Death Certificate Transcriptions
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The Death Certificates in my research collection were obtained from the Vital Registration Office of the West Virginia Health Statistics Center. Visit their website to learn how to request records for your ancestors.
Bear in mind that the information on a death certificate is second hand; that is, it is given by relatives of the deceased. The informants may not have known some facts and may have made guesses to fill in the blanks. Certificates have been transcibed as recorded. I have made no corrections to any entries. Use the menu on your right to jump to the record you would like to view.
Death Certificate: West Virginia Dept. of Vital Statistics, Series #576, Certificate #3238.
1. Place of Death - County: Fayette, District: Kanawha, Town or City: Elk Ridge
2. Full Name: Calvin Atha, Residence - Elk Ridge
3. Sex: Male
4. Race: White
5. Marital: Married
5a. Husband of: [blank]
6. dob: [blank]
7. Age: 69 yrs
8. Trade, Profession: Retired
12. pob: Ohio
13. Name of Father: Lur Ramsey Atha (sic)
14. Birthplace of Father: Ohio
15. Maiden Name Mother: Mary Wiseman
16. Birthplace of Mother: Ohio
17. Informant: John F. Atha
18. Burial, Cremation or Removal: Cregg (sic) 3-10-1931
19. Undertaker: R.C. Hooper
20. Filed: 4-10-1931 Mrs. J[---] Parr, registrar
21. Date of Death: Mar 8 1931
22. Doctor's statement: I hereby certify I attended the deceased from 2-10-1931 to 3-8-1931. I last saw him alive on 3-8-1931 death is said to have occurred on the date stated above at 2 P.
Cause of death - I[---]iction - Fractured hip. Date of onset - [-]-1-31 11-30.
24. Signed - W. B. Davis, M.D., Elkridge.
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Death Certificate: West Virginia State Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Series #100(?), Certificate #4861.
1. Place of Death: District # 4161(?) Matville, Raleigh Co., WVa.
2. Full Name: Mrs. Mary J. Athey.
3. Sex: Female
4. Race: White
5. Marital: Widow
6. dob: [blank]
7. Age: 88 yrs, 8
8. Occupation: none
9. Birthplace: Summers Co.
10. Name of Father: Henry Wiseman
11. Birthplace of Father: W. Virginia
12. Name of Mother: not known
13. Birthplace of Mother: WVa.
14. Informant: G.(?) A. Athey, Maynor, WVa.
15. Registrar: March 21, 1923, W.H. Foglesong
16. Date of Death: March 20, 1923
17. Cause of Death: Senility - There was no doctor called in this case. Prince H. Calfee, March 21, 1923, Beckley, WVa.
18. Length of Residence: At Place of Death 88 years; In the State: 88 years.
19. Place of Burial or Removal: Matville, WVa. on March 21, 1923.
20 Undertaker: H.T. Calfee, Beckley, WVa.
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Death Certificate: West Virginia Dept. of Vital Statistics, Series #6, Certificate #4225.
1. Place of Death - County: Fayette, District: Fayette, Town or City: Sanger
2. Full Name: Greene Ballard Cantley, Residence - Sanger
3. Sex: Male
4. Race: White
5. Marital: Widower
5a. Husband of: Margaret Arnold Cantley
6. dob: February 25, 1852
7. Age: 77 yr, 1 month, 3 days
9. pob: Raleigh Co. WV
10. Name of Father: George Cantley
11. Birthplace of Father: Raleigh Co. WV
12. Maiden Name Mother: Druzilla Clay
13. Birthplace of Mother: Raleigh Co. WV
14. Informant: Informant: J.B. (?) Cantley
15. Received 3/28/1929
16. Date of Death: March 28, 1929
17. Doctor attended - Feb. 3, 1929 to March 28, 1929. Last seen alive 3/27/1929. Death occured at 9 a.m. Cause of Death: cerebral hemmorhage apoplexy (something unreadable) chronic interstitial nephritis.
