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CORONERS REPORT
The following is the report of my work as one of the Coroners of Chautauqua
Co NY from November 23, 1917 to April 7th 1918
B. F. ILLSTON Coroner;
1917
Nov 23rd
William A. COLBURN, age 65 Fairmont Ave, cause, acute aortic insufficiency
Dec. 4th
Sarah A. HAZZARD, age 73 43 W. 17th St. cause, Heart disease
Dec 5th,
Godfrey HULTBERRY age 44 1121 Washington St. cause of death, Skull fracture
at Art Metal plant no 2
Dec 7th
Stephen S. LeROY age 71 5 W. 16th St. cause, Apoplexy
Dec 10th
Earl D. MULKINS age 56 3 Taylor St. cause, carbonic acid poisoning, improper
combustion
Dec 10th
Louise STOHL age 82 Jones Hospital , cause, Arteriosclerosis
Dec 10th
John W. BURGESON, age 21 Jones Hospital, cause, Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Dec 11th
Charles E. LINDBERG, age 50 1008 North Main, cause, Heart disease
Dec 13th
Iver AARONSON age 36 421 E. 2nd St. cause Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Dec. 31st 1917
Fred S. TEDSWELL age 15, 118 Hazzard St
Cause of death, disemboweled as the result of running under a Warren
Jamestown car while coasting, accidental
CORONERS REPORT
The following is the report of my work as one of the Coroners of Chautauqua
Co NY
B. F. ILLSTON Coroner;
1918
JAN 1st 1918
Marie P. LEHMAN, age 88 residence Celoron, cause, arterio sclerosis
Jan 9th Dr. Ellis W. STORMS age 49 res, Falconer, cause, Apoplexy
Jan 9th
Mrs. John RODDY age 76 109 S. Main St. cause, acute bronchitis
Jan 11th
Joseph R. ABBOTT, age 80 res, Watts Flatts, cause, Apoplexy
Jan 12th
Horace W. THOMPSON, 76 res, 312 Camp St. bronchitis
Jan 18th
James H. BENSON, age 82 res, 253 Balser St. cancer
Jan 29th
Claude RUSSELL, age 28 killed at RR crossing Main St, cause, fracture of
ribs
Feb 4th
Gustaf JOHNSON, age 80 Peck Settlement, heart disease
Feb 5th
Thomas HOLDRIDGE, 68 res Lakewood, apoplexy
Feb 6th
Antonio GANCIO, age 3 days res 93 Hazzard St cerebral hemorrhage
Feb 9th
Daniel SEXTON, age 52 res 6 W 14th St cause of Death, Suicide by hanging,
contributory, Dementia
Feb 13th
Clara M. LINDHOLM age 1 month, 76 Virginia Blvd, cause, malnutrition
Feb 13th
Antonio PROZIANO age 36 residence, 168 ½ Chandler St , cause Heart Disease
Feb 13th
Andrew LARSON, age 88 res, 38 Bowen St, cause, internal hemorrhage
Feb 17th
Sebastiano RAFFA age 33 residence 53 Harrison St, cause, Homicide, fatal
gunshot wounds in chest, said to be inflicted by Guisippi FRANCHINO
(* added note, this RAFFA family came from Italy and several live in
Jamestown 1920 census only 1 Franchino family here 1920)
Feb 26th
Louis D. ALLWOOD age 45 res Kiantone, Cause of death, fracture of skull, was
run down by a Warren- Jamestown Car at Stillwater, accidental
Feb 26th
Duane ALLWOOD age 20 res Kiantone cause of Death, Skull fracture, run down
by Warren- Jamestown car at Stillwater , accidental
(* both are buried at Maple Grove Cemetery Town of Carroll)
Feb 28th
Edith JOHNSON, age 38, 572 Allen St, cause, sarcoma of jaw
March 2nd
LeRoy H. BARTON, age 54 resided 151 Fairmont Ave, cause, severed left
carotid artery, suicide
March 7th
George T. ARMSTRONG, 43, 387 Fairmont Ave, cause creolin poisoning
,accidental
March 11th
Anna LINSTROM, age 79 150 Balser St, cause, apoplexy
March 14th
Allion GURTON, age 21 residence Mayville, cause, heart disease
April 4th
Minnie EDMONDS age 32 residence 8 S Main , at Jones hospital, cause, acute
meningitis
April 5th
Mary CARRIER age 54 Celoron, Cause, breast cancer
April 6th
Mary SCHULER age 69 at Jones hospital, res Warren PA, cause, Heart disease
Records of Chautauqua Co NY
1918;
CORONERS REPORT
Chautauqua Co NY
May - October 1918
I.R.F. PICKARD, ACTING coroner
And justice of the peace, in the absence of a coroner I was called upon to
investigate the cause of death in the following cases;
1918 ( NO ages given )
May 18th
Carrie BONIGALO a child accidentally struck by an automobile driven by a Mr.
CONNOR of Warren PA on Harrison St, Jamestown NY, skull fractured.
May 24th
Lena BENSON WALLIN, committed suicide by hanging at her residence in
Jamestown
May 26th
Charles JAMCO, (believed to be his name, from papers found on his person)
found dead beside the RR tracks in Jamestown , from the marks on the ground
and condition of the body, I determined he fell from a moving freight train.
Skull fracture
June 15th
Maria ROLLER accidentally struck by an automobile driven by Wright BROADHEAD
of Jamestown, Skull fracture
July 18th
Frank IMUS committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his
residence in Jamestown
July 26th
Gunnard SWANSON accidentally drowned in Chautauqua Lake at Shadyside in the
town of Busti
August 7th
William PLOSS a night watchman at the Maddox Table Co factory in Jamestown,
found dead in a boiler room in morning, death caused by apoplexy
Aug 7th
Emma NELSON also known as Emma Nelson ORR, found dead at her residence in
Jamestown, natural causes
Aug 9th
Rudolph Andrew ERICSON, a brakeman on the Erie RR crushed between 2 cars,
accidental
Aug 16th
Louis A HUTCHINSON of Pittsburgh died suddenly while riding in an automobile
in the town of Ellery Natural causes
Aug 19th
Frank LANNE accidentally drowned in Warner's Dam in Jamestown
Aug 23rd
Benny DIONTO Died in Ellicott from natural causes;
Sept 8th
Vullo CLEMENTE shot in the chest and killed by GINCO PAVALO on Allen Street
in Jamestown
Sept 27th
Ellen Jeanette CARDOTTE found dead on the floor of her home in the village
of Falconer, cause apoplexy
Sept 28th
Richard PEATE died suddenly in the barber chair, cause, apoplexy**
(* or killed by GINCO PAVALO )
(* Just kidding-- hey he is a Justice of the peace ACTING as Coroner who
would know? )
Sept 29th
Donald CANTY found dead in a house in Town of Ellicott, cause, acute
alcoholism
Oct 12th
John M. JOHNSON found dead in his bed at his residence in Jamestown, natural
causes
Oct 15th
Clarence Henry Gunnard SWANSON, died suddenly, at his home in Jamestown,
natural causes;
Oct 16th
Hattie D. CARPENTER died at her home in Falconer with out a physician,
because of the Influenza epidemic, her husband was unable to get a physician
Oct 18th
Wing Hong KEE found dying in his laundry and died before reaching hospital
cause probably apoplexy
Oct 21st
Dorothy GRAY died suddenly at her residence in Jamestown, influenza
Oct 29th
Lloyd S. GIBSON, died suddenly at the residence of his daughter cause,
apoplexy
CORONERS REPORT
1917-1918
REPORT OF CHARLES BLOOD, ONE OF THE COUNTY CORONERS
1917;
November 17th 1917
Biagio PEBRELLA, cause of death, accute valvular heart disease
Nov 24th
John COSTELLO, cause of death, Struck by NY Central RR train no 43 going
west, while in discharge of his duties as a crossing flagman, I found he was
standing too near the track, and no one but himself to blame for his death.
