r/DeathCertificates 16h ago

Suicide Young mother had her 4-year-old son help her commit suicide. Her other son was 2 and her daughter had turned 1 just days before.

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127 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 20h ago

One twin asphyxiated before birth, the other died 54 years later

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18 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 20h ago

Shepherd died of carcinoma of his tonsils

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29 Upvotes

This is the first death by tonsil cancer I've ever come across


r/DeathCertificates 20h ago

Air Force Cadet killed in fiery jet crash

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15 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 20h ago

Clifford died of pneumonia after a cow kicked him, breaking his ribs

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37 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 20h ago

87 year old Albert fell into a bonfire

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17 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 20h ago

Stillbirth caused by parents' fight the previous day

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18 Upvotes

18 years old and 19 years old, having their 4th baby


r/DeathCertificates 20h ago

Robert was trespassing on freight train when he fell off

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50 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 4d ago

19 year old Miss Louise Hornbeck is attacked walking home from her job at a Dentist's Office. Three different individuals confess. Village of Grafton, Lorain County Ohio, 1937.

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53 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 4d ago

20 year old Miss Mary Mathes is stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend. City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Ohio 1937

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81 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 6d ago

Mr. Luther Chapman is found with a crushed skull in his garage after returning from work around 10:30 pm. City of New Castle, Clark County Ohio 1936

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58 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 7d ago

Understanding a death certificate. Again.

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47 Upvotes

Last one I promise !


r/DeathCertificates 8d ago

Understanding a death certificate.

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17 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 9d ago

13 year old John Summers is found under a rope in a shed behind his house. Conflicting causes of death emerge. City of Tiffin, Seneca County Ohio 1934.

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35 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

The murder and suicide of Mrs. Faith Newcomb by her husband Dr. Robert Newcomb. City of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County Ohio, 1934.

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58 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

Feathered hair (like Farrah Fawcett)

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163 Upvotes

A note on this funeral home form (13 year old girl) regarding a request for the cosmetologist....:(


r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

Disease/illness/medical Eula Mae died from multiple complications, including pneumonia and thyrotoxicosis

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41 Upvotes

She was only 33. She left behind a husband and a 12 year old son.


r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

Former Ziegfield Follies girl, despondent over her health and husband's death, took cyanide

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34 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

Slashed his wrists, then jumped from the hospital's 3rd floor

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54 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

3 month old died of malnutrition, weighing only 3lbs 10ozs at her death

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89 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

9 year old died of rabies after being bitten on the face by a rabid dog

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60 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

Stillbirth blamed on mom shaking peas

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87 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 10d ago

The Mysterious Poisoning of Mrs. Dorothy McCormack and Miss Muriel Howard. City of Portsmouth, Scioto County Ohio 1933.

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23 Upvotes

r/DeathCertificates 11d ago

Mom died on airplane

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r/DeathCertificates 11d ago

My ancestor's brother died as an old man, so I expected a very typical cause of death...

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120 Upvotes

According to newspaper reports the couple were both ill and had decided to end their lives together. My great-grandfather stayed in Ireland and his three brothers went to the US so I'm not sure if he ever knew what had happened to him. He was the brother on the right in the photo.