IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.


Clayton Co. - Register of Deaths
Book 1 - pages 70-79

Note: 1880 is the first year that the state of Iowa required deaths be reported and officially recorded.

Note!

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No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
73 9/3/89 Wilhelmine Heikmeister
female, white
56y
Housewife
6/28/89
11 a.m.
Single German
Germany
22y Elkader
Apoplexy
[blank]
5 days
Elkader
6/29/89
B.F. Hall
Elkader, Iowa
74 9/3/89 Aloes Ehrenspreger
male, white
55y
Old Soldier
8/14/89
12 p.m.
Single German
Germany
[blank] Clayton Co. Poor House
Paralysis
[blank]
3 weeks
Garnavillo
[blank]
B.F. Hall
Elkader, Iowa
75 9/3/89 Mary Samon
female, white
85y
[blank]
5/8/89
8 a.m.
Single Irish
Ireland
[blank] Clayton Co. Poor House
Lung fever & old age
[blank]
6 days
Clayton Co. Graveyard
5/9/89
B.F. Hall
Elkader, Iowa
76 9/17/89 Nic Baumgartner
male, white
75y 4m
farmer
9/7/89
[blank]
Married Sweed
Switzerland
[blank] Marion Twp
Senile Gangrene
[blank]
four months
Marion Twp cemetery
9/9/89
Frederick Backer
Clermont, Iowa
Blank line
Report made to State Board of Health, October 1st 1889
77 10/11/89 Herman Walser
male, white
15y
farmer
9/5/89
6 a.m.
Single German
Jefferson Twp
15y Jefferson Twp
Malarial fever
[blank]
4 weeks
Guttenberg
9/7/89
Wm Hoffbauer M.D.
Guttenberg, Iowa
78 10/16/89 Mrs. Mary Green
female, white
68y 11m 7d
Housekeeper
9/19/89
3 p.m.
Married English
England
30y Volga
Organic Heart disease
[blank]
unknown
Volga, Iowa
9/21/89
J.H. Craig
Volga, Iowa
79 10/16/89 Levi Doty Wilson
make, white
18m 2d
[blank]
8/19/89
2 p.m.
Single American
Iowa
1y Highland Twp
Convulsions caused by teathing
[blank]
nine days
Illyria Twp., Fayette Co
8/20/89
J.H. Craig
Volga, Iowa
80 10/17/89 Robert Howard
male, white
4m
Infant
9/24/89
[blank]
[blank] [blank]
Chicago, ILL
[blank] Millville, Clayton Co
Cholera Infantum
Enteritis
four days
Richardson graveyard
9/26/89
Thos E. Averitt M.D.
Colesburg, Iowa
81 10/18/89 Marvin L. Beebes
male, white
17y 11m 16d
farmer
9/-/89 *
8 a.m.
Single American
Iowa
17y Strawberry Point
Inflamation of bowels
[blank]
Two weeks
Strawberry Point
9/3/89
F.H. Howard M.D.
Strawberry Point
82 10/18/89 Chas. A. Norduft
male, white
2m
[blank]
9/21/89
7 p.m.
Single German
Strawberry Point
[blank] Strawberry Point
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
Strawberry Point
9/-/89 *
F.H. Howard M.D.
Strawberry Point

Notes:
No. 81 - date of death typed as in record
No. 82 - date of burial typed as in record

