Transcribed Massachusetts Death Record

Decedent’s Name: Fergus Steel

Sex: Male Race: White

Date of Death: March 23, 1927 Time of Death: 3:30 AM

Place of Death: Powder Point Avenue, Duxbury

Usual Residence: Powder Point Avenue, Duxbury

Length of Time in Community: 35 years

Length of Time in United States: 38 years

Age: 84 – 1 – 23 Date of Birth: NA

Decedent’s Birthplace: England

Decedent’s Father: John Steel

Birthplace of Father: England

Decedent’s Mother: Isabella Edgar

Birthplace of Mother: England

Decedent’s Marital Status: Married [to] Eleanor Steel

Decedent’s Occupation: Caretaker – John S. Phillips

Social Security Number: NA

Military Service: NA

Primary Cause of Death: bronchopneumonia (hypostatic)

Length of Primary Disease: 3 days

Secondary Cause of Death: cerebral embolism

Length of Secondary Disease: 3 months

Doctor: N. K. Noyes, M. D.

Place of Burial: Mayflower, Duxbury

Date of Disposition: March 27, 1927

Funeral Director: J. J. Sheperd & Sons, Duxbury

Death Record Informant: Mrs. Eleanor Steel

Informant’s Address: Duxbury

Informant’s Relationship to Decedent: NR

Date Record Filed: March 25, 1927

Source: [Death Certificate – State of Massachusetts 1927]: Vol. 19; Pg. 219

Transcribed by: Mass Document Retrieval Services @ http://www.mass-doc.com

Definitions of Transcribed Abbreviations:

NA = Either Not Asked on Record or Not Applicable to Record

NR = Not Reported on Record

CNBL = “Can Not Be Learned”; Informant or Official Recorder Did Not Know Answer

Double Asterisk [**] Indicates Record is Hand Written; Interpretation Questionable

Age Reported = “As in years, i.e., 79 years old” or as in number of “years, months and days”, i.e.. 79-5-21”