Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 195: Death Certificate for Della (Smith) Carringer (1862-1944)

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to showcase some of the collected documents and other treasures of my ancestors.  

Here is the Death Certificate for my great-grandmother, Della (Smith) Carringer (1862-1944), obtained from the San Diego County Department of Public Health Office:

Here is the transcription of the information in the death certificate (typed portions underlined, handwritten portions in italics):

District No.  3701    Registrar's No.     50    
1.  FULL NAME:   DELLA A. CARRINGER  
2.  Place of Death: (A) County:  San Diego   
(B) City or town:   San Diego    
(C) Name of Hospital or Institution:   2115 30th St.  
(D)  Length of Stay:  In Hospital or Institution:   -----  In This Community:  55 yrs   In California:  55  yrs.  
(E) If foreign born, how long in the U.S.A.:   Life   years
3.  Usual Residence of Deceased:  (A)  State:  California  
(B) County:  San Diego   
(C)  City or Town:  San Diego   
(D) Street No.:  2115 30th Street  
(E) If Veteran, Name of War:  No  
(F)  Social Security No.:  None
4.  Sex:  Female   
5.  Color or Race:  White   
6.  (A) Single, Married, widowed or Divorced:   Married   
(B)  Name of Husband or Wife:  Henry Austin Carringer   
(C)  Age of Husband or Wife if Alive:  90   
7.  Birthdate of Deceased:  April 11, 1862   
8.  Age:   81  Yrs  8  Mos  21  Days
9.  Birthplace:  Rolling Prairie, Dodge Co., Wis.
10.  Usual Occupation:  Housewife   
11.  Industry or Business:  At home    
12.  Father's Name:   Devier I. Smith  
13.  Father's Birthplace:  U.S.A.
14.  Mother's Maiden Name:  Abbey A. Vaux  
15.  Mother's Birthplace:  Unknown
16.  (A) Informant:   Henry A. Carringer   
(B) Address:  2115 30th St., San Diego, Calif.
17.  (A) Cremation  
(B)  Date:  1/8/44  
(C) Place:  Cypress View Crematory  
18.  (A)  Embalmer's signature:  Geo. W. Loveall  License No.  447  
(B)  Funeral Director:  Benbough Funeral Parlor  Address:  711 Date St., San Diego, Calif.   By:  Kenneth J. Conrad  
19.  (A) Date Filed: 1/7/44  
(B) Registrar's Signature:  Alex M. Lesem, M.D.

20.  Date of Death:   Month:  January   Day  1  Year  1944  Hour  5  Minute  10 p.m.

21.  MEDICAL CERTIFICATE:  I hereby Certify that I attended the Deceased from  12/21/43  to  1/1/44   That I has saw h er  alive on 1/1/44  and that death occurred on the date and hour stated above.
Immediate cause of death:  Chr. Myocarditis Occlusion   
Due to:  [blank]   
Other Conditions:  None    
Major Findings: of operations:  None performed   Of Autopsy  -----   

22  CORONER'S CERTIFICATE   [blank]
23.  If Death was due to external causes, fill in the following:  [blank]   
24.  Coroner's or Physician's Signature:  Julio Paex, M.D.   
Address:  922 Bank of America   Date:  1/4/44  

STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE  BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

The source citation for this death certificate is (using the Evidence Explained template for a Death Certificate, local level):

Della A. Carringer Certificate of Death, Local Registration District 3701 (San Diego), Registrar's No. 50 (1944), State of California Department of Public Health, San Diego, California.

The only errors I see on this form are the birthplaces of Della's parents - Devier was born in New York and Abbey was born in New York.  

As a result of this death certificate, I now know her birth and death dates and places, her parents names, her husband's name and age, their address, the cause of death, the place and time of death, the physician's name, and the disposition of her body.

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