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Title
Brevard County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1880
Subject
Census data
Mortality
Death--Causes--Statistics
Description
Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1880 for Brevard County documenting persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880.
Creator
United States. Department of the Interior.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S548
Date
1880
Contributor
Holmes, George W., M.D.
Bower, J. Brady
Format
census records
Language
eng-US
Type
Text
Identifier
s548_mortality_brevard_1880
Coverage
Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)
Transcript
Page
Line
Name
Age
Sex
Race
Cause of Death
Notes
1
1
Rays, Nicholas
63 years
Male
White
Drownded
1
2
Idner, Nancy
61 years
Female
White
Unknown
"Nancy Idner was found dead in bed alone in her house."
1
3
Chancy, M. V.
Female
White
Abdominal tumor
1
4
Fish, Thomas
70 years
Male
White
Uremic poisoning
"Thomas Fish Inflamation of prostate gland, suppression of urine - uremic poisoning sequal."
United States. Department of the Interior. Brevard County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1880. 1880. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345751>, accessed 27 December 2024.
MLA
United States. Department of the Interior. Brevard County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1880. 1880. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345751>
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