| WAYNE COUNTY, NY DEATHS - 1847 Galen |
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The typescripts of the several lists of deaths that took place in Wayne County in 1848 were donated to us by the Office of the County Historian to help you better formulate questions when visiting the society or ordering mail searches. We all hope these lists provide clues to ancestral location, surnames and perhaps a final death date. If you recognize anyone on this list, please drop a line to co-coordinator Martha (address on first page of this site) so it can be noted next to their listing.
As you scan the listings you'll see unusual spellings. They're not typos we've made but can be attributed to the original typist's interpretation of old handwriting, or assumptions made by the registrars of the deaths. If a spelling differs from that of your ancestral surname, or deaths didn't take place in the townships you thought your ancestors were from, don't pass them by. Jot them down...just in case. A date and location can be used to search in the 1850 census or the info may turn out useful to others searching your surnames.
During years 1847 - 1850 some New York State counties officially recorded information about births, marriages and deaths. Then they just stopped. Not all counties preserved this early information so each county, and township within it, must be taken on a case-by-case basis in making inquiries of societies. Required birth registration didn't start in New York State until 1880, over 30 years after the 1847 - 1850 events were recorded, and wasn't really enforced until 1900. New York State death registration wasn't required until just after 1900. Marriage certificates were issued in the 1860s but kept by the couple and written down by the person performing the marriage.
*** Official death certificates were not given for New York State in 1847.***
*** The coordinators have further info on the persons named below. Please contact the county historian's office with all questions.***
F. = Foreigner N. = Native M. = Married U. = Unmarried
GALEN DEATHS 1847
| DATE | NAME | CITIZENSHIP & MARITAL STATUS | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18 | Emeline VanHorn | U.N. | Galen | 18 | - | Unknown |
| Feb 7 | Franklin Gordon | U.N. | Galen | 4 | - | Scarlet Fever |
| Feb 7 | Albert Clark | M.N. | Galen | 31 | Shoemaker | Consumption |
| Feb 14 | Emma P. Hickox | U.N. | Galen | 9 mo. | - | Inflamation of the Lungs |
| Feb 14 | Emma Allen | M.N. | Galen | 43 | - | Typhus Fever |
| Feb 26 | Emma Augusta Clark | U.N. | Galen | 1 | - | Croup |
| Mar 2 | Hiram Barrick | U.N. | Galen | 3 | - | Influenza |
| Mar 4 | Naomi Powell | M.N. | Galen | 24 | - | Disease not known |
| Mar 7 | John Harper | U.N. | Galen | 28 | Labour | Consumption |
| Mar 11 | Hannah Vandenburgh | M.N. | Galen | 58 | Farmers wife | Bilious Fever |
| Mar 11 | Sarah Ann Fergusen | M.N. | Galen | 21 | Farmers wife | Dropsy on the Hart |
| Mar 12 | George McIntire | U.N. | - | 1 1/2 | - | Dropsy on the Brain |
| Mar 27 | Abigal Watkins | N. | Galen | 71 | Widow | Old age |
| Mar 24 | Alexander Roy | U.N. | Galen | 18 | Farmer | Inflamation of the Lungs See Note at end of listings. |
| Apr 4 | George Charles | U.N. | Galen | 14 | - | Disease of Mesenteric Gland |
| Apr 10 | Christina DeGolyer | M.N. | - | 22 | - | Pureperal Fever |
| Apr 11 | Hariet Tipling | M.N. | Galen | 25 | - | Unknown |
| Apr 17 | Mary Lumbard | U.N. | Galen | 18 | - | Inflamation of the Brain |
| April 17 | Polly Philips | U.N. | Galen | 28 | - | Unknown |
| Apr 18 | Elizabeth McConnelly | M.N. | Galen | 44 | Housekeeper | Erysepelaz |
| May 1 | Mary Ann Becker | M.N. | Galen | 18 | - | Consumption |
| May 1 | William Austin | U.N. | Galen | 26 | Labour | Congestive Fever |
| May 6 | Lydia Lamoreaux | M.N. | Galen | 35 | Housekeeper | Neuralagy |
| May 15 | Mariah Groskoph | U.N. | Galen | 6 weeks | - | inflamation |
| May 12 | Mary Cooper | M.N. | Galen | 21 | Farmers wife | Confined and died with son month |
| June 3 | Moses Long | U.N. | Savannah | 50 | Labour | Billious Cholic |
| June 19 | Charles DeGolyer | U.N. | Galen | 3 months | - | Consumption |
| June 22 | not named (male) | U.N. | Galen | 1 week | - | Debility |
