Amanuensis Monday, Dolly Doty’s Death Certificate Feb. 10, 1884

An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts.

Today I’m posting Dolly Doty’s death certificate. 3^rd Great Grandmother Dolly was John Doty’s widow and mother of nine children. She was born Jan. 31, 1798 and died Feb. 10, 1884 in Wawayanda, Orange County, New York.

Last week I published a post with more details about John and Dolly’s family:

CENSUS SUNDAY: John Doty, Farmer, Wawayanda, Orange Co., NY, 1790-1857

 (Just click on title to view it)

You’ll find a transcription below. I’ve [bracketed] unclear words and added a few comments.

Dolly Doty’s Certificate of Death

Issued by the State of New York

STATE OF NEW YORK

CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

County of Orange

   In the Town of Wawayanda

1.    Full name of Deceased   Mrs. Dolly Doty

2.    Age  86 years, 1 months, 10 days.    Sex  Female

3.    Widowed    

4.    Occupation  [blank]

5.    Birthplace  Orange Co., N.Y.

6.    Father’s Full Name and Birthplace  Wm. Hemingway State Conn.

7.    Mother’s Full Name and Birthplace  Esther Hemingway Orange Co. N.Y. [Esther Halstead]

8.    Place of Death  At Home, Wawayanda, N.Y.

9.    Date and Hour of Death Died on the 10^th day of Feb. 1884

10.   I hereby report this Death and certify that the foregoing statements are true according to the best of my knowledge

J. [W.] Doty  Wawayanda, N.Y.  [This could be Dolly’s son Jefferson or John]

     11.  I Hereby Certify, That I attended the deceased from 1^st of Feb. 1884 to 8^th of Feb. 1884 and that I last saw her Feb. 8^th 1884, and that she died on the 10^th of Feb. 1884, about 8 o’clock a.m., and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the cause of her death was as hereunder written:

Chief and Determining  Pneumonia

Consecutive and Contributing  [blank]

Sanitary observations  [blank]

    

      Witness my hand this 10^th day of Feb. 1884

(Signature) [G. A. Emory]

Residence Middletown, N.Y.

No. of Burial Permit [blank]

Place of Burial Family Ground  [Mills Cemetery]

Date of Burial Feb. 12^th 1884

  Undertaker [blank]