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Death Records Index
Clayton County Index

Clayton Co. - Register of Deaths
Book 1 - pages 110-113

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


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-Page 110-

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 10/06/96 Elizabeth Galer
Female White
72y 7d
Housekeeper
05/27/1896
5 p.m.
Widow American
Penn
45y Mederville
Uterine Fibroid
-
-
Mederville
05/31/1896
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Pt
2 10/06/96 James Byrnes
Male White
72y 3m 10d
Farmer
07/20/1896
9 p.m.
Married Ireland 39y Strawberry Pt
Dysentery
-
two days
Strawberry Pt
07/22/1896
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Pt
3 10/12/96 Victor Balliff
Male White
53y 4m 14d
Farmer
01/131896
10 a.m.
Married German 40y Strawberry Pt
Asthma
-
11 years
-
01/15/1896
F.H. Howard
Strawberry Pt
4 10/24/96 Ingle Chapman
Male White
65y
Retired farmer
10/23/1896
10 a.m.
Married England 41y Volga City, Ia
Aneurysm
Possibly appendicitis
2 days
Volga City, Ia
10/24/1896
J.H. Craig
Volga City, Ia
5 11/03/96 Louisa Sargent
Female White
70y 7m 1d
Housewife
10/20/1896
4 a.m.
Married Canada 40y Strawberry Pt
Carcinoma of Stomach
-
6 months
Strawberry Pt
10/21/1896
E.C. Rawson
Strawberry Pt
6 11/03/96 Wilhelmina Zeuch
Female White
63y 6m 26d
-
09/14/1896
2 p.m.
Widow Germany 28y Strawberry Pt
Pneumonia
-
10 days
Strawberry Pt
09/16/1896
E.C. Rawson
Strawberry Pt
7 11/09/96 Levi O. Bergan
Male White
69y
Farmer
11/04/1896
11:30 p.m.
Married Norwegian
Norway
- Wagner
Ruptured blood vessel in head
-
-
Wagner twp
11/07/1896
H.A. Raeder
-
8 11/19/96 Elizabeth Kuhlmann
Female White
59y 4m 14d
-
10/28/1896
1 p.m.
Widow German
Hanover
30y Mallory Twp
Phthisis
-
3 years
Delaware Co.
10/04/1896
M.E. Dittmer
Colesburg, Ia
9 12/08/96 Julia Annie Gipper
Female White
23y 9d
Domestic
10/30/1896
6 a.m.
Single German - Volga City, Ia
Puerpural Septicalmia
Perotinitis
14 days
St. Sebald, Clayton County
11/01/1896
C.A. Brown
Volga City, Ia
10 12/09/96 Mary Hoxie
Female White
91y 3m 2d
11/21/1896
1:20 p.m.
Married American
New York
38y McGregor
Old Age
-
-
McGregor
-
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Ia
11 12/09/96 Joseph Hoxie
Male White
85y 8m 28d
Retired
11/01/1896
1:50 a.m.
Married American 38y McGregor
Old Age
-
-
McGregor
11/02/1896
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Ia
12 12/28/96 Sophia Mary Caroline Kaberle
Female White
28y 4m 2d
Housewife
11/01/1896
-
Married Iowa - Strawberry Point
Tuberculosis
-
1 year 10 months
St. Sebald, Ia
12/10/1896
E.C. Rawson
Strawberry Pt.