Dec 1st;
Charles F. DEERING, cause , accidental electrocution
Dec 1st
Michael SZEZEKOWSKI found dead, cause old age
Dec 16th
Felix WISKOWSKI, cause of death, fractured skull by accidentally falling
sown stairs
1918
January 19th 1918
Abigail ROBERTS, cause of death, hemorrhage of lungs
Jan 20th
Thomas PAWLAK, cause, convulsions
Jan 22nd
Mary PENCEK, cause of death, accidentally struck by Police Ambulance; I made
due investigation and rendered the following decision;
I find from the testimony and personal investigation that the said Mary
PENCEK age 6 struck by a police cruiser driven by Officer Emil NEIDER
,-----etc. ultimate finding is the accident was unavoidable and no criminal
negligence nor any blame
Feb 5th
Infant ZAROCKI cause, premature birth caused by accident to mother
Feb 6th
Mary O'NEIL cause, valvular heart disease, found at home where she lived
alone
Feb 13th
Michael THOMAS, a trackwalker for the N.Y. Central RR found dead Sunday on
the RR track in Sheridan where he evidently was hit by some passing train, I
concluded his death was accidental
Feb 15th
Harry P. VELZEY cause, accidental electrocution, at Silver Creek NY, I found
he climbed a pole to attach a wire to a high tension line to thaw out a
frozen water pipe, received the shock and fell to the ground, instantly
killed. He was a trespasser and no one to blame but himself for his death
Feb 16th
Frank F. SCHIFFMAN cause of death, Embolism
CORONERS REPORT
CHAUTAUQUA CO NY
1918
MARCH 28TH
Louis CAMARRETTA Cause of death, HOMOCIDE, shot by Frank NUCIO
APRIL 9th
Patrick DALEY cause, accidentally struck by NY Central RR cars
APRIL 12th
Astira LINDROTH, at her home in Jamestown, it was reported it was
suspicious, but from the examination and report of Dr MORRIS, I concluded it
was due to valvular heart disease
APRIL 15th
Unknown child found dead in Chadakoin River, at Jamestown. There was nothing
to show cause of death I therefore did not hold an inquest
APRIL 25th
Walter ROZECK, cause of death, acute indigestion
MAY 6th
Eva MOCZALSKI, cause of death, want of proper care
MAY 12th
John ROBLIN, accidentally run over by Chautauqua Trolley car on the night of
May 11th, near Celoron, I visited the place of the accident and concluded he
was a trespasser and no one but himself responsible for his death;
MAY 27th
Andrew WYSOLKI, cause accidentally killed by and in consequence of an
overhead traveling crane which he was operating in the plant of the American
Locomotive Co, running off the rail. WYSOLKI evidently neglected to turn off
the switch, which caused the accident, I made the investigation immediately
after the accident and concluded there was no criminal negligence
MAY 27th
Mabel GEHR cause of death, struck and instantly killed by a train on the NY
Central RR west of the Silver Creek Station, I found the deceased was a
trespasser and her death was accidental
JUNE 8th
William E. READER, cause of death, Suicide by gunshot in head.
JULY 1st
Gertrude BURNSIDE cause, Hemorrhage of Brain
July 11th
Leon STOZKOWSKI, cause, accidentally run over by an auto truck, I found no
negligence on the part of the driver
July 29th
Everett D. BRAINARD, cause, Struck by lightening, Arkwright
CORONERS REPORT
Charles BLOOD
CHAUTAUQUA Co NY
1918
AUGUST 3rd 1918
Joseph GABRIEL, cause, struck by locomotive on NY Central RR tracks at about
12:15 AM August 3rd; There were no witnesses to show just how this accident
happened, he was found dead after the train passed.
AUGUST 7th
Joseph HOELIG, cause, Apoplexy
AUGUST 15th
Carl MAGGIO, Cause, struck and run over by a Belt-Line trolley car, on West
Front St. I made the investigation and determined death was accidental.
AUGUST 19th
Ebbie SHORES, cause, accidentally run over by NY Central cars at Brocton
AUGUST ?
John JAGODA, cause, run over by NY Central RR cars, He was a trespasser and
no one to blame but himself.
AUGUST 26th
Amanda BURNS, cause, internal injuries when run over by a car driven by one
Philip COLMON of Chicago IL, soon after 1 o'clock pm August 25th 1918 On
East Main in Fredonia, No criminal negligence
AUGUST 28th
Roland BURNS, cause, fractured skull Accidentally struck by locomotive on
the NY Central RR while in discharge of his duties as brakeman
SEPT. 7th
Frank WYCICHOWAK cause, acute heart disease
Sept 11th
Henry O. ANDERSON of Jamestown, cause, he ran an auto which he was driving
off the end of a culvert on a by- road in the town of Hanover, east of
Silver Creek, whereby he was instantly killed, I find no one but himself to
blame
OCTOBER 2nd
Justin ASPDEN, His wife EMMA, and Miss Esther JOHNSON, all of Jamestown NY
were all instantly killed by and in consequence of a collision between an
auto in which they were riding, and a passenger train of the NY Central RR
about 9:56 pm October 2, 1918, at what is known as RICKENBRODE Crossing, in
the town of Ripley NY,
The auto got stalled on the tracks and when Eric JOHNSON the driver , and
the Misses Mabel and Mildred LINDSTROM got out of the auto to push it off
the tracks, just before this, a train had passed on the West bound track and
the 3 surviving parties who had got out of the auto did not notice the train
approaching from the west on the east bound track on which the auto was
stalled, until it was too late to avoid the accident, I went to Jamestown
and interviewed Eric JOHNSON, and also the Misses LINDSTROM from whom I
obtained the above facts, I therefore did not deem it necessary to hold an
inquest;
October 8th
Angeline LaBARBERA, cause of death, run over and instantly killed by an auto
driven by one Joseph J. GUARENNO of 173 Prospect Ave Buffalo, NY. The
accident happened on Cleveland Ave in Fredonia NY, from personal inspection
and statements of witnesses, I found no criminal negligence
OCTOBER 15TH
Mrs. Gertrude CROWELL, Edna SHELLEY and Irma MacKAIN were all instantly
killed by and in consequence of a buggy in which they were riding and a
trolley car of the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co, at what is known as the
Center Road Crossing of that Company, in the village of Sheridan, Chautauqua
Co NY at about 3:30 pm From the evidence of Samuel P WILLIAMS, the horse
driven by Mrs. CROWELL became unmanageable, and beyond her control, and ran
directly in front of the passing trolley car;
I therefore can find no one responsible nor to blame for the accident
Oct 18th
Helene HORTON, cause, pneumonia, found dead, no medical attendance;
November 14th 1918
I hold no money or other valuables belonging to persons upon whom I have
held inquests up to this date
Charles BLOOD
CORONERS REPORT
CHAUTAUQUA CO NY
Report of E.B. OSGOOD Coroner;
1918
Jan 11th 1918
Called to Westfield, in case of Edward CLEVELAND, found he was accidentally
killed while walking on the RR tracks of the NY Central;
Trespasser
March 25th
William A. HAGERMAN was accidentally killed on the NY C & St. L.RR crossing,
just west of Portland NY, when his automobile stalled on the crossing. He
was taken to Dunkirk hospital where he died
May 4th
Called to Point Chautauqua in case of Sarah J. HAVENER, found she was
crushed under automobile when accidentally run into a ditch
May 21st
Emmet C. NIXON, Westfield, killed by gun shot in the head. Homicide; Joseph
J. JOHNSON was held for the crime, On May 31st JOHNSON committed suicide in
Mayville jail.
May 25th
Francis W. OSTRANDER Crushed under road tractor when highway bridge broke
down , in the town of Portland
May 31st
Joseph J. JOHNSON, committed suicide in jail by hanging himself, he was
waiting action of the Grand Jury, charged with the murder of Emmet G. NIXON
of Westfield
July 20th
John OLMSTEAD accidentally killed while walking on the tracks of the J.C &
E.R.R
Trespasser, Cause, Deaf and Dumb
July 29th
Alfred ELI, Dewittville NY, accidentally killed while walking on track of
J.C & E.R.R
Trespasser
August 29th
Edward J. BAKER Ripley NY, child 1 ¼ years old, Father went to garage to get
automobile to take family to the county fair; child unnoticed followed him
just in time to get behind automobile just as he backed it out and ran over
him; Head crushed
Sept. 18th
Called to North East PA case of Edgar CHAPIN, who lived south east corner of
Ripley NY, died of valvular disease of the heart
September 19th
Called to WOOGLIN on Chautauqua Lake , case of Floyd LEVER from Erie PA, who
was last seen fishing from boat Sept 13th, Body found Sept 19th, accidental
drowning
October 24th
Called to Mayville NY, in case of Frank SCOTT, burned in barn, probable
suicide
CORONERS REPORT
NOVEMBER 16th 1924 to NOVEMBER 10, 1925
B.F. ILLSTON CORONER
Dates 1924-1925
November 16, 1924
Herbert O. BECKWITH , age 38 residence, Clement Park, acute gastritis;
Nov 16, 1924
Nuncio CATANIA, age 46, residence, 164 Chandler St, Jamestown, Homicide, gun
shot heart and head, shot at Foot Ave bridge by parties unknown to me;
Nov 17, 1924,
Charles H. ELIOTT age 59 residence, 314 E 4th St, Jamestown , dropped dead
of apoplexy at the Jamestown Furniture Exposition Building.
