD |
| 6 Child of Howard B Mackenzie | Bethel, CT | February 24 | 0y 0m 0d | Blank | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Stillborn | Blank | White | Howard E & Lillie A Mackenzie | J.A. Day, MD |
| 7. Masson, Mary A | Bethel, CT | February 28 | 39y 2m 5d | Female | Married | Blank, Ireland | Bethel | Cancer of Rectum | Housewife | White | Andrew Durking, Not Given | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 8. Brown, Ester | Bethel, CT | February 29 | 56y 9m 0d | Female | Married | Pawling, NY | Bethel | Brights Disease | Housewife | White | Blank | J.A. Day, MD |
| 9. Spork, Benard H | Bethel, CT | March 5 | 59y 0m 25d | Male | Single | Blank, DEU | Bethel | Bronchitis | Marchant | White | Joheph & Catharine Spork | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 10. Sheltis, Jessie M | Bethel, CT | March 5 | 23y 0m 0d | Female | Blank | Woodstock, NY | Bethel, CT | Congestion of Lungs | Clerk in Store | White | Stephen Sheltis/Unknown | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 11. Mansfield, Susan | Bethel, CT | March 10 | 65y 4m 10d | Female | Married | Belfast, Ireland | Bethel | Heart Disease | Housewife | White | Robert & Eliza Clifford | J.A. Day, MD |
| 12. Echert, Freddie | Bethel, CT | March 10 | 13y 0m 0d | Male | Single | Danbury, CT | Bethel | Cold | Blank | White | John & Mitilda Eckert | J.A. Day, MD |
| 13. Starr, George H | Bethel, CT | March 16 | 72y 8m 14d | Male | Married | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Paralysis | Hatter | White | Hough & Anna Starr | A.C. Barber, MD |
| 14. Holmgren, Anne O | Bethel, CT | March 21 | 11y 11m 14d | Female | Single | Danbury, CT | Bethel | Valvular, Disease of Heart | Blank | White | Seth & Amelia Holmgren | W.F. Follansber, MD |
| 15. Wells, Frances Amelia | Bethel, CT | March 21 | 48y 3m 0d | Female | Divorced | Cornwall, CT | Bethel | Carcinoma Hepaticapt* Gallstones | Housewife | White | Geo. & Mary J. Wells | Jos. Dobson, MD |
| 16. Mallory, Eliza | Bethel, CT | April 7 | 74y 9m 0d | Female | Widow | Behtel, CT | Bethel | Leukaeia* | Housekeeper | White | Hiram & Ann Benjamin | J.A. Day, MD |
| 17. Wells, Mary Jane | Bethel, CT | April 14 | 67y 0m 0d | Female | Widow | Warren CT | Bethel | Morbus Brights | Housewife | White | Geo & Hestor Morris | J. Dobson, MD |
| 18. Wilson*, George L | Bethel, CT | April 26 | 0y 2m 20d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Obstruction to Lungs & Tube | Blank | Blank | Arthur & Adelie A Davis* | J.A. Day, MD |
| 19. Ste???s*, Mary | Bethel, CT | April 27 | 79y 6m 0d | Female | Married | Redding, CT | Bethel | Chronic Peritonitis | Housewife | White | Oliver & Anne Turkington | J.A. Day, MD |
| 20. Frost, Frederik R | Bethel, CT | May 2 | 22y 5m 12d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Killed by the Steam Cars | Hatter | White | Chas & Mary A Frost | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 21. Richmond, Mary | Bethel, CT | May 6 | 44y 2m 17d | Female | Married | Liverpool, England | Bethel | Exopthalimic Goiter | Housewife | White | Hugh & Mary P Reid | J.A. Day, MD |
| 22. Son of Alford Gustafson | Bethel, CT | June 7 | 0y 0m 3hours | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Premature Birth | Blank | White | Alfred and Annie Gustafson | J.A. Day, MD |
| 23. Judd, David Hill | Bethel CT | June 11 | 79y 0m6d | Male | Widow | Redding, CT | Bethel | Prostatitis | Farmer | White | David & Mary Judd | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 24. Sherman,?* Edgar | Bethel, CT | June 13 | 37y 1m0d | Male | Married | New York, NY | Bethel | Rheumatic Fever | Hatter | White | Unknown | J.A. Day, MD |
| 25. Wildman, Harry | Bethel, CT | June 14 | 8y 7m 20d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Tuberculosis | Blank | Blank | Fred & Florance C Wildman | J.A. Day, MD |
| 26. Child of Clifford H Hibbard | Bethel, CT | June 14 | 0y 0m 0d | Blank | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Stillborn | Blank | White | Clifford H & Bessie J Hibbard | JA. Day, MD |
| 27. Sarles, Charles W Jr | Bethel, CT | June 14 | 0y 0m 10d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Jaundice | Blank | White | Chal W & Louise Sarles | L Willard Oley, MD |
| 28. Wilson, Ruth | Bethel, CT | June 27 | 3y 0m 23d | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Cerebral Meningitis | Blank | White | Chas & Annie Wilson | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 29. Hurlbut, Charles H | Bethel, CT | June 30 | 65y 9m 7d | Male | Married | Roxbury, CT | Bethel | Disease of Kidneys | Farmer | White | Blank | J.H. Benedict, MD |
| 30. Kelly, Lewis, F | Bethel, CT | July 4 | 8y 7m 21d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Cerbral Meningitis | Blank | Black | George & Ella Kelly | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 31. Son of William Carroll | Bethel, CT | July 11 | About 5 minutes | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Premature Birth | Blank | White | William & Mary Carroll | J.A. Day, MD |
| 32. Daughter of Charles H Wilson | Bethel, CT | July 11 | 0y 0m 0d | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Stillborn | Blank | White | Charles & Aramil? Wilson | J.A. Day, MD |
| 33. Dolan, ?atnik* J. Jr | Bethel , CT | July 11 | 20y 0m 0d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Injury | Hatter | White | Patrick & Ellen Dolan | J.A. Day, MD |
| 34. McCarthy , Daniel Jr | Bethel, CT | July 15 | 9y 6m 13d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Cholera Morbus | Blank | White | Daniel & Bridget McCarthy | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 35. Cahill, Bridget C | Bethel, CT | July 16 | 20y 3m 16d | Female | Single | Orange, NJ | Bethel | Dysentery | Hat Trimmer | White | Patrick & Bridget Cahill | J.H. Benedict, MD |
| 36. Child of Patrick Cleary | Bethel, CT | July 24 | 0y 0m 0d | Unknown | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel | Stillborn | Blank | White | Patrick & Mary | J.A. Day, MD |
Transcriber's Notes:
2. Betsy War?ier=not sure, could be Warrier or Warsier
15. Hapaticapt*=could be hepatitis or hepatical
16. Leukaemia=was probably Leakemia
18. George L. Wilson= parents last name is different
19. Mary Ste???s=could be Stevens
24. ?Edgar Sherman=could be J Edgar
33. ?atnik=could be Patrick
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