George Carrigan (1916 - 1918)

Born 23 Feb 1916 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 18 Jul 1918 at age 2 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

George Bunting was born on 23rd February 1916, the son of William Elmer Carrigan and Blanche Minna (Mary) Bunting.^[1]

He died of whooping cough on 18th July 1918, aged two years four months 25 days. His body was buried in Lancaster Cemetery.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (USA). Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certificate of Death. Transcript: Place of death: 428E Strawberry St., 7 Ward, Lancaster County. Decedent: George Carigan [sic], male, white, single, born 23 February 1916 in Lancaster, Penn.; age two years 4 months 25 days; father: William Carigan, born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; mother: Blanche Bunting, born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [sic]. Informant: Blanche Carigan, 428E Strawberry; filed 18th July 1918, J.M. Shortle[—], local registrar. Medical certificate of death: date of death: 18th July 1918 at 3 a.m.; attended by physician from 6th to 18th July, last saw decedent alive on 17th July 1918; cause of death: whooping cough, contributory: acute gastro enteric intoxication; [signed:] Walter K. Baer, M.D., 18th July 1918, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Burial in Lancaster Cemetery, 20th July 1918, H.C. Rote, undertaker, Lancaster. Archival ref. registration district no. 612, primary registration district no. 41, file no. 78337, registered no. 505. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2021-05-08).
2. ↑ The Semi-Weekly New Era (Lancaster Pennsylvania), 20 July 1918 (pg 2). “Death of an Infant.” Citing the death of George, son of William and Blanche Carrigan of 428 East Strawberry Street, who died of whooping cough on 18th July 1918 in his third year; buried in Lancaster cemetery. Digital image online at newspapers.com (accessed 2021-05-05).