1917 antique BOUND MORTUARY JOURNAL jackson mi GENEALOGY DEATH suicide lightenin
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This listing is for the AMAZING LARGE JOURNAL BOOK OF DEATHS, partial years 1917-18.
- name of deceased
- date of death
- Color
- Age
- Place of death
- Residence, Sex, Single, Married
- Occupation, Wife of
- Birthplace, Widow of
- Name of Father, His Birthplace
- Name of Mother, Her birth-place
- Cause of Death
- Certifying Physician
- Place of Burial, Cemetery
- casket details: style, length, made by
- hearse,
- carriages,
- age,
- remarks,
- number of hearse and carriages,
- and more.
THIS HEAVY BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9.5"x11"x2.25" thick.
There are probably approx 600 death or a little less entries plus additional handwritten pages of information. Sometimes named undertakers.
Some Occupations: housekeepers, carpenter, saloon keeper, janitor, farmer, laborer, cashier, school teacher, blacksmith
so much more!
Some causes of death (with some of the more interesting ones):
- spasms,
- gas asphixiation,
- measles,
- brain fever,
- concussion of brain,
- suicide by gunshot,
- suicide by carbolic acid,
- tuberculosis of lungs,
- jaundice,
- septic infection from gangrene in left foot,
- premature birth,
- fracture of hip,
- carcenoma of upper part of face,
- suffocation from caving in of earth in trench,
- drowning, goiter,
- intractanial pressure by fracture of skull,
- auto accident,
- exhaustion from dry birth,
- paralysis of heart while bathing,
- compound fracture and dislocation of limb,
- struck by car, accidentally
- killed by J&N Train,
- exhaustion from convulsions
- senility
- excitement from maniac excitement
- accident caused by being struck by electric care while riding in an automobile
- brights disease
- and many other diseases and causes.
So much genealogy information but also a great item for a prop master, hollywood studio or movie tv show productions.
hillsdale
henrietta
detroit
blackman
marshall
spring arbor
summit township
kalamazoo
saginaw
michigan
Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.
CONDITION: See listing description and photos - tight binding, clean pages. Some wear to leather on spine and some scotch tape remnants.
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