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Document: One page: Record of a Death in Philadelphia (physician’s and undertaker’s certificate) for an infant, George Willford Wesemann.

Language: English

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RECORD OF A DEATH IN PHILADELPHIA. [Stamped:] 5965

PHYSICIAN’S CERTIFICATE.

Full Name of Deceased, George Willford Wesemann [Stamped:] 30640

Sex, male Color, White State if Chinese, Japanese, Indian [blank]

Single, Married, [blank] State if Widow, Widower, Divorced [blank]

Date of Birth: Year, 1905; Month, June; Day, 26th. Date of Death: Year, 1906; Month, March; Day, 2d. Age: Years, [blank]; Months, 8; Days, 4. (If age is less than one day, give hours) [blank]

[Boxed notice:] ☞ No Certificate will be accepted which is MUTILATED, ILLEGIBLE, INACCURATE, or any portion of which has been ERASED, INTERLINED, CORRECTED or ALTERED, as all such changes impair its value as a public record.

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Feb. 28th 190*6* to March 1st 190*6* that I last saw h*im* alive on March 1st 190*6* and that death occurred, on the date stated above at one a. M. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: [pencil:] 03

Chief, Laryngeal & Pharyngeal Diptheria DURATION. [blank] Mos. 2 Days

Contributing, Infancy & Bottle Feeding [blank] Mos. 2 Days

Signed, Thos. R. Currie [?] M. D. [Stamped across signature:] CONTAGIOUS

Residence, 112 E. Cumberland St.

[Boxed notice:] ☞ This Certificate must not be issued for any other purpose than as a report to the Board of Health. Should the Physician issue a duplicate, it must be distinctly marked “Duplicate,” and state why issued.

UNDERTAKER’S CERTIFICATE.

Occupation, [dash] (Give occupation for all persons 14 years of age and over) Place of Birth, Phila.

Birthplace of Father, Phila. Birthplace of Mother, Phila.

Name of Father, George Wesemann

Maiden Name of Mother, Elizabeth Crosby

Last Place of Residence (This need only be given when it is other than the place of death.) [blank]

Place of Death, Street and No. 2931 H St.

Ward, wherein death occurred, 33rd

Buried from, Street and No. 2931 H St.

Date of Burial, March 3rd 1906

Place of Burial, Hillside Cemetery

John F. Fluehr Undertaker. Residence. 124 W. Susq[uehanna] Ave.

[Boxed notice:] ☞ This Certificate must be exchanged at the Health Office for a Permit before burial takes place or body is removed from the City.

[Printed vertically in left margin:] ☞ Write plainly, and with Ink; fill in every blank space.

Transcriber’s notes

This is the son of George Washington Wesemann and his first wife, Elizabeth Crosby (married 1901; she died 1906). Elizabeth is named as mother; the certificate does not say whether she was then living.

“Diptheria” is spelled as written. The street at 2931 was re-checked at zoom (2026-09-27): a script capital 'H' (H St.) in both entries.

Grade: PRIMARY for the death; the parents’ information is informant-supplied.