Ontario, Wolcott and Sodus
The typescript of the list of deaths that took place in Wayne County in 1849 was donated to us by the Wayne County Historian's Office to help you better formulate questions when visiting the society or ordering mail searches. We all hope this list provides clues to ancestral location, surnames and perhaps a final death date. If you recognize anyone on this list, please drop a line to Tim 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 1849.***
*** Neither the team who assisted in preparing the township death lists nor the coordinators have further info on the persons named below. ***
F. = Foreigner N. = Native M. = Married U. = Unmarried
ONTARIO DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 5 | Thomas Sherburn U. N. | Ontario | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| January 15 | Albert Williams U. N. | Ontario | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| February 12 | Armina Pierce U. N. | Ontario | 39 | Tayloress | Consumption |
| February 16 | John Meeker U. N. | Ontario | 4 | Scarlet fever | |
| February 26 | Julia Jones U. N. | Webster | 29 | Housewifery | Inflamation of hart |
| March 1 | Mary Gardner U. N. | Ontario | 7 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 6 | Mary A. Blackman M. F. | Ontario | 22 | Housewifery | Consumption |
| March 7 | George Williams U. N. | Ontario | 17 | Farmer | Consumption |
| March 15 | Emaline Booth U. N. | Williamson | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 30 | Girard Richmond U. N. | Ontario | 3 | Scarlot fever | |
| March 31 | Theron L. Straight U. N. | Ontario | 13 | Scarlot fever | |
| April 8 | Richard Speller M. N. | Ontario | 55 | Farmer | Affiction of spine |
| April 23 | Catharine Swift M. N. | Ontario | 25 | Dressmaker | Enlargement of hart |
| April 25 | Palmer L. Maine U. N. | Ontario | 4 | Dropsy | |
| May 4 | Chloe Electa U. N. | Ontario | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| May 5 | Oscar Booth U. N. | Williamson | 5 | Scarlet fever | |
| May 14 | Mary E. Fuller U. N. | Ontario | 8 | Bilious fever | |
| May 15 | Polly Hallock M. N. | Ontario | 49 | Housewifery | Erysipelas |
| May 25 | Abram Louck U. N. | Webster | 1 | Dropsy on brain | |
| May 30 | Sarah A. Whitecomb M. N. | Ontario | 26 | Housewife | General debility |
| June 17 | John J. McKeen U. N. | Ontario | 6 | Scarlet fever | |
| Martin Cole M. N. | Webster | 26 | Farmer | Fall of tree | |
| July 4 | Sarah Saunders U. N. | Ontario | 11 mo. | Small pocks | |
| July 5 | Amanda Gurnee U. N. | Ontario | 4 | Scarlet fever | |
| July 16 | Lois Fosdick U. N. | Webster | 68 | Housewife-widow | Inflamatory rheumatism |
| July 19 | Mary E. Willets U. N. | Ontario | 16 | Inflamation | |
| September 12 | Lyman Lamphere U. N. | Ontario | 17 | Farmer | Dropsy on brain |
| September 22 | Harriet Gurnee U. N. | Webster | 2 | Summer complaint | |
| September 29 | Marvin G. Pound U. N. | Ontario | 2 | Inflamation | |
| October 5 | Ellen E. Dillingham U. N. | Ontario | 1 | Summer complaint | |
| October 12 | Thomas Colwell U. N. | Ontario | 3 | Croup | |
| October 15 | John Colwell U. N. | Ontario | 1 | Croup | |
| October 29 | Francis A. Gibbs U. N. | Ontario | (blank) | Cropsy on brain | |
| October 30 | Cornelia A. Wrisley U. N. | Ontario | 4 | Summer complaint | |
| November 16 | Ruth Burton M. N. | Ontario | 66 | Housewife | Summer complaint |
| November 26 | Enos W. Burton M. N. | Ontario | 56 | Carpinter | Inflamation on bowels |
| December 7 | Milo Patric U. N. | Williamson | 1 | Croup | |
| December 22 | Christiana Fries U. N. | Ontario | 8 | Dropsy |
