Clayton co IAGenWeb - Death Records

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No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
25	2/21/88	Hans Torkelson male, white	73y 8m 8d farmer	2/9/88 11 p.m.	Married	Norwegian Norway	30y	Marion twp. Clayton co. Iowa Old age	[blank] [blank]	Norwegian cemetry Marion twp. 02/17/1888	Ole Bergan Marion twp. Clayton co. Iowa
26	2/24/88	Peter Barks male, white	63y 1m farmer	1/21/88 9 a.m.	Married	German Germany	33y	Jefferson twp Clayton co. Iowa Bronchial -------	[blank] fourteen months	a cemetery in the vicinity of the farm house 01/24/1888	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg, Iowa
27	2/30/88*	Wm Lamler male, white	24y Laborer	1/18/88 1 p.m.	Single	[blank] Canada	[blank]	Clayton co. poor house Paralysis	Dropsey four months	C.C. Poor farm 01/20/1888	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo, Iowa
28	2/30/88*	Frederick Langman male, white	80y Laborer	1/8/88 3 p.m.	Widower	German Germany	35y	Clayton co. Poor farm Old age	[blank] [blank]	C.C. Poor farm 01/20/1888	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo, Iowa
29	3/14/88	Tosten Hendrickson male, white	46y 10m 4d* farmer	2/23/88 2 a.m.	Married	Norwegian Norway	[blank]	Grand Meadow twp. Clayton co. Acute Gastritis	Induration of the liver Several weeks	Grand Meadow twp Clayton co. 03/01/1888	L. Brown Postville, Iowa
30	3/19/88	C.K.W. Operman female, white	2d [blank]	3/9/88 10½ a.m.	Single	German St. Sebald	[blank]	St Sebald, Iowa Weakness	[blank] two days	St. Sebald, Iowa 03/09/1888	G.H. Fueler St. Sebald, Iowa
31	3/27/88	Willie Cunningham male, white	18y 1m 2d Farmers son	3/11/88 7 p.m.	Single	Irish Highland Twp	18y	Highland twp Hemorrhages following measles	Organic Heart disease Two weeks	Elkader 03/13/1888	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
32	4/4/88	August Hoffbauer male, white	34y 2m 5d Merchant	3/2/88 11½ p.m.	Married	German Guttenberg Iowa	34y	Guttenberg Phthisic [illegible]	[blank] 1½ years	Guttenberg 03/05/1888	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg, Iowa
33	4/26/88	Jennett Bentley female, white	26y Housewife	3/-/88 7:15 p.m.	Widow	American [blank]	26y	Sperry twp Clayton Co Iowa Consumption immediate cause, Heart failure from Clot	[blank] four years	Sperry twp. Clayton co Ia 03/31/1888	L.D. Shambaugh Volga City, Iowa
34	4/26/88	James Hawthorne male, white	68y 1m 13d [blank]	4/21/88 7 p.m.	Married	Irish Ireland	37y	Sperry twp Clayton Co Iowa Contusion of right kidney	[blank] five days	Sperry twp. Clayton co. 04/23/1888	L.D. Shambaugh Volga City, Iowa
35	4/28/88	Lymein Wallace male, white	87y Laborer	4/6/88 11 p.m.	Widower	American Vermont	[blank]	C.C. Poor farm Old age	Paralysis About a week	Farmersburg cemetery Iowa 04/07/1888	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo, Iowa
36	5/10/88	Mrs. Catharine Freidag female, white	57y 7m 26d Domestic	4/27/88 10:30 a.m.	Married	Germany [blank]	30y	Springfield, Clayton co. Iowa Consumption	[blank] 10 months	Postville Cemetery 04/29/1888	John Shepherd Postville, Iowa

Notes:
Nos. 27 & 28 - date of report is typed as it appears in the record book
No. 29 - age may be 46y 10m 11d

