Ida Siggins Birth Certificate

Ida Siggins is my grandfather's Aunt. Birth certificate provided confirmation of info I already knew, but interesting anyway.

Death Certificate for Annie Siggins

The last of the LDS death certificates of interest is the one for Annie Siggins. Annie would be my grandfather's mother's sister and, in fact, died about 1 year before my grandfather's mother was born. Annie died in July 1898 from Cholera when she was about 1 year, 4 months old. If I hadn't requested this death certificate, it is likely I would've never known she existed.

John Siggins Death Certificate

Another Death Certificate that arrived from the LDS FHL yesterday is one for John Siggins, who died in 1931 at about 55 years old. I believe, but am not 100% sure, that John is the son of John C. Siggins and his first wife and is therefore my half-great-great-uncle (my paternal grandfather's uncle). I believe this is true primarily because I already knew he existed from census records, he is buried in the same cemetery as John C. Siggins and was buried by the same undertaker as John C. Siggins. If he is, in fact, the correct John Siggins, his mother, Mary Cavanagh, is John C. Siggins first wife, who's name I did not know.

William Aloysius Siggins Death Certificate

Another death certificate received today (see this post for background) was for William Aloysius Siggins. Although the film is damaged and causes a streak down the middle of the image, there is no doubt who he is. William is my Great-Great Uncle, my paternal grandfather's Uncle. He died in August 1911 when he was 21 years old from Tuberculosis. Even sadder: the 1910 U.S. Census lists him as being single while this death certificate indicates he is married. If both are correct, he died within about a year of getting married. Unfortunately, his wife's name is not given.

John C. Siggins' Death Certificate

Well, I ordered all these death certificates (and a marriage certificate) in a group, so they are arriving in a little flurry from the NYC archives. Today, I received John C. Siggins' Death Certificate. John C. Siggins is Sam and Gabby's great-great-great Grandfather. Once again, a lot of new information that I didn't know:

• He died on 6 September 1913 at St. Mary's Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.


• He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery on 9 September 1913. (By the way, I googled Holy Cross Cemetery -- seems to be the main Catholic cemetery in Brooklyn. According to the description at internment.com, there are over 725,000 people buried there.)


• Most importantly, it lists his mother and father: John Siggins and Mary Code. These are Sam and Gabby's 4Great Grandparents and, until today, I did not know their names. (Because this is a death certificate, this is not rock solid info, but it is enough to go on to start researching the next generation.)

John C. Siggins Death Certificate (2 Pages):

Entrance to Holy Cross Cemetery: