The Troy Press published by Yates and Richards
started in 1832 and suspended publication in 1834. These
records will be of particular interest to Troy area genealogy
researchers since the dates of death and marriages predate
the 1880 N.Y.S. law on reporting of this information. A
number of the death records show the age of the individual
at the time of death and for many of the married women,
the first name of the husband is also shown. Military ranks
(Gen., Lieut., Captain, Col., etc.) are indicated for a
number of the names in both the death records and the marriage
records.
Most of the marriage records show the residence
of the bride and groom and for those records where the bride
is identified as a “Mrs.” this is a clue that
the marriage was a second one.
The numbers shown for page/column identifies
the page and column number in the Troy Daily Press where
the death or marriage notice was published. Death and marriage
records published in newspapers for this time period were
limited to very brief information such as the name, age
and date of death or date of marriage. If the individual
was of some prominence, then it is possible that there may
be a further story in the paper.
Deaths – February 11, 1833
– June 30, 1834
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