New Evidence....

         For the first time in a while, the information below really is stumping me.  When I wrote the book {The Booz In Our Blood}, I had 4 source records for Elsie Virginia Skinner-Huntsman… she is my 2^nd cousin 3 times removed.

         The Sources were the Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 

and 3 Obituaries:

News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, Saturday, December 18, 1965

News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, Sunday, December 19, 1965

The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio, Sunday, December 19, 1965

         I thought this was pretty good EVIDENCE. 

         Well “think again”!  This week I got an email via Find A Grave regarding a death certificate for Elsie Virginia Skinner-Huntsman {http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64649163}  from Cheryl Behrend (#39733792).

Though Elsie’s original records when the memorial was created show Elsie’s death as occurring in Ohio, Cheryl sent this update:

Elsie Virginia Huntsman, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"

Name:         Elsie Virginia Huntsman

Event Date:         17 Dec 1965

Event Place:         Newell, Hancock, West Virginia

Gender:         Female

Age (Expanded):         62 years

Birth Date:         06 Jun 1903

Birthplace:        

Marital Status:         Married

Spouse's Name:        

Father's Name:         Wm. J. Skinner

Father's Birthplace:        

Mother's Name:        

Mother's Birthplace:        

Occupation:         Housewife

Address:        

Residence Place:         Mansfield, Richland, OH

Cemetery:        

Burial Place:         Mansfield, Oh

Burial Date:         20 Dec 1965

GS Film number:         858763

Digital Folder Number:         4229959

Image Number:         441

Affiliate Repository Type:         County Records

Reference ID:         Dist. 150, Ser. 300

  

         My reply to Cheryl:

RE: Regarding Elsie Virginia Skinner-Huntsman

How very unusual... how did you come upon this certificate as I hadn't even THOUGHT to look in WV since there was the Ohio death record and 3 obits?

It IS her, it does say that there was NO AUTOPSY performed on the WV certificate... but on this OHIO document it says there was:

Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007 about Elsie V Huntsman

Name: Elsie V Huntsman

Birth Date: 1903

Gender: Female

Race: White

Residence County: Richland

Residence State: Ohio

Residence Country: United States

Death Date: 17 Dec 1965

Hospital of Death: Public - Other

Certificate: 02095

Age at Death: 62

Certifier: Physician

Autopsy: Yes, used for certification

Marital Status: Married

  

Since Ohio Death Certificates are online FREE until 1958, anything later than 1958 would need to be ordered through Vital Check… as this cost is in excess of $30 and Elsie is a collateral line and not my direct line ancestor… I’m opting out as I already have a West Virginia Death Certificate.

Since this document was from Ancestry.com, I can only copy the text for you.

ALSO there are 3 obituaries published and 2 say she died in East Liverpool, one says Lisbon, Ohio. Obits should not be part of the memorial... so I can't post them there for you to see.

I checked and East Liverpool is just 5.5 miles from the Racetrack where she died. I wonder if she was issued a WV Death certificate in that State, then taken to the East Liverpool hospital for an autopsy and this is what registered the OHIO Death record.

Now I wonder if the family was probably told she died where the autopsy was done to "Hide" the fact she was at a Race Track .... and betting? 

Thank you Cheryl for finding this record to add to our The Booz In Our Blood book files.....