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
37	5/10/88	Thos. Arnold male, white	73y 6m Merchant	4/1/88 10:30 a.m.	[blank]	[blank] Rhode Island	32y	McGregor, Iowa [blank]	Congestion of lungs Two weeks	[blank] [blank]	W.A. Hall McGregor, Iowa
38	5/22/88	John Askew male, white	87y 5m 26d [blank]	5/1/88 3 a.m.	Widower	English England	[blank]	Sperry twp Paralysis	[blank] unknown	Volga City 5/3/88	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
39	5/25/88	Dorathea E.E. Gropp female, white	9m 2d infantine	5/5/88 9 p.m.	Single	American McGregor, Iowa	[blank]	McGregor, Iowa Whooping Cough & Teething	[blank] Six weeks	McGregor, Iowa 5/7/88	A.J. Williams McGregor, Iowa
40	5/26/88	Wm. VanSickle male, white	22y Laborer	5/11/88 11 a.m.	Single	American Clayton county	22y	C.C. Poor farm Phthisic Pulmonalis	[blank] About one year	C.C. Poor farm 5/12/88	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo, Iowa
41	5/26/88	Ole O. Bergin male, white	39y 6m 10d farmer	5/21/88 2 a.m.	Married	Norwegian Norway	38y	Marion twp Clayton Co Iowa Liver Complaint & Congestion of the Liver	[blank] [blank]	Norwegian cemetery Marion twp 5/23/88	Asgrim Oleson Marion Twp Clayton co. Iowa
42	6/1/88	Sidney White male, white	51y 8m 17d farmer	5/23/88 11 p.m.	Married	[blank] Vermont	25y	Volga City, Iowa Bright's Disease	Asthmatic trouble Six months ~~Two years~~	Volga City, Iowa [blank]	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
43*	6/1/88	Mary Petermann female, white	55y 1m 29d Housewife	5/17/88 3 a.m.	Married	[blank] Indiana	35y	Highland twp, Clayton co. Tumors of Lungs and liver	[blank] Two years	Illeyria Twp. Fayette co. Iowa 5/18/88	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
44	6/5/88	Andreas Matt male, white	58y 2m 8d farmer	5/8/88 7 p.m.	Married	German Germany	24y	Guttenberg, Iowa, on the farm Odema Pulmonium Paralysis Cardis	[blank] Two days	Guttenberg, Iowa 5/10/88	H.J. Schirmer Guttenberg, Iowa
45	6/9/88	Anna O. Embertson female, white	32y Milliner	5/1/88 [blank]	Single	Norwegian Clayton co. Iowa	32y	St. Paul, Minn. Stomache Trouble	[blank] Six days	Norwegian cemetery 5/3/88	Asgrim Oleson Marion Twp.
46	6/12/88	Guy Mellen male, white	14y 4m 15d [blank]	5/9/88 8 p.m.	Single	[blank] Delaware co. Iowa	14y	Lodomillo Twp Clayton Co. Iowa [blank]	[blank] [blank]	Edgewood, Iowa 5/8/88	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point, Iowa
47	6/12/88	John Inger male, white	66y 3m 10d Machanist	5/6/88 [blank]	Married	English England	[blank]	Strawberry Point, Iowa Typhoid Pneumonia	[blank] About one week	Strawberry Point 5/8/88	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point, Iowa
48	6/12/88	Harry Deyo male, white	2y 6m	5/12/88 [blank]	[blank]	[blank] Strawberry Point Iowa	[blank]	Strawberry Point, Iowa Typhoid Pneumonia	[blank] 10 days	Strawberry Point, Iowa [blank]	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point, Iowa

Notes:
No. 43 - see also pg 68, no. 53 - these appear to be duplicate records, with subtle differences as reported by different physicians

