Looking for advice and possible explanation for inability to find death certificate in MD after 1920. I am trying to find the parents of my great grandfather, Samuel F. Nicholson of Baltimore City (I know, it had to be a name like Smith!). He was born in MD in 1849. I have found him and his family in most Census records up to and including 1920. In the 1920 Census, he is 71 and head of household which included his wife (age 67) and his 21 year old son and 21 year old daughter. I was hoping that his death certificate might include the name of his father. However, after searching the death record indexes of both Baltimore City and the counties for every year from 1930 until he would have been 100, I have not been able to find a record of his death. Nor have I been able to find a record of the death of his wife. Is it possible that both he and his wife died without any death certificate being recorded? He had six children. One daughter married a man from Virginia. Although with five other children living in Baltimore I think it is unlikely considering he was in his mid 70s that he moved a great distance, I suppose he and his wife could have moved to live with his daughter in Virginia and they both died there. However, my father told me that he saw him in Maryland "when he was dying" (about 1937). So, back to my original question. How likely is it that both he and his wife could have died between 1920 and 1938 in Baltimore City without any record of their deaths? Thank you, Bruce Bruce L. Nicholson, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology University of Maine Orono, Maine 04469 Tel: 207-581-2800 Fax: 207-581-2801 Email: brucen@maine.edu Personal Web Page: www.geocities.com/brucelnicholson

"Bruce L. Nicholson" wrote: > Looking for advice and possible explanation for inability to find death > certificate in MD after 1920. > > I am trying to find the parents of my great grandfather, Samuel F. > Nicholson of Baltimore City (I know, it had to be a name like Smith!). He > was born in MD in 1849. I have found him and his family in most Census > records up to and including 1920. > > In the 1920 Census, he is 71 and head of household which included his wife > (age 67) and his 21 year old son and 21 year old daughter. > > I was hoping that his death certificate might include the name of his father. > > However, after searching the death record indexes of both Baltimore City > and the counties for every year from 1930 until he would have been 100, I > have not been able to find a record of his death. Nor have I been able to > find a record of the death of his wife. > > Is it possible that both he and his wife died without any death certificate > being recorded? > > He had six children. One daughter married a man from Virginia. Although > with five other children living in Baltimore I think it is unlikely > considering he was in his mid 70s that he moved a great distance, I suppose > he and his wife could have moved to live with his daughter in Virginia and > they both died there. However, my father told me that he saw him in > Maryland "when he was dying" (about 1937). > > So, back to my original question. How likely is it that both he and his > wife could have died between 1920 and 1938 in Baltimore City without any > record of their deaths? > > Thank you, > > Bruce > > Bruce L. Nicholson, Ph.D. > Professor > Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology > University of Maine > Orono, Maine 04469 > Tel: 207-581-2800 > Fax: 207-581-2801 > Email: brucen@maine.edu > Personal Web Page: www.geocities.com/brucelnicholson > > ==== MDGEN Mailing List ==== > No Spamming : No attachments are allowed . Sorry I can not help here. Glenda Green