Nov 19, 1924
Unknown Infant, age 1 day, abandoned by parties unknown at Crystal Bend,
Town of Ellicott;
Nov. 24th 1924
Andrew P. HAITE, age 86 residence, 20 Wilton Ave, Jamestown NY Apoplexy
Nov 25th 1924
Miner S. CRISSEY, age 53, residence 322 E 4th St Jamestown, cause, acute
Cardiac Dilation
Nov 26th 1924
Eleanor GEER age 30 residence, 224 Price St Jamestown NY cause of death,
fracture of skull, struck by auto driven by Clarence SUNDMAN at Jamestown
Public Market, I find that Mr. Sundman used ordinary discretion and judgment
at time of accident.
Nov 30th 1924
Mattie M. SMITH, age 16, Residence, Busti, cause , fracture of skull,
accidental, struck by auto driven by Clayton M JOHNSON the horse drawn
cutter in which she was riding, was with out lights and there was a blinding
snow storm
Dec 10th 1924
Emily J. FARM, age 69, residence, 320 Forest Ave Jamestown, Heart disease.
Dec 12th 1924
John F. WILCOX, age 42 Residence, 105 W. 11th St. Jamestown, cause of death,
fracture of skull, Auto overturned on Lakewood Rd near the Julian Jump
works, excessive speed and slippery roads. Accidental
Dec 14th, 1924
Bigelow C. BARNEY, age 76 Stow, cause Hemorrhage of stomach
Dec. 26th
Laverne R. GLADD, age 32, Residence, Celoron, Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Dec 30th, 1924
Emmett EDWARDS, age 80 Residence, 106 ½ W 11th St. Jamestown, Apoplexy
1925
Jan 2nd, 1925
Laura F. GROVER age 85 Ellington, Apoplexy
Jan 4th 1925
Louise THOMPSON age 28, Res, 1104 Washington St. Jamestown, cause,
peritonitis
Jan 6th 1925
Gust LUNDGREN age 62 Residence 20 Kimball Ave Falconer, Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
Jan 8th, 1925
Dora W. HEATH, age 54 Ellicott Town Line rd , , cause, suicide by drowning
Jan 8th, 1925
John YARLING, age 61 Residence, 1048 N Main Heart disease, dropped deat at
Jamestown Chair factory
Jan 11th 1925
Fred A. BAUER, age 21 Lakewood, accidental death by carbon monoxide, was
working on automobile in garage with motor running and door closed;
Jan 31st, 1925
Claus W. BERG, age 45 residence, 118 E 2nd St. Jamestown, Heart Disease
Feb 4th 1925
Christine T. CLELLAND, age 63, Busti, Heart Disease
Feb 5th 1925
Beda HAGER 65 residence, 38 ½ Foote Ave, Jamestown, Apoplexy
Feb 9th 1925
James A. CLARY, age 65 residence 408 Lincoln St, Acute Cardiac Dilation
Feb 16th, 1925
Samuel W. DAVIS, age 75, residence Sinclairville, fracture of skull,
accidental, struck by falling tree
Feb 18th 1925
Clyde TRASK, Baker St Ext. Heart Disease
Feb 20th, 1925
August ANDERSON, age 65 residence 7 Windsor St Pneumonia
Feb 22nd, 1925
Raymond PALADINO age 3, residence 939 E 2nd St Jamestown fracture of skull,
accidental struck by car no 59 Jamestown Street Ry. at E. 2nd and Kipp Sts.
Feb 23rd 1925
Christine JOHNSON, age 56 residence, 137 McKinley Ave, Jamestown drowned at
Sherman's Bay accidental
Feb 24th, 1925
Perry NELSON, age 65 residence, 237 Barret Ave Jamestown, Apoplexy
Feb 26th 1925
Raymond WILCOX, age 33 Residence 635 Prendergast Ave, cause, Disemboweled,
accidental, fell from box car while employed as a Switchman by the Erie R.R.
at Hopkins Avenue
Feb 27th 1925
Ross WHITNEY, age 36 Residence, 211 Steele St. Jamestown, Suicide, Creosote
Poisoning
March 1st, 1925
Theodore WASHBURG, age 47, residence, 310 Jefferson St Jamestown,
Accidental, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Mar 11th, 1925
Ivan M. BENTLEY, 21 residence Mayville, accidental, killed by fumes while
cleaning vinegar vat.
Mar 11th 1925
Henry W. MANROOS, (* MANROSS) age 67, Residence, Gerry, cause, Strangulation
by hanging, Suicide. ( * note, Mrs. Manross had passed away earlier and
both are buried in Gerry Cemetery)
Mar 14th 1925
Charles W. HILL age 77 Residence, Kennedy, Heart Disease
Mar 17th 1925
D. J. KENNISON, age 69 Res. 239 Fairmont Ave Jamestown, Apoplexy
Mar 17th 1925
Charles A. COMFORT, age 55 Jamestown, Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm, while at
work at Art Metal Plant
Mar 22nd, 1925
Annis KENJOCKETY, age 54 residence, 212 ½ Steele St Jamestown, struck by
auto driven by Harold CASPARSON, on Jamestown Frewsburg Rd, Accidental
Mar 23rd, 1925
Julia C. HJORTQUIST, age 27 Residence, 211 Hazard St. Jamestown, suicide by
drowning in Connewango Creek near Frewsburg
March 31st, 1925
John DODAT, age 47 residence, 47 Foote Ave Jamestown, cause, Disembowelment
accidental, run over by Jamestown Falconer Car (*Trolley) at Tiffany Ave.
April 18th 1925
Alexander HEALD, age 65 120 Water St Jamestown cause, fractured skull,
accidentally caught in elevator in Hotel Jamestown
April 20th 1925
Clarence RIBIN, 73 Allen St Heart Disease
April 21st, 1925,
John HOLMBERG, age 95 741 E 2nd St Jamestown Apoplexy
April 22nd, 1925
Pascula FARRARA age 36, 1616 Washington St Jamestown, Internal injuries,
Struck by train at the Buffalo St crossing, I find that the deceased did not
heed warning signals of the gateman.
April 22nd 1925
Lena NAGEL age 1 Week, enteritis
April 24th, 1925
Samuel BURGESON, age 27 Residence, Central House, Jamestown, drowned
Chadakoin River by brick yard, Suicide
May 7th 1925
Sarah FOSTER age 84 Blockville Apoplexy
May 18th 1925
Dominico GRAFFIO, age 8 cause of death, exposure to cold, Disappeared Dec
10, 1924
May 23 1925
H. E. TERRY, age 60 Maple Point, heart disease
May 23, 1925
Samuel KEIFER, 60 213 Chandler St Jamestown cause, internal injuries,
trampled by a horse accidental
May 23rd 1925
Clarence WALKER JR. age 14 residence, 10 14th St Jamestown, cause accidental
electrocution, came in contact with lowering cable from city arc lamp.
May 26th, 1925
Charles FELLEY age 58 66 Everett St Falconer, Apoplexy
May 27th 1925
Della STEINER, age 51 311 W 3rd St Jamestown, skull fracture from accidental
fall down stairs
June 3rd 1925
Mary LOMBARDO, age 5 months, 135 ½ Chandler St Jamestown, acute enteritis
June 3rd 1925
Amanda M MELVIN, age 79, Celoron, Pneumonia
Jun 8th 1925
Nicolas MORGANOS, age 35, residence Allen Square block, heart disease
June 8th 1925
Anthony RIZZO, age 23, 429 Allen St, Jamestown, accidental electrocution, at
Foote Ave and R R Tracks
June 20th 1925
Arthur J. CARLSON, age 17, Jamestown, drowned at Midway Park
June 21st 1925
Earl L. CARPENTER, 39, 324 Falconer St Jamestown, acute cardiac degeneration
July 2, 1925
Herman EWING, age 9, 332 Steele St Jamestown, accidental drowning in
Chadakoin River,
July 8th, 1925,
Sven Olaf SWENSON, age 5 945 E. 2nd St, Jamestown, Internal injuries when accidentally run over
By a truck at Corner of e 2nd and Buffalo Sts
July 13th, 1925
Roy PADERSON, age 22 14 Cedar St Jamestown, accidental drowning at Stoneman Park
July 15th, 1925
Angia J. DEARMAN, age 80 50 Charles St Jamestown, Apoplexy
July 17th, 1925
Segard STEBERG, age 29, 158 Sturgis St Jamestown, cause of death, Gun shot
wound in abdomen, accidentally shot by his brother, Thurston.