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
49	7/?/88	C.A. Wm Schroeder male, white	7y 26d [blank]	6/12/88 11 p.m.	Single	American Grand Meadow Twp	7y	Grand Meadow Twp Malignant Diphtheria	[blank] Two weeks	Postville Cemetery 6/13/88	Frederick Becker Clearmont, Iowa
50	8/9/88	Alfred Weseman male, white	1y [blank]	7/6/88 9½ p.m.	Single	German Clayton Co.	1y	Guttenberg, Iowa Meningitis Casilaris	[blank] 14 days	Guttenberg cemetery 7/8/88	Wm. Hoffbauer Guttenberg, Iowa
51	7/14/88	Jane Drips Dice female, white	72y 6m 14d Housewife	7/9/88 4 p.m.	Widow	[blank] Penn.	34y	National, Iowa Chronic Pneumonia Phthisis	[blank] five months	National cemetery 7/11/88	E. Amelia Sherman National, Iowa
52	7/14/88	Ellen Taggart Farley female, white	80y Housewife	6/20/88 9 p.m.	Widow	Irish Ireland	30y	National Exhaustion from Hemiplegia and old age	[blank] Four months	National, Iowa 6/22/88	E. Amelia Sherman National, Iowa
53	8/2/88	Mrs. Catharine Reiff female, white	63y 1m 18d Domestic	6/18/88 6 a.m.	Married	German Germany	32y	Grand Meadow Clayton Co. Idiopathic Erysipilas	Chronic bronchitis fourteen days	Postville cemetery 6/20/88	John Shepherd Postville, Iowa
54	8/20/88	Sarah E. Stonhe * female, white	30y 6m 16d Farmers wife	10/31/87 7 p.m.	Married	American Wis.	[blank]	Boardman Twp. Clayton Co. Shock from childbirth	[blank] Eight days	Elkader cemetery 11/3/87	R.A. Fuller Elkader, Iowa
55	8/20/88	A. Hunt female, white	12y [blank]	5/28/88 4 p.m.	Single	American E. Elkport, Iowa	12y	E. Elkport Typhe Malarial fever	[blank] 100 days *	E. Elkport 5/31/88	R.A. Fuller Elkader, Iowa
56	8/20/88	Ingeborg C. Nelson female, white	12y 5m 11d [blank]	8/13/88 3 a.m.	Single	Norwegian Clayton Co.	12y	Grand Meadow Twp Consumption	[blank] 3 months	Clearmont cemetery 8/14/88	Halver Nelson [blank]
57	8/26/88	Thos. Dunn male, white	1d [blank]	6/20/88 * 12½ a.m.	Single	Irish Cox Creek Twp	[blank]	Cox Creek Twp Premature birth	[blank] 1 day	Cox Creek Twp 7/20/88 *	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
58	8/26/88	Levi Jordan Springer female *, white	14y 8m Farmer	7/2/88 [blank]	Single	[blank] Millville Twp.	14y	Millville Twp Clayton Co Inflamatory Rheumatism	Typhoid fever and Perriostitis of the right [illegible] 20 days	Richardson graveyard [blank]	Thos. E. Averitt Colesburg, Iowa
59	8/28/88	Zurcher [blank, blank]	8m 20d [blank]	5/18/188~ * 11 p.m.	Single	German Farmersburg Twp	[blank]	Farmersburg, Iowa Remmittant fever	Cerbral Congestion 5days	Farmersburg, Iowa 5/20/88	L.L. Buesham Farmersburg, Iowa
60	8/28/88	Augusta Law female, white	24y 2m [blank]	2/20/188~ * 6 a.m.	Single	German Germany	8y	Clayton Center Spinal Caras	[blank] 8 years	Clayton Center 2/22/88	L.L. Buesham Farmersburg, Iowa

Notes:
No. 54 - surname could be Stonlee or Stonbe
No. 58 - sex typed as it appears in the record
Nos. 59 & 60 - year of death typed as in the record
No. 55 - Duration of Disease could be "too days", there is a crease in the record
No. 57 - Death date & burial date typed as in record

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
61	8/28/88	Ole Oleson Bergin male, white	44y 3m farmer	5/21/88 4 a.m.	Married	Norway Norwegian	[blank]	St. Olaf, Iowa Cerrhrosis of liver	[blank] 7 months	St. Olaf, Iowa 5/23/88	L.L. Renshaw Farmersburg, Iowa
62	9/20/88	Henry Fred Hubner male, white	33y 9d farmer	9/13/88 5¾ a.m.	Married	German ILL	32y	St. Sebald, Iowa Consumption	[blank] Two years	St. Sebald, Clayton Co. Iowa [blank]	G.H. Ficher St. Sebald, Iowa
63	9/29/88	Isaac Blair male, white	83y 7m 20d farmer	9/24/88 10 p.m.	Widower	American N.Y.	1y	Sperry Twp. Obstructing blood vessels, Local paralysis & Dropsey	[blank] 6 weeks	LaFayette, Ohio 9/27/88	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
64	9/29/88	Phoebe Broker female, white	69y 24d [blank]	9/22/88 10 a.m.	Widow	England [blank]	38y	Volga City Iowa Typha Malarial Fever	Dysentary Two weeks	Volga City, Iowa 9/23/88	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
65	9/29/88	Lillie Mary McCay female, white	8y 7m 3d [illegible]	9/11/88 10 a.m.	[blank]	American U.S.	[blank]	Guttenberg, Iowa Tonsillitis acuta	[blank] 3 days	Guttenberg, Iowa 9/12/88	H.J. Schirmer Guttenberg, Iowa
Report Made October 1st 1888

