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1949 Pennsylvania Certificate of Death – George Wesemann, Philadelphia

Transcript

Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.

The record

Transcription of: 1949_Death_Record_George_Washington_Wesemann.pdf

Document: Photocopy of a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate of Death (printed form HVS-20008—150M—12-47), filled in by hand; File No. 37960 (stamped), Registered No. 7287. The scan is rotated 90 degrees.

Conventions: original spelling kept; [?] = uncertain reading; [illegible] = unreadable; bracketed italic text describes images or marks the transcriber's notes.

Transcription

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS CERTIFICATE OF DEATH


Form no. (top left)	HVS-20008—150M—12-47
Primary Dist. No.	1
File No.	[Stamped:] 37960
Registered No.	7287

[Handwritten annotation in pencil beside the title: '255' and '50']

1. PLACE OF DEATH:


(a) County / (b) Township / (c) Borough / (d) City	Phila
(e) Name of hospital or institution	[Faint stamp:] PHILADELPHIA GENERAL HOSPITAL

2. USUAL RESIDENCE OF DECEASED:


(a) State	Pa
(b) County	Phila
(c) City or town	Philadelphia
(d) Street No.	1971 W. Elston [?]
3. (a) Full name	George Wesemann
3. (c) Social Security No.	[number withheld]
4. Sex	M
5. Color or race	W
6. (a) Single, widowed, married, divorced	M
6. (b) Name of husband or wife	Mary Knoll
6. (c) Age of husband or wife if alive	64 years
7. Birth date of deceased	Jan 1st 1876
8. Age	Years 73; Months 3; Days 11
9. Birthplace	Pa
10. Usual occupation	Retired
11. Industry or business	John B Stetson Co
12. Father – Name	Wesemann
13. Father – Birthplace	Pa
14. Mother – Maiden name	Fredericka Bauer
15. Mother – Birthplace	Germy
16. (a) Informant's own signature	Mary Wesemann
16. (b) Address	1971 W Elston [?]
17. (a) Burial, cremation, or removal	Burial
17. (b) Date thereof	Ap-15-49
17. (c) Place / County / State	Hillside / Mont / Pa
17. (d) Name of Cemetery	Hillside
18. (a) Signature of funeral director	H B Mulligan
18. (b) Address	1119 [?] W Lehigh [?] Av
19. (a) Date received local registrar	[Faint stamp, illegible; appears to include '1949']
19. (b) Registrar's signature	[Faint signature, illegible]

MEDICAL CERTIFICATION


20. Date of death	Month April; day 12; year 1949; hour 10; minute 10 AM (E.S.T.)
21. Attended the deceased from / to	3-28, 1949 to 4-12, 1949
Last saw him alive on	4-12, 1949
Immediate cause of death	Bronchopneumonia
Due to	[faint pencil marks only]
Other conditions	Carcinoma of bladder
23. Signature (M.D. or other)	Uhle [?] / W H Garrey [?]
23. Address	Phila. General Hosp
Date signed	4-12-49

Transcriber's Notes

Street of residence (items 2d and 16b) reads 'Elston' (item 2d could be read 'Eleton'); uncertain—possibly another street name such as Eleanor.

Hospital name in item 1(e) is a very faint stamp; 'PHILADELPHIA GENERAL HOSPITAL' was confirmed on a contrast-enhanced crop (2026-09-27), consistent with the physician's address 'Phila. General Hosp'.

Funeral director's signature reads 'H B Mulligan' (clear on re-check); the address '1119 W Lehigh Av' (written 'Lehh'-like) remains uncertain.

Physician's signature is hard to read: 'Uhle / W H Garrey [?]'.

Registrar's signature and date-received stamp are too faint to read.

Mother's birthplace written 'Germy' (abbreviation as written).

Pencil numbers '255' and '50' written near the certificate title.