Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Marie Antoinette Wrigley's Death Certificate

Marie Antoinette Wrigley was my grandmother's natural great-aunt. It turns out that my grandmother's natural father was living with her and her family when they were growing up (I've not yet discovered what happen to the parents -- my grandmother's natural grandparents). It's also a good lesson in why we should look at collateral lines: it is the only place so far that I have found the father's first name (John Williamson).


Note that Marie had a rough fight with cancer. Her death certificate states that "the cause of her death was...cancer, of some 5 years duration, first of the breast which was amputated by Dr. Mallard Wood. It broke out again on the left side of the neck."



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