Death record…someone please help!!!?
DEATH RECORDS…SOMEONE PLEASE HELP?
WE WENT TO A CEMETERY YESTERDAY, AND THERE WAS A GRAVE, THAT CAUGHT MY INTEREST, I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE, GONE TO THE CITY RECORD AND I CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING, ON THESE TWO LITTLE KIDS. iF ANYONE HAS A FREE SITE OR SOME THING THEY KNOW OF CAN YOU PLZ LET ME KNOW. HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON THE KIDS. I DO NOT KNOW THE FAMILY OR ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT WHAT IS ONE THIER GRAVE…
THE NAME: Charlotte E. Davis
Birth: 9-14-1872
Death 3-16-1873
HER SISTER
NAME: unknown
birth 9-3-77
Death: 3-16-78
BOTH BURIED AT TOQUERVILLE UTAH…
THEY WERE BOTH 6 MONTHS OLD, BOTH DIED THE SAME DAY, AND THEY WERE 5 YEARS APART IN AGE, I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE POOR LITTLE GIRLS,
i HAVE LOOKED ON FINDAGRAVE, AND IT LISTS THE YEAR BORN AND DIED, BUT THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS BLANK
Your best bet may be to find the archives of the local newspaper for Toquerville in 1873. If the paper doesn’t mention the deaths of these specific children, it may describe an epidemic that was in progress in the area at the time.
It’s not likely that you’ll ever be able to find out what happened to these children. You have to remember that during the late 1800s there were no vaccinations, no sterile surgery, no antibiotics….diseases killed many, many children in early childhood and it was not uncommon for families to have many children and then lose many of their children. You could check with the funeral home that is associated with the cemetery if there is one but they may not keep records this old. Remember, back in the 1800s by law they did not issue either birth or death certificates. Good luck.
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Death certificates have only been mandated by law and archived by the government since around the turn of the century. In Utah, records are only available as far back as 1905. The death of an infant is unlikely to be remarkable enough to be in a local newspaper, but you may be able to find something about it in the local library.
References :
https://silver.health.utah.gov/deathinfo.html
Your best bet may be to find the archives of the local newspaper for Toquerville in 1873. If the paper doesn’t mention the deaths of these specific children, it may describe an epidemic that was in progress in the area at the time.
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