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Death Certificate Lydia P Richardson Philadelphia 1965 Cert 031606-65
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Transcription
M.E. case no. "1067"; primary district "80 X"; file no. "031606-65"; registered no. "4953" [read]. Apparent place of death "Residence, Philadelphia"; pronounced by "Dr Peters," AFL-CIO [facility], Philadelphia, 3/6/65, 10:05 A.M. Usual residence "PA, Phila.," "5912 Bingham St." Name "Lydia P Richardson." F, W. Date of birth "2/3/86." Age "79." Marital status "M." Citizenship "USA." Occupation "Housewife." Social security number "None." Birthplace "Phila Pa." Veteran: no. Spouse "Howard W Richardson." Mother's maiden name "Caroline Weise." Father's name "Charles Knoll." Informant "Husband." Cause "Presumably natural disease"; manner "Natural"; no autopsy; signed by a medical examiner (signature illegible), 3/6/65. Burial 3/9/1965, Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn, Montgomery County, Pa. Funeral director John F. Fluehr & Sons, 3301 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia. Received 9 March 1965, Joseph A. Farrell, registrar.
Plain reading
Lydia P. Richardson, a married housewife of 79, born in Philadelphia on 3 February 1886 to Charles Knoll and Caroline Weise, died at her home at 5912 Bingham Street on 6 March 1965 of presumably natural disease; buried at Hillside Cemetery 9 March 1965; her husband Howard W. Richardson gave the information.
Notes
STATED for her parents Charles Knoll and Caroline Weise (her husband's knowledge). PROBABLE that she is Lydia Pauline Knoll, married Howard Richardson (Prior Research, Chapter 7 children table): date of birth, parents' first names, and husband agree.
Walter's father is written "Elias Knoll" there, and Lydia's is "Charles Knoll" here. Either one man bore two names (Elias Charles?), or Walter belongs to a different Knoll father with a wife of the same given name and surname. Carried as unresolved; do not merge. (2) Prior Research lists her first marriage to Edward Henry Stopper (1908); the certificate names only the later husband, Howard.