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
1	10/18/88	Clement Barton male, white	7m [blank]	10/3/88 10 p.m.	Single	Irish Iowa	[blank]	Volga, Iowa Cholera Infantum	[blank] 24 hours	Cox Creek Twp 10 - 88 *	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
2	10/22/88	Henry Jacobs male, white	49y 9m 18d Law. J.P.	9/19/88 5 p.m.	Married	German Germany	34y	Guttenberg, Iowa Dyspepsia with paralysis	[blank] 4 months	Guttenberg, Iowa 9/21/88	Wm Hoffbauer M.D. Guttenberg, Iowa
3	11/2/88	Theodore C. H. Werner male, white	8d [blank]	9/14/88 10 p.m.	Single	German Guttenburg, Iowa	[blank]	Guttenberg, Iowa Tetano Sconatorium Asthemia Paralysis Cordis	[blank] 24 hours	Guttenberg, Iowa 9/16/88	H.J. Schirmer M.D. Guttenberg, Iowa
4	11/3/88	L.E. Reichert female, white	29y 11m housewife	10/8/88 [blank]	Married	[blank] Highland Twp	[blank]	Highland Twp Perperal Septicaemia	[blank] Six days	Patch Prairie Cemetery 10/9/88	Frederick Becker Clermont, Iowa
5	11/7/88	Thos. E. Oldham male, white	9y 6m 5d [blank]	10/25/88 10:30 a.m.	Single	American Mallory Twp.	9y	Mallory Twp Croup	[blank] 3 days	Brown's Cemetery Mallory Twp [blank]	C.A. Tobie Colesburg, Iowa
6	11/12/88	Henry Nolte male, white	33y 8m 15d Blacksmith	10/15/88 9 p.m.	Married	German Guttenberg, Ia	33y	Guttenberg, Iowa Suicide	Improvement of speech, loss of vision, paralysis of left side of face & body [blank]	Guttenberg 10/17/88	J.H. Schirmer M.D. Guttenberg, Iowa
7	11/19/88	M. Digatsch female, white	5y 2m 16d [blank]	10/18/88 9½ p.m.	Single	German Switzerland [blank]	3½y	Guttenberg, Iowa Meningitis	Acute Bronchial Catarrh Four weeks	Guttenberg 10/21/88	Wm Hoffbauer M.D. Guttenberg, Iowa
8	11/16/88	Antoinette Nolte female, white	9y 2m 10d School	10/30/88 9 p.m.	Single	German Iowa	9y	Guttenberg, Iowa Diphtheria, Membraneous Asthma, Paralysis Cordis	Paralysis of the soft palate 16 days	Guttenberg, Iowa 10/31/88	H.J. Schirmer M.D. Guttenberg, Iowa
9	11/22/88	Frank Scholtz male, white	74y Day laborer	7/28/88 10 p.m.	Widower	German Germany	30y	Clayton Co. Poor House Asthma	Heart Disease 1 day	Clayton Center [blank]	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo, Iowa
10	12/6/88	George Weger male, white	59y 6m 9d farmer	12/2/88 1½ a.m.	Married	German Germany	34y	St. Sebald, Iowa Emphysema with Asthma	Haydropsey 2½ years	St. Sebald, Iowa 12/4/88	G.H. Fuhr St. Sebald, Iowa
11	12/21/88	R. Tompkins * male, white	60y* 2m farmer	11/29/88 [blank]	Married	Irish Canada	30y	Strawberry Point Gunshot wound in head, death instantaneous	[blank] [blank]	Strawberry Point 12/2/88	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point
12	2/21/88	Carrie Moody female, white	18y 9m 14d Housewife	11/25/88 4:30 p.m.	Married	American Wis	2y	McGregor, Iowa Cerbro spinal Meningitis	Pregnancy 5 days	McGregor 11/27/88	I.H. Miles McGregor, Iowa

Notes:
No. 1 - burial date typed as in the record
No. 11 - first name initial may be a 'B' rather than an 'R'; age at death may be 64y or 69y, very difficult to read