-Page 111-

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 12/28/96 Frank Partch
Male White
3y 7m 10d 12/23/1896
1 p.m.
Single American
Clayton Co. Ia
3y 7m Cox Creek twp
Diptheria
-
one week
Strawberry Pt
12/24/1896
E.C. Rawson
Strawberry Pt
14 01/05/97 Catherine Touch
Female White
3 days 08/05/1896
Single -
Elkader
- Elkader
Congenital Malformation
-
3 days
Elkader
08/05/1896
H.S. Patterson
Elkader, Ia
15 01/05/97 Josaphene Touch
Female White
40 days 09/12/1896 Single -
Elkader
- Elkader
Enteric Colitis
-
12 days
Elkader
09/13/1896
H.S. Patterson
Elkader, Ia
16 01/05/97 Mikaly Kelpins
Female White
3y 9m 09/30/1896 Single -
Reed
- Clayton Center
Tubercular
Mengitis
-
5 weeks
Clayton Center
10/02/1896
H.S. Patterson
Elkader, Ia
17 01/23/97 Rose Herwig
Female Whte
6y 1m 20d 12/20/1896
2 p.m.
Single German American
Osborne
- Volga
Membranous
Croup
none
3 days
Volga, Ia
12/21/1896
C.A. Brown
Volga City
18 02/03/97 George Fred Stelzenmuller
Male White
25y 11m 27d
Farmer
01/29/1897
9 p.m.
Single American
St. Sebald, Ia
25y 6m St. Sebald, Ia
Consumption
-
one year
St. Sebald
02/01/1897
G.H. Fuehr
St. Sebald, Ia
19 02/10/97 H.H. Reynolds
Male White
55y 8m 1d
Confectioner & fruit dealer
01/06/1897
9:05 p.m.
Widower -
Canada
40y McGregor
Peritonitis
-
18 days
Oakland cemetery
01/08/1897
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Ia
20 03/12/97 Christian Rust
Male White
71y 11d
Carpenter
12/19/1896
11 p.m.
Married German
Germany
30y Guttenberg, Ia
La Grippe
Asthemia
Paralysis cordis
-
one month
Guttenberg
12/21/1896
H.J. Schirmer
Guttenberg, Ia
21 03/12/97 Magdalena Roth
Female White
1y 6m 24d 11/06/1896
2 a.m.
- -
Guttenberg
- Guttenberg
Diphteria
Asthemis
Paralysis cordis
-
5 days
Gutenberg
11/06/1896
H.J. Schimer
Guttenberg, Ia
22 03/20/97 Derwood Parker
Male White
36y
Laborer
03/16/1897
7 a.m.
- -
Wisconsin
16y Highland twp
unknown,
supposed embolism brain
Influenza
3 days
Volga City
March 1897
J.H. Craig
Volga City
23 03/23/97 Allen H. Mallory
Male White
79y 3m 19d
Farmer
03/06/1897
8 p.m.
Single American
New York
47y Mallory twp
Paralysis
-
2 months
Brown's cemetery
03/08/1897
Tobie & Wilson
Colesburg
24 03/23/97 David U. Gull
Male White
70y 8m 5d
Farmer
01/20/1897
4 p.m.
Married American
Virginia
46y Millville twp
Dropsy
Valvular disease
of heart
Several years
Oak Hill cemetery
01/23/1897
Tobie & Wilson
Colesburg

-Page 112-

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 03/24/97 Mary A. Hall
Female White
76y 3m 13d
02/23/1897
7 a.m.
Married American
Salem NY
32y McGregor
Ante Yellow Atrophy
-
3 weeks
McGregor
02/25/1897
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Ia
26 03/24/97 Mary A. Quigley
Female Whte
77y 02/19/1897
2 p.m.
Widow American
Tennessee
42y McGregor, Ia
Pylophlebitis Tuppurations
-
3 weeks
Highland
02/21/1897
J.H. Miles
McGregor, Ia
27 04/01/97 Lilly Lake
Female White
3y 03/06/1897
3 a.m.
- American
Guttenberg
- Guttenberg
Minnigitis
La Grippe
3 days
Guttenberg
03/08/1897
Geo. J. H. Hullfoerster
-
28 04/09/97 Amelia Leona Oldverfer
Female White
22 days 04/06/1897
9 p.m.
- American
St. Sebald
- St. Sebald, Ia
Weakness
-
4 days
St. Sebald
04/09/1897
G.H. Fuehr
St. Sebald, Ia
29 04/17/97 Benj Jellings
Male White
66y
Farmer
04/04/1897
2 p.m.
Married England
-
30y Sperry twp
La Grippe
Diabetis
6 days
Volga City
04/06/1897
J.H. Craig
Volga City
30 04/26/97 Mary Randall
Female White
29y 4m 8d
Housewife
04/03/1897
5 p.m.
Married German American
Guttenberg
- Clayton, Ia
Catarraha Consumption resulting from La Grippe
Malaria
4 years
Guttenberg
04/06/1897
S.J. Randall
Clayton, Ia
31 05/06/97 Elizabeth Greener
Female White
69y 11d
Housewife
04/26/1897
1 p.m.
Widow German
Bavaria
46y Guttenberg, Ia
La Grippe
Astheria paralysis Cordis
-
two weeks
Guttenberg
04/28/1897
J.H. Schirmer
Guttenberg, Ia
32 05/26/97 Ray D. Craig
Male White
17y
Teaching
05/19/1897
2 a.m.
Single -
Lime Springs
- Volga City
Double pneumonia
Endocarditis
2 weeks
Volga City
05/20/1897
J.H. Craig
Volga City
33 01/05/97 Jesse B. Shelhamer
Male White
71y 11m
Notary Public
12/08/1896
Married -
Pennsylvania
- Elkader
Pyemia
General Debility
11 months
Elkader
12/10/1896
H.S. Patterson
Elkader, Ia
34 05/29/97 Walter Schultz
Male White
1y 9m 04/29/1897 - American
Iowa
- Grand Meadow twp
Convulsions attending diarhea
-
24 hours
Postville
04/30/1897
C.P. Flynn
Postville, Ia
35 05/31/97 Katherina Maria Krueger
Female White
53y 5m
Farmer's Wife
04/10/1897
5 p.m.
Married German
Hanover
48y Garnavillo Twp
Heart failure
Dropsy
some weeks
Garnavillo
04/13/1897
Rudolph Ginelin
Elkader, Ia
36 07/14/97 Dominick Osterdock
Male White
78y 6m 12d
Farmer
06/02/1897
11 a.m.
Widower French
France
- Clayton, Ia
Dropsy
-
2 years
Garnavillo
06/03/1897
S.J. Randall
Clayton, Ia

