AGNES B WILLIAMS
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Re: AGNES B WILLIAMS
 RBestrom7380
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Posted: 7 Jun 2008 5:34AM GMT |
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The Washington Death Certificate Index identifiesCoralyn L. Held, died 27 May 1954 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, at age 67 years. Her father was identified as Nicholas Miller, mother Emma Cole.
Obituaries for this period of time were not as common as today. In fact 1888 was very rare for an obituary to be published in the newspaper. Most obits were written by reporters on the local Rich, famous or imfamous, or some noteworthy suicide, murder or accident victims. Since you only identify this person as being found at a cemetery, she may have no obituary.
BUT, you can try: The Washington State Library has a free research service, the ask-a-librarian program, where they will look for information in the archives, in this case the newspaper microfilm for an event, such as an obituary. They will look up to an hour and send you the results. Contact them at: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ask.aspx .
As for other information on this person, since you only found her at a cemetery... You'd have to identify more information on her. Are you related? Do you know when/where she MIGHT have been born, any suspected family members?
The Washington Death Certificate Index identifiesCoralyn L. Held, died 27 May 1954 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, at age 67 years. Her father was identified as Nicholas Miller, mother Emma Cole.
Obituaries for this period of time were not as common as today. In fact 1888 was very rare for an obituary to be published in the newspaper. Most obits were written by reporters on the local Rich, famous or imfamous, or some noteworthy suicide, murder or accident victims. Since you only identify this person as being found at a cemetery, she may have no obituary.
BUT, you can try: The Washington State Library has a free research service, the ask-a-librarian program, where they will look for information in the archives, in this case the newspaper microfilm for an event, such as an obituary. They will look up to an hour and send you the results. Contact them at: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ask.aspx .
As for other information on this person, since you only found her at a cemetery... You'd have to identify more information on her. Are you related? Do you know when/where she MIGHT have been born, any suspected family members?