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Sarah Slater's death certificate
11-03-2015, 06:06 AM (This post was last modified: 11-03-2015 08:07 AM by BettyO.)
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RE: Sarah Slater's death certificate
Fascinating! Thanks, Susan -

Brights Disease is also what killed John Hartranft....

Quote:Note that even on her deathbed, Sarah was not forthcoming about her age!


Most ladies in the 19th Century rarely were true with their ages....Lew Powell's Baltimore lady love, Mary Branson, always thought to be the younger of the two Branson sisters, I have discovered, was the elder - born December 7, 1828 according to her christening record. Sister Maggie, thought to be the eldest, but actually the youngest, was born on August 16, 1834.... Mary's death certificate stated that she was "40 years of age" upon her death from Uterine Cancer in 1871. She was, according to her christening record, actually 43 years of age.... so "white lie" about their age they certainly did!

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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RE: Sarah Slater's death certificate - BettyO - 11-03-2015 06:06 AM
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RE: Reply To John F. - L Verge - 11-08-2015, 12:41 PM
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