Partial Return of Death, Delaware Twp., (01 May 1868-01 May 1869): Hunterdon Co., NJ Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Kay Larsen Copyright 2004. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ********************************************************* This is a page from the Return of Deaths in the Township of Delaware, County of Hunterdon, State of New Jersey from the 1st day of May 1868 to the 1st day of May 1869 obtained from the Archives in Trenton, NJ. The spellings will be given as written.Abbreviations such as Del Twsp are just as given in the original. Any thing in brackets will be my comments if I need something needs clarification . The headings of the columns are no., date of death, name of deceased, sex of dec'd, married or single, age, occupation, place of death, place of birth [note: place of death is first---place of birth second], name of parents, cause of death, time of making record [on this particular page, that last column was left blank for all the entries]. 25, July 21/68, G. Anna Parient, Fem, single, 17, no occupation given, Del Tsp, Trenton, W.B. Parent, consumption 26, May 27/68,Mahlon Smith, M, married, 71, farmer,Del Tsp, Del Tsp, John Smith, no cause of death given 27, June 30 /68, Emma G. Smith, F, no marital status given, 1 month, no occupation, Del Tsp, Del Tsp, Isaac Smith, no cause of death given 28,Feb. 18 /69, Lemuel Naylor, M, married, 29, Farmer, Del Tsp, Del Tsp, John Naylor, Fitts 29, Dec. 20 /68, Elisabeth Saller [I believe it could possibly be Salter, the way it is written. I think he forgot to cross the t.],F., married, 78, no occupation given,Del Tsp., Del Tsp, Joel Wolverton, consumption 30,Dec. 12 /68, John G. Slack, M, married, 64, Farmer, Del Tsp, Kingwood Tsp., Joseph Slack, Apoplexy 31,July 30 /68, Hannah Dilts, F, Single, 19, no occupation given, DelTsp, Del Tsp, Peter Dills [again forgot to cross the t.], consumption 32,Feb.26 /69,John Ent, m, no marital status given, 3 yrs., no occupation given, DelTsp, Del Tsp, Hiram Ent, Scarlet Fever 33, Sept 9 /68, Minnie Trout, F, no marital status given, 4 ms , no occupation given, Del Tsp, Del Tsp,Jerry Trout, no cause of death given. 34, Oct 19 /68, Nancy Gordon, F, Single , 38, no occupation given, Del Tsp, Del.Tsp, Olhniel Gordon [again, the name is probably Othniel, but the t is not crossed], Palsy 35, Dec 8 /68 [the date is practically unreadable--the eighth may be incorrect], Moykee [difficult to read] Williamson, F, single, 84, no occupation given, DelTsp, Del Tsp, Cornelius Williamson, no cause of death given the next line gives the no. 38, but has nothing written behind it. copied by Kay Hourigan Larsen KaySFO2aol.com