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FLANAGAN FAMILY IN ASTORIA, QUEENS
FAMILY DOCUMENTS - EDWARD F. FLANAGAN/ CATHERINE KELLY
DEATH CERTIFICATES

Edward F. Flanagan d. May 17, 1918

(Local Queens obit. not yet found). From New York Times, Obituary Notes, May 17, 1918, pg 23. (Indexed in NYT Index to Names)
EDWARD F. FLANAGAN, 68 years old, for eighteen years an inspector in the Queens Department of Sewers, died in St. Elizabeth's Hospital on Friday night.


Death Certificate Information 
State of N.Y., Dept of Health, City of New York, Bureau of Records, Certificate of Death
May 17, 1918 - FLANAGAN, Edward F. - Manhattan cert# 16445
DOD:            May 17, 1918 11am
DOB:            May 1850; Age: 68 (69)
Occ:            Inspector, Sewer Dpt,
Stat:           male, married, white
Place of Dth:   St Elizabeth's Hosp, NYC [Manhattan]
Usual res:      274 Elm St, Astoria
Birthplace: US; in US: life; in NY: life
Father:         Andrew Flanagan, b. Ire
Mother:         Sarah Flanagan, b. Ire [sic - was England]
Admitted to
  institution   May 16, 1918
Last illness    Gangrenous appendicitis - 4 days
Contrib cause:  Thrombosis, Mes....?
Burial:         St Mary's, May 20, 1918
Undertaker:     John J. Keegan, 72 Newtown ave. Long Island City

NOTES (pf)
  • Edward's oldest brother, James, died of Perotinitis, which could be translated as the same infection that that killed Edward.

    Jul 02, 1925 - Catherine (KELLY) FLANAGAN - Queens cert# 3391
    DOD:            Jul 2, 1925 7am
    DOB:            Mar 16, 1854 (more likely 1850)
    Age:            71y 3m 16d (more likely 75)
    Occ:            Housewife,
    Stat:           widow, female, white
    wife/husb       not named
    Place of Dth:   274 Elm, tp of premis: private
    Birthplace:     Ireland; in US: 70; in NY: 70
    Father:         Thomas Kelly, b. Ire
    Mother:         Abbie Kelly, b. Ire
    Attended fm:    June 8, 1925
    Cause:          Myocarditis
    Contrib cause:  Anaemia
    Burial:         Mount St Mary's Cem, July 6, 1925
    Undertaker:     John J Keegan, 72 Newtown av, Astoria #921
    Doctor:         Walter Sickels, MD, 201 Newtown Ave, Ast
    Informant       James L Flanagan, son
    filed           July 8, 1925
    

    NOTES (pf)
  • Copy made at Municipal Archives July 1998 - PF
  • Catherine's place of birth reported as Ireland and Astoria in equal measures. If she did immigrate, it was probably as an infant.

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