When my grandmother passed away I inherited a collection of funeral cards. Most were for family members, a few were for friends. I thought I would post them here on Fridays.

In Loving Memory of Carmine Bocchinfuso, August 24, 1988.  (L.A. DiGiacomo, Funeral Home, Inc., 1055 Southampton Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 19116, 677-9300)

This is the first card I’ve transcribed that does not have the twenty-third psalm. Instead it has this:

Father we entrust our brother to your mercy.

You loved him greatly in this life: now that he is freed from all its cares, give him happiness and peace for ever.

Welcome him now into paradise where there will be no more sorrow, no more weeping or pain, but only peace and joy with Jesus your Son, and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

 

Carmine Bocchinfuso was the husband of my grandmother Naomi Carman’s youngest sister Alice Ellen Carman. He was born on 29 October 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Santo Bocchinfuso & Teresa Mauro.¹ He died 24 Aug 1988 in Philadelphia.²

Not long before he passed away, Uncle Carmine drove his wife and brother-in-law Jake Carman from Philadelphia down to the Jersey Shore to visit my grandmother. They were the last three Carman siblings left, and I remember the visit mostly because Uncle Jake teased my grandmother about something and it was the first time it sunk in that my grandmother had had a childhood, including brothers who teased.

Of my Uncle Carmine that visit I remember him sitting on the front step when I came home and he said “Hiya” as a greeting. It was a small thing, but to this day when I hear “Hiya” or say it myself I see Uncle Carmine sitting on our front step.

Sources

1. Pennsylvania, Department of Health, birth certificate 162537 (1908), Carmine Boerhinfuso [Bocchinfuso]; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.
2. Social Security Administration, “U.S. Social Security Death Index,” database, FamilySearch, FamilySearch U.S. Social Security Death Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535 : accessed 14 July 2014), Carmine Bocchinfuso, 165-01-1957.

When my grandmother passed away I inherited a collection of funeral cards. Most were for family members, a few were for friends. I thought I would post them here on Fridays.

In Memory of Wilhelmina Macbeth, Died March 11, 1968.  (Francis J. Flanagan & Sons, Funeral Directors, 2531-33-35 E. Clearfield St., RE 9-4147)

 

Wilhelmina “Minnie” Macbeth née Carman was my grandmother Naomi Carman’s first cousin. Born 14 Jan 1890 in Philadelphia,¹Â she was the daughter of Jacob H. Carman (1863-1942) and Wilhelmina Schanbacher (1863-1895). She died 11 March 1968. She married John Callahan Macbeth (1884-1967) on 25 Dec 1907 in Wilmington, Delaware.²

I was perplexed at first why my grandmother wrote ‘mother’ on this card. At first glance  I thought this meant that she was the mother of my grandmother’s cousin or was a cousin through her mother, but then realized that she was actually my grandmother’s first cousin through her father. My theory is that Wilhelmina’s daughter, Wilhelmina “Minnie” Macbeth (1910-1995),  was closer in age to my grandmother and my grandmother may have thought of her as a cousin more so than her mother. So, cousin Minnie’s mother, who was also cousin Minnie.

Sources

1. “New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” index and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7488 : accessed 20 July 2017), Minnie Macbeth & children, S.S. Advance sailing from Cristibal C.Z., 1919.
2. “Delaware Marriage Records, 1806-1933,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1673 : accessed 20 July 2017), Minnie Carman & Jno. C. Macbeth, Jr., 1907.

When my grandmother passed away I inherited a collection of funeral cards. Most were for family members, a few were for friends. I thought I would post them here on Fridays.

In Memory of Anna May Peterson, Died February 11. 1963.  (Harold B. Mulligan Funeral Director)

 

Anna May Peterson née Carman was my grandmother Naomi Carman’s second youngest sibling. She was born 22 Sep 1911 in Philadelphia¹ and died 11 February 1963 in Philadelphia.¹ She was married to Alvin Buck Peterson (1908-1993) in Philadelphia in 1931.²

Sources

1. Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 20373 (1963), Anna May Peterson; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.
2. “Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1388247 : accessed 18 July 2017), Alvin B. Peterson and Anna M. Carman, 1931, license no. 600949.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Health,
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
County of Philadelphia,
City of Philadelphia

Lucy H. Moore death certificate. Click for full size.

File No. 97206
Registered No. 21061

No. 1309 Brighton St.; 35 Ward
Full Name: Lucy H. Moore

3. Sex: Female
4. Color or Race: White
5. Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced: Widow
6. Date of Birth: Feb 27 1848
7. Age: 84 yrs
8. Occupation: Housework
9. Birthplace: Delaware City
10. Name of Father: Benjamin Ogle
11. Birthplace of Father: Delaware City
12. Maiden Name of Mother: Clara Mathues [? name was Matthews]
13. Birthplace of Mother: Delaware City
14. Informant: Benjamin Moore, 1309 Brighton
…
16. Date of Death: Nov 2 1932
…
[signed] Joseph A. Turned, M.D., 911 N. 4 St.
…
19. Place of Burial: North Cedar Hill, Nov 7th 1932
20. Undertaker: R. Horsch, 1128 N 3rd St.

Original Source Citation: Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 97206 (1932), Lucy H. Moore; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.

Return of a Death
In the City of Philadelphia.
Physician’s Certificate.

Charles D. Moore death certificate. Click to see full size.

1. Name of the Deceased, Charles D. Moore
2. Color, White
3. Sex, Male
4. Age, Forty One Years, Three Month, + Twenty Eight Days [this would make his birthdate 28 Jun 1845]
5. Married or Single, Married
6. Date of Death, October 26th 1886
7. Cause of Death, Billious Dysentery

[signed] E. [Hellyer??], M.D.
Residence, 2341 E. Susquehanna Ave.

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Undertaker’s Certificate in Relation to Deceased.

8. Occupation, Machinist
9. Place of Birth, Phila
10. When a Minor, [not a minor so parents not listed]
11. Ward, 31st
12. Street and Number, 2335 Sergeant St.
13. Date of Burial, Oct 29th 1886
14. Place of Burial, American Mechanics Cem

[signed] [????], Undertaker
2464 Frankford Ave.

Original Source Citation: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia “Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1320976 : accessed 22 December 2014), Charles D. Moore, 1886, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXXR-TW5.