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

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Record #4813 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 39
Certificate Number 18748
Name of Deceased Jones, Rita May
Place of Death Wicomico
Town of Death Fruitland; Hitch St
Sex F
Race Afro American
Married, Widowed, or Single single
Date of Birth 3/11/1899
Age (year, month, days) 20 yrs 7 mos 27 ds
Occupation or Employer housework
Birthplace Md
Father's Name Horace Jones
Father's Birthplace Md
Mother's Name Rosa Waters
Mother's Birthplace Md
Informant (Relationship and Address) Rona Jones; Chance
Date of Death 11/8/1919
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor puenpenl eclampsia
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long toxemia of pregnancy
Physician and Address WO Daisy; Fruitland Md
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address shipped to Deals Island; d11/11/1919; Holloways & Co; Salisbury Md
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence
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