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No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
83 10/31/89 Elizabeth Glass
female, white
57y 5m 27d
Housewife
8/10/89
12M
Single German
[blank]
34y Cass Township
[blank]
[blank]
Two hours
Strawberry Point
8/12/89
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point
84 10/22/89 Adam Schmidt
male, white
67y 4m 7d
[blank]
11/1/87
4 -.m.
Married German
Germany
33y Cox Creek Twp
Perforation of stomach
[blank]
one week
Cox Creek Twp
11/2/87
B.F. Hall
Elkader, Iowa
85 12/25/89 Parker
female, white
3d
[blank]
1/23/89
10 p.m.
[blank] American
McGregor
[blank] McGregor
[blank]
[blank]
24 hours
McGregor
1/24/89
W.A. Hall
McGregor, Iowa
86 12/25/89 Carah House
female, white
70y
Housewife
6/13/89
8 a.m.
Married Irish
Ireland
70y Clayton Twp
Cancer
[blank]
[blank]
Clayton graveyard
6/14/89
W.A. Hall
McGregor, Iowa
87 12/31/89 Wilhelm Rodas
male, white
18y
Laborer
9/17/89
[blank]
Single German
Germany
[blank] Boardman Twp
Diphtheria
[blank]
five or six days
Littleport
[blank]
Rudolph Grandis
Elkader, Iowa
88 12/31/89 Ferdinand Horn
male, white
71y
Tailor
6/6/89
[blank]
Married Germany
Germany
[blank] Elkader
Phthisic
[blank]
several months
Elkader
[blank]
Rudolph Grandis
Elkader, Iowa
89 3/8/90 Betsey Oleson
female, white
69y 4m 10d
[blank]
4/24/87
3:30 a.m.
Widow Norwegian
Norway
30y Marion Township
Old age
[blank]
about 2 years
Norwegian Cemetery
4/27/87
Halvor O. Bergin
Clayton Co. Iowa

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No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
1 10/31/89 Mary Weiske
female, white
11y 7m 8d
[blank]
10/17/~ * Single German
St. Sebald
11y St. Sebald
Inflamation of bowels
[blank]
two weeks
Strawberry Point
10/19/89
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point, Iowa
2 11/11/89 Artemas B. Calder
male, white
23d
[blank]
1/1/89
9 p.m.
Single American
Volga
[blank] Volga
Pus poisoning
[blank]
Twenty three days
Volga
11/2/89
J.H. Craig
Volga, Iowa
3 11/11/89 Lois Potter
female, white
64y 7m 2d
Housewife
10/14/89
6 a.m.
Married [blank]
[blank]
17y Volga
Dysentary
Chronic Cystitis
8 weeks
Volga
10/16/89
J.H. Craig
Volga, Iowa
4 11/19/89 Emelia Augusta Faber
female, white
8y 1m 18d
[blank]
11/3/89
9 p.m.
Single [blank]
National
8y National
Diphtheria
[blank]
Nine days
National
11/4/89
E. Amelia Sherman
National, Iowa
5 11/19/89 Bertha D.E. Faber
female, white
10y 8m 22d
[blank]
11/8/89
6:50 a.m.
Single [blank]
National
10y National
Diphtheria
[blank]
11 days
National
11/8/89
E. Amelia Sherman
National, Iowa
6 12/2/89 Michael Barton
male, white
17y 7m 7d
Student
11/16/89
2 a.m.
Single [blank]
Iowa
17y Volga
Heriditary Schrmis of Chest
[blank]
Two years
Cox Creek Twp
11/18/89
J.H. Craig
Volga, Iowa
7 12/2/89 John Potter
male, white
64y
farmer
[blank]
[blank]
Widower American
America
17y Volga
Atropic Softening of brain
[blank]
one year
Volga
11/24/89
J.H. Craig
Volga, Iowa
8 12/2/89 Bertha M. Thorsen
female, white
34y 10m
Housekeeper
11/20/89
[blank]
Married [blank]
Iowa
[blank] Clayton Co. Iowa
Puerperal Septicemia
[blank]
5 days
Norwegian Cemetery
Giard Twp
[blank]
F. Becker
Clermont, Iowa
9 12/13/89 Cora F. Platt
female, white
32y 11m 21d
Housewife
11/23/89
8 a.m.
Married [blank]
ILL
25y Lodomillo Twp
Consumption
[blank]
4½ years
Edgewood
11/27/89
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point, Iowa
10 12/17/89 Caroline S. Reinhardt
female, white
40y 9m 17d
Housewife
11/25/89
9 a.m.
Married German
Germany
15y National
Typhoid fever
[blank]
Seventeen days
National
11/29/89
E. Amelia Sherman
National, Iowa
11 12/21/89 Albert Roberts
male, white
35y
Pauper
9/12/89
3 p.m.
Single American
German
[blank] Clayton Co. Poor Farm
Rheumatism
[blank]
8 years, sick 7 days
Clayton Co. Poor farm
9/13/89
Dr. Hall
Elkader, Iowa
12 12/23/89 Heinrich K. Prietauer
male, white
74y 1m 2d
farmer
12/17/89
11½ p.m.
Married German
Germany
31y St. Sebald, Iowa
Hydropsey
Asthma with Pain on the Stomach
[blank]
St. Sebald
12/20/89
G.H. Fuehr
St. Sebald, Iowa

