Rebecca V. Cochran Death 1901

Death certificate for Rebecca V. Coleman, sister of Mary V. Coleman. She was married first to James P. Middleton, then to Archibald Cochran.
Transcribed by Alexander Conrad from a photocopy


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State of New Jersey
Report of Death

1. Full name of deceased: Mrs. Rebecca V. Cochran
2. Age: 84 years
3. Color: White; Occupation: None
4. Widow
5. Birthplace: Camden N.J.
6. Last place of residence: 530 N. 7th St.
7. How long resident in this state: Lifetime
8. Place of death: 530 N. 7th St, Camden City, N.J.
9. Father’s name: Jacob Coleman
Country of birth: U.S.A.
10. Mother’s name: Rebecca Coleman
Country of birth: U.S.A.
11. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased during the last illness and that she died on the 31 day of January 1901; and that the cause of death was Pneumonia.
Length of sickness: 5 dys
Medical Attendant: W.G. DuBois, 219 Broadway, Camden
Name of Undertaker: Frank Middleton
Residence of Undertaker: Camden NJ
Place of Burial: [Old Camden Cem] (faded and difficult to read)

Original Source Citation:
New Jersey, State Department of Health, death certificate (1901), Rebecca V. Cochran; Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, Trenton. (Repository: New Jersey State Archives)

Olivia R. Moore Todd Death (1955)

Transcribed by Alexander Conrad from a photocopy of the original.

State Department of Health of New Jersey

Olivia R. Todd Death Certificate. Click to see full document.

1. Place of Death
County: Burlington
Township: Medford
Length of stay: 1 year
Address: Berlin Rd. Taunton Lakes

2. Usual Residence
County: Burlington
Township: Medford
Address: Berlin Rd. Taunton Lakes

3. Name of Deceased: Olivia R. Todd
4. Date of Death: 12-7-55
5. Sex: Female
6. Color or Race: white
7. Marital status: widow
8. Date of Birth: 10-8-1869
9. Age (in years last birthday): 86
10: Usual occupation: none
11. Birthplace: Phila. Pa.
12. Citizen of What Country: USA
13. Father’s Name: Charles T. Moore
14. Mother’s Maiden Name: Lucy Ogle
15. Was the Deceased Ever in the U.S. Armed Forces? No
17. Informant: James Davidson – Taunton Lakes, NJ [son-in-law]

[Cause of death information redacted as per N.J.A.C. 8:2A-2.1]

22. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from Sept 15, 1955 to Dec 7, 1955, that I last saw the deceased alive on Dec 6, 1955, and that the death occurred at 9:05 am, from the causes and on the date stated above.
23a. [signature]
23b. Address: Marlton, NJ
23c. Date Signed: 12/7 55

24a. Burial, Cremation, Removal: Burial
24b. Date: 12-10-55
24c. Name of Cemetery or Crematory: North Cedar Hill Cem.
24d. Location: Phila. Pa.

Date Rec’d by Local Reg.: 12-7-55
Registrar’s Signature: [signed by Harry Brick]

25. Funeral Director’s Signature
[last name Hoel?]
NJ Licence No. 441
Address: 811 Cooper St., Camden, NJ

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Original Source Citation:
New Jersey, State Department of Health, death certificate no. 48811 (1955), Olivia R. Todd; Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, Trenton.

 

Finding Olivia R. Moore Todd’s death date

Find-A-Grave is a wonderful site where volunteers take photos of gravestones and upload them, allowing distant researchers like myself to view them without getting in a plane and trekking across country. It is a growing site with new photos being added all the time  including, recently, my great-grandparents John Alexander and Olivia Todd.

I had the death date for my great-grandfather from his death certificate which has been made available on Ancestry.com, but my great-grandmother’s death certificate was not there. I suspected, and still suspect as I’ll detail below, that she died in New Jersey, even though she lived (nearly) her whole life in Philadelphia and was buried there.

Todd Gravestone
Todd gravestone at North Cedar Hill cemetery by Find-A-Grave contributor Balvana

I knew they were buried at North Cedar Hill cemetery, along with many other Todds and related families, and had been checking Find-A-Grave regularly, but I came across their gravestone through the index on Ancestry.com and the “hints” function there. A pleasant surprise.

So, now I knew Olivia passed away in 1955. I knew that there was an index for the North Cedar Hill cemetery in the Pennsylvania Church and Town Records database on Ancestry, and by browsing to the cemetery’s records I found she was buried on December 10. With that information I was able to find her obituary that stated she died on December 7, 1955 and that her residence at the time was Taunton Lake, NJ, thus my assumption that she passed away in New Jersey.

TODD — Dec. 7, OLIVIA R. (nee Moore), wife of the late John A. Todd, Sr., of Berlin rd., Taunton Lake, N.J., formerly of 2075 E. Tioga st., Phila., aged 86 years. Relatives, friends, also members of St. Philip’s Methodist Church are invited to services Sat. 1 P.M., at her son’s residence, 4248 Griscom st. Int North Cedar Hills Cemetery. Friends may call Friday evening.

Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/9/1955, p.51

The next step will be to request her death certificate from New Jersey. [Received it 9/23/15] Of my great-grandparents, that leaves only the death date of my mother’s father’s father, John Samuel Garrison, unknown.