Records of Death for the Town of Bethel 1899
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Transcribed by Volunteer Nan Runde
FHC Film #11491337
Pages 590-591
Pages 592-593
The word Blank has been used when no information was entered on the actual 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/State |
Place of Residence at Death |
Cause of Death |
Occupation |
Race/Color |
Name of Father/Mother |
Person Certifying |
| 1. Lewis, John | Bethel, CT | January 3 | 76y 10m 23d | Male | Married | New Milford, CT | Bethel, CT | Paralysis | Hatter | White | Blank | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 2. Fr??t*, Mary Jane | Bethel, CT | January 5 | 64y 2m 23d | Female | Married | Danbury, CT | Bethel, CT | Asthma | Housewife | White | Blank | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 3. Ward*, Edgar? | Bethel, CT | January 10 | 64y 9m 10d | Male | Married | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Pneumonia | Farmer | White | Aruon & Betsy B Ward | Geo D Wright, MD |
| 4. Shepard, Fanny | Bethel, CT | January 12 | 80y 2m 6d | Female | Widow | Brookfield, CT | Bethel, CT | Congestion of Lungs | Housewife | White | Lewis & Hannah Gregory | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 5. Barclay, Frederick A | Bethel, CT | February 14 | 47y* 1m 15d | Male | Married | North Attleboro, MA | Bethel, CT | Gastritis | Merchant | White | John & Jane Barclay | CR. Hart, MD |
| 6. Stick*, Walter C | Bethel, CT | February 17 | 2y 11m 6d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Diphtheria-Pneumonia | Blank | White | Charles A & Sarah B Steck | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 7.West, Robert | Bethel, CT | February 17 | 80y 0m 0d | Male | Married | Kingston, NY | Bethel, CT | Valvular Lesion of Heart/Dropsy | Engineer | Black | Blank | Geo D.Wright, MD |
| 8. Daughter of Michael Cunningham | Bethel, CT | March 11 | 0y 0m 1h | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Convulsions | Blank | White | Michael & Jessie Cunningham | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 9. Waltz, Bertha | Bethel, CT | April 5 | 3y 6m 0d | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Burned-Shock | Blank | White | George & Ida Waltz | S Hillard Olay, MD |
| 10.Judd, ?ugusta M | Bethel, CT | April 8 | 81y 0m 26d | Female | Widowed | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Old Age | Housewife | White | Reuben & Olive Mallory | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 11. Daughter of Eugene B Whitehead | Bethel, CT | April 17 | 0y 0m 0d | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Stillborn | Blank | White | Eugene B & Alice Whitehead | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 12. Huse*, Leonard M | Bethel, CT | April 24 | 25y 2m 6d | Male | Married | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Cerebral Spinal Meningitis | Hatter | White | Edward & Susan H?se* | Geo D Wright, MD |
| 13. Schmidt, Anna F | Bethel, CT | April 29 | 64y 9m 12d | Female | Widowed | Blank, Germany | Bethel, CT | Laryngitis | Housewife | White | Blank | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 14. Fillow, Elijah North | Bethel, CT | May 3 | 71y 8m 18d | Male | Married | Westport, CT | Bethel, CT | Rheumatism Acute Arti?ular | Coal Ra?er | White | Joseph & Laura J Fillow | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 15. Williams, Ethel | Bethel, CT | May 14 | 0y 0m 19d | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Premature Birth-Convulsions | Blank | White | Joseph & May F Williams | A.E. Barber, Deputy Coroner |
