On Apr 25, 8:26=A0pm, Charles Ellson <char...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:50:20 -0700 (PDT),
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> "johnillenber...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On Apr 24, 1:16=A0pm, Charles Ellson <char...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On 24 Apr 2008 04:34:10 GMT, hermanHAAL...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >If these certificates were in English the abbreviation dis'd
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> >> >means disceased
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> >> ITYM "deceased". Without the surrounding context "dis'd" could mean
> >> lots of things such as e.g. [body] discovered, diseased, [treatment]
> >> discontinued, etc.
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> >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)
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> 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
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The Mother is alive. She eventually married.
John Illenberger


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