Although a transcription of this entry reports that the date is May 17, 1874, the day "11" and "17 "entries for two decedents with no month listed [must be June] follows the final numerical entry for May ("24") and the entry for --Tiffany for the 17th immediately precedes the July entry for Child of B. Tiffany with a date of death of July 4, 1874]
Page 8 of "Aurora Deaths 1878-1891" (which, despite the handwritten title, contains deaths starting with February 1872 and includes "F. L. Pond, Sexton of Aurora Cemetery, Record of Burials" [pp. 40-41; images 1036-1037 of 1048];
IL Deaths & Burials, 1749-1999, familysearch.org:
Film # 007614623; image 1020 of 1048; or
Film # 005205849 ; image 634 of 663.
Page 8
1874
May..2....Scheon
.........9....Drakes
.......17....Mrs. Webber
.......18....L. Gates
.......24....Doggett..........C
.......11....Shermans......C
.......17....Tiffany......
July 4 .....B. Tiffany ......C......[abbreviation for "child of"] [no other data shown].
The Tiffany entry on the 17th contains no other data such as gender, age or other facts, but omits the indicator that this decedent is a child.
Although a transcription of this entry reports that the date is May 17, 1874, the day "11" and "17 "entries for two decedents with no month listed [must be June] follows the final numerical entry for May ("24") and the entry for --Tiffany for the 17th immediately precedes the July entry for Child of B. Tiffany with a date of death of July 4, 1874]
Page 8 of "Aurora Deaths 1878-1891" (which, despite the handwritten title, contains deaths starting with February 1872 and includes "F. L. Pond, Sexton of Aurora Cemetery, Record of Burials" [pp. 40-41; images 1036-1037 of 1048];
IL Deaths & Burials, 1749-1999, familysearch.org:
Film # 007614623; image 1020 of 1048; or
Film # 005205849 ; image 634 of 663.
Page 8
1874
May..2....Scheon
.........9....Drakes
.......17....Mrs. Webber
.......18....L. Gates
.......24....Doggett..........C
.......11....Shermans......C
.......17....Tiffany......
July 4 .....B. Tiffany ......C......[abbreviation for "child of"] [no other data shown].
The Tiffany entry on the 17th contains no other data such as gender, age or other facts, but omits the indicator that this decedent is a child.
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