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Death Certificate Walter Knoll Philadelphia 1910 File 43213
Transcript and translation
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The record
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Transcription
Place of death: Phila.; 3419 N. Bodine St., 33 Ward; File no. / registered no.: 43213 [index reads 43212] / 9473 [?]; Full name: Walter Knoll; Sex / color / marital status: M / W / S [single?]; Date of birth: 9 13 1893; Age: 16 yrs, 7 mos, 8 [?] ds; Birthplace: Phila.; Father: Elias Knoll; Phila.; Mother (maiden name): Caroline Weiss; Ger[many]; Informant: Elias Knoll, 3419 N. Bodine St.; Date of death: 4 4 1910 [month 4; day 4 or 21?]; Cause of death: Chronic nephritis; Physician: J. W. Fowler [?]; Burial: Greenmount [Cemetery]; 4 6 1910 [?].
Plain reading
The certificate is in English; the entries above are the English reading, doubtful words in [brackets].
Notes
STATED for birth '9 13 1893', father Elias Knoll (Philadelphia), mother Caroline Weiss (Germany). Day of death doubtful.
Conflicts noted: (1) File number 43213 on the image against 43212 in the Ancestry index. (3) Age 16 y 7 m 8 d from 13 Sept 1893 computes to 21 April 1910, not 4 April: the day of death or the age line is wrong. (4) Mother's maiden name 'Weiss' is a new fact against the four spellings carried for John E.'s wife (Wessel, Wassell, Waffel, Wetzel; Chapter 7 [24]); Caroline Weiss is Elias's wife, not John E.'s.