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Death Certificate Harriet A Branchide Philadelphia 1944 File 92552
Transcript and translation
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The record
Conventions: [ ] editorial addition; [?] uncertain reading; […] illegible; [sic] as written.*
Transcription
Place of death: Phila.; Doctors Hospital; Usual residence: PA; Phila.; 3946 N. 5th St.; File no. / registered no.: 92552 / 20942 [?]; Full name: Mrs. Harriet A. Branchide; Sex / race / marital status: F [shown M?] / W / M [married]; Name of husband: Wm. Branchide; Date of birth: June 24, 1880; Age: 64 years, 3 months, 2? days; Birthplace: England; Usual occupation: Housewife; Father: NOT KNOWN; Mother (maiden name): NOT KNOWN; Informant: Pearl Neumann [?], 3946 N. 5th St.; Date of death: October 19, 1944, 2:47 p.m.; Cause of death: Carcinoma of colon; Burial: 10-24-44; German Protestant [cemetery]; Funeral director address: 2912 W. [illegible].
Plain reading
The certificate is in English; the entries above are the English reading, doubtful words in [brackets].
Notes
Her parents are 'NOT KNOWN' on the record. STATED for birth 24 June 1880, England.
Conflicts noted: Resolves the 19/24 October conflict: death 19 October, burial 24 October 1944. The index sex mark reads F (the scan shows 'M' in one box, likely a clerical slip).