Notes:
No 1 - death date typed as in record

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No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
13 12/25/89 David Cawelte
male, white
67y
[blank]
12/28/89
4 p.m.
Single German
Germany
38y McGregor, Iowa
Atrophy of Stomache and liver
[blank]
four years
New Hampton, Iowa
12/23/89
W.A. Hall
Elkader, Iowa
14 12/25/89 Thos Carroll
male, white
54y
blacksmith
12/19/89
6 p.m.
Single Irish
Ireland
34y Clayton City
Alcholism
Congestive chill
Alcholism
24 hours
Clayton
12/21/89
W.A. Hall
Elkader, Iowa
15 12/25/89 T.C. Young
male, white
66y
Laborer
11/29/89
a.m.
Married [blank]
[blank]
25y * McGregor, Iowa
Cerrosis of liver
Dropsy
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
W.A. Hall
Elkader, Iowa
16 12/31/89 Heiden *
female, white
51y
Housewife
10/9/89
1 a.m.
Married German
Germany
[blank] Cox Creek Twp
Parylises of Heart
[blank]
five days
Mederville, Iowa
[blank]
Rud. [illegible]
Elkader, Iowa
17 7/31/90 Dora B. Rounds
female, white
43y
Housekeeper
6/19/90
[blank]
Married [blank]
Canada
[blank] Grand Meadow
Dilation of Heart
[blank]
years
Wagner
6/21/90
F.J. Becker
Clermont, Ia
18 6/2/90 Jacob Schneider
male, white
61y
Farmer
5/17/90
[blank]
Married Switzerland
[blank]
[blank] Marion Twp
Dilitation of Heart
Dropsy
[blank]
Marion
5/19/90
F.J. Becker
Clermont, Ia
19 6/2/90 Baby Bell
female, white
1d
[blank]
5/18/90
[blank]
[blank] [blank]
[blank]
[blank] Monona, Ia
Premature Birth
[blank]
[blank]
Smithfield cemetery
[blank]
F.J. Becker
Clermont, Ia
20 2/18/90 Bertha Aurea Kuhlman
female, white
2y 30d
[blank]
1/14/90
8:30 p.m.
[blank] U.S.
Guttenberg, Ia
[blank] Guttenberg, Ia
Enteritis Acuta
Asthemica Paralysis Cardis
4 day
Ceres, Ia
1/17/90
H.J. Sherman
Guttenberg, Iowa
21 2/19/90 Earl L. Hyde
male, [blank]
8m 20d
[blank]
1/27/90
11 p.m.
Single American
Mallory Tp Clayton Co. Ia
since birth Mallory Tp Clayton Co Ia
Influenza
Pneumonia two da
One week
Bethal Church *
1/30/90
C.A. Tobie
Colesburg, Iowa
22 2/22/90 Irene S. Hibbard
female, white
77y 11m 7d
[blank]
1/24/90
2 a.m.
Widow American
Mass.
20y [blank]
Influenza
[blank]
21 days
McGregor
Jan 26, 90
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Ia
23 2/27/90 Phillip Parmhouse
male, white
53y 6m 3d
Farmer
2/18/90
[blank]
Widower [blank]
Ohio
30y National
Pneumonia
[illegible] Influenza
11 days
Natonal
2/20/90
E.A. Herman
National, Ia
24 2/28/90 John P. Smith
male, white
93y 6m 7d
Farmer
2/21/90
2:30 p.m.
[blank] Scotland
[blank]
40y Mallory Clayton Co. Iowa
Influenza "La Grippe"
[blank]
1 week
Pages Cem, Delaware Co. Ia
[blank]
C.A. Tobie
Colesburg, Iowa