Ontario 1849: prepared by Patti Norton of Baldwinsville, NY
WOLCOTT DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| January 7 | David F. Howland U. N. | Wolcott | 11 | Scarlet fever | |
| February 6 | Mary J. Plank M. N. | Wolcott | 22 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| February 8 | John Clapper U. N. | Wolcott | 3 | Measles | |
| February 22 | Geo. Underhill U. N. | Wolcott | 3 | Scarlet fever | |
| March 9 | Elizabeth Tracy widow | Wolcott | 85 | Old age | |
| March 18 | John N. Williams U. N. | Wolcott | (blank) | Billious Cholick | |
| March 28 | Horace Ward U. N. | Wolcott | 1 | Scrofula | |
| March 29 | Sally Ann DeWitt M. N. | Wolcott | 39 | Housekeeper | Conjestion of the brain |
| April 3 | Thomas N. Madan U. N. | Wolcott | 20 | Farmer | Accident |
| April 9 | Augustus Underhill U. N. | Wolcott | 11 | Congestion of the brain | |
| April 10 | George Lewis U. N. | Wolcott | 17 | Carpenter Brain fever | |
| April 13 | Ann Pearsels M. N. | Wolcott | 26 | Housekeeper | Dropsy |
| April 14 | Mary Benedict M. N. | Wolcott | 48 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| April 20 | Harriet Ann Linsey U. N. | Wolcott | 15 | Farmer dau. | Inflamation of brain |
| April 25 | Mary Packer U. N. | Wolcott | 76 | Old age | |
| April 26 | Andru Brown U. N. | Wolcott | 2 | Fits | |
| April 28 | Jonathan Karr M. N. | Wolcott | 92 | Unknown | |
| April 28 | Hellen Bennett U. N. | Wolcott | 2 | Worms | |
| April 29 | Eliza Corbit | Wolcott | 2 | | Shoked with a bean |
| May 8 | John R. Park U. N. | Wolcott | 1 | Consumption | |
| May 24 | James A. Turner U. N. | Wolcott | 11 | Congestion of the Brain | |
| May 25 | Richard C. Cheesbro M. | Wolcott | 40 | Carpenter | Congestion of the brain |
| June 22 | Harriet R. Lewis U. N. | Wolcott | 21 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| July 16 | Mrs. Colburn M. N. | Butler | 74 | Housekeeper | Old age |
| August 8 | John Linsey U. N. | Wolcott | 10 | Farmers son | Inflamation |
| August 9 | Eliza Clapper U. N. | Wolcott | 6 | Dysintary | |
| August 20 | Nancy Wetherby U. N. | Wolcott | 3 | Dysintary | |
| August 21 | Harry Wetherby U. N. | Wolcott | 1 | Dysintary | |
| September 2 | Nancy J. Snyder U. N. | Wolcott | 6 | Dysintary | |
| September 4 | Eliza McNeal U. N. | Wolcott | 15 | Comsumption | |
| September 6 | Mariam Underhill U. N. | Wolcott | 6 | Dysintary | |
| September 8 | A. Snyder U. N. | Wolcott | 2 | Dysintary | |
| September 9 | Margaret Clapper U. N. | Wolcott | 2 | Dysintary | |
| September 10 | James Backer U. N. | Wolcott | 3 | Dysintary | |
| September 11 | Thomas J. Backer U. N. | Wolcott | 1 | Dysintary | |
| September 12 | Elmer Lyon U. N. | Wolcott | 4 | Dysintary | |
| September 14 | no name | Wolcott | 1 | Dysintary | |
| September 14 | Sarah E. Reed U. N. | Wolcott | 6 | Dysintary | |
| September 16 | Henriett Reed U. N. | Wolcott | 9 | Dysintary | |
| September 17 | Silas Sears U. N. | Wolcott | 21 | Consumption | |
| September 18 | Mary Earll U. N. | Wolcott | (blank) | Dysintary | |
| September 22 | Caroline M. Conger M. N. | Wolcott | 26 | Housekeeper | Billious Dyareah |
| September 24 | Thomas W. Dutton U. N. | Wolcott | 5 | Enlargement of the brain | |
| September 25 | Dianthy Speer M. N. | Wolcott | 32 | Housekeeper | Cholera |
| September 27 | Jacob Blauvelt M. N. | Wolcott | 52? | Dysintary | |
| September 27 | Wm. Williams M. N. | Wolcott | 41 | Farmer | Chillfever |
| September 28 | Drusella Ahrmes M. N. | Wolcott | 63 | Farmer | Dysintary |
| September 28 | James E. Warner U. N. | Wolcott | 2 | Dysintary | |
| September 29 | Ellen Loeza Bowen U. N. | Wolcott | (blank) | Farmers dau. | (blank) |
