The following 47 people were added to or updated in the Conrad-Todd-Garrison-Carman genealogy database between October and December 2019:

• • Alden Wallace Ayars (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Doreen Rose Ayars (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Howard Leslie Ayars, Sr. (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Howard Leslie Ayars, Jr. (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Leola May Ayars (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Leslie Ayars (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Rebecca Lynn Ayars (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Robert A. Ayars (last updated 12/28/2019)
  • Robert Francis Ayars (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Mildred P. Bishop (last updated 10/26/2019)
  • Harry Henry Bowers (last updated 11/30/2019)
  • Terry Bowers (last updated 11/23/2019)
  • Judith Briggs (last updated 11/01/2019)
  • Anna Cadwell (last updated 12/08/2019)
  • Ruby V. Carlson (last updated 11/01/2019)
  • James Chalmers (last updated 12/08/2019)
  • Dorothy A. Conrad (last updated 12/08/2019)
  • George Ray Ebert (last updated 11/09/2019)
  • Jean M Ebert (last updated 11/09/2019)
  • William Leando Ebert (last updated 11/09/2019)
  • Mildred Garrison (last updated 11/23/2019)
  • Hazel Githens (last updated 11/23/2019)
  • Eva Grimes (last updated 11/09/2019)
  • Frank A. Hartenstein (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Elizabeth Heater (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Dorothy Virginia Heller (last updated 12/28/2019)
  • William Richard Howard (last updated 12/08/2019)
  • Helen Hoy (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Cathrine Jardot (last updated 12/08/2019)
  • Harry Levens (last updated 11/09/2019)
  • Sarah Levens (last updated 11/01/2019)
  • John Morton Mahla (last updated 10/13/2019)
  • John Mahla (last updated 10/13/2019)
  • Anna Frances Morton (last updated 10/13/2019)
  • Jack Mullen (last updated 12/08/2019)
  • Jean Carmel Ogle (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • John E. Philpott (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Linda Philpott (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Albert Redding (last updated 11/23/2019)
  • Reba W. Schlagel (last updated 11/10/2019)
  • Harriet Stever (last updated 11/30/2019)
  • Frank A. Todd (last updated 10/26/2019)
  • Franklin Todd (last updated 10/26/2019)
  • Raymond Todd (last updated 11/09/2019)
  • Timothy N. Todd (last updated 11/30/2019)
  • Jane Lee Wiley (last updated 11/09/2019)
  • Joseph W. Zugg (last updated 11/01/2019)

On this day in 1834 my fourth great-grandfather Howard Ogle (1790-1875) was appointed Justice of the Peace at Delaware City by Governor Caleb P. Bennett. He and his two sons were prominent citizens of New Castle County. His son Thomas Moore Ogle was Recorder of Deeds in Wilmington. His son and my 3rd great-grandfather Benjamin N. Ogle was a superintendent of the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal in Delaware City.

Howard Ogle appointment from Delaware Governor’s Register

Text: June 11– The Governor this day appointed and commissioned Howard Ogle a Justice of the Peace at Delaware City in the County of New Castle in the place of James Henry resigned.

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Source:

Ancestry.com. Delaware Governor’s Register 1674-1851, Volume I [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Original data: Governor’s Register: State of Delaware. Wilmington, DE, USA: Press of the Star Publishing Co., 1926.

The informant: it is one of the most important sections of a death certificate. It provides an indication of the accuracy of the personal and familial history of the subject. If it was a sister or brother, then the parents’ names are likely, but not always, correct. If it was a parent, then the parents’ names are probably correct and the birth date might be trusted. If it was a spouse, we would like to trust the information but should be skeptical. If it was someone at the nursing home, hospital or funeral home, then all bets are off.

But what if the informant was the dead person herself?

Here is the name and address of the deceased:

Here is the name and address of the informant:

This is the first time I have come across this. I don’t know how common it is. I imagine that whoever filled out this section must have questioned Annie C. Ogle prior to her death (and not after!)  and used the information she provided.

The information about her parents agrees with other sources. The only new information on this death certificate besides the date and place of death is her birthdate and given the close relationship of the informant to the deceased I’ll accept it. For now.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Registered No. 31515

Place of death: 2306 Adam St, Ward 31, Philadelphia

Full name: Annie C. Ogle
Sex: F
Color or race: W
Single
Date of birth: Aug 27 1845
Age: 72 yrs
Occupation: Retired
Birthplace: Delaware
Name of father: Benjamin N. Ogle
Birthplace of father: Delaware
Name of mother: Clara A. Mathiews
Birthplace of mother: Delaware
Informant: Miss Annie C. Ogle, 2306 E. Adam St.
Date of Death: Dec 31, 1917
Burial: St. Georges Cem. Del, Jan 5, 1918
Undertaker: Wm. H. Eppley, 3200 Fkd ave
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Original source citation:
Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 31515 (1924), Annie C. Ogle; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.

Sarah B. Bennett Death Certificate
Transcribed by Alex J. Conrad from photocopy of original

Name of Deceased: Sarah B. Bennett
Place of Death: St. Jos. Hospital, Lancaster, PA
Sex: Female
Color or Race: White
Married
Husband: George C. Bennett
Date of Birth: Aug 12, 1850
Age: 82 Years 8 Months 5 Days
Birthplace: Delaware City, Delaware
Father’s Name: Benjamin N. Ogle
Birthplace of Father: Delaware City, Delaware
Mother’s Name: Clara Matthews
Birthplace of Mother: Delaware City, Delaware
Informant: W.O. Bennett, 338 College Ave., Lancaster, Pa. [her son]
Date of Death: April 17, 1933
Burial date: Apr 20, 1933
Burial place: Kirkwood Del.