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Death Certificate Mary Boentgen Philadelphia 1940 File 96602
Transcript and translation
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The record
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Transcription
File no. "96602"; registered no. "21755" [also "532" in blue]; Philadelphia, residence "5357 Woodland Ave." Full name "Mary Boentgen." Female, white, "Widowed," "Widow of Fredrick Boentgen." Date of birth "May 22 1854"; age "84." Occupation "none"/"home." Birthplace "Philadelphia, Pa." Father "Unknown," born "Germany." Mother's maiden name "Unknown," born "Germany." Informant "George Blake, 65 [?] Camden, N.J." Date of death "11/8/40" (read; the index agrees). Coroner's inquest stamp "Nov 14 1940," Charles H. Hersh [Hirsch?], coroner; cause "Generalized arteriosclerosis; acute cardiac failure." Burial "Nov. 11, 1940," Bethel Cemetery, Camden County, N.J. Undertaker "George Blake, Camden, N.J." Filed 11-8-40, Joseph A. Farrell, registrar.
Plain reading
Mary Boentgen, a widow of 84, born in Philadelphia on 22 May 1854 to German-born parents whose names were not known, died at 5357 Woodland Avenue on 8 November 1940; buried at Bethel Cemetery in Camden County, New Jersey, 11 November 1940.
Notes
Her relation to Nicholas Boentgen's family is unknown: POSSIBLE that Fredrick is a brother or son of Nicholas (same surname, same city, a 1854 Philadelphia birth); not linked.
Conflicts noted: none. The index gives "Mary Boentgen" as the name; the certificate agrees.