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
13	12/21/88	Ester Bailey female, white	5d [blank]	11/22/88 3 p.m.	Single	American Buleah, Ia	[blank]	McGregor, Iowa Croup	[blank] 6 days	McGregor 12/19/88	I.H. Miles McGregor, Iowa
14	12/29/88	Egbert Gaines male, white	86y Laborer	12/23/88 6 a.m.	Widower	American Vermont	33y	Clayton Co. Poor House Old age	[blank] [blank]	C.C. Poor House 12/24/88	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo, Iowa
15	12/29/88	Sarah Ann Haught female, white	51y Housekeeper	12/14/88 10 a.m.	Single	American Mo.	[blank]	Clayton Co. Poor House phthisis Tuberculosis	Quinzy * 18 months	C.C. Poor farm 12/15/88	C.W. Duffin Garnavillo, Iowa
16	1/1/89	Josie Schultz female, white	23y 3d Housewife	5/16/88 * 7:30 p.m.	Married	German Iowa	16y	Mendon Twp Clayton Co Pneumonia	Measles 6 days	Moody Cemetery 5/18/89 *	W.A. Hall McGregor, Iowa
17	1/1/89	Elizabeth Gilchrist female, white	55y 3m Housewife	3/19/88 10 p.m.	Married	[blank] Saratoga, N.Y.	31y	McGregor, Iowa Gastric Catarrh of stomach	[blank] Two years	Prairie du Chien, Wis 3/22/88	W.A. Hall McGregor, Iowa
18	1/25/89	Goodman male, white	2 hours	1/12/89 4 a.m.	[blank]	American Cass twp.	[blank]	Cass Twp Insufficient vitality	[blank] [blank]	Cass Twp 1/14/88 *	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point, Iowa
19	1/25/89	Truair female, white	13d	12/30/88 10 p.m.	[blank]	American Strawberry Point	[blank]	Strawberry Point Pneumonia	[blank] 3 days	Strawberry Point 1/1/89	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point, Iowa
20	2/4/89	Archibald McKinley male, white	85y farmer	1/4/89 8:30 a.m.	Widower	Irish Ireland	26y	Grand Meadow Twp Degeneration of heart	[blank] Indefinitium	Clermont, Iowa 1/6/89	R.P. Berry Clermont, Iowa
21	2/5/89	Alice Keilholtz female, white	25y 9m 26d Domestic	1/3/89 8 a.m.	Single	American Iowa	25y	Volga City, Iowa Tuberculoses	[blank] 4 years	Volga City, Iowa 1/5/89	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
22	2/5/89	Lewis Ingraham male, white	4y 2m [blank]	2/2/89 11 a.m.	Single	[blank] Iowa	4y	Volga City, Iowa Membraneous Croup	Asthma 24 hours	Volga, Ia 2/4/89	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
23	2/5/89	Hardy Hoyt male, white	1y 28d * [blank]	1/11/89 1 p.m.	Single	[blank] Volga, Iowa	1y	Volga, Iowa Membraneous Croup	[blank] 36 hours	Volga, Iowa 1/12/89	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
24	2/6/89	John Daugherty male, white	60y Laborer	2/2/89 2 p.m.	Single	Irish [blank]	[blank]	Clayton Co. Poor House Congestion of the lungs	[blank] [blank]	C.C. Poor Farm [blank]	A. Katchkrosky Seward of Asylum

Notes:
No. 15 - Quinzy [Quinsy] = An acute severe inflammation of the tonsils with fever - source: Gould's Pocket Medical Dictionary 1900
No. 16 - yrs resident of Iowa was typed as in record; death year and burial year typed as in record
No. 18 - burial year typed as in record
No. 23 - there is a scribble in the months of age, but illegible as a number