-Page 113-

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 07/14/97 Sarah Jane Martin
Female White
48y 10m 19d
Housewife
07/12/1897
8:45 a.m.
Married American
Ohio
- Volga City, Ia
Carcinoma of Stomach
-
10 years
Arlington
07/14/1897
M.A. Taylor
Volga City, Ia
38 07/14/97 Harriet P. Lossing
Female White
60y 9m
Housewife
07/13/1897
4 a.m.
Married Canadian
Canada
- Clayton, Ia
Dropsy
Asthma
one year
Clayton
07/14/1897
S.J. Randall
Clayton, Ia
39 07/27/97 Elizabeth Schmidt
Female White
74y 9m 14d
07/14/1897
2:30 p.m.
Married German
Germany
- Wadeda, Ia
Gastinitis or Inflammation of Stomach
Complicated with Grippe
Ten days
Wadena, Ia
07/16/1897
M.A. Taylor
Volga City, Ia
40 09/03/97 Peter Felder
Male White
77y
Tailor
08/16/1897
12:18 p.m.
Married -
Germany
15y Guttenberg, Ia
Malaria
Heart trouble
5 days
Guttenberg, Ia
08/19/1897
G.J. Holtfoerster M.D.
Guttenberg, Ia
41 09/08/97 Levi Duffy Phillipps
Male White
7y 9m 8d
07/31/1897
12:45 a.m.
- American
Volga City, Ia
- Volga City, Ia
Follicular Tonsilitis
Membranous Exudate
13 days
Volga City
08/01/1897
M.A. Taylor M.D.
Volga City, Ia
42 09/22/97 Harry Crain
Male White
27y
Farmer
09/13/1897
Married -
England
7y Volga City, Ia
Internal Hemmorhage
Shock Volga City
09/13/1897
J.H. Craig M.D.
Volga City, Ia
43 09/22/97 George L. Duwe
Male White
33y 2m 2d
Telegraph Operator
09/14/1897
4:30 p.m.
Married American
Osterdock, Ia
- Clayton, Ia
Scrofulosis caused by fall reslting in absess of kidney
-
16 months
Clayton Co.
09/16/1897
S.J. Randall
Clayton, Ia
44 09/25/97 Doris Welch

Female White
11y 7m 10d 08/31/1897
8:45 p.m.
- American
Volga City, Ia
- Volga City, Ia
Diphtheria
Septicemia
12 days
Volga City
09/01/1897
M.A. Taylor M.D.
Volga City, Ia
Reported Oct 1, 1897
End of Book 1 (next starts Vol A)

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-Transcription note: Every effort has been taken to transcribe the record accurately, but errors are possible and should be expected. 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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