Thursday, October 25, 2012

Lorenzo Dow Graham's Death Information


Lorenzo Dow Graham, my 2nd great-grandfather

Born: 23 Mar 1848, Jackson Parish, Louisiana

Died: 4 Apr 1933 Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida 

 

Note: his name is listed as Lorenza not Lorenzo, this happened frequently in the records, but all other information matches correctly for him.


Transcription

Office of Vital Statistics
Florida State Board of Health Certificate of Death
1.       Place of death
County: Hillsborough      District No: 19-01              State File No. 6141-A
Precinct: Ballast Point.   Precinct No: 19-537         Registered No. 98
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred 1 yrs. 6 mos ___ days.
2.       Full Name: Lorenza Dow Graham
a.       Residence No. 3103 Regan St.
3.       Sex: male
4.       Color: White
5.       Widowed
6.       Date of birth: 23rd of March 1848
7.       Age: 85 years 0 months 11 days
8.       Retired carpenter
9.       Industry or business in which work was done: House
10.   Date deceased last worked at this occupation: 1918
11.   Total time spend in this occupation: 50 years
12.   Birthplace _______ LA.
13.   Father’s Name: Robert Graham
14.   Father’s birthplace: don’t know
15.   Mother’s maiden name: Ruthie Smith
16.   Mother’s birthplace:  don’t know
17.   Informant: Thos. G. Kirk address 3104 Oakellor St.
18.   Burial: Myrtle Hill Date: April 6th 1933
19.   Undertaker: B. Marion Reed Address: Juniper ??
20.   Filed April 5th 1933
Medial Certificate of Death
21.   Date of Death: April 4, 1933
22.   I Hereby Certify, that I attended deceased from 4/2  1933 to 4/4 1933.  I last saw him alive on 4/4 1933. Death is said to have occurred on the date stated above, at 6:45 p.m. 
The principal cause of death and related caused of importance in order of onset were as follows:
Cerebral hemorrhage
Contributory causes:
Arterial sclerosis
Hypertension
Signed: illegible dr signature and address.

One new question from the death certificate: who was the informant, Thos. G. Kirk? Was he a close family member whose information could be reliable? 

And here's Lorenza Dow Graham's Obituary from the Tampa Daily News,

 5 April, 1933, page 2 column 5



Lorenzo lived a very colorful life -- more on that in the future.

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