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
25	2/6/89	Christina Baird female, white	35y 7m 28d [blank]	2/2/89 8 p.m.	Married	Canadian Canada, Ontario	3y	McGregor, Iowa Tuberculosis of Lungs & bowels	[blank] 3 years	Ontario, Canada [blank]	J.H. Miles McGregor, Iowa
26	2/18/89	Margaritha Fricke female, white	63y 3m 15d [blank]	1/15/89 2 a.m.	Widow	German Germany	40y	Guttenberg Chronic Consumption	[blank] 5 weeks	Guttenberg 1/17/89	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg, Iowa
27	2/28/89	Anarm Davis female, white	16y 2m 16d Domestic	1/30/89 6:10 p.m.	Single	American Iowa	16y	Strawberry Point Pneumonia with Typhoid form	[blank] 2 weeks	Strawberry Point 2/1/89	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point, Iowa
28	3/8/89	Franz Schaefers male, white	1y 1m 7d [blank]	2/28/89 [blank]	Single	German Iowa	1y	Garnavillo twp Lung fever	[blank] [blank]	[blank] [blank]	Elisa Schutze Garnavillo, Iowa
29	3/15/89	C.W. Pfiffner male, white	79y 1m 28d [blank]	2/18/89 2 p.m.	Married	Switzer Switzerland	38y	Guttenberg, Iowa Chronic Bronchial Catarrh	Heart Disease 14 months	Guttenberg 2/20/89	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg, Iowa
30	3/15/89	Conrad Kregel male, white	67y 11m 13d farmer	2/18/89 9 p.m.	Married	German Germany	24y	Jefferson twp Bronchal Catarrh	[blank] 4 days	Guttenberg 2/21/89	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg, Iowa
31	3/20/89	Levi Lamphear male, white	27y 4m 12d Laborer	3/5/89 4 p.m.	Single	Indiana [blank]	3y	Highland Twp Tuberculosis	[blank] seven years	Volga, Ia 3/7/89	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
32	3/20/89	Samuel Kielholtz male, white	71y 1m 2d Laborer	3/9/89 5 a.m.	Married	German Mary Land * U.S.A.	20y	Volga, Iowa Heart failure	[blank] Five years	Volga, Iowa 3/8/89	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
33	3/22/89	David Lamphear male, white	12y 5m 11d [blank]	3/5/89 4 a.m.	Single	American Lodomillo Twp	12y	Lodomillo Twp Pneumonia	[blank] Two weeks	Strawberry Point, Iowa 3/~/89 *	F.H. Howard M.D. Strawberry Point, Iowa
34	3/25/89	Ada Eunice Linder female, white	1m 21d [blank]	3/3/89 7:30 a.m.	Single	German National, Iowa	[blank]	National, Iowa Influenza	[blank] Seven days	National 3/4/89	E. Amelia Sherman National, Iowa
35	4/4/89	Mary Ann Schroeder female, white	5y 7m [blank]	3/15/89 [blank]	Single	German Jefferson twp	[blank]	Jefferson Twp Lung fever	[blank] [blank]	[blank] [blank]	Eliza Schutze Garnavillo, Iowa
36	4/4/89	Mirl Stauton male, white	2y [blank]	11/23/88 3 p.m.	Single	American Elkader	2y	Elkader Catarrhiel fever	[blank] 23 days	Elkader 11/26/88	B.A. Fuller M.D. Elkader

Notes:
No. 32 - place of birth typed exactly as in record
No. 33 - burial date typed as in record