18. Did operation precede death: no, Signed: F.S. Harklervad (sp. ?) Harvey, WV
19. Place of burial: Sanger. Date of Burial 4-1-1929.
20. Undertaker: C.B. (Calle...? unreadable) Thurmond WV.
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Death Certificate: West Virginia Dept. of Vital Statistics, Series #15, Certificate #9886.
1. Place of Death: Sanger, Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV
2. Full Name: Margaret Arnold Cantley
3. Sex: Female
4. Race: White
5. Marital: Married
6. dob: September 22, 1859
7. Age: 68 years, 7 months, 19 days
8. Occupation: Housewife
9. Birthplace: Raleigh Co., WV
10. Name of Father: John Arnold
11. Birthplace of Father: VA
12. Name of Mother: Margaret "Arnold" or "Amond" or something else illegible
13. Birthplace of Mother: VA
14. Informant: J.W. Smith, Glen Jean, WV
15. Registrar: July 11, 1928, E. L. Keenan
16. Date of Death: July 11, 1928
17. Cause of Death: Nephritis with hypertension, edema of lungs (doctor's name and address illegible)
18. [blank]
19. Place of Burial: Hurt Cemetery, Sanger on July 12, 1928
20. Undertaker: C. B-- (illegible) Thurmond, WV
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Death Certificate: WV State Department of Health, Registered #18114.
1. Place of Death - V.A. Facility, Dist. No. 5072, County, Wayne, District, Westmoreland, City or Town, Huntington
1.a. Place of Residence - State, W.Va., County, Fayette, City or Town, Oak Hill. Length of residence where death occurred, 1 mo. 4 days.
2. Full Name - Peter Pieckowski
3. Sex: Male
4. Race: White
5. Marital: Married
5a. Wife - Martha Pieckowski
6. Date of Birth - June 29, 1890
7. Age - 45 years 5 months 6 days
8. Occupation: Coal Miner
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10. Date Deceased Last Worked - 5 years ago
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12. Birthplace - Poland
13. Father's Name - Tony Pieckowski
14. Father's Birthplace - Poland
15. Mother's Name - Eve Dawoski
16. Mother's Birthplace - Poland
17. Informant - V.A. Facility Chart, Huntington, W.Va.
18. Removal - Oak Hill, W.Va., 12/6/1935.
19. Undertaker - Tyree & Dew, Oak Hill, WV
20. File Date - 12/6/1935, Registrar R.A. Wolford
21. Date of Death - December 5, 1935
22. Time of Death - 8:30 p.m., cause - bronchial asthma; bronchitis, chronic, severe; cardiac dilatation, right side.
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Eliza Etta Webb
Death Certificate: WV State Department of Health, Certificate #10026, Dist. No. 410, Serial No. 347.
1. Name of Deceased - Eliza Etta Daniel
2. Date of Death - July 28, 1954
3. Place of Death - Raleigh County, Beckley. Length of stay, 2 days, Raleigh General Hospital.
4. Usual Residence - W. Va., Raleigh, Lester
5. Sex - Female
6. Color or Race - White
7. Married, Never Married, Widowed, Divorced - Married
8. Date of Birth - Apr. 8, 1883
9. Age - 71
10. Usual Occupation - Domestic
10a. Kind of Business or Industry - Housewife
11. Birthplace - Glen Daniels, W. Va.
12. [blank]
13. Father's Name - John Webb
14. Mother's Maiden Name - Unknown
15. [blank]
16. [blank]
17. Informant - Theodore Atha
18. Disease or Condition Leading to Death - cerebral vascular accident due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease
16. Mother's Birthplace - Poland
17. Informant - V.A. Facility Chart, Huntington, W.Va.
18. Removal - Oak Hill, W.Va., 12/6/1935.
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22. Statement - "I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from 7/26/1954 to 7/28/1954, that I last saw the deceased alive on 7/28/1954 and that death occurred at 8:15 p.m. from the causes and on the date stated above.
23a. Signature - Dr. [?] D. Daniel Jr.
