The Troy Daily
Whig - Death & Marriage Records, 1869 - 1878
Introduction
The Troy Daily Whig was first published in 1834
by James M. Stevenson and Alex. McCall. It was
formed by the union of the Daily Troy Press and
the Troy American.
These newspaper
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 10,175 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.
Any entry with a "col." (small c) after
the first name designates a person of color.
Most of the 1,377
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. In a
number of cases you will be able to ascertain
the maiden name of the bride.
While 354 of the
marriage records showed no indication of residence,
those records where the residence was reported
are of interest as they show numerous cities and
towns throughout New York State as well as 17
other states and 6 foreign countries.
The numbers shown
for page/column identifies the page and column
number in the Troy Daily Whig 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.