Ellen married William Taylor’s older brother John H.
Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Entry no. 5755, Ellen Pederson Taylor, 22 September 1905; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 2 February 2012); Series no. 81448.
Transcript:
Place of Death
County of
Precinct of
City, Town or Village of
Street and No.
Weber
Plain City
Plain City
0503494
Full Name
Former or Usual Residence
How long resident at place of death
Ellen Pderson Taylor
Plain City
37 years
Sex
Female
Color or Race
White
Date of Birth
December 11, 1857
Age
37 yrs. 9 mos. 11 ds.
Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced
Married
Birthplace (State or Country)
Plain City, Weber Co
Name of Father
Hans Pederson
Birthplace of Father (State or Country)
Bornholm, Denmark
Maiden Name of Mother
Annie Martine Hanson
Birthplace of Mother (State or Country)
Bornholm, Denmark
Occupation
housewife
Informant
Wm Taylor
Address
Plain City, Utah
Place of Burial
Date of Burial
Undertaker
Address
Plain City
Sept 25
CJA Lindquist
Ogden
Date of Death
Sept 22, 1905
I hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Sept 20, 1905 to Sept 22, 1905 that I last saw her alive on Sept 22, 1905 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 8:00 AM.
The Cause of Death was as follows: Puerperal Fever Duration: 10 ds.
Contributory: Exhaustion
(signed) Lyman Steve M.D.
Sept 23, 1905 / Ogden, Utah
Filed / Registrar
Sept 24, 1905 / Wm Mathers
Registered No.
27
no of Burial or Removal Permit
27
Interesting:
I’m sure I’ve seen Ellen’s father’s name in my research into the Lund family from Bornholm. It will be interesting to see if there are more connections.
Ellen gave birth to a son on Sept. 12, 1905. Since her fever lasted for 10 days, it appears to have been complications due to childbirth. Such a common trend among women of the time. (ETA: according to Midge – “The fever listed on the other one is puerperal fever. It is also known as childbed fever & sadly is usually a result of bacteria introduced by the doctor or midwife assisting with the delivery. They didn’t understand the need for good handwashing & sterilizing instruments. With all the open blood vessels during childbirth, it would lead to an overwhelming infection also known as blood poisoning.”
William Taylor, Ellen’s brother-in-law was the informant. He would lose his own wife Ada in childbirth only 4 years later.
Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Entry no. 79583, John Ammon Taylor death certificate, 19 February 1921; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 2 February 2012); Series no. 81448.
Transcript:
1 Place of Death
County or
Precinct or
City / no. / ward
Weber
Ogden / 640 22nd Street (4th Ward)
2 Full Name
Residence No. / St.
Length of residence in city or town where death occurred (yrs. mos. ds)
How long in U.S., if foreign birth?
John Ammon Taylor
640 22nd Street (4th Ward)
4 years
3 Sex
Male
4 Color or Race
White
5 Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced
If Married, Widowed, or divorced, Husband of (or) wife of
Married
Hannah Poulson
6 Date of Birth
February 18, 1846
7 Age
75 yrs. 0 mos. 1 ds.
8 Occupation
Farmer
9 Birthplace (City or town)
Texas
(State or Country)
10 Name of Father
John Taylor
11 Birthplace of Father (State or Country)
Pennsilvania
12 Maiden Name of Mother
Hannah Berkatt
13 Birthplace of Mother (State or Country)
Kentucke
14 Informant
Elmer A. Taylor
Address
15 Filed / Registrar
Feb 3 1921 / R Wilson
16 Date of Death
February 19, 1921
17 I hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Feb 9, 1921 to Feb 19, 1921 that I last saw him alive on Feb 18, 1921 and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 1:20 AM.
The Cause of Death was as follows: Apoplexy Duration: 10 ds.
18 Where was the disease contracted if not at place of death?
Did an operation precede death?
Was there an autopsy?
What was the confirmed diagnosis?
(Signed), M.D.
Date/Address
No, —
No
—
(signed)
Feb 19, 1921 / Ogden, Utah
19 Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal
Date of Burial
Plain City Cemetary
Feby 22, 1921
20 Undertaker
Address
[Ija] Lindquist
Ogden, Utah
21 Registered No.
2656
22 no of Burial or Removal Permit
2719
Interesting:
John died one day after his 75th birthday.
Listed as married but his wife died in 1916, according to his gravestone.
His parents birthplaces, in addition to being misspelled, are inverted, maybe. His census records list his Father from Kentucky and his mother from Pennsylvania.
ETA – According to Midge – “Apoplexy is the same as a stroke. Test confirming diagnosis looks like paralysis. They had few tests available to them back then but paralysis either complete or one sided is classic. More of a symptom than a test but I think that is what it says.”
According to the gravestone, Ada died the same day as her daughter Hannah. Let’s take a look at Ada’s death certificate.
Source: State of Utah, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956, Entry no. 22738, Ada Rose Taylor death certificate, 9 September 1909; digital images, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 30 January 2012); Series no. 81448.
Interesting:
Her name is listed at the top as Ada Ross, but it is Ada Rose and you can tell that looking at her name in the actual certificate.
We get her birthdate and parents names. Her daughter appears to be named for her mother Hannah Maria Harris.
The last names lead me to question if her relatives had anything to do with the settling of Harrisville or Taylorsville which are both only a few miles from Plain City where she lived with her husband. He also had the last name Taylor so perhaps his family was connected to the settlement as well.
Now I get a confirmation of my suspicions. I knew Ada died the same day as her baby who was still born. I assumed Ada died because of complications due to pregnancy. Now we learn she died because of a Placental Hemmorhage and Placenta Preivia. Both of those are serious even today, so I can’t imagine 100 years ago. Having experienced the former myself, I can sympathize with this woman and her dear child.
Last time I shared some findings on the Taylor family. Continuing that theme, I thought I better get to know Pearl’s parents, William and Ada Rose Taylor.
From their tombstone, we learn that Ada Rose died the same day as her baby Hannah. So, the search began in trying to find their death certificates. I couldn’t find one for Hannah, and then I thought… since it appears that she died the day she was born, with only the one date on the tombstone, maybe she didn’t have one. So I looked for a birth certificate instead.
Source: Weber County, Utah, Birth Certificates, cn 485, 1909; Weber, Sep 1-15, image 17, Hanna Maria Taylor birth certificate, 9 September 1909; digital images, Utah Office of Vital Records, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 10 January 2012).
Interesting items:
While her name is listed as “Hanna Maria” on the birth certificate, the tombstone lists “Hannah” which I think is more correct since I found out later that was the spelling of Ada’s mother’s name.
Hannah is the ninth child, but only seven are living, so I know I have to look for 8 more children, 7 since I already know about Pearl.
Hannah was not born prematurely but she was Stillborn.
The doctor who filled this out crossed out Ada’s last name “Taylor” thinking it wasn’t her maiden name. But it was…they both had the last name Taylor.
I’m fascinated by the date, 9/9/09 and that Hannah was the 9th child.
Why, its the study of the Lund's, of course! I am jumping in to researching our family history and seeing where it takes me. We are the Lund's. We come from Lund's, Ranson's, DeMacedo's, Lima's, Anderson's, Warner's, Ferreira's, Da Silva's and beyond! Since my own side of the family is from Brazil, it is quite difficult to track things down. Troy's side, on the other hand, has proven to be much easier. So, I'll be jumping back and forth and all around to learn about where we come from.
Are you related to us? I'd love to learn more about you and share what I know about our common ancestors!
