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Death Certificate Margaret W Boentgen Springfield 1957 File 71598
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Transcription
File no. "71598"; registered no. "335"; primary district "23938-239." Death in Delaware County, Springfield [township], "452 Prospect Rd." (hospital or institution). Usual residence Pa., Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, "5357 Woodland Ave." "Margaret W. Boentgen." Died "August 11 1957." Female, white, "Widowed." Born "11/4/83"; age "73." Spouse "William Boentgen (Dec.)." Birthplace "Phila. Pa." Citizen of USA. Father's name "William Norman [Norman? Noman?]" (index reads "Anaman"). Mother's maiden name "Laura Watermyer [Watermger?]." Occupation "Housewife." Informant "David L. Norman [Norman?]," 5043 Chancellor St. Cause: "Metastatic carcinoma, ribs, lumbar spine, sacrum and right femur," due to "Carcinoma breast (left), 35 yrs"; 3 months. No autopsy. Physician "Donald Riegel," 5110 Chester Ave., signed 8/11/57. Burial "8/14/57," Mt. Moriah Cemetery, 63rd and Kingsessing, Philadelphia. Funeral director "James F. McGillin [?]," 636 S. 48th St. Received 8-12-57, Helen H. Harvey, registrar.
Plain reading
Margaret W. Boentgen, widow of William Boentgen, born 4 November 1883 in Philadelphia to William Norman and Laura Watermyer, died at 73 on 11 August 1957 at a hospital in Springfield, Delaware County; she lived at 5357 Woodland Avenue; buried at Mt. Moriah Cemetery 14 August 1957.
Notes
STATED for parents' names (informant David L. Norman, probably a brother or nephew). PROBABLE that she is the daughter-in-law of Mary and Fredrick Boentgen (N5.2): both lived at 5357 Woodland Avenue (Mary in 1940, Margaret as usual residence in 1957), and her husband William is a Boentgen. This is an inference from the shared address, not from a record naming the relationship.
Conflicts noted: The index reads her father as "William Anaman" and her mother as "Laura Watermger"; the image reads "William Norman [?]" and "Laura Watermyer." Given as written.