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Death Certificate John H Hippel Philadelphia 1940 File 106719
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Transcription
File no. "106719"; registered no. "24059"; Philadelphia, 23rd Ward, "4627 Oakland St." Full name "John H. Hippel." Male, white, "married." Husband of "Anna B. Hippel nee Frey." Date of birth: blank. Age "62 [years] 10 [months]" (index: born "abt 1878"). Occupation "Supervisor U.S. Postal Svc"; last worked "12-1940"; time in occupation "41 [years]." Birthplace "Phila Pa." Father "Henry Hippel," born "Germany." Mother "Caroline nee Reichert," born "Penna." Informant "Anna B. Hippel," 4627 Oakland St. Date of death "Dec 9 1940," 10:40 P.M.; attended "Aug 17 1940 to Dec 9 1940." Cause "Angina pectoris." No autopsy. Physician George E. Lewis [?], 5100 Oxford Ave. Burial 14 December 1940, Hillside, Montgomery County. Undertaker Robert C. Rose [Mrs. M. M. Rose], 1223 Arrott St. Filed 12-11-1940, Joseph A. Farrell, registrar.
Plain reading
John H. Hippel, a married postal supervisor of 62 (born about February 1878), born in Philadelphia to Henry Hippel (born in Germany) and Caroline Reichert (born in Pennsylvania), died of angina pectoris at 4627 Oakland Street on 9 December 1940; buried at Hillside Cemetery on 14 December.
Notes
STATED for his parents' names (his wife's knowledge). PROBABLE that he is a brother of Anna E. Hippel (born 6 March 1873): the same parents' names, Philadelphia births, and Hillside burial as Anna's family.
Conflicts noted: Caroline Reichert is "born Penna." here and on Eulalia's certificate (N4.10); Anna's 1955 certificate does not give the mother's birthplace. Henry Hippel "born Germany" on this certificate; compare with the 1880 census (not yet read).