My Trails into the Past

This database at Ancestry , “Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011,” is new to me and I have found a few death certificates for my husband’s Davey family in Indiana. The first I searched for was Edward N. Flynn , who died in 1916 in Jeffersonville, Clark County. He did not appear under his full name but rather his initials, E. N. Flynn. [1] I had previously found two obituaries for him. [2] He served as mayor of Jeffersonville from 1905 to 1909. He never married and his sister, Mayme Wooley, was the informant on his certificate. Edward was the son of John L. Flynn and Elizabeth Davey. Next, I found Edward’s father, John L. Flynn, who died on 26 October 1907 in Jeffersonville, Clark County. [3] The age and date of birth on the certificate were 78 years, 5 months, and 11 days old, and born on 15 May 1829. His tombstone reads 15 May 1830. The informant for his death certificate was his second wife, Carrie Flynn. It is quite possible that she got the information about his pare...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's  Saturday Night  again - time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Here is our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings : 1)  What memories do you have of family sickness or death?  Tell us about one or more of them and how the family dealt with it. Here’s mine: Grandfather, Tom J. Johnston The first death that I was aware of was my grandfather, Tom J Johnston’s in 1973. I remember my mother getting a call from my grandmother and my parents going over to the house. I was left to watch over my five younger brothers and sisters. I was between freshman and sophomore in college. I somehow remember that we were cleaning up the yard for company we were going to have that weekend, but that was all canceled. The funeral was on Friday at the Oak Park Hills Chapel. My two youngest sisters did not attend and perhaps Mrs. Potter watched them. We were told it would be a closed casket, but when we got there, it was open. That w...