Notes:
No. 15 - yrs as resident may be 35
No. 16 - in the index to this volume is written "wife of Fred Sr"
No. 21 - burial place difficult to read

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No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
25 3/3/90 Augusta W. Burkhardt
female, white
65y 10m 21d
[blank]
2/22/90
5:30 p.m.
Married [blank]
Germany
37y St. Sebald Clayton Co Ia
LaGrippe and inflamation of the [illegible]
Unknown
5 days
St. Sebald Clayton co Ia
2/28/90
G.H. Fuehr M.D.
St. Sebald Iowa
26 3/3/90 B.F. Hancock
female, white
69y 11m 1d
[blank]
2/5/90
2:30 p.m.
Married American
ILLs
8y North McGregor Ia
Bronchitis
Influenza
5 days
McGregor
2/7/90
J.H. Miles M.D.
McGregor Iowa
27 3/10/90 Laura Heddleson
female, white
45y 5m 27d
[blank]
1/23/90
8:15 p.m.
[blank] [blank]
Plano, ILLs
28y Strawberry Point
Pneumonia
[blank]
12 da
Strawberry Pt
1/29/90
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point
28 3/15/90 Thomas McCrea
[blank], [blank]
27y 20d
Farmer
2/18/90
1 p.m.
Married [blank]
Penn
15y Highland Twp
Tramatic Tenamis
[blank]
12 da
Volga City
2/22/90
J.H. Craig
Volga City Iowa
29 4/1/90 Caroline Debbman
female, white
2y 2m 13d
[blank]
3/16/90
11:45 p.m.
Single [blank]
National
2y National
Pneumonia
[blank]
10 days
National
3/29/90
E.A. Sherman
National
30 4/11/90 Mrs. Fred Lammert
female, white
19y
Domestic
2/21/1890
7 p.m.
Married German
Clayton Co. Ia
19y Grand Meadow
Acute Partern Convoulsions
[blank]
14 hours
Postville
2/23/90
John Sheppard
Postville, Ia
31 4/21/90 James Wait
male, white
64y 10m
Farmer
4/17/1889
8 p.m.
Married [blank]
Indiana
34y Lodomillo Clayton Co Ia
Heart Disease
[blank]
several years
Mederville Clayton co
[blank]
Louis Blanchard M.D.
Edgewood, Iowa
32 4/23/90 Maggie Orr
female, white
22y 2m 27d
Housekeeper
2/24/1890
3 a.m.
[blank] [blank]
Iowa
22y Highland Twp
Tuberculosis
Rectal Abcess
2 years
Elkader, Ia
2/25/90
J.H. Craig
Volga Iowa
33 4/30/90 Mary Oleson Wold
female, white
83y
[blank]
10/23/1889
5 p.m.
Single [blank]
Norway
40y Wagner Tp Clayton Co Ia
Inflamation of Bowels
[blank]
one week
Wagner Tp
[blank]
B.F. Hall
Elkader Ia
34 4/30/90 Dora T.S. Luers
female, white
67y 11m 4d
Housewife
4/13/1890
10 a.m.
Married German
Germany
35y Elkader Iowa
Neuralgia
Nev--- 4 months
4 hours
Elkader Ia
4/15/90
B.F. Hall
Elkader Ia
35 5/2/90 Joseph Hofman
male, white
69y 10m 16d
Laborer
4/25/1890
10 a.m.
Widower German
Bavaria
14y Guttenberg Iowa
Naphoitis interstitialis Chronica Asthermia Paralysis Cordis
[blank]
one year
Guttenberg Iowa
[blank]
H.J. Schirmer
Guttenberg, Iowa
36 5/6/90 Anna L. Merritt
female, white
8y
[blank]
4/6/1890
4:30 a.m.
Single American
Barabbo, Wis
1 mo McGregor Ia
Tubercular Meningitis
[blank]
6 mo
Moody cem
[blank]
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Iowa