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
37	4/22/89	Jas Ensign Litts male, white	[blank] [blank]	3/24/188~ * [blank]	[blank]	American Strawberry Point	24y	Strawberry Point, Iowa Consumption	[blank] one year	Strawberry Point 3/2/~ *	F.H. Howard Strawberry Point, Iowa
38	4/24/89	Peter Peterson male, white	17y 2m farmer	4/19/89 6 a.m.	Single	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	[blank] Lung fever	[blank] 3 weeks	Norwegian Cemetery 4/18/89	Dr. W.S. Veser Elgin, Iowa
39	5/2/89	Roxanna Ingraham female, white	32y 5m 29d Housewife	4/5/89 1 a.m.	Married	American ILL	10y	Volga Iowa Acute Peritonitis from a cold and exposure	[blank] Eight days	Volga, Ia 4/6/89	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
40	5/2/89	Matthew Feeny male, white	18y 3m 19d Student	3/28/89 8 a.m.	Single	Irish Iowa	18y	Highland Twp Hart Failure	[blank] one year	Elkader 3/30/89	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
41	5/10/89	Caroline Easton female, white	47y Housewife	4/5/89 [blank]	Married	White N.Y.	1y	[blank] Puerperal Septacemia	[blank] 4 days	Strawberry Point 4/7/89	H.G. Emery Strawberry Point, Iowa
42	5/12/89	George Duff male, white	15y 3m 4d Laborer	4/29/89 6 a.m.	Single	[blank] Iowa	15y	Highland Twp Diphtheria	[blank] Two days	Volga Iowa 4/29/89	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
43	5/13/89	Julia Madden female, white	12y 9m 20d [blank]	4/18/89 1 p.m.	Single	Irish Iowa	12y	Highland Twp Diptheria	[blank] seven days	Littleport, Iowa 4/20/89	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
44	5/13/89	Aggie Hurley female, white	2y 6m 21d [blank]	4/21/89 3 a.m.	Single	Irish Iowa	2y	Highland Twp Diptheria	[blank] eight days	Cox Creek Twp 4/22/89	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
45	5/13/89	Elisabeth Barbara Operman female, white	15y 11m 1d [blank]	5/8/89 7 p.m.	Single	German St. Sebald, Iowa	15y	St. Sebald, Iowa Measles with Apoplexy	Inflamation of the lungs Four days	St. Sebald, Iowa 5/10/89	G.H. Fuehr St. Sebald, Iowa
46	6/1/89	Mary Roach female, white	47y 2m Housekeeper	2/13/89 5 p.m.	Married	Irish Ireland	19y	Volga, Iowa Blood poisoning	Broken thigh 3 weeks	Elkader, Iowa 2/17/89	J.H. Craig Volga City, Iowa
47	6/8/89	George Stich male, white	63y Liquor dealer	5/15/89 9:45 a.m.	Married	German Germany	30y	Elkader, Iowa Consumption	[blank] One year	Decorah, Iowa 5/18/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
48	6/8/89	Lucy A. Meyer female, white	32y 9m 6d Housewife	3/25/89 6:40 p.m.	Married	American Iowa	32y	Elkader, Iowa Heart Decease	[blank] 10 days	Elkader, Iowa 3/27/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
49	6/8/89	Mrs. Anna Catharine Lemke female, white	61y Housewife	6/13/89 11 p.m.	Married	German Germany	30y	Elkader, Iowa Gastritis Acute	Heart failure Two days	Mederville, Iowa 6/5/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
50	6/8/89	Mary Jessie Lamm female, white	14y 11m 13d [blank]	4/26/89 1 p.m.	Single	American Elkader, Iowa	14y	Elkader, Iowa Consumption	Heart failure four months	Elkader, Iowa 4/28/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
51	6/8/89	Louis E. Wolf male, white	3y 11m 16d [blank]	4/16/89 11 a.m.	[blank]	German Elkader, Iowa	3y	Elkader Typhoid pneumonia	[blank] 2 months	Elkader, Iowa [blank]	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
52	6/8/89	Mary McKeller female, white	78y * Housewife	5/14/89 11 a.m.	Married	Scotch Scotland	45y	Highland Twp Heart disease	[blank] Ten days	Las Cemetery, Fayette co. [blank]	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
53*	6/8/89	Mary Peterman female, white	55y 1m 29d Housewife	5/17/88 3:30 p.m.	Married	American Ind.	32y	[blank] Cancer	Pernicious Anemia 15 months	Las Cemetery 5/19/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
54	6/13/89	Joseph Felber male, white	55y 17d Shoe Maker	3/30/89 6 p.m.	Single	German Germany	34y	McGregor, Iowa Pneumonia	[blank] Two years	McGregor, Iowa 4/1/89	W.A. Hall McGregor, Iowa
55	6/13/89	Thos. W. Wood male, white	52y 11m 6d Druggist	4/11/89 9:50 p.m.	Married	Irish Ireland	33y	McGregor, Clayton Co Iowa Cirosis of Liver	[blank] [blank]	Oak Hill Cemetery 4/14/89	W.A. Hall McGregor, Iowa
56	6/13/89	David Birtschinger male, white	73y 3m 13d farmer	4/6/89 12M	Married	[blank] Switzerland	24y	At Home Pneumonia	[blank] 10 days	McGregor 4/8/89	W.A. Hall McGregor, Iowa
57	6/15/89	Julia T. Peterson female, white	1m 4d [blank]	[blank] [blank]	[blank]	Norwegian Iowa	[blank]	Boardman Twp Malignant Ulcer	[blank] 3 weeks	Wagner Twp 11/11/87	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
58	6/15/89	Jerome James Kann male, white	5m 29d [blank]	7/19/88 8 a.m.	Single	American Elkader	[blank]	Elkader, Iowa Cholera Infantum	[blank] four weeks	Garnavillo 7/20/88	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
59	6/15/89	Albert Larson male, white	7y 1m [blank]	3/14/89 8 p.m.	Single	[blank] [blank]	7y	Boardman Twp Measles	Capillary Bronchitis 2 weeks	Wagner Twp 3/17/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
60	6/22/89	Martin Kennedy male, white	5y 6m [blank]	6/11/89 6 p.m.	Single	Irish Clayton Co.	[blank]	Boardman Twp Diphtheria	[blank] Ten days	Elkader, Iowa 6/12/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa

Notes:
No. 52 - age could be 75y
No. 53 - see also pg 61, no. 43 - these appear to be duplicate records, with subtle differences as reported by different physicians

No.	Date of Report	1. Name 2. Sex & color	1.Age 2.Occupation	Date & Time of Death	Marital Status	1. Nationality 2. Where born	How long resident of Iowa	1. Place of Death 2. Cause of Death	1. Complication 2. Duration of Disease	1. Place of Burial 2. Date of Burial	Name & Residence of Physician Returning Certificate
61	6/22/89	Katie Kennedy female, white	7y [blank]	6/7/89 11 a.m.	Single	Irish Highland Twp	7y	Highland Tp Diptheria	[blank] Two weeks	Elkader 6/7/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
62	6/22/89	Henry Adolf Katschkowsky male, white	3y 4m 29d [blank]	2/21/88 8 a.m.	Single	German Boardman Twp	3y	Boardman Twp Croop and measles	[blank] Two weeks	Elkader 2/23/88	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
63	6/22/89	Eliza E. Smith female, white	62y 9m Housewife	3/7/89 5 p.m.	Married	American N.Y.	28y	Elkader, Iowa Paresis	[blank] 3 months	Elkader, Iowa 3/9/89	W.B. Smith Elkader, Iowa
64	6/22/89	Fielding Snedigar male, white	66y farmer	11/21/88 1 p.m.	Married	American Mo.	30y	Elkader, Iowa Paralysis	[blank] Six months	Elkader 11/23/89	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa
65	6/24/89	Katharine Aukstrum female, white	69y 4m 4d [blank]	6/18/89 5:15 a.m.	Married	German Germany	27y	St. Sebald Hepar adiposium	Rheumatism 15 months	St. Sebald, Iowa 6/20/89	G.H. Fuehr St. Sebald, Iowa
66	6/26/89	Morrice Fleck male, white	68y 10m 6d Merchant	6/11/89 3 a.m.	Single	German Germany	40y	Guttenberg Apoplexy	[blank] 52 hours	Guttenberg 6/12/89	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg, Iowa
67	6/26/89	Henry Berns male, white	72y 8m 1d farmer	5/29/89 4 p.m.	Married	German Germany	42y	Garnavillo, Ia Fatty degeneration of Heart	[blank] 3 years	Garnavillo 6/1/89	Wm Hoffbauer Guttenberg, Iowa
68	7/6/89	Ida Garlow female, white	17y 9m 7d Housewife	6/21/89 10 a.m.	Married	American Iowa	17y	Updegraff, Iowa Puerperal Convulsions	[blank] 24 hours	Elk Twp [blank]	O.D. Taft Elkport, Iowa
69	7/6/89 8/2/89	Leroy Byron Whipple male, white	10y 11m 7d [blank]	7/21/89 8 p.m.	Single	American Volga, Iowa	10y	Volga, IOwa Heart failure as a sequeal of measles	Inflamatory Rheumatism 2 months	Volga 7/23/89	J.H. Craig Volga, Iowa
70	8/12/89	Gerhard Helgorson male, white	3y 6m [blank]	8/8/89 [blank]	Single	Norwegian Iowa	3y	Wagner Twp [blank]	[blank] [blank]	[blank] [blank]	Dr. Vesser Elgin, Iowa
71	8/21/89	Sofia B.R. Fuhr female, white	6y 10d [blank]	8/16/89 10¾ a.m.	Single	German Iowa	6y	St. Sebald, Iowa Peritinitis	[blank] 19 hours	St. Sebald 8/18/89	G.H. Fuehr St. Sebald, Iowa
72	9/30/89	Chancy H. Sargent male, white	37y 7m 29d Dentist	5/10/88 7 p.m.	Married	American [blank]	31y	Elkader, Iowa [blank]	Pneumonia 16 days	Strawberry Point 5/12/88	B.F. Hall Elkader, Iowa

-Transcription note: Every effort has been taken to transcribe the record accurately, but errors are possible. Notes in [brackets] were added by the transcriber. Please use this transcription as a guide only & always consult the original record to confirm the information.

-Source: Register of deaths v. 1, 1880-1897, FHL film #1255482
-Transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Clayton co. IAGenWeb from photocopies contributed by Constance Diamond