1870 Mortality Schedule
City of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Wierenga

Annie

F

W

M

Holland

June [1869]

Keeping House

Hemorrhage of Lungs

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Harvey

Dirk

M

W

W

Holland

September [1869]

Ulceration of Spine

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Curran

Johanna

F

W

M

Ireland

March [1870]

Keeping House

Hemorrhage of Lungs

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Susann

John

M

W

Holland

April [1870]

Laborer

Erysipilas

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Cook

Katrina

F

W

M

Holland

December [1869]

keeping House

Childbirth

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Cook

Katrina

1/12.

F

W

Michigan

January [1870]

Inflammation of Bowels

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Sholtz

Jacob

M

W

M

Holland

April [1870]

Laborer

Inflammation of Lungs

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Drebold

Nicholas

M

W

Holland

May [1870]

Bilious Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Bieschoff

Minnie

F

W

Michigan

March [1870]

Whooping Cough

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Henshueta

Mary

F

W

Holland

July [1869]

Bilious Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Ring

William J.

4/12.

M

W

Michigan

January [1870]

Croup

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Fox

Oliver

M

W

M

Ireland

December [1869]

Laborer

Consumption

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

DeJonge

Henriette

3/12.

F

W

Michigan

January [1870]

Dysentery

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Senterk

Herman

6/12.

M

W

Michigan

May [1870]

Croup

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

O'Neale

Daniel

M

W

Michigan

April [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

John

M

W

Michigan

April [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Mary

F

W

Michigan

April [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Kate

F

W

Michigan

April [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Leach

Hannah

11/12.

F

W

Michigan

June [1869]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Wright

Matilda

1/12.

F

W

Michigan

December [1869]

Dysentery

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

McWhorter

Sarah

F

W

M

New York

September [1869]

Keeping House

Typhoid Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Chipman

Cornelius

1/12.

M

W

Michigan

January [1870]

Cholic

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Shophom

Fanny

1/12.

F

W

Michigan

August [1869]

Inflammation of Bowels

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Brink

Helen

F

W

Holland

June [1869]

Dysentery

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Boerema

Peter

M

W

Holland

September [1869]

Bilious Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Quinn

Catherine

F

W

Michigan

April [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

John

M

W

Michigan

March [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Martin

Frederick

M

W

Michigan

August [1869]

Heart Disease

Mother not living, nothing more definite could be ascertained

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

DeJunge

Lena

F

W

Holland

June [1869]

Inflammation of Lungs

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Wis

Dena

1/12.

F

W

Michigan

October [1869]

Unknown, no disease, never well

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Seldane

Hendrick

M

W

Holland

November [1869]

Measles

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Van Veldink

Derrick J.

M

W

Holland

November [1869]

Run over by cars

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Campau

Sophia

F

W

M

Michigan

July [1869]

Keeping House

Dropsy of Abdomen

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Rutherford

James

M

W

Scotland

January [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Robinson

Kate

1/12.

F

W

Michigan

May [1870]

Inflammation of Lungs

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Thompson

Adelbert

M

W

Michigan

May [1870]

Inflammation of Bowels

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Curtis

Charles E.

M

W

Ohio

August [1869]

Cholera Infantum

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Sunk

Cornelius

M

W

Michigan

August [1869]

Acute Diarrhea

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Grady

Margaret

F

W

Michigan

March [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Heffron

Mary

F

W

Ireland

May [1870]

Keeping House

Dropsy of Heart

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Gelock

Jane

9/12.

F

W

Michigan

April [1870]

Inflammation of Lungs

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Wykes

Anna B.

F

W

M

Ohio

November [1869]

Keeping House

Consumption

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Charlotte

F

W

Ohio

December [1869]

Typhoid Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Noon

Patrick

M

W

Ireland

September [1869]

Laborer

Epileptic Insanity

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Murphy

Susan A.

F

W

Kentucky

November [1869]

Consumption

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Van Ewen

Catherine M.

F

W

M

Holland

April [1870]

Inflmmation of Uterus

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Bell

Martha J.

F

B

Michigan

September [1869]

Consumption

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Frabces S.

F

B

Michigan

April [1870]

Consumption

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Waldron

Arthur S.

M

W

Michigan

December [1869]

[?] Convulsions

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Kane

Cornelius

M

W

M

New York

December [1869]

Laborer

Consumption

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

May [1870]

Mayer

1/12.