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No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
37 5/28/90 Geo Hansel
male, white
73y 15d
[blank]
5/25/1890
10 a.m.
Married American
Maryland
35y Mallory Tp
LaGripp, sequelae irritibility of stomach and bowel
Supp--- Prostatitis
6 or 7 weeks
Hansels Cem
Mallory Tp
5/26/1890
C.A. Tobie
Colesburg, Iowa
38 5/31/90 J.C. Oleson
male, white
48y 5m
Farmer
1/31/1890
[blank]
Married [blank]
Norway
[blank] Clayton Co.
Unknown, found dead
[blank]
[blank]
Marion cemetery
[blank]
J. Becker
Clermont, Ia
39 5/31/90 Geo Rasmusson *
female, white
75y 1m
Housekeeper
3/17/1890
[blank]
Married [blank]
Norway
[blank] Heart Failure
Dilitation of left ventricle
[blank]
[blank]
Marion cem
3/21/90
J. Becker
Clermont, Ia
40 6/25/90 Willie F. Eppler
male, white
9y 2m 21d
[blank]
6/8/1890
8 a.m.
Single German
Strawberry Point
9y Strawberry Point, Ia
Typhoid fever
[blank]
[blank]
Strawberry Point Ia
6-10-
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point
41 6/25/90 Law Eppler
male, white
15y 10d
[blank]
5/9/1890
4 p.m.
Single German
Strawberry Point
15y Strrawberry Point, Ia
Typhoid fever
[blank]
21 days
Strawberry Point
5/10/90
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point
42 6/25/90 Marion Iraland Griffin
female, [blank]
57y 8m 17d
Wife
5/25/1890
1 p.m.
Widow [blank]
[blank]
[blank] [blank]
Pneumonia
Dropsey
2 months
Strawberry Pt
5/26/90
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point
43 6/25/90 Fred Merk
male, white
23y 2m 7d
Plaster
5/29/1890
1 a.m.
Single German
Germany
7y Strawberry Point, Ia
Consumption
[blank]
one year
Strawberry Pt
5/29/90
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point
44 6/25/90 Caroline Richardson
[blank], white
77y 10m 20d
Wife
5/25/1890
4 a.m.
Married Amer
New Hampshire
31y Strawberry Point
Dropsy caused by Rheumatism of Heart
[blank]
5 years
Straw Point
5/31/90
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Point
45 6/27/90 Herman H. Nieman
[blank], [blank]
89y
Farmer
6/22/1890
[blank]
Married [blank]
Germany
[blank] Garnavillo, Ia
Old age
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
Eliza Shutze
Garnavillo, Iowa
46 7/14/90 Wm Greve
male, white
58y
Farmer
6/29/1890
5 p.m.
Married German
Germany
33y Elkader, Iowa
Sunstroke
[blank]
8 hours
Communia, Clayton Co Ia
[blank]
B.F. Hall
Elkader, Ia
47 7/14/90 Julia Olson
female, white
63y
Midwife
4/17/1890
2 p.m.
Widow Norwegian
Norway
30y Wagner Tp
LaGrippe
[blank]
6 mo
Norwegian Cem, Wagner, Clayton Co. Ia
4/18/90
B.F. Hall
Elkader, Ia
48 7/23/90 Josephine Leffenwell
female, white
45y
Housewife
6/20/1890
[blank]
[blank] American
[illegible] N.Y.
[blank] McGregor, Iowa
Heart ---ure Falty Degeneration
[blank]
2 years
Pleasant Grove Cem
7/2/90
H.H. Clark
McGregor, Ia

Notes:
Several of the names on pg 75 are indexed as being on pg 74
No. 39 - the index shows Jno Rasmusson on pg 74, but record page 74 has no Rasmusson; the name on pg 75 clearly is Geo Rasmusson, but the index does not show this name

