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 2nd
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.....
