On Apr 26, 9:04=A0pm, "johnillenber...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"
<johnillenber...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 25, 8:26=A0pm, Charles Ellson <char...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:50:20 -0700 (PDT),
>
> > "johnillenber...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <johnillenber...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >On Apr 24, 1:16=A0pm, Charles Ellson <char...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote=
:
> > >> On 24 Apr 2008 04:34:10 GMT, hermanHAAL...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Hermanw)
wrote=
:
>
> > >> >If these certificates were in English the abbreviation dis'd
probabl=
y
> > >> >means disceased
>
> > >> ITYM "deceased". Without the surrounding context "dis'd" could mean
> > >> lots of things such as e.g. [body] discovered, diseased,
[treatment]
> > >> discontinued, etc.
>
> > >This death certificate is for George Theodore Albert Stiebeling who
> > >died in 1889 in New York Ciity as a small child. His father is NOT
> > >known, although it said he was from Germany. Under Father's Name is
> > >(dis'd) O.W. and under Mother's Name is Emma Stiebeling, (dis'd)
>
> > If the mother _was_ deceased then it might be that the registrar
> > couldn't spell but if she wasn't then we're still looking for another
> > interpretation.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> The Mother is alive. She eventually married.
>
> John Illenberger- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
----------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---------------------------
"dis'd" can't mean deceased because she was living after she gave
birth.
"O.W." does mean out-of-wedlock, according to the Dictionary of
Abbreviations.
4-27-2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------=
----------------------------
|
