X00331 Fred Dorrity burial location - Solved!

When I was searching for the grave information for Fred Doritty, I came across two different entries in FindaGrave for him. One in Niagara, Ontario (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136773735/frederick-j-doritty) and one in South Carolina (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121118309/fred-doritty). They both have identical dates of death (15 November 1913).

So, I looked into it further. There's no photo for the one in South Carolina and there is a note on the site with it that says:

"Burial record from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SC DMH). The date of death listed may actually be the burial date. (http://www.richlandlibrary.com/sites/default/files/scdmh_cemetery_list.pdf) Burials may be in unmarked graves in Se"

The note appears to have been cut off, and the link to Richland Library no longer works. I've sent a request to the Richland Library to see if they have the original file. I suspect it may be a case that he's not actually buried in South Carolina, but may have died there, and someone created a false record thinking that he had been buried there.

I have since found this article from the Hamilton Daily Times, dated 25 November 1913 that states that he had been working in North Carolina, but his body was to be interred in Niagara.

So, it would appear that my assumption is correct.

X00348 Sorting out Charles William Taylor Doritty - Solved!

I was a bit puzzled when I found the Find-a-Grave entry for Charles William Taylor Doritty because the listing gives him a date of death of 6 July 1860, and I have found Charles William Taylor Doritty in the 1861 census [D02696]

As well, his year of birth is given as 1844, and both the 1851 and 1861 census would suggest a birth year around 1850 [D02696, D02773]. I've also found his baptism record dated 1850 [D02919]:

So, I did some research and came across this death notice from the British Whig in Kingston, dated 1866 [D07757].

The article gives a date of death of 6 July 1866 and gives an age of 16. So it's likely that he was actually born in 1850. And, the article also explains the cause of death. I have since requested a correction to the Find A Grave site with the updated information.

Sources:
[D02696] 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Lincoln, district 1, sub-district 1, Niagara, p. 15, 5; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.ca

[D02773] 1851 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ontario, Lincoln County, district 22, sub-district 210, Niagara, p.65, 24; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry.

[D02919] St. Mark's Anglican (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada), "Baptism - Charles Doritty"; Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara, Hamilton.

[D07465] St. Mark's Cemetery (Niagara, Lincoln, Ontario).

[D07757] "Died" British Whig, 16 July 1866; p4, col 7. Digital images

X00036 William Douglas Death Information - Solved!

William Douglas is my fourth great-grandfather. He was born in Scotland in the late 1700s and moved to Vermont in the 1820s. I know that he died in November 1829 thanks to a letter from his brother that is in the Owen Sound archives. I have not been able to find any death record for him, even though there are some death records in Vermont that survive from that time period.

I did manage to find a death notice in the Northern Spectator (Poultney, Vermont) from 9 December 1829:

Which confirms the date of death given in the letter (albeit being off by a day - the letter says 15 November 1829, whereas the newspaper article says 14 November 1829).

X00196 Ann Halfhyde Green (ca. 1771 - 1844)

A few weeks ago I mentioned X00196 and the search for a baptism record for Ann Halfhyde Green. I have since made an interesting discovery - I've found a will from an Edward Chapman who died in 1777.

Interestingly enough, it refers to him as "Edward Green, formerly Chapman", and a few pages in, it mentions a daughter named "Ann Halfhyde Chapman".

So, it would seem that the family at some point changed their name from Chapman to Green - or at least the father did - and the daughter eventually did as well. This might help explain why I haven't been able to find a baptism record - I was looking for an Ann Halfhyde Green when I should have been looking for an Ann Halfhyde Chapman. So the search still continues....