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color=#0000ff size=2>I felt an overwhelming sadness when I found my paternal grandmother's record too. She died related to childbirth too. She left 10 children from 2 months to 16. I thought I was the only one that could feel like that over a death that happened so long ago. My dad was 2 yrs old when his mother died. Of course he doesn't recall her death, but it was a real tragedy like many that our ancesters have gone through. Her death record said that she had died of a heart-related condition which was totally wrong. I discovered that there was another woman who died the same day: it said that her cause of death was childbirth-related. My guess is that whoever made out the death record--often times scribes training to be priests got the two mixed up.
color=#0000ff size=2>Irma From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Puentes Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:14 PM To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [ranchos] Entierros I love death records. . .hmmm, that didn't sound right. I've found great wealth in them, but have to agree that the information can sometimes be very slim in them. I find that if the person was married it will many times only give the spouses name but if the person died as a child then the parents. But in those uncommon but wonderful cases it gives the spouse and the parents. and the age and the location and that they were previously married (but not who to). And the cause of death. I've found a few that gave all the details and agonized over the ones that I so much wanted the details but all it gave was the name of the person and spouses name and cause of death. my Grandfather had 11 siblings according to the birth records, but all anyone ever knew about was 5. I haven't found all the death records but this would be an area where these type of mysteries can be cleared up, like Alicia said in her example. I remember the first time I found my GGG grandmother, Eduarda Torres' death certificate (she died 3 days after giving birth). I felt like someone had just then died in my family. I mourned for her. . .I was really sad. joseph ps: see attached for an example of my GGGG grandfather's: Pedro Torres Alicia Carrillo wrote:
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