| September 29 | George Hoag U. N. | Wolcott | 1 | (blank) | |
| December 14 | Mary Spencer N. widow | Wolcott | 55 | Housekeeper | Inflamation and fever |
Wolcott 1849: prepared by Patti Norton of Baldwinsville, NY
SODUS DEATHS 1849
| DATE | NAME | RESIDENCE | AGE | OCCUPATION | CAUSE OF DEATH |
| November 11 | Millie Irwin U.N. | Sodus | 30 | Domestic | Consumption |
| August 26 | Geo. I. Sergent U.N. | Sodus | 18 | Farmer | Cholera |
| February 20 | Susan Mason M.N. | Sodus | 28 | Consumption | |
| April 9 | Sally M. Shutts U.N. | Sodus | 1 | | Measals |
| March 16 | Sarah Birdsall M.N. | Sodus | 46 | Domestic | Pleurisy |
| February 25 | Sarah Clark N. | Sodus | 69 | Domestic | Consumption |
| August 3 | Ann Chapman M.N. | Sodus | 22 | Domestic | Consumption |
| August 25 | John Wride U.F. | Sodus | 49 | Farmer | Consumption |
| December 20 | Wm. B. Gates U.N. | Sodus | 10 | Domestic | Scarlet fever |
| December 16 | Laura Gates U.N. | Sodus | 3 | Domestic | Scarlet fever |
| June 24 | Mary Wilks M.F. | Sodus | 41 | Domestic | Child fever |
| March 7 | Stephen Gurnee U.N. | Sodus | 76 | Farmer | Monia pota |
| March 5 (7?) | Darcas St. John M.N. | Sodus | 82 | Domestic | Bronchitus |
| February 15 | Lucy Ann Hodd M.N. | Sodus | 29 | Domestic | Consumption |
| August 15 | Mary Robinson M.F. | Sodus | 38 | Domestic | Consumption |
| October 2 | Chas. Hamby U. | Sodus | 74 | Farmer | Old age |
| December 6 | Willard Baker U. | Sodus | 21 | ||
| December 20 | Olive Balch U.N. | Sodus | 11 | Scarlet fever | |
| April 25 | Catherine Demmon M.N. | Sodus | 24 | Seamstress | Consumption |
| March 31 | P. N. Fellers M.N. | Sodus | 57 | Farmer | Asthma |
| December 2 | David Allen M.N. | Sodus | 33 | Farmer | Congestive fever |
| January 13 | Imagene Whitbeck U.N. | Sodus | 30 | Domestic | Scarlet fever |
| February 8 | Emily Ann Johnson N. | Sodus | 3 | Dropsy | |
| May 10 | Daniel McIntosh M.F. | Sodus | 68 | Farmer | Fell from horse |
| August 17 | Betsey Kiplin U.F. | Sodus | 44 | Domestic | Consumption |
| October 14 | John Vanderbelt U.N. | Sodus | 45 | Farmer | Dislocation of the neck |
| October 15 | Richard P. Alford U.N. | Sodus | 20 | Farmer | Cholera |
| November 5 | James Alexander U.N. | Sodus | 67 | Mechanic | Consumption |
| February 14 | Daniel M. Tayler U.F. | Sodus | 1 | | Inflamation of the lungs |
| May 1 | Parna Denis U.N. | Sodus | 28 | Domestic | Inflamation of the lungs |
| May 10 | Western Wilber M.N. | Sodus | 16 | Farmer | Inflamation of the bowels |
| May 25 | Wm. Walling U.N. | Sodus | 60 | Farmer | Billious fever |
| May 25 | Phebe Walling U.N. | Sodus | 16 | Domestic | Consumption |
| November 25 | Blair Carpenter U.N. | Sodus | 22 | Farmer | Inflamation of bowels |
| January 11 | Mary Goodsell M.N. | Sodus | 13 | Domestic | Consumption |
| July 20 | Saml. L. Morse M.N. | Sodus | 67 | | Tumer |
| June 2 | Wealthy Collins U.N. | Sodus | 36 | Consumption | |
| March 2 | John H. Case U.N. | Sodus | 19 | | Conjestion brain |
| September 13 | Martha Norton U.N. | Sodus | 11 | | Conjestion brain |
| November 8 | Mary E. Hulbert U.N. | Sodus | 2 | Scald | |
| December 14 | H. J. Snyder ___ | Sodus | 48 | Appoplexy | |
| January 21 | James Gillet M. | Sodus | 55 | Farmer | Bite of a hog |
| August 30 | Ellis Hopkins U. | Sodus | 20 days | ||
| August 20 | Lydia Reynolds U. | Sodus | 8 months | ||
| October 14 | Wm. Nicholds U.F. | Sodus | 67 | Farmer | |
| July 6 | Elizabeth (unknown) | Sodus | 77 | Domestic M.F. |
Sodus 1849: prepared by Dorathy Hardie of Thousand Oaks, CA
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