{Treasure Chest} Elizabeth Nagy Death Certificate

It is twisted but digitizing the documents I have is so fun.  I have items I to be excited about a second time.  In late 2014 I ordered a round of documents to try to identify where in Hungary my Mother-in-law’s family immigrated from.

One of the documents I received is the Death Certificate for Elizabeth Nagy.  Unfortunately, there was no specific town in Hungary listed but the certificate does include some previously unknown information.  The biggest being Elizabeth’s non-Americanized name (Erzi) is listed on the certificate.  The certificate also lists a cause of death.  And another variation of the maiden name show up too.  I now have three variations: Viro, Varro, and Verro.  My last observation is that my younger daughter shares the same birthday as her great-great-great-grandmother.

Since this Death Certificate, I have used other records including marriage and baptism records from Hungary to identify Teresztyne, Abauj-Torna, Hungary as the birthplace of Erzsébet Varró.

 

Indiana State Board of Health

Bureau of Vital Statistics

Certificate of Death

Local No. 23

Registered No. 24051

1. Place of Death: County: Lake, City: Whiting, Street Address: 1535 Steiber Street, Stay in community: 54 years
2. Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Indiana, County: Lake, City: Whiting, Street No. 1535 Steiber Street
3. Full Name: Erzi (Elizabeth) Nagy
4. Sex: Female
5. Color: White
6. Single, Married, Widowed: Widowed, Name of husband or wife: John Nagy
7. Birth Date of deceased: May, 15, 1870
8. Age: 75 years, 3 months, 2 days
9. Birthplace: Austria-Hungary
10. Usual occupation: Housework
11. Industry: Own Home
12. Father’s name: Joseph Varro
13. Father’s birthplace: Austria-Hungary
14. Mother’s name: Unknown
15. Mother’s birthplace: Austria-Hungary
16. Informant: Mrs. Brice Voight – daughter, address: 1535 Steiber St., Whiting, Ind.
17. Burial on 8/20/45 at ElmwoodCemetery, Hammond, Indiana
18. Funeral Director: Irene Baran, 1231 119^th St., Whiting, Ind.
19. Filed 8-20, 1945 JA McDarthy
20. Date of Death: August 17, 1945 at 10:30am
21. I certify that death occurred on the date above stated; that I attended deceased from Feb 10, 1945 to Aug 17, 1945 and that I last saw her alive on Aug 16, 1945.  Immediate cause of death: carcinoma of liver, duration 2 years, no operation, no autopsy
22. Violence: no accident, homicide, or suicide
23. Signature: Michael E Rafatz MD, address: Whiting Ind, date signed: Aug 20/45