Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #3600 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 61
Certificate Number 19054
Name of Deceased Planter, Ruby
Place of Death Wicomico
Town of Death Salisburyt; Peninsula Hospital
Sex F
Race AA
Married, Widowed, or Single single
Date of Birth 7/4/1900
Age (year, month, days) 17 yrs 3 mos 1 ds
Occupation or Employer gen housework
Birthplace Virginia
Father's Name Fredrick Planter
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Name Linie Byrd
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Informant (Relationship and Address) Edward Planter; Virginia
Date of Death 10/5/1917
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor typhoid fever; 30 ds
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long toxemia & exhaustion
Physician and Address DW Potter; Salisbury Md
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address Mapsville Cemetery; 10/7/1917; JF Stewart; Salisbury Md
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence 21 ds; residence Painter VA
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