M

W

Michigan

August [1869]

Sick from birth

City of Grand Rapids - 1st Ward

Lord

Freddie H.

11/12.

M

W

Michigan

September [1869]

Congestion of Brain

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

32

Baroth

Eliza

14

F

W

Illinois

1

1

February [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

34

De Ruyter

Wilkie

3/12.

M

W

Michigan

1

1

April [1870]

Chronic Diarrhea

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

47

Dickinson

Thomas A.

7

M

W

Quebec

February [1870]

Accidentally Shot

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

63

McGowan

Clarence G.

10

M

W

Michigan

1

1

March [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

67

Muskey

John

1

M

W

Michigan

1

1

March [1870]

Measles

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

Susan

35

F

W

M

Michigan

1

1

March [1870]

Keeping House

Measles

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

73

Urbrock

August

7/12.

M

W

Michigan

1

1

April [1870]

Chronic Diarrhea

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

78

Goozen

Hiram

27

M

W

M

Holland

1

1

August [1869]

Laborer

Consumption

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

107

Hempel

Charles N.

81

M

W

W

Prussia

1

1

July [1869]

Inflammation of Bowels

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

120

Long

David W.

41

M

W

M

Pennsylvania

1

1

May [1870]

Carpenter

Necrosis

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

125

Koots

John

5/12.

M

W

Michigan

1

1

August [1869]

Chronic Diarrhea

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

128

Smithurst

Thomas

57

M

W

M

England

1

1

September [1869]

Gas Fitter

Dropsy of Heart

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

150

Fortier

Cecilia J.

1/12.

F

W

Michigan

1

1

June [1869]

Erysipilas

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

151

Von Sluis

Jane

2

F

W

Holland

1

1

October [1869]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

189

Van Der Houton

Cora

2

F

W

Michigan

1

1

October [1869]

Typhoid Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

203

White

Thomas

33

M

W

Ireland

1

1

April [1870]

Laborer

Apoplexy

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

204

Connell

Hugh

99

M

W

W

Ireland

1

1

April [1870]

Old age, no sickness

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

213

Bearens

Jonas C.

9/12.

F

W

Michigan

1

1

August [1869]

Teething

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

218

Hendricks

Derka

1

F

W

Michigan

1

1

September [1869]

Acute Diarrhea

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

235

Wood

Mary

3/12.

F

W

Michigan

1

1

January [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

244

Cagell

John H.

1

M

W

Michigan

1

June [1869]

Diarrhea, teething

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

260

Logan

Robert F.

6

M

W

Ontario

1

1

December [1869]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

264

Kininent

Mary

1

F

W

Michigan

1

1

June [1869]

Teething convulsions

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

266

Hodge

Margaret

52

F

W

M

Pennsylvania

1

1

November [1869]

Keeping House

Erysipelas

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

303

Browner

Ida

8/12.

F

W

Michigan

1

1

May [1870]

Inflammation of Brain

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

310

Monje

Joanna K.

2

F

W

Holland

1

1

September [1869]

Chronic Diarrhea

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

312

Jacobus

Anna

1

F

W

Michigan

1

1

August [1869]

Chronic Diarrhea

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

331

Jones

Joab

45

M

W

M

Massachusetts

October [1869]

Blacksmith

Inflammation of Stomach

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

332

Biggs

Alfred

1/12.

M

W

Michigan

August [1869]

No defined disease, never was well, unknown

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

346

Leitelt

Anna

6/12.

F

W

Michigan

1

1

December [1869]

Inflammation of Bowels

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

351

White

Thomas

82

M

W

M

Ireland

1

1

April [1870]

Laborer

Apoplexy

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

355

Baur

Adam

41

M

W

Bavaria

1

1

October [1869]

Laborer

Hemorrhage of Nose

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

Henry

7

M

W

Illinois

1

1

May [1870]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

Stephen

3

M

W

Michigan

1

1

June [1869]

Scarlet Fever

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

357

Ringelberg

Leonard

10/12.

M

W

Michigan

1

1

August [1869]

Inflammation of Brain

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

367

Englishman

John

7/12.

M

W

Michigan

1

1

August [1869]

Chronic Diarrhea

City of Grand Rapids - 2nd Ward

370

Houseman

Dora

12

F

W

Michigan

1

1

May [1870]