I'm going to come out there real soon and give you the biggest hug around the neck, imaginable. Good work doesn't go by you, You are doing it, so I can't say "Keep up the Good Work", Thanks Delilah Sharon/Connecticut --- Delilah <diamond6468@mindspring.com> wrote: > I ordered a death certificate on an EVANS child and > it is not mine. Whoever > is related to the child, can have the death > certificate. This is a special > death certificate - nobody cared enough to see his > last info about him was > written correctly. > > Child is Stanley P. EVANS, age 8 months, died May 7, > 1918, 4:30 pm, African > American, born in Birmingham > father was W.W. EVANS (initials may be different) > born Marion Al. > mother was A?? P??? EVANS, born Marion, Al. > > At time of death he lived at 920 Joseph St., > Jefferson County. > Dr. was Huckabee, 2001 Ave W. Buried Grace Hill, > undertaker Echols & Strong > in Birmingham. > > Ok you asked why is this one 'special' - Well he > was somebody's baby, only > 8 months old, primary cause of death was Enteritis > (diarhea), had to be bad, > he was treated from April 24, 1918 until May 6, 1918 > before he died, and was > buried on May 7, 1918. Back then they had no real > medical treatments, they > usually just got too dehydrated and then died. His > little body could take no > more, and apparently nobody paid any attention to > this death, because, as > written on the death certificate he was treated from > 4/24/1918 to 5/6/1918 > (the little things) date of death listed is April 6, > 1918, burial was April > 7, 1918, nobody paid any attention to getting the > smallest details correct - > I believe Dr. Huckabee was a white man and this was > a Negro child, can you > imagine having to bury your child the very next day > after he died, what did > they bury him in, it will be 100 years before long, > Mama I cried for your > baby and I cared about him, so nobody gets this > unless they can show a > connection, who knows what he could of been. No > medicine for Black babies, > no hospital for Black babies - but he had a mother > and a father and now he > has an old woman that cares he died, maybe I can > make it up to her and find > him a relative. > > Doed anybody know where that cemetery is? You think > he may have a marker? > All I want is someone to say I was special, when I > "go up"? > > I also ways say, if you cannot handle the smallest > of detail, how are going > to handle the biggest. > > delilah evans > The Good Ones always Go first! > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >