Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Leigh, Mary Thorpe, 1934 

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Mary THORPE LEIGH, 5 May 1850 - 27 Oct 1934, death certificate abstract 

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Certificate of Death, Vol. 1395, No. 23329 
Commonwealth of Virginia 
Department of Health 
Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} 

Place Of Death: 
County of:    Richmond [sic;  block      }  Health Bureau 
Inc. Town of: Richmond [sic;  overstamped}     Received 
City of:       Va.     [sic;  as shown > }   Oct 29  1934 
                                            Richmond, Va.] 

Registration District No. [blank]; Registered No. 2268 
2917 North Avenue [given in blank intended for hospital address] 

Full Name: Mary Fletcher* Leigh 
Residence: 2917 North Avenue 

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Personal and Statistical Particulars 

Sex: Female 
Color or Race: White 
Widowed; Wife of: Richard Henry Leigh 

Date of Birth: May 5th [1850] 
Age: 83 Years 

Occupation. 
Trade: None 

Birthplace: Southampton Co., Va. 

Father 
-Name: Louis Thorpe 
-Birthplace: Southampton Co., Va. 

Mother 
-Maiden Name: Caroline Bryant 
-Birthplace: Southampton Co., Va. 

Informant: Miss Charlotte* Leigh 
           2917 North Ave. 

Burial: Forest Lawn*, Oct. 29/1934 
Undertaker: Chas.J. Billups & Sons 
            Richmond, Va. 

Filed: Oct. 29, 1934 
Registrar: W. B. Foster 
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Medical Certificate of Death      131 [Health Dept. code] 
Date of Death: October 27th, 1934. 

I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from June 5th, 1934, 
   to Oct. 27th, 1934. 
I last her alive on Oct. 27th, 1934 
Death is said to have occurred, on the date stated above, at 1:25 P.M. 

The Principal Cause of Death and related causes of importance in 
order of onset were as follows: 
   Cerebral emboli                 Date of onset: [blank] 
[Health Dept. code] 131 

Contributory (Secondary): 
   Cardio-vascular-renal insufficiency. 
   Arteriosclerosis - chronic 
   cardiac hypertrophy & dilatation 

Name of Operation: [blank]         Date of [blank] 
What test confirmed diagnosis? [blank] 
Was there an autopsy? [blank] 

Was disease in any way related to occupation of deceased? no 

                    J.D. Wheely Huichman[??], M.D. 
                      1601 West Grace St. 
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The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 
Bureau Of Vital Statistics {BVS}, Death Certificate 1395-23329 


Additional information: 
*Obituary ("The Tidewater News" {Franklin, VA}, Nov. 2, 1934) gives several 
 details at variance with the data above: 
 - Mary's middle name given as Caroline, rather than Fletcher 
 - daughter's name given as Elizabeth, rather than Charlotte (informant) 
 - cemetery given as Hollywood, rather than Forest Lawn. 
transcript (q.v.) posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l200m4ob.txt 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 
Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com (Nov 2011) [brackets mine] 

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