23b. Address - Raleigh General Hospital
23c. Date signed - 31 July 1954
24a. Burial, Cremation - Burial
24b. Date - 7/31/1954
24c. Name of Cemetery or Crematory - Webb, Lester, W. Va.
24d - Embalmer's signature - [?] Quesenberry, Lic. No. 1154. Date Rec'd by Local Reg. - 8/5/54. Registrar's Signature - Marie M. Harvey.
25. Funeral Director - [?] Quesenberry, Lic No. 725.
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James F. Wykle
Death Certificate: WV State Department of Health, Series #4, Certificate #1719.
1. Place of Death - Dist. No. 1022, County, Fayette, District, Fayetteville, City or Town, Harvey, W.Va.
2. Full Name - James F. Wykle
3. Sex - Male
4. Race - White
5. Marital - Married
5a. Wife - Winnie Cantley
6. Date of Birth -March 31, 1888
7. Age - 44 years 10 months 20 days.
8-11. Occupation - Timberman
12. Birthplace - West Virginia
13. Father's Name - W.P. Wykle
14. Father's Birthplace - West Virginia
15. Mother's Name - Alice Harper
16. Mother's Birthplace - West Virginia
17. Informant - W.P. Wykle, Sanger, WV
18. Burial - Hurt Cemetery, Hill Top, W.Va. 2/22/1933
19. Undertaker - C.B. Collins(?), Thurmond, WV
20. File Date - 2/21/1933, Registrar E.R. Keenan
21. Date of Death - February 20, 1933.
22. Time of Death - 6 p.m., cause - chronic nephritis, pyorrhea [unreadable]. Dr. F. Harklervad, Harvey, W.Va.
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Mary Jane Wykle
Death Certificate: WV State Department of Health, Certificate #3264
1. Place of Death - Dist. No. 20, Home, County, Fayette, City or Town, Sanger
1a. Place of Residence: State, W.Va.
2. Full Name - Mary Jane Wykle
3. Sex - Female
4. Race - White
5. Marital - Widow
5a. Husband - Pem Wykle
6. Date of Birth - March 11, 1873
7. Age - 67 years 9 months 9 days.
8-11. Occupation - Housework
12. Birthplace - Srontgon(sic) Ohio
13. Father's Name - James Arnold
14. Father's Birthplace - Fayette Co.
15. Mother's Name - Alimera Brown 16. Mother's Birthplace - John's Creek.
17. Informant - Clarence Skaggs, Fayetteville, R.F.D., WV 18. Burial - Highlawn, Oak Hill,1/22/1941
19. Undertaker - F.C. Thomas, Oak Hill, WV
20. File Date - 4/11/1941, Registrar Margaret Davenport
21. Date of Death - January 20, 1941.
22. Time of Death - 12 midnight., cause - influenza, pneumonia. E.S. Hamilton, MD, Oak Hill, W.Va.
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Winona Wykle
Death Certificate: WV State Department of Health, Series #7, Certificate #6037
1. Place of Death - Dist. No. 1026, County, Fayette, District, Fayetteville, City or Town, Hill Top
2. Full Name - Winona Wykle
3. Sex - Female
4. Race - White
5. Marital - Widow
5a. Husband - French Wykle
6. Date of Birth - January 27, 1893
7. Age - 41 years 3 months 7 days
8-11. Occupation - Domestic
12. Birthplace - Raleigh County
13. Father's Name - G. B. Cantley
14. Father's Birthplace - Raleigh Co.
15. Mother's Name - Margaret Arnold
16. Mother's Birthplace - Raleigh Co.
17. Informant - Margaret Wykle, Hill Top, WV
18. Burial - Hurt Cemetery, 5/6/1934
19. Undertaker - C.B. Collins(?), Thurmond, WV
20. File Date - 5/6/1934, Registrar W. R. Lubold
21. Date of Death - May 5, 1934
22. Time of Death - 2:40 p.m., cause - pulmonary tuberculosis, onset 1930.
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