Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #3250 from Maryland Death Certificates (Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties), 1910-1922

Page (PDF) 89
Certificate Number 4882
Name of Deceased Purnell, Frank
Place of Death Wicomico
Town of Death Salisbury; PG Hospital
Sex M
Race col
Married, Widowed, or Single widowed
Date of Birth 1/25/1905
Age (year, month, days) abt 65
Occupation or Employer cook in hotel
Birthplace not known
Father's Name not known
Father's Birthplace Md
Mother's Name not known
Mother's Birthplace Md
Informant (Relationship and Address) Earnest Purnell; Berlin, Md
Date of Death 3/1/1917
Cause of Death and Time Attended by Doctor chronic intestinal nephritis; unknown
Immediate, Secondary, or Contributory Cause and How Long pulmonary oedema; 1 ds
Physician and Address JMcF Dick; Salisbury Md
Burial Place, Date, Undertaker, and Address Germantown Cemetery; 3/3/1917; JW Burbage & co; Berlin, Md
Length of Residence, Where Disease Contracted, Former Residence 12 ds; lifetime Berlin
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