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No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
49 7/23/90 Peter Peterman
male, white
38y 3m
Farmer
6/28/1890
7 p.m.
Married Norwegian
[blank]
38y Mendon Tp
Sunstroke
[blank]
one hour
Swede Cem. Mendon Tp
[blank]
H.H. Clark
McGregor, Ia
50 7/24/90 Hans F. Schultz
male, white
64y
Farmer
4/29/1890
[blank]
Married [blank]
German
[blank] Jefferson Tp
Cancer of Bowels
[blank]
3 mo
Ceres
[blank]
Rudolph Grandis
Elkader, Iowa
51 8/4/90 Fohm Witt
male, white
68y 8m 24d
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
Widower [blank]
Neich of Prussia
2y Boardman Tp
Cancer of Stomach
[blank]
5 mo
[illegible*] G.Y. Elkader, Ia
[blank]
Rudolph Grandis
Elkader, Iowa
52 8/6/90 Pixler
male, white
3d
[blank]
7/23/1890
10 a.m.
Single American
Grand Meadow
3 days Grand Meadow
Premature Birth
[blank]
[blank]
Family cem G. Meadow
[blank]
John Sheppard
Postville, Iowa
53 8/6/90 Pixler
female, white
5d
[blank]
7/26/1890
[blank]
[blank] American
[blank]
5 days Grand Meadow
Premature Birth
[blank]
[blank]
Family cem. G. Meadow
[blank]
John Sheppard
Postville, Iowa
54 8/11/90 Margret Fairbain
female, white
71y 6m 4d
Domestic
7/14/1890
1 p.m.
[blank] [blank]
England
20y Highland Tp
La Grippe
Heart Trouble
2 mo.
Highland
7/20/90
J.H. Craig
Volga Ia
55 8/11/90 Glen Copeland
male, white
3y 10m 19d
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
Single [blank]
Iowa
3y [blank]
Congestion of Bowels
Heart failure
one week
Volga City
8/3/90
J.H. Craig
Volga Ia
56 9/17/90 Daisy Lamphere
female, white
6m
[blank]
9/14/1890
11 p.m.
[blank] American
Spring Tp
6 mos Sperry Tp
Cholera Infantium
[blank]
2 da
Volga City, Ia
[blank]
J.H. Craig
Volga Ia
57 9/18/90 Margarita R. Elgin
female, [blank]
72y
[blank]
9/12/1890
8 p.m.
Married German
Hanover, Germany
19y Sperry Tp
Apoplexy
[blank]
1½ yrs
Mederville, Ia
9/12/90
G.W. Furhr
St. Sebald, Ia
58 8/26/90 Jessie B. Hanuriss*
female, [blank]
21y
H wife
7/24/1890
1:59
Married [blank]
Iowa
21y National
Acute Pneumonia Phihinis following influenza
[blank]
5½ years
National
7/26/90
E.A. Sherman
National, Ia
59 10/11/90 Henry J. Heilman
[blank], [blank]
20y 28d
[blank]
10/1/1890
5:30 p.m.
Single [blank]
[blank]
15y McGregor
Chronic Catarrh of Stomach
[blank]
4 mo
McGregor, Ia
10/3/90
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Ia
60 4/11/90 [blank]
[blank],[blank]
½ hour
[blank]
2/21/1890
4 p.m.
Single [blank]
Grand Meadow
[blank] Grand Meadow
Protracted Labor of the mother
[blank]
[blank]
Lutheran Cem.
Postville, Ia
2/23/90
John Sheppard
Postville, Iowa

Notes:
No. 51 - name of graveyard may be Giard; the writing is tiny and scribbled
No. 58 - surname is scribbled in both the index and on the record, transcriber has made a 'best guess'

-Page 77-

No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
61 2/15/90 Wilhelm Shutte
male, white
34y 1m 21d
Farmer
1/28/1890
1 p.m.
Married German
Garnavillo Tp
life Read Tp
Consumption
Influenza 1½ yrs
1 week
Read
[blank]
Rudolph Grandis
Elkader, Ia
Report made to State Board of Health 1890 Oct 1st.