| July 1 | Julia Grow | M.N. | Galen | 21 | - | Puerperal Fever |
| July 5 | James K. Familiar | U.N. | Galen | 2 | - | Unknown |
| July 16 | not named (male) | U.N. | Galen | 1 month | - | Debility |
| July 18 | Horace Reed Jr. | U.N. | Galen | 1 | - | Measles |
| July 22 | Corwin Alanza Lyons | U.N. | Galen | 1 | - | Cholera Infantum |
| July 1 | Robert T. Ingersoll | U.N. | Galen | 1 1/2 | - | Scorpula |
| July 6 | Elvira Statira Wells | U.N. | Galen | 1 1/2 | - | Whooping Cough |
| Aug 7 | Charles E. Vanderbilt | U.N. | Galen | 1 | - | Worms |
| Aug 16 | Ann Ford | M.N. | Galen | 78 | - | Old Age |
| Aug 11 | Hosea Mead | M.N. | Galen | 34 | - | Palsy |
| Aug 11 | Ira Haley | U.N. | Galen | 1 | - | Inflamation of Bowels |
| Aug 19 | Ann Eliza Everhart | U.N. | Galen | 4 | - | Croup |
| Aug 19 | George A. Picher | U.N. | Galen | 18 | Farmer | Bilious Chill Fever |
| Aug 22 | Alonzo H. Dennison | U.N. | Galen | 1 1/4 | - | Bloody flux |
| Aug 23 | Jane Nichols | U.N. | Galen | 11 | - | Died in a fit |
| Sept 1 | John Walter | U.F. | Galen | 1 day | - | Unknown |
| Sept 3 | John Hamden Romyne | U.N. | Galen | 5 | - | Dysentery |
| Sept 4 | Charles Whittlesey | M.N. | Galen | 27 | Farmer | Bilious Cholic |
| Sept 5 | Ebenezer Chase | U.N. | Galen | 85 | - | Diarrhea; see notes at end of page |
| Sept 7 | Bahama Rice | M.N. | Galen | 70 | Lady | Dysentery |
| Sept 7 | Margaret Nichols | M.N. | Galen | 31 | Labours wife | Billous Fever |
| Sept 8 | Charles McLeod | U.N. | Galen | 26 | Farmer | Diarrhea |
| Sept 12 | Mary J. Hush | U.N. | Galen | 1 1/2 | - | Inflamation on the lungs |
| Sept 12 | Lawsen Hutchins | M.N. | Galen | 29 | Laborer | Inflamation on the lungs |
| Sept 15 | Ira Strong | U.N. | Galen | 18 | - | Inflamation on the lungs |
| Sept 15 | Levi Conkling | U.N. | Galen | 5 | - | Scarlet Fever |
| Sept 17 | Peter Waldruff | U.N. | Galen | 1 | - | Dysentery |
| Sept 17 | Margaret A. Hammend | U.N. | Galen | 4 1/2 | - | Consumption |
| Sept 27 | Mary Malissa Colburn | U.N. | Galen | 1 1/2 | - | Whooping Cough |
| Sept 24 | James R. Clark | U.N. | Galen | 3 | - | Worms |
| Sept 28 | Oscar Hammond | U.N. | Galen | 3 | - | Dysentery |
| Sept 26 | Thomas Magee Armitage | U.N. | Galen | 6 | - | Bloody Flux |
| - | Wm. H. Lamb | U.N. | Galen | 11 | - | Scorpelaz |
| Sept 24 | James R. Clark | U.N. | Galen | 3 | - | Worms |
| Oct 8 | James McLean | U.N. | Galen | 5 | - | Bloody Flux |
| Oct 8 | George Juchet | U.N. | Galen | 2 months | - | Consumption |
| Oct 13 | Robert McLean | U.N. | Galen | 2 | - | Bloody flux |
| Oct 20 | Emma Goodchild | U.N. | Galen | 8 | - | Drowned |
| Oct 22 | William Jones | M.N. | Galen | 47 | Potter | Hemerage of Stomach |
| Oct 28 | John Waldruff | M.N. | Galen | 82 | Farmer | Dropsy |
| Nov 6 | Hannah Vanderbilt | M.N. | Galen | 41 | - | Consumption |
| Nov 14 | Morgan L. Johnson | M.N. | Galen | 35 | Blacksmith | Inflamation of the Stomach |
| Dec 1 | Matilda Ann Davis | U.N. | Galen | 2 3/4 | - | Quinsy |
| Dec 26 | Sarah D. Steger | U.N. | Galen | 2 1/3 | - | Inflamation Lungs |
| Dec 30 | Herman Shepard | M.N. | Galen | 48 | - | Small Pox |
The original list is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
Prepared by Co-coordinator Allyn Hess Perry
NEW 1/29/06 "Ebenezer CHASE who died Sept 5, 1847 in Galen was born Sept 18, 1759 in Freetown, Mass. He married Sarah SNOW January 21, 1783 in Richmond, RI. She was the daughter of Seth Snow and Desire West, and was born June 28, 1760. I'm not finding anything on a death date or place for Sarah Snow Chase and perhaps she died much younger than Ebenezer. I'd also like to be able to find Ebenezer's gravesite if known. I do have his lineage back to William Chase who settled in Freetown, Mass from England on one of the four ships of Winthrop's fleet abt 1628. I'm interested in more information on the Chase family - Ebenezer and Sarah Snow Chase are my father's ancestors!"
From Town of Galen Editor, Patti Norton! "I am connected to the Alexander Roy listed here. From the tombstone he died at 1 year old though. The Galen Twp records list his age at death as 11 months 8 days- perhaps this was transcribed as 18? Any way, he is one of "mine.""
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