(* came here from Sweden, 1912 with brother age 19 at time of his death,
Segard was married in Sweden wife came same time)
July 18th 1925
Mary A. GARDNER age 70, Celoron, sarcoma of the knee
July 21st 1925
Alice E. HELLIWELL age 60 52 Clyde Ave, Jamestown, Heart Disease
July 30th 1925
Fenton L. SCUDDER, age 76 309 W. 5th St. Jamestown Apoplexy
Aug 6th 1925
Mary W. SCHERMERHORN, 64 residence 308 W 2nd St Jamestown, Arsenic Poisoning, Suicide
Aug 11th, 1925
Emory M. BUSH, age 1 month, 119 Broadhead, acute Enteritis
Aug 17th 1925
Charles G. REBLING, 78 145 Superior St Jamestown, Apoplexy
Aug 17th 1925
Joseph JUOVENETTA, age 45, 996 Allern St, fracture of skull, accidentally struck by automobile driven by R.H. WILTSIE
Aug 18th, 1925
Fred WORTMAN< age 55 309 ½ Spring St Suicide by natural gas poisoning
Aug 19th 1925
William LUNDQUIST, age 72 64 Thayer St, Acute Indigestion
Aug 22nd, 1925
Ralph HILL, age 15, North Harmony, accidental drowning
Sept 1st 1925
Percy B. BROWN, age 53 408 Washington St Jamestown, Heart disease
Sept 12th 1925
Mary SELFRIDGE, age 56, Fluvanna, cancer of the stomach
Sept 13th,
Freeman HOBBS< age 71 place of death, Jamestown General Hospital, cause, internal injuries, accidentally thrown from the buggy in which he was riding.
Sept 14th
Etta M. ALDEN, age 66 residence, Hotel Jamestown, Heart disease
Sept 16th, 1925
Elmer J. WASHBURG, age 50, 143 Falconer St, Heart Disease died at Falconer Mnfg Co
Sept 18th, 1925
Liboria S REDA, age 62, residence, 80 Water St Jamestown, Cause, severed right carotid artery, HOMOCIDE
Sept 26th, 1925
John KRUSEN, age 55 41 Broadhead Jamestown, Heart disease
Oct. 1st, 1925
J. Martin NELSON, age 55, 114 Park St Jamestown, cause, death by hanging, a Stow, Suicide
Oct 4th 1925
Christine JOHNSON, age 88 143 Buffalo St Jamestown, Apoplexy
Oct 18th 1925
Lottie M. STRANBURG, age 64 143 Buffalo St Heart Disease
Oct. 18th 1925
Coral N. NOWAK, age 55 488 Willard St Drowned at Celoron,
Oct 20th 1925
Mary Ann BRATT, age 71 12 Hamilton St Jamestown, rupture of Gall Bladder
Oct 25th, 1925
Hugh BROWN, age 34, Watts Flats, fracture of skull, was struck by or fell
from Erie RR train at Beechwood.
Oct 30th 1925
John GARACI 61 53 Barrows St, dropped dead while at work at Art Metal
Apoplexy
Nov 1st 1925
George WOOD, age 80 Dewittville, accidentally struck by automobile driven
by Walter GERVIN
Nov 6th, 1925
Mrs. Margaret CARPENTER, age 35, 165 Falconer St Jamestown, cause, Edema of
Lungs
(*Edema of lungs Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy)
REPORT OF GEORGE E. BLOOD
COUNTY CORONER
Nov 9 1924-Sept 23, 1925
Various towns listed; ages not given by Coroner
Some data added from Census records by me;
Dee Davidson
1924
Nov 9th 1924
Lydia BORTNER, Ripley NY cause, GUNSHOT wounds thru the breast, 3 shots were
fired, going through her breast. ( *age ca 39)
(* Added notes, Lydia was the wife of Frank Bortner in 1920 Ripley census
they are both 35, and have 3 young children )
Nov 11th 1924
John ANTOSYEWSKI, Dunkirk, chronic Epileptic fits, found dead on the floor.
(*Added notes, in 1920 family is born Poland, came here 1916, Father
Anthony is widower age 60 John in 1920 is 34Bro Joseph is widower 29 and his
dau Helen is 9 Name is spelled in census as Antoszewski, Anthony)
Nov 12th 1924
Frank McLAUGHLIN, Dunkirk, cause of death, fractured skull, and shock, right
arm broke at elbow, arm crushed at arm pit, being run over by a NY Central
freight train at State Line NY.
Nov 13th 1924
Nick MICKEL Dunkirk NY cause of death, fractured skull, broken right hip,
broken left leg, jaw and nose broken, run over by auto, whose drive made no
report
Nov 19th 1924
Stanislaus BOPIELASZ, Dunkirk NY cancer of Liver
Nov 26th 1924
Albert FAUST, Lily Dale, Suicide by hanging himself
( in 1920 one Albert FAUST roomed in Jamestown age 75 b PA wife Helen was
68)
Nov 27th 1924
Fred E. KORB, Fredonia NY organic Heart disease
Dec 17th 1924
Loren White STEBBINS Hanover Center NY, burned to death through natural gas
explosion
Dec 27th 1924
Isaac BOORADY Dunkirk , cause of death, Pulmonary Embolism
Dec 31st 1924
Sam CAMBRIA, Dunkirk, Drowned while skating on Lake Erie
( was a child, mother Camella is a 30 yr old widow b Italy in 1920 census
Sam was 8 )
1925
Feb 1st 1925
John DODDS, Dunkirk, accidentally shot
( 1920 census John DODDS is a black man, age 52 born Missouri, living with
3 younger black men all single, workers on the RR Dunkirk )
Feb 22nd, 1925
Mabel SHOLTES Silver Creek, Alcoholism
Feb 23rd 1925
Anna Barbara RUPP Fredonia, Chronic Heart Disease
March 19th 1925
John JAKUBIECE Dunkirk, cause, accidentally shot
(* 1920 census is spelled Jakubczyk is born Poland age 48 with a large
family he came 1906 wife in 1908)
March 26th,
Frank KELLEY Dunkirk, cause, Chronic Myo-Carditis
March 26th
Frank RAWSON, Fredonia, death by suicide, by dropping down in front of the
NY Central Freight Train, under the overhead bridge, 3 miles below Sheridan
Center.
( in 1920 there is 1 Frank RAWSON here, in Pomfret he is then 17 b NY
parents England , he is a boarder and laborer no other Rawson near)
March 26th
Mrs. Alice LAMMERS, Pomfret, cause, fracture of skull, struck by auto
April 23rd
Jacob MILLONZI, Dunkirk, Shot thru right lung with a revolver by John
BATTAGLIA
April 26th,
Joseph MAJKA, Pomfret, accidentally killed by NY Central Train no 20
(* there are 3 men of this surname in Pomfret 1920 , but one Majka, Joseph
is age 35 all were born in Austria and probably brothers)
May 8th 1925
Andrew USCHOLD, Silver Creek Apoplexy
(* in 1920 Hanover is Uchold, Andrew age 55)
May 19th
Lena May WILDEN Ripley Epilepsy
May 23rd
Willard Thomas BABB JUNIOR , Silver Creek, Motorcycle accident chest
crushed, ribs punctured
( was 16 in 1920 Dunkirk census)
May 23rd
Donald Geer WOODBURY, Silver Creek fractured Skull, Motorcycle accident
June 8th
Thomas Smith BARTLEY, Fredonia, cause, suicide by hanging himself with a
rope
June 10th
Joseph RESSO Dunkirk, Fractured Skull in Auto accident
June 13th
DeEtta SPADE, Laona cause of death, SUICIDE by drinking carbolic acid
(* note, DeEtta was the wife of Daniel SPADE in 1920 in Pomfret, he is 76, b
CT she is 61 b NY parents b Germany Also there is a SON Charles age 8 )
June 23rd
William John MILLER, Fredonia, cause, fell from cherry tree and broke his
neck, accidentally
June 28th
Clara FELTHOUSE, Dunkirk cause, Drowned in Lake Erie
June 30th
Harold William WEINBOURG Silver Creek, cause, fractured skull, auto accident
July 21st
Robert HABICK Cause, Struck by lightening
July 26th
Dorothy NALEPA, Dunkirk, accidentally burned to death from playing with
matches.
July 27th
Tom FOTI Brocton, cause, Auto accident
Aug 2nd
Mrs. Mary WOLLASTON Silver Creek, cause, Fractured skull, broken neck and
broken arm,
Auto accident
Aug 5th
Andrew KAIGER, Dunkirk, cause of death, Cerebral Hemorrhage, run over by PA
Central train at Brocton
August 8th 1925
Hannah WINCHESTER Dunkirk NY, Committed suicide by SHOOTING HERSELF IN THE
BACK OF THE HEAD ? With a revolver
(* in 1920 Dunkirk Hannah is 52 and the wife of Clarence WINCHESTER age 50
She is born PA so were Parents, she has 2 children here, Son HALLIE is 28
Single at home no work and son William is 19 both sons b Missouri)
Aug 15th
June Arlene SEAWRIGHT, Dunkirk, cause, struck by Nickel Plate Passenger
train, neck broken left leg 2 places between knee and ankle
Aug 21st
UNKNOWN MAN Silver Creek, cause, fractured skull, left arm and leg broken,
twice, right leg broken above the knee No cause for injuries
Aug 22nd
Herbert BENJAMIN, Fredonia, Organic Heart Disease
Aug 25th
Frank Thomas PATTON, Fredonia, cause, head crushed when run over by
automobile
( in 1920 Pomfret, Thomas PATTON age 62 wife Jane 57 youngest son Frank is
22)
Aug 29th
William CASEY, Dunkirk, cause , fractured skull, struck by auto while riding
a bicycle in the E Main Rd near corner of Cooks Rd and Main
Aug 31st
William WOODY, Forsyth NY cause, fractured skull, run over by a Buffalo and
Erie RR car, also had head crushed and both legs broken
Aug 31st
Enoch HAYES Pomfret Cancer of the liver
Sept 4th
Robert BRION, Dunkirk, cause, drowning, found floating in Lake Erie
Sept. 6th
Vincenzo NAVARRA, Silver Creek, Gunshot wounds, and scalp wounds by unknown
person
Sept 9th
Marilynn GRAFF Silver Creek, cause, fracture of skull, struck by auto
Sept 20th
Steve KAWELESKI, Arkwright, Organic Heart Disease
Sept 23rd
Louis VOSS, Sheridan and Silver Creek NY, cause, accidentally caught in
mowing machine, had leg caught, cutting artery and bled to death
( in 1920 there are 2 Louis VOSS one is in Pomfret b NY age 32 the other in
Sheridan, age 62 b Deutschland)
Report of
E.B. OSGOOD, County Coroner
Chautauqua Co NY
Feb 9, -Oct 16 1925
Feb 9th 1925
Case of Mary WESELEWSKI found dead in bed, Died from natural causes
April 27, 1925
Case of Adolph PETERS at Sherman, he fell on the track in front of a
switching train, and was cut in 2, Trespasser
June 23rd , 1925
Case of John J. MITCHELL, Found on the shore of Lake Erie, Dead, I located
his friends in Boston MASS.
August 12th, 1925
Called to Westfield in case of Mrs. Ann EGGERT of St. Louis MO who was
killed when the auto she was riding in, was hit by a street car when they
were leaving the home of Dick NEWELL where they stayed all night. The auto
was run by her son In law, G. R. HOWE, who, with his wife, saved themselves
by jumping from the car, The auto had stalled on the track, causing the
accident.
Sept 1st, 1925
Called to Westfield in the case o J.H. McINTOSH, of Wesleyville, Erie Co
PA, and H. L. DUNLAVY of Erie PA ministers of the M. E. Church, who was
running along ahead of the B & E Trolley their auto suddenly turned onto the
track in front of the trolley Both were instantly killed, and the auto
smashed We were unable to prove the cause.
September 8th, 1925
Called to Sherman in the case of Oscar WOODFORD, suicide by gunshot
Sept 27th, 1925
Called to the County Poorhouse at Dewittville, Case of Charles CARTER an
employee who died of heart disease.
Oct 16th 1925
Case of Camilla BRAINARD at Brocton, Heart disease
Edward B OSGOOD, Coroner
CORONER'S REPORT
Chautauqua Co NY
Report of E. B. OSGOOD, Coroner
May 23rd 1927
J.A. SIMPSON, Westfield, drowned while trying to escape from officers, by jumping off his boat, to swim ashore, Bootlegger;
(Smuggling booze from Canada to NY was a common practice in the 1920's.)
CORONER'S REPORT
B. F. ILLSTON
Chautauqua Co NY Coroner
Nov 1 1927- Dec 31st 1927
November 10th 1927
Norman L. BLATT, residence Robinsonsea PA age 21 Suicide by Hanging at Dolf Flats
Nov. 17th 1927
Gust W. WASSMAN, residence 25 Benson St. Jamestown, cause, fracture of skull, struck by Erie Train no 5 at Beechwood while riding on speeder
November 26th, 1927
Unknown Infant, still birth which had been buried in woods with out a burial permit
Nov 27th 1927
Mrs. Jennie HAUGH, residence 51 Fairmont Ave Jamestown, age 72 cause of death, accidental burning, clothing caught on fire from open fireplace
Dec 6th 1927
James RYAN, 105 W 2nd St, age 66 cause, Apoplexy
Dec 17th 1927
James ANZALONE, residence, Brocton, age 12, accidental drowning, in the Chadakoin
CORONER'S REPORT
Chautauqua CO NY
George E . BLOOD Dr.
Ages not given
1931
Nov 6th
Ermina McMANUS Fredonia, Acute dilation of heart
Nov 6th
Carrie May BEARDSLEY, Fredonia, Acute Indigestion
Nov 11th
Allen Forest DAVIS, Fredonia, premature birth
Nov 14th
Clara BARONE< Silver Creek, fracture of skull, auto accident
Nov 19th
Daniel Edward CHILCOTT, Cause Unknown found in Dunkirk Bay Lake Erie
Nov 22nd
Agnes Jameson, fracture of skull, struck by auto
Nov 24th
Iva A. GREEN, Dunkirk, struck by a bus
Dec 12th 1931
Stanley MEKUS Dunkirk, Suicide by hanging with a rope
1932
Jan 10th
Quincey RANNEY Cassadaga, acute alcoholism
Jan 18th
Henry WOOLEY Hanover Apoplexy
Jan 22nd
Carrie CRISTINA, Fredonia, TB of the lungs
Feb 2nd
Trem ANTOL, Dunkirk, heart disease
Feb 2nd
Charles MILLER, Silver Creek, Heart
Feb 6th
Charles BOUQUIN, Dunkirk, fracture of skull, hit by auto
Feb 7th
Ion McCONNELL Fredonia, Acute dilation of heart
Feb 20th
Adam S. ZALKOWSKI, Dunkirk, suicide, hanging by wire
Feb 27th
Mary FACCO, Dunkirk, struck by auto, fracture of skull
Mar 3rd
William GOGGIN< Dunkirk, fell from top of Nickel plate train
Mar 12th
James SHERMAN, Villenova, suicide, by hanging with rope
Mar 14th
Mary CROWELL, Hamlet, Apoplexy
Mar 13th
Dickie OLROGG, Arkwright death by Convulsions
Mar 17th
Alexander GANCASY Silver Creek, head crushed by the Nickel plate RR train
Mar 19th
Robert ABERSOLD, Dunkirk, Suicide, hanging by a rope
Mar 30th
Robert AGNEW, Dunkirk acute dilation of heart
Apr 5
Lloyd WHITNEY French Creek, Heart
Apr 11th
Philiip Francis HACK, Dunkirk, drowned in Lake Erie
Apr 15th
John Zuralski, Dunkirk Heart
May 23rd
Eria WYATT, Ripley accidentally killed accident, auto and trolley collision
June 5th
Andrew JELONEK, Dunkirk, Heart
June 24th
Attilo SCAGLINO, Dunkirk, burns from steam boiler explosion
July 2nd
John GIZEGORZEWSKI, Silver Creek, accidentally drowned Lake Erie
July 10,
Michael TOOMEY Dunkirk, Heart
July 26th
Joseph POLSIAK, Sheridan, accidentally drowned lake Erie
July 26th
George D. JOHNSON, Lily Dale, cause, Cerebral Hemorrhage
July 31st
Herbert GLOTH, Cassadaga, accidental drowning Cassadaga Lake
Aug 14th
Jack ZANGHI Silver Creek., struck by auto, skull fracture
Aug 20th
Edward CROWELL, Smith's Mills Suicide, shooting self with gun
Aug 24th
Anna Marie SANDFORD, Dunkirk, Accidental drowning Lake Erie
Sept 8th
Albert HAAK or HOAK, or HOAG Hanover, Suicide with a revolver
Sept 8th
Unknown Man Portland, found on shore of Lake Erie
Sept 9th
Frances Murray, Silver Creek, fracture of skull auto accident
Sept 15th
Elizabeth POWELL, Silver Creek, auto accident, triple fracture of skull
Sept 17th
DeForest STRAIGHT, Dunkirk, chest crushed by auto accident
Sept 20th
Patrick CONNELL Dunkirk, Acute Alcoholism
Oct 1st;
Mrs. Paul NEWMAN, Silver Creek, suicide, shooting self with a revolver
Oct. 6th
Eugene HEATH, Lily Dale, Heart
Oct 10th
Francis SEYBOLD, JUNIOR, chest crushed, run over by a truck
Oct 13th
Arthur PADDOCK, Jamestown, Shooting self with rifle, Suicide
Oct 30th
Joseph CUNNINGHAM, Dunkirk, Heart
Oct 30th
Otto F. PAGE, Fredonia, Heart
CORONER'S REPORT
Chautauqua CO NY
William B. CRANDALL Coroner
From
Nov 1, 1931 to Nov 1932
Nov 22nd
John Henry CASELMAN, Sherman, asphyxiated by coal gas in his own home
Alice Adelaide CASELMAN his wife, asphyxiated by coal gas in her own home
Dec 21st 1931
Hubert NEWTON, Jamestown, Heart
Feb 26, 1932
Raymond R NICHOLS. Westfield, suffocation, following seizure
Mar 13th 1932
Augusta BOCKMAN Westfield accidental suffocation
April 3rd 1932
Raymond C.WHEELER, Westfield, Suicide by carbon Monoxide gas
Apr 29, 1932
Joe KLASCH Westfield, Heart lesion
May 20th
Bert Bert S. HOPKINS, Dunkirk, Auto Accident, fractured skull
May 21st,
Charles SAFFORD, Mina, suicide by shot gun
May 29th 1932
Hugh W. TRAVIS Westfield, fractured skull, auto accident
May 30th 1932
George Francis ARUMON 181 Summer place Buffalo, Heart disease
Jun 3rd 1932
Jay D. HULL Cassadaga, Apoplexy
Jun 8th 1932
Charles GARRISON, auto accident, Ripley, internal injuries
Jun 12 1932
George Alfred KIRKLAND Dewittville, natural causes
Jun 21st 1932
William WHEELOCK, Westfield, Apoplexy
Jun 25th 1932
Leo Lee LUCORE Ripley, Fractured skull, crushed chest, auto Accident
July 18th 1932
Frederick A MOREHOUSE Ripley Heart disease
July 29th 1932
Fred KLOPFER Mayville Chronic Myocardial insufficiency
Aug 14th
Russell K. SITZINGER, Surrey Rd Philadelphia PA drowned when canoe capsized, Chautauqua Lake
Aug 27th 1932
Warren Long MORSE< Jamestown, drowned in Chautauqua Lake
Aug 28th 1932 Adelaide PALMER Westfield, heart
Sept 7th
Herbert BRIGGS N. Harmony, accidentally struck by auto
Oct 1st
Vesta Marie MACKEY, Kennedy, accidentally struck by Auto
Oct 2, 1932
Elizabeth CLAREY Jamestown, heart
Oct 5th 1932
Jean Downs MCINTYRE Welland Ontario, drowned when freight boat sank in Lake Erie
CORONER'S REPORT
David LINCOLN, Coroner
Nov 3rd 1931
Albin ANDERSON, age 19 1106 Lakeview Ave Jst, Auto Accident
Nov 17th 1931
Lucy THOMPSON, age 84 Busti natural causes
Nov 30th 1931
Mrs. Wilhelmina BIRMLEY, 79 of Cherry Creek natural causes
Nov 30th, 1931 Walter Jennings TAYLOR age 46 Clymer, exposure
Dec 1, 1931
Albert KOTTTELLIE Age 62 No 42 Allen Square, Jamestown, Natural causes;
Dec 3, 1931
Johannes SWANSON, age 86 34 Prather Ave Jamestown, natural causes;
Dec 8th 1931
Andrew Gustaf NORMAN, age 71 Barrows St Jst, natural causes
Dec 10th 1931
Mrs. Lora THAYER GATHERCOLE age 80 301 Lakeview Ave Jst, Natural causes;
Dec 19th , 1931
John PARRISH, age 62 Watts Flats, 2nd degree burns
Dec 27th, 1931 Frank ORTOLANO, age 74 26 Water St, Jst, natural causes
Dec 28th 1931, Scott PENFIELD age 67 Jamestown, suicide
Jan 1, 1932- March 31, 1932
CORONERS Report
David LINCOLN of Jamestown Coroner
Jan 1, 1932
Carl David BROSTRUM, age 31 Willard St Ext. auto accident,
Jan 6th
Mrs. Marie WHITMAN, age 17 North Harmony gun shot, self inflicted
Jan 7th
John Gust STONEBERG, age 69 39 Bigelow Ave Jst, suicide by hanging
Jan 13th
Esther Marie SWANSON, age 27 132 Weeks Ave Jst, suicide by fire-arms
Jan 14th
Louis M. WAITE, age 85 824 N Main St Jst, jumped from window, Suicide
Jan 19th
Charles W. STEARNS, 79 215 Washington St Jst, natural causes
Jan 23rd
William E. PHILLIPS ae 69 Busti, natural causes
Jan 27th
Benedict Leo WITECK, 24, Bonita on Chautauqua Lake, Struck on J W &N and N W RR tracks while in his auto
Jan 30th
Arlene NOBBS, age 25 of 344 E. 4th St Jst, Suicide, Head severed by Erie RR
Train
Jan 31s
Byron DARLING, age 25 101 Wescott Ave Jst, accidental natural gas poisoning
Feb 1st
Anders Gustaf OBERG, 84, 108 Bowen St Jst, Natural causes
Feb 2nd
Mrs. Anna D. COFFIN, ae 73, 311 E 6th St, clothes caught fire from open
fire, burns
Feb 7th
Erhart THURNQUIST 53 30 Barrows St Jst, Gun Shot wound, , suicide
Feb 12th
Joseph HARDY age about 50 Falconer, found dead on RR tracks, natural
causes,
Feb 15th
Mrs. Ida GARDNER, age 82, Stow, NY Suicide by hanging,
Mar 2nd
George ANDERSON, age 47 lived Buffalo, found in Busti, dead with gun shot,
accidental;
Mar 5th
Elliott Thomas WORDEN, 75 of 45 Thayer St Jst, natural causes
Mar 5th
Charles LINDERHOLM, 61 Jst, auto Accident
Mar 5th
James NORTON, age 26 Hotel Samuels, Jst, suicide by hanging
Mar 7th
Lehman PETERSON, 35 Cole Ave Jst, natural causes
Mar 21st
Earl W. KELLEY, age 51 Foote Ave Jamestown, suicide by hanging
Mar 25th
Carol NORD, 33 of Euclid St natural causes
Mar 30th
James HODGES age 43 Watts Flats, burns,
Mar 30th
Phebe Rood TICKNER, 90 of 322 Newland Ave Natural causes
CORONERS REPORT
APRIIL 1 - JUNE 30 1932
April.2nd 1932
Harry CULVER, age 56 105 Summit Lakewood, Suicide, gun Shot
Apr 3rd
John VISTANZA age 11 Towerville, Gun Shot, accidental
Apr 3rd,
Fred CLARY Clyde Ave Jst Natural causes
Apr 6th
Charles PIERCE ae 5 weeks, Onoville died Jst Hospital
Apr 6th
Frank PETERSON, 59, 273 Hallock St Strangulation by hanging, suicide;
Apr 14th
Mrs. Kate BENNETT age 56 16 Park St Jst, natural causes;
Apr 14th
Enard HANSON, 22 of Frewsburg, Natural causes
Apr 17th
Paul FOSBURG, age 28 Crashed with his Airplane near Sinclairville,
accidental
Apr 18th
Milard Oscar CARLSON, 27 108 Crossman St suicide by firearms
Apr 19th
Peter JOHNSON, 65, Bemus Pt, Carbon Monoxide poisoning, accidental
Apr 22nd
Frank Courter SIMPSON, 23, Randolph, died in Jamestown, Gun Shot, accidental
Apr 26th
John J. PRZYRYAG, age 63 91 Fairmont , Natural Causes
Apr 29th
Lawrence J. KLINGSTEDT 74, 149 Allen St Jst, Natural Causes
May 8th
Horace NEWGREN 62, 609 Harding Ave Jst natural causes
May 11th
Mrs. Ella O. AYLING, Light House Pt Struck by auto on Highway
May 13th
Anna M CARLSON 57 20 Morton St Jst, Natural Causes
May 15th
Augusta HERMANSON, 82 Ellery Center Natural causes
May 16th
Mrs Ella RICKER age 76 found dead in her cottage, natural
May 18th
Carlton COX, age 12 Barrows St, accidental drowning
May 20th
Cornelia Minerva WISE, 74 902 Lafayette St Jst Natural causes
June 4th
Hiram C. KLINGENSMITH 62 of 58 Waverly St Celoron, fell from boat while fishing, drowned, accidental
June 10th
George A. McGINNIS 50, Mayville, Gun Shot, Suicide
June 12 th
Bert E. WHATFORD, ae 57 653 E 5th St Jst,
June 14th
Willis Hiram MASON, 76 Jst, dropped dead on St, natural causes
June 14th
Axel Z. JOHNSON, 46 29 Spruce St Jst, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, accidental
June 17th
Carl Genus PARSONS, 45 , 41 Anderson St, Jst, fractured skull, falling from sidewalk to pavement
JUNE 21st
Henry G RUSH 78 of Bemus Point, fell from boat, Accidental Drowning
JUNE 21st
Clarence EMBELTON, age 34 Bemus Pt, Accidental Drowning, , jumped in lake to save the life of his employer, Mr RUSH
June 26th
Jean Patricia TYLER, age 6 Fluvanna, struck by Auto, fractured skull
June 28th
James P. DRAKE, 18, of W. 8th St, accidental drowning in Stillwater Creek
June 30th
Frank B. STEDMAN, 62 f Stedman, natural causes
CORONERS REPORT
David Lincoln, Coroner
July - Dec 1932
July2nd
Frank W. JOHNSON, 64 Cherry Creek, struck by Auto on Highway
July 3rd
Eugene WELSH, 19, Bradford PA, thrown from auto, striking tree, fractured skull
July 7th
John A. KILEY 43, 203 Lafayette Jst, Gun shot wound, suicide
July 13th
Herbert J. JONES infant, Poland, natural causes
July 16th
Adolph DAVIDSON, 67, 136 Prospect St Jst, dropped dead at home, natural causes
July 23rd
Louis DeMEYER age 21, 192 PA Ave, Jst, drowned in Chautauqua Lake, accidental
July 27th
William HILL, ae 46 died in Police ambulance while being taken to hospital, alcoholism
July 31st
Raymond H. COOPER, ae 25, Bear Lake PA Auto accident, killed when auto he was a passenger in, left highway.
Aug 4th
Oscar F. ANDERSON, 84 269 Prospect Jst, found dead in bed, natural causes
Aug 13th
Charles EGGETT 17 of Kane PA, resided at Victoria on Chautauqua lake, dove in shallow water, fractured cervical vertebrae
Aug 16th
James LAUGHLIN, ae 7, 1 Metallic Ave Jst, struck by Erie passenger train, ,
Aug 20th
Bernardino MARERI 42, dropped dead in national furniture factory , body posted? Chronic Myocarditis natural cause
Aug 22nd
Anna M. WILCOX, 77 Celoron, natural causes
Aug 26th
June HALL age 6 of Kennedy, struck by auto, fractured skull
Aug 31st
Olof DAHLGREN 67 of 76 Shady Lane, Jst, natural causes
Sept 1st
Infant female found in rubbish barrel, near rear of 23 Front St Jst.
Sept 7th
Timothy J. CANTY 64 of Jefferson St Jst, dead in bed, natural causes
Sept 11th
Adolph Emanuel HALLIN, 44 of 58 Allen St, found drowned in Chautauqua Lake, accidental
Sept 16th
Hugo BRAMSTONG, 40, of 316 Haywood Ave Jst, strangulation by hanging, suicide
Sept 16th
Augusta Louise SUNDELL 83 of 3 Lakeview Ave, struck by Street car at Shermans Bay
Sept 17th
Mrs. Flora GIBSON, 70 Jst, Natural causes
Sept 24th
James SAUTER 62 of Erie PA, struck by auto near Kennedy, fractured skull
Oct 23rd
Alson M. COVELL, 70 of Kennedy, Struck by auto, Autopsy held resulting that death was not directly due to accident
Oct 24th
Melvin A. LINDBECK, 47 of Howard Ave Jst, strangulation by hanging, suicide
Oct 30th
Mattie Belle COOK, 32 844 E 2nd St, run down by street car
Nov 3rd
George SLYE 65 of French Creek, natural causes
Nov 6th
Donald F BERG age 20, 1081 E 2nd St Jst while trying to board a passing freight train, was thrown under the wheels and killed
Cherry Creek
Leon RUTTENBUR Coroner
Nov 1 1935 to Nov 1 1936
Nov 12, 1935
S. VANDERWOOF, Conewango Valley NY found dead in bed Chronic Mycarditis
Nov 26th 1935
Blaine HULINGS, 102 Baxter St Lakewood NY Auto accident, fractured skull and
internal injuries
Nov 28th 1935
Marcus D. DEXTER Ellery NY found dead in bed, chronic Mycarditis
Nov 29th 1935
Avery HOWARD Cherry Creek, Dead in bed, cerebral Hemorrhage
1936
June 19th 1936
Carl WATERS, Hamlet NY pneumonia
July 1st 1936
Charles FOSTER, Frewsburg dropped dead while driving auto, Apoplexy
Aug 7th 1936
William WHITTON Jamestown, chronic endocarditis
CORONERS Report
David LINCOLN June 1936-july
June 1st 1936
Elizabeth Marie KOFOD age 3 104 William St Jst hit by auto while riding
tricycle
June 4th ALL SAME DAY
Theodore JONES 32 56 w 10th st Jst, Methyl Alcohol poisoning
Emmons CRANDALL 53 West Valley NY Methyl Alcohol poisoning
Myles VanSYLE 32 Ellery Methyl Alcohol poisoning
Gust PIERSON 28 Jst Methyl Alcohol poisoning
June 4th
Carl Oscar TRACY 37 Jst Natural causes
June 5th
Melvin Ivan McGRATH 10 Busti struck by auto
June 9th
Joseph GRIMSHAW 53 Allen St Jst Natural causes
June 18th
Arthur BULOW 32 Ellicott, Acute Alcoholism
June 20th
Mont HACKETT 60 North Harmony, Hit and run driver
June 21st
Nina E. CHAPMAN, 18 E 2nd st Jst Carbolic Acid poisoning, SUICIDE
June 23rd
Erwin COWAN 73 found dead in Thayer Cemetery, Natural causes
( His family is also buried there)
June 29th
Mrs Laura DOOLITTLE 41 Clymer Auto Accident
July4th
Andrew CARLSON 82, Jst natural Causes
July 7th
Vern DONELSON age 16 Harmony, Auto collided with tree
July 9th
John Alfred STRAND 53 Busti, Fell from a load of hay
July 10th
Mrs Laura SHANNON, 42 106 Lister Ave Jst, Auto Accident
July 11th
George BRIGHT, 77 13 st Jst Natural causes
July 13th
Charles S. BUTLER 37 74 Lister St Jst, Natural causes
July 15th
Frank DeMAIO, 15, Brown St Jst, Accidental drowning
July 20th
Hayward GROAT 62 2 N Main St Jst, acute alcoholism
July 21st
Claude HUNTER , 62 N Main Jst, natural causes found dead
July 28th
Mrs Carrie NORLANDER 82 Willard St, fractured Femur in fall
July 29th
Paul Everett NELSON, age 12, 207 W 8th St accidental gun shot
CORONER REPORT 1936 August thru November
Mostly Jamestown
David LINCOLN CORONER
Aug 1st 1936
Fabian NELSON, 85 611 Jefferson St natural causes
Aug 3rd
Earl W. HENNING, 67 516 E 6th St Jst, Auto Accident
Aug 17th
Walter Scott WHITE 88, 878 N Main St Jst, natural causes
Aug 18th
Mrs. Selma PETERS 69 of Cherry Creek, struck by train on crossing
Aug 18th
Henrietta WARNSHOUSE age 3 Clymer, Struck by auto
Aug 29th
Eddie J. H. PETERSON, 50 of 11 Dearborn St Jst, sudden death, natural causes
Sept 1st
Albin JOHNSON, age 54 Gerry NY SUICIDE by hanging
Sept 4th
Goran SEEKINS, 4, Ellery Center, auto accident
Sept 8th
Ruth Charlotte ECKNER age 8months 314 Jefferson Jst, suffocation,
accidental
Sept 9th
Herbert S. WILLIAMSON, 56, 809 Lafayette St Jst, severing of artery by
broken glass, fell into window
Sept 12th
Charles PETERSON, age 81 Kennedy natural causes
Sept 14th
Benjamin K. SOLLIDAY, age 92 872 Main St Jst, Natural causes
Sept 16th
Guy A. FAULKNER, 26 Mayville Carbon Monoxide SUICIDE
Sept 20th
Josiah MOHN, 40 Cassadaga Gunshot wound in abdomen while hunting, accidental
Sept 22nd
Mrs Anna LAKE, 66 121 hall Ave Jst, Fractured skull from a fall in her home
Oct 2nd
Loretta Nellie ( RICE) CLYDE 26 110 West 3rd St incomplete abortion
Oct 5th
Mrs. Margaret THOMPSON, 63 Jamestown Natural causes
Oct 16th
Jesse R. COWDEN, 78 87 Barret Ave Jst struck by auto
Oct 19th
Albro HOOPER, 51 Kiantone, Natural causes
Oct 22nd
Fred S. PILSBURY, 72 Natural causes
Oct 22nd
Alfred A. ANDEROSN, 60 3 Lakeview Ave Jst, gunshot in chest, accidental
Oct 22nd
Ray C. HOLMES, 50 Frewsburg Accidental Gunshot
Oct 28th
Henry KELLAR 44 found dead in swamp woods , of Warren PA
Oct 30th
Donald HERMAN, 40 of Lakewood, SUICIDE, by hanging to bed in Jamestown Gen
Hospital
Nov 3rd
Elizabeth MANN, 73 Sinclairville, natural causes
Nov 5th
Marcella C. LAUGHLIN, Jst, Natural causes
Nov 8th
Thomas McMAHON, 60 Celoron, Natural causes
Nov 8th
Mrs. Mary LORENZ HOARD 81 of 105 W 5th st Jst Natural causes
Nov 13th
E. Clement SWART age 27 Mills St Lakewood, Auto Accident
Nov 15th
Joseph RUSSO, 20 S main St Jst, Auto accident
Nov 18th
John Percy CLAWSON, 52 Jamestown, found dead, no doubt due to excessive
use of Alcohol
CORONER REPORT
