Death Record Book #1

KENISTON AKA KENNISTON, BROWN, AND PERKINS

Posted By: Kent Edward Kenniston (email)
Date: 2/28/2003 at 11:16:25

Index to Death Records

1867-1921 (microfilm)
Information found at Keokuk IA Library by: Kent E. Kenniston 08 May 2002, as follows:

Name: Kenniston, Florence A. Book: 1 Page: 70
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Found in the South Lee Court House (Keokuk, Iowa) on Friday, 10 May 2002 by KEK, Death Record Book 1, 1880-1894, Lee County, #674, containing the following information:

Date of Report: Dec. 11,1885
Name: Florence A. Keniston, Female, White, Single, Age at time of death: 1 year 1 month old, Born in Keokuk, Date & Time of Death: 22 Nov 1885 at 12 AM, place of death: 8th & Ridge Street, cause of death: Membrainous Croup, duration of illness: 3 day's, place of
burial and date: Nov.3 Oakland Cemetery, Name of Undertaker: J.T. Perkins (Keokuk), name of physician returning certificate: P.J.Payne (Keokuk,Iowa)
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Found in the South Lee Court House on Friday, 10 May 2002 by KEK, Death Record Book 1&2 1867-1903, Lee County, page 70, line 36 from the top, containing the following information:

Name: Florence A. Kenniston, age 1 year, female, residence: Keokuk, white, born in Keokuk, died Nov. 22, 1885, cause Memo. Croup, buried lot # (left blank), block (left blank), Vault in Oakland, Physician Dr. P.J. Payne, Undertaker John Perkins

IMPORTANT NOTE: mentioned researcher was informed by the genealogy librarian that people in those days who died in the freezing winter were keep in a vault until the ground was soft enough to dig.