This is the death certificate for George Handford Hicks. It was obtained from Family Search Labs and is part of my research for my elusive great-uncle, Martin Isaic Spangler.
The one thing I learned in obtaining this death certificate and the previously posted one is that the informant’s name is given as Ella Robinson and on Stella’s the mother’s maiden name is given as Ella Robinson. That is not correct! The mother’s maiden name is Spangler. Since the mother is also the informant I can only assume she was using her married name, which gives me a hint that she remarried after the death of her husband in 1942!
There is still much more vital information to be obtained by these records. I now know where the burial location is and have put in a request for a picture of the tombstones at Find A Grave and those requests have already been claimed so perhaps I will have a little more when that comes around. There are also other things that I can learn which I will try to share with you later!
Hi Ken!
I’m glad that you have been able to track down some of your folks in this database. It has been a great boost to my research. Several mysteries have been solved, and others created. For example, a first-cousin-twice-removed lady’s certificate states that she died a suicide, caused by arsenic poisoning. How, and better still why would you commit suicide is such a painful and slow fashion? Sounds a little fishy to me, although the deceased cousin’s father was a prominent member of the local law enforcement community at the time, so you’d think he would have picked up on that. Where is Ben Matlock when you need him?
Continued success with this database!
Ruth
[...] 10 June 2008 by Ruth Stephens In reading Ken’s post about a couple of ancestors that he found in the Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 database at FamilySearch [...]
Ruth,
Thanks for the comment. I am fascinated by such a wonderful find as Family Search Labs! It has solved more than a few mysteries for me but has also led to a few more!
I wanted to comment on your follow up post to my question on posting the images but was unable to comment on your blog! I do want to thank you for your input on that subject also!
Happy Hunting!
Ken