In a message dated 10/30/2003 8:38:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:asking for help, terry in sandusky > Date:10/30/2003 8:38:43 PM Eastern Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:Kwsroots">Kwsroots</A> > > > > sorry to bother you..... > could you PLEASE check y our files and see if you have a death record for > WILLIAM AUGUSTUS FRANCIS....lived on whittsley ave in norwalk, died in Jan of > 1910...no record at health dept...i have his obit, place of burial, pic of > gravesite and pics of him....he was my grt grandfather....he died at home so > dont understand why no death cert for him......i have all the info i need on > him, just no death cert, and if it would be recorded at courthouse, i will go > there and get a copy.... > i have traced all his sons but 2 ...and in my fathers generation, i have all > the siblings obits, pic and burial sites and pics of graves....(one in calif > and one in tn that people have taken and sent to me) > i live in sandusky but dont get over to norwalk much.... > his son, william p. francis lived on whittsley ave also...and i have traced > that oldest sons family and have had contact with his descendents...(from his > first marriage, to my grt grandmothers sister......) > thanks you for your time....and effort... > terry churchill in sandusky ohio Hi Terry, I could find no record of your William A. Francis in our Death Index for Huron County, Ohio, 1908-1919, nor in our Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions book. However, curiously, I did find references to two obits for a William A. Francis, age 77, where the death dates given were about a month apart. One was reported by the Clyde Enterprise newspaper, the other by the Sandusky (OH) (Daily) Register. >From the R.B. Hayes (online) Obituary Index: 1. William A. Francis, age 77, place of death: Norwalk, died 2/12/1910. Reported in the Clyde Enterprise, 2/17/1910, page 4, col. 1. 2. William A. Francis, age 77, wife: Lotta Houtz, place of death: Norwalk, died 3/13/1910. Reported in the Sandusky (OH) (Daily) Register, 3/16/1910, page 7, col. 3. Regards, Ken Shute in Maryland