| 16. C??tello*, John Francis | Bethel, CT | May 17 | 29y 0m 0d | Male | Married | Kilbuly??n*, Ireland | Bethel, CT | Asthenia-Acute Nephritis | Hatter | Blank | Timothy & Mary Costello | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 17. Sturgis, Seth P | Bethel, CT | May 20 | 46y 2m 26d | Male | Married | Patterson, NY | Bethel, CT | Hepatitis-Septic Pneumonia | Farmer | White | Francis & Azubah Sturgis | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 18. Gustafson, Carl Gustaf Adolph | Bethel, CT | May 21 | 13y 8m 17d | Male | Single | Skodf?*, Sweden | Bethel, CT | Diabetes | Schoolboy | White | Alfred & Anna C Gustafson | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 19. Turner, Alexander | Bethel, CT | May 31 | 83y 6m 25d | Male | Widowed | East Fishkill, NY | Bethel, CT | Heart Disease-Au?????? E???l/Dropsy | Farmer | Blank | Blank | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 20. Gregory, Euncie Tuppen | Bethel, CT | June 2 | 81y 4m 18d | Female | Widowed | Rush Pe??* | Bethel, CT | Fracture of Femur Intracup?llar/Old Age* | Housewife | White | Hile Tupper | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 21. D???nd*, Sarah Getrude | Bethel, CT | June 6 | 0y 11m 21d | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Mar?s?????* | Blank | White | George H & Martha Di?mond* | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 22. Steams, George W | Bethel, CT | June 14 | 14y 6m 25d | Male | Single | Pawling, NY | Bethel, CT | Tetanus/Compound Fracture of the Leg | Schoolboy | White | Willis ? & Nellie S Steams* | Geo D Wrights, MD |
| 23. Halpin, Charles E | Bethel, CT | June 20 | 10y 0m 17d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Congestive Chill/Convulsions | Blank | White | William H & Mary Halpin | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 24.?yte*, Julia A | Bethel, CT | July 12 | 53y 11m 12d | Female | Married | Redding, CT | Bethel, CT | Apoplexy-Cerebral | Housewife | White | William & Laura Hickerson | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 25. Serania*, ?aslie | Bethel, CT | July 26 | 0y 4m 0d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Cholera Infantum | Blank | White | Louis & Tora Serania | W.H. Kisman |
| 26. Infant of William Steele | Bethel, CT | July 27 | 0y 0m 1h | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Premature Birth | Blank | Blank | William & Jennie Steele | A.E. Stratton, Med Ex |
| 27. Andrews, ?loyd Hawley* | Bethel, CT | August 4 | 33y 3m 20d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Tuberculosis Pulmonary | Lawyer | White | Gr???ille B & Josephine Andrews* | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 28. Son of Robert E Johnson | Bethel, CT | August 6 | 0y 0m 0d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Stillborn | Blank | Black | Robert E & Mary E Johnson | E.A. Stratton, Med Ex |
| 29. Frost*, ? | Bethel, CT | August 11 | 25y 0m 3d | Female | Married | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Hemorrhage of the Lungs | Housewife | White | George S & Julia F?rry | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 30. ?ign?r*, James D | Bethel, CT | August 13 | 13y 4m 27d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Peritonitis | Schoolboy | White | R??baugh J & Mary E Signor* | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 31. ?ignor*, Edwin L | Bethel, CT | August 31 | 71y 3m 0d | Male | Married | Danbury, CT | Bethel, CT | An Overdose of Laudanum/Heart Failure | Hatter | White | Walter & Betsy Signor | A.E. Barber, Deputy Coroner |
| 32. Curry*, ??g? G | Bethel, CT | August 31 | 43y 5m 0d | Male | Married | Canterbury, NY | Bethel, CT | Septic Peritonitis/Injury | Carpenter | White | Stephan & Mary Curry | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 33. Gallagher*, ??ilb?et J | Bethel, CT | September 2 | 0y 1m 0d | Male | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Cholera Infantum | Blank | White | James E & Julia R Gallagher | Geo D Wright, MD |
