This Death Certificate is found in the Civil War Pension file of my paternal third great-grandfather. He died on April 30, 1904 at the age of 77 in the State Hospital in Norristown, Pennsylvania, where he had been a patient since December 8, 1903.
His cause of death is listed as ill health and a hernia. He had been sick for more than five months.
It describes him as a married white male, but it does not list my third great-grandmother's name. Both of his parents' names are also left blank. His birth place is listed, Ireland, and it states that he was a machinist. He was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the undertaker was an R. P. Morton.
Every ancestor is more than just a name. Every one of them has a story. We are connected genetically, physically, and emotionally. We are who we are because of who they were.
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