Ontario, Marion, Galen and Lyons
The typescript of this list of deaths that took place in Sodus, Wayne County in 1850 was 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 1848.***
*** Neither the team who are assisting 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
SODUS DEATHS 1850
| January 13 | Almira ALLEN M.N. | Sodus | 36 | Housekeeper | Erysipelas |
| January 18 | Alvira GRANGER U.N. | Sodus | 17 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| March 22 | Stephen T. FAIRBANKS M.N. | Sodus | 55 | Clothier | Consumption |
| March 25 | Frelove WAGER M.N. | Huron | 26 | Housekeeper | Worms |
| April 1 | Diantha HALLET U.N. | Sodus | 6 | ||
| April 10 | Eliza Ann PETTEYS M.N. | Sodus | 27 | ? | Consumption |
| May 5 | Cordelia VANDERBELT M.N. | Sodus | 30 | ? | Consumption |
| May 11 | Walter KNAPP M.N. | Sodus | 55 | Farmer | Consumption |
| May 15 | S.W. KITTREDGE U.N. | Sodus | 38 | Housekeeper | ? |
| May 26 | Su E. BRUYNOOGE M.N. | Sodus | 38 | Housekeeper | Childbirth |
| May 26 | John HALL U.N. | Lyons | 28 | Shoemaker | Consumption |
| June 4 | David TORY M.N. | Sodus | 64 | Farmer | Consumption |
| June 15 | Aldus CROTHERS U.N. | Sodus | 1 | Inflamation | |
| June 24 | Abner KENT M.N. | Sodus | 90 | ? | Consumption |
| June 28 | James CORWIN M.N. | Sodus | 66 | Shoemaker | Epileptic fit |
| July 26 | Anna PULMAN M.N. | Sodus | 73 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| July 4 | Mary HALL U.N. | Lyons | 8mo. | Consumption | |
| July 12 | Emma HARPER U.N. | Sodus | 10 | Servent | Scarlet fever |
| August 16 | W. W. STOCKAND U.N. | Sodus | 2 1/2 | | |
| August 23 | J. FILKINS U.N. | Sodus | 1 | Dropsy brain | |
| August 27 | Nacy H. COATS M.N. | Sodus | 28 | Housekeeper | Dropsy chest |
| September 1 | Mary HURLBERT M.N. | Sodus | 22 | Housekeeper | Consumption |
| September 4 | Thos. FORBS M.N. | Sodus | 64 | Merchant | Consumption |
| September 23 | Hester VANDYKE M.N. | Sodus | 54 | Housekeeper | Inflamatory rheumatism |
| September 24 | Nancy WILBER (Negro) | Sodus | 40 | Housekeeper | Effective hart |
| September 27 | Walter MERCHANT U.N. | Lyons | 30 | Farmer | Consumption |
| October 10 | Saml. J. STOW N. | Huron | ? | ? | Want of breath |
| October 14 | Chas. PITCHER U.N. | Sodus | 28 | Soldier | Consumption |
| November 5 | Ira MORGAN M.N. | Sodus | 67 | Farmer | Dropsy |
| November 9 | S. W. MORSE M.N. | Sodus | 35 | Farmer | Conjestion of lungs |
| November 27 | Geo. W. SNYDER U.N. | Sodus | 8mo. | Small pox | |
| December 12 | Jane CLARY M.N. | Sodus | 38 | Housekeeper | Palsy |
| December 22 | John J. COATS U.N. | Sodus | 1 | Inflamation |
SODUS DEATHS: prepared by Carole DeCook of Rochester, CA
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