| 34. Taylor, Margaret A | Bethel, CT | September 8 | 63y 7m 6d | Female | Widow | Monticello, NY | Bethel, CT | Heart Disease | Teacher | White | Preston & Betsy Durant | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 35. Andrews*, J??e | Bethel, CT | September 8 | 76y 9m 27d | Female | Widow | Redding, CT | Bethel, CT | Cerebral Hemorrhage/Arterial Sclerosis | Blank | White | Ebenezer & E???tt ?aman* | John L Andrews, MD |
| 36. ?* | Bethel, CT | October 1 | 58y 4m 25d | Female | Married | Blank, Ireland | Bethel, CT | Carcinoma of the Bowels | Housewife | White | Alexander Allen | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 37. Benedict, Eliza | Bethel, CT | October 7 | 79y 5m 26d | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Cerebral Heorrhage | Houswork | White | White John & Betsy Benedict | C.R. Hart, MD |
| 38. Comestock, Stephen | Bethel, CT | October 9 | 81y 0m 0d | Male | Single | Blank | Bethel, CT | Cerberal Heorrhage | Blank | White | Blank | Blank |
| 39. Street, Mary | Bethel, CT | October 16 | 74y 6m 3d | Female | Married | Blank, NY | Bethel, CT | Inanition/Strangulated Hernia | Housewife | White | Blank | A.E. Barber, MD |
| 40. Halpin, Catharine, McCormack | Bethel, CT | October 20 | 48y 0m 0d | Female | Married | Blank, Ireland | Bethel, CT | Cancer Uterus | Housewife | White | Patrick McCormack | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 41. Taylor, Thomas Henry | Bethel, CT | October 20 | 63y 5m 11d | Male | Widower | Blank, England | Bethel, CT | Cirrhosis of Liver | Silk Weaver | White | Samuel & Hannah Taylor | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 42. LaValla, George | Bethel, CT | November 7 | 35y 2m 22d | Male | Married | Newark, NJ | Bethel, CT | Tuberculosis Pulmonaris | Hatter | White | Alfred & Lucy La Valla | Geo D. Wright, MD |
| 43. Signor, John M | Bethel, CT | November 13 | 67y 3m 20d | Male | Married | Danbury, CT | Bethel, CT | Suicide by Shooting | Hatter | White | Walter & Betsy Signor | A.E. Barber, Deputy Coroner |
| 44. Andrews, Anson S | Bethel, CT | November 30 | 79y 5m 0d | Male | Widow | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Kidney Disease-Uremea | Blank | White | John L & Sophia Andrews | F.P. Clark |
| 45. Merable, Julia M | Bethel, CT | December 29 | 0y 3m 0d | Female | Single | Bethel, CT | Bethel, CT | Broncho Pneumonia/Whooping Cough | Blank | White | Eugene S & Anna Meramble | Geo D. Wright, MD |
Transcribers Notes:
2. Probably Frost
3. ?=B or P
5. Age could be 49
6. Probably a misreading of Steck (or a stray mark making an "e" look like and "i") the parent's surname is given as Steck
8. ?=undoubtedly A
12. Though the name of the deceased is clearly written as Huse, this could be an error on the part of the original recorder, ?=u or a; the parent's surname could be Hase
14. Cause of death:? could be b or c; occupation ?=k or l
16. Surname; undoubtedly Costello, as given for parent's; birth place;??=letters do not extend above or below; may be au
18. ?=e or a
19. Illegible
20. Birth place;??=illegible letters do not extend above or below, probably nn (probably PA); cause of death;?=a or o, ?=u or n; ?=t or l; ?=e, a or o
21. Illegible letters do not extend above or below; name could be Desmond, but recording of parent's surname suggest Diamond as a possibility, except that in both cases the third letter looks more lie an s than an a
22. ?=K or N
24. ?= K or possibly H
25. ?=could be B or R; name probably Basile
27. ?=illegible; probably L; father's name probably Granville
29. ?=possibly George; parent's surname ; ?=a or e
30 ?=L or S; ?=probably o; name is probably Signor, father's name;??=looks like au or an
31. Same name as 30
32. First letter could be G or E; name may be George
33. ?=G or H; name is probably Gilbert
35. Name is probably June; illegible letters in mother's name do not extend above or below, looks like Ennett or Ennitt; surname; ?= S or Sh
36. Entire name is illegible; surname may begin with Ag
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