George E. BLOOD, Coroner
Does not give ages or residence;
1935
Nov 27th
Martha A. CARDOT, Laona, Apoplexy
Dec 10th
Alton ROSING, Dunkirk, enlarged Thymus
Dec 13th
William KESLER, Silver Creek Apoplexy
Dec 18th
Isabel DEW, Dunkirk, Carbon Monoxide Gas;
Dec 28th
Fred LINCOLN, Dunkirk struck by passenger train
1936
Jan 9th
Elizabeth THIES Fredonia, shock from auto accident
Jan 11th
Badey BIZIAK, Dunkirk Apoplexy
Jan 16th
Theodore ANTOL, Dunkirk Septecemia
Feb 25th
Edward SOBOZAK, Dunkirk, SUICIDE by hanging
Feb 27th
Edward ROMAN, Dunkirk, Apoplexy
Mar 5th
Jesse CARPENTER, Silver Creek Suicide, by shooting
Mar 18th
Andrew KORZENIWSKI Dunkirk, Apoplexy
Apr 4th
James Lester CARLSON, Pomfret, accidental suffocation
Apr 6th
George NOOTE Dunkirk acute dilation of heart
Apr 7th
Katherine WESTPHAL, Pomfret, accidental suffocation
Apr 8th
Minerva JONES Gerry arterio Sclerosis
Apr 13th
Stillborn baby Dunkirk
Apr 29th
Unknown man Head cut off by train, Brocton Ny
May 9th
Etta SCHILZ, Silver Creek auto accident
May 15
Unknown baby stillborn
May 17th
Blanche SHORTMAN, Westfield, Apoplexy
May 18th
Delos JAMES Stockton, Arterio Sclerosis
May 29th ALL three HANGED
Richard HIGGINS, Dunkirk, Strangulation - HANGED
Patricia HIGGINS DUNKIRD Strangulation- HANGED
Elizabeth P HIGGINS, DUNKIRK, SUICIDE by Hanging
What is the story here? In 1920 there is one Elizabeth HIGGINS wife of John
in Dunkirk and these may be her children and she is the only one listed as a
suicide
June 5th
Frank SALPIETRO, Dunkirk, Apoplexy
Jun 14th
Richard FOOTE, Dunkirk, Skull fracture, Auto Accident
Jun 20th
Ed LATOS Dunkirk, Dunkirk fracture of skull struck by Nickel plate train
June 22nd
Frank CARMEN, Silver Creek fell from cliff fractured skull
Jun 23rd
Lucy CHAMPLIN, Fredonia, embolism
July 26th
Stanley COLBERG, Silver Creek Death by SUICIDE< shooting with a 22
July 29th
Howard McARTHUR, Silver Creek struck by a cab
Aug 3rd
Albert BIERCE, Fredonia Apoplexy
Aug 14th
William GRIESE, Fredonia, Apoplexy
Aug 22nd
Katherine COBB, Westfield, Fracture of skull auto accident
Sept1st
George B. SANFORD, Irving, Apoplexy
Sept 9th
Leslie TENANT Fredonia, SUICIDE by hanging
Sept 22nd
Henry WOROSZ, Dunkirk, Fracture of skull, struck by auto
Oct 4th
Peter Paul BINKO, Irving, Fractured skull auto accident
Oct 11th
Frank PETERS, Silver Creek Apoplexy
Oct 22nd
Harry LINCOLN, Sheridan, Shock from seeing auto accident
Oct 28th
Clara Jane WRIGHT, Portland Heart disease
Oct 31st
Charles A HALL Stockton, Apoplexy
Nov 14th
Howard EBLING, Dunkirk Head crushed struck by NYC train
Nov 16th
Frederick GEIGER Fredonia, Coronary Embolism
CORONERS REPORT
Nov 1935 to Nov 1936
William B. CRANDALL CORONER
1935
NOV 9TH 1935
Claude H. RICE of Northeast PA, accidental, broken neck and frontal bone of
head fractured, car crash
Nov 22nd
Emery S. CLARK, Jamestown, accidental, fell from NY Central RR arch bridge
and was drowned
Nov 28th
Chester KOCZWARA, Dunkirk, accidental, shot while preparing to go hunting,
12 ga shotgun
Nov 30th
Mary URBANCK, Corry PA accidental, car crash, internal injuries and skull
fracture
Dec 12th
Paul HENCARIK, Erie PA accidental car crash, skull fracture and chest
crushed
Dec 19th
Chauncey Lee NUTT Brocton NY, probably accident, shot while cleaning gun
1936
Jan 11th
Edward B. HEWES, Chautauqua, SUICIDE, shot with 10 ga gun in his home
Jan 22nd
Earl INGERSON, Westfield, heart disease
Jan 24th
Fannie McLANATHAN Westfield, natural
Jan 30th
Dora CORNELL, Westfield, Heart disease
Feb 23rd
Walter SHERMAN, Ripley Probably an accidental death, was intoxicated and
fell asleep with motor running, Carbon monoxide gas
Mar 5th
Lewis WRIGHT, Portland, SUICIDE, cut throat with razor
Mar 25th
Angelo BOVA, Westfield, accidental drowned fell into lake while collection
wood
Apr 4th
Betty Jean LAY Jamestown, Drowned Findley lake while playing on the ice
May 31st
Edwin Rudolph CARLLSON, Chautauqua, Accidental struck by stump while
dynamiting skull fracture
June 8th
Wiliam Henry FINK, Westfield, Cerebral Hemorrhage
Jun 20th
Stella KNEUSS, Chautauqua, Cerebral Hemorrhage
July 3rd
Robert JACKSON, Jamestown, Heart disease
July 5th
Mary SEELEYS Westfield, Cerebral Hemorrhage
Aug 8th
Charles ALLEN, Brocton, Heart disease
Aug 8th
David Ernest LIBERATOR, Brocton NY, drowned in pond while playing on
fathers farm
Aug 9th
Murray B. CONANT, Corry PA accidental, motorcycle , skull fracture when his
head hit a tree
Aug 14th
Wilbur ENGWALL, Jamestown, struck by auto while walking in rd
Aug 20th
Richard FITTS, Bemus Point, Accidental, car struck a tree, skull fracture
Aug 20th
Stephen MANHART, Washington CO PA, Accidental, drowned in Lke Erie while
swimming
Aug 28th
Edson Wallace PAYNE, Fredonia, Accidental head on car crash internal
injuries
Aug 31st
Philip B. CHAMBERS, New Castle PA, Accidental drowned Lake Chautauqua when
he fell from a sailboat
Sept 2nd
Joseph Taylor, Accidental , drowned in Lake Erie Fell from boat
Sept 4th
Gilbert STRUNK< Falconer, accidental struck by train at S Work St crossing
Sept 8th
Grant Stewart DAVIS, N Harmony, SUICIDE, Monoxide gas
Sept 9th
Fred MANN, N Harmony, Accidental skull fracture whe n truck collided with
his car
Sept 28th
George NORTHROP, Mayville Heart disease
Oct 2nd
Arthur W. BROWN, Randolph NY, accidental, skull fracture when hit by street
car
They died of WHAT?
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gawalker/Walker/illness.html
Walgreens Q and A
Q: I'm doing genealogy research. My grandfather's death certificate says he
died of apoplexy. Can you tell me what this is? He died in 1902 at age 69.
A. Apoplexy is an outdated term for a hemorrhagic stroke - bleeding into
the brain from a blood vessel that leaks or ruptures. Less commonly, doctors
in the past used the term apoplexy to indicate massive bleeding into other
organs. Unless some other organ is specified, it's reasonable to conclude
that your great-grandfather died of a stroke. A stroke at age 69 is a clue
that he may have had high blood pressure as well.
SOURCE - Dee Davidson, 2002.