-Page 78-

No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
1 8/31/90 Anna G. McGregor
female, white
80y 3m 5d
Housewife
8/27/1890
[blank]
Widow American
Glen Fall, N.Y.
40y McGregor
Apoplexy
[blank]
[blank]
Prairie du Chien
8/31/90
H.H. Clark
McGregor, Ia
2 11/8/90 Jane Hoffman
female, white
80y
[blank]
9/4/1890
2 a.m.
Widow American
Duchess Co. N.Y.
33y McGregor
Apoplexy
[blank]
[blank]
McGregor
9/6/90
H.H. Clark
McGregor, Ia
3 11/22/90 Thomas Bennington
male, white
2m 2d
[blank]
11/6/90
4 p.m.
Infant [blank]
Clayton Co
life Clayton Co.
Congenital Hydrocepha
[blank]
Life
Volga, Ia
11/6/90
J.H. Craig
Volga, Ia
4 11/22/90 Chas McAnn
female, white
5y 24d
Infant
11/16/1890
11 p.m.
Infant American
Clayton Co.
life Volga City, Iowa
Rickets or Imperfect Ossification
[blank]
Life
Volga, Ia
11/18/1890
J.H. Craig
Volga, Ia
5 11/23/90 Ethel Carpenter
female, white
[blank]
Child
11/5/90
6 p.m.
Child American
Clayton Co.
life Clayton County
Typhoid Pneumonia
[blank]
13 days
Mederville
11/7/1890
J.H. Craig
Volga, Ia
6 12/4/90 Chritian Sachs
male, white
26y 7m 12d
Mason
11/29/90
11:45 a.m.
Married German
Germany
30y St. Sebald, Clayton Co. Ia
Hydropsey
[blank]
2 years
St. Sebald, Clayton Co. Ia
12/1/90
G.H. Fuehr
St. Sebald
7 12/11/90 Summer J. Rounds
male, white
26y 2m 26d
Farmer
11/1/90
11 p.m.
Married American
[blank]
26y Marion Twp, Clayton Co
Syphilitic rheumatism, Heart failure
Tashany syohilis
Several years
Wagner Twp
11/2/90
T.J. Becker
Postville, Ia
8 12/24/90 Jane Henry
female, white
72y 1m 16d
[blank]
11/26/90
11 a.m.
Married French
France
35y Elk Twp. Clayton C.
Pneumonia
[blank]
Four days
Catholic cem. Colony, Iowa
11/29/1890
C.A. Tobia
Colesburg, Ia
9 1/20/91 Angelina Saugling
female, white
45y 3m 13d
Housewife
11/1/1890
6 a.m.
Married German
Lichtenstein
38y Guttenberg, Iowa
Philiesis Fribase Asthemia Paralysis Cordia
[blank]
4 years
Guttenberg, Iowa
11/11/1890
H.J. Schriver
Guttenberg, Iowa
10 1/21/91 Charles Grumer
male, white
40y
[blank]
1/6/1891
5 a.m.
Married German
Blankenburg
40y Guttenberg, Iowa
Cerebral haemorrhage due to Athromataus degeneration of the arteries; Asthemia - Paralysis cordis
[blank]
3 days
Guttenberg, Iowa
1/8/91
H.J. Schriver
Guttenberg, Iowa
11 1/16/91 Ann R. Gilchrist
female, white
86y 11m 4d
Housekeeper
12/31/1891 *
6 a.m.
Widow American
New York
38y McGregor, Iowa
Old Age
Cold & cough
[blank]
Prairie du Chien
1/2/91
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Iowa
12 5/5/91 Peter Dittmer
male, white
75y 1m 11d
Farmer
1/17/91
5 a.m.
Married German
Germany
[blank] Cox Creek Township
Typhoid Pneumonia
LaGrippe
One week
Mederville
1/19/91
J.H. Craig
Volga, Ia

