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Death certificate — Patrick McCann, aged 76, Philadelphia General Hospital, 5 August 1921
Transcript
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The record
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Transcription (as read)
Patrick McCann, male, white, [widowed or single], age 76, born "Unknown" (about 1845), no occupation, born Ireland; father "Unknown", born Ireland; mother "Unknown", born Ireland; died 5 August 1921 at Philadelphia General Hospital; cause [chronic myocarditis]; informant Edward [Murphy]; burial 10 August 1921.
Notes
An older man: not the 1915 dairyman and not the Venango Street man.