Notes:
No. 11 - year of death typed as in record

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No. Date of Report 1. Name
2. Sex & color
1.Age
2.Occupation
Date & Time
of Death
Marital Status 1. Nationality
2. Where born
How long resident
of Iowa
1. Place of Death
2. Cause of Death
1. Complication
2. Duration of Disease
1. Place of Burial
2. Date of Burial
Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
13 2/21/91 Stephen C. Harris
male, white
52y 4m 26d
Farmer
2/5/91
8 p.m.
Married American
Pennsylvania
20y Mallory township, Iowa
Cerebral Haemorrhage
[blank]
Five days
Mallory township
2/7/91
C.A. Taber
Colesburg, Iowa
14 2/23/91 Thomas D. Wymie
male, white
44y
Farmer
8/12/1889
[blank]
Married [blank]
Illinois
[blank] McGregor
Diabetes
[blank]
[blank]
Pleasant Grove cemetery
8/14/1889
H.H. Clark M.D.
McGregor, Iowa
15 3/14/91 Andrew Jast
male, white
42y 8m 13d
[blank]
2/25/91
2:30 a.m.
Single [blank]
Switzerland
37y Guttenberg, Iowa
Asthma, Paralysis Cordis
[blank]
6 years
Guttenberg, Ia
2/21/91
H.J. Schrimer M.D.
Guttenberg, Ia
16 3/17/91 Henry E. Nelings
male, white
23y 8m 6d
Hardware dealer
3/9/91
5 p.m.
Married American
Ossian, Ia
23y Monona, Ia
Tuberculosis
[blank]
1 year
Ossian, Ia
3/11/1891
F.J. Becker M.D.
Postville, Ia
17 3/17/91 Ellen R. Corcoran
female, white
20y 6m 5d
Domestic
2/11/91
4 a.m.
Single American
Clayton co.
20y Grand Meadow Twp
Gastro-enteritis
[blank]
7 days
Monona
2/13/91
F.J. Becker M.D.
Postville, Ia
18 3/18/91 Dorathea L. Müller
female, white
60y 8m 16d
Housewife
1/11/91
3 a.m.
Married German
Germany
35y Near Guttenberg, Ia
Dilation of the heart, Aortic regurgitation, Chronic interstitial imphritis, Asthemia Paralysis cordis
[blank]
17 years
Guttenberg, Ia
1/13/91
H.J. Schrimer
Guttenberg, Ia
19 5/21/91 Johanna D. Hitguidorf
female, white
67y 2m 11d
Farming
5/5/91
[blank]
Married German
Germany
25y Elkport, Ia
La Grippe
[blank]
12 days
Elkport, Ia
[blank]
H.C. Miller M.D.
Edgewood, Ia
20 5/28/91 Johann Hubusch
Masculine, white
83y 2m 20d
Shoemaker
5/24/91
[blank]
Widower [blank]
Germany
36½ y St. Sebald, Clayton Co.
Tubliniss
[blank]
Four weeks
St. Sebald
5/26/91
G.H. Fuchr
St. Sebald, Ia
21 4/14/91 Henry Eppens
male, white
50y 8m 18d
Hotel keeper
4/10/91
12M
Married German
Hanover
23y Guttenberg, Ia
Cerebral apoplexy due to imliary anurism of the bloodvessels and atheromatans degeneration of the same
[blank]
15 hours
Guttenberg
4/5/1891
Herman J. Schrimer
Guttenberg Ia
22 4/24/91 Wilhelm Kahle
male, white
80y 2m 6d
Laborer
3/13/91
9 p.m.
Married [blank]
Germany
30y Guttenberg, Ia
Chronic Parinchymatsus nephritis asthenia paralysis
[blank]
6 years
Guttenberg
3/17/91
Herman J. Schrimer
Guttenberg Ia
23 4/25/91 Lydia Ruff
female, white
65y 14d
Housewife
3/8/91
6 a.m.
Married [blank]
Ohioan
nearly
20y
Volga, Ia
Bronchial Asthma
[blank]
3 days
Volga City Ia
3/11/91
J.H. Craig
Volga City Ia
24 4/25/91 Sarah Davidson
female, white
84y 4m 10d
Domestic
4/9/91
10 a.m.
Widow [blank]
Ohio
18y Volga Ia
Cerbral convulsions, cause unknown
[blank]
2 mos
Volga Ia
4/11/91
J.H. Craig
Volga City, Ia

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-Transcription note: Every effort has been taken to transcribe the record accurately, but errors are possible. Notes in [brackets] were added by the transcriber. Please use this transcription as a guide only & always consult the original record to confirm the information.

-Source: Register of deaths v. 1, 1880-1897, FHL film #1255482
-Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Clayton co. IAGenWeb from photocopies contributed by Constance Diamond

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