Once again, I have to entitle today's blog as "Tombstoneless Tuesday" because a tombstone does not exist for my uncle who died by accidental drowning in the Merrimack River, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Napoleon would have been ten years old on July 17th - he died on July 12th. The family was very poor and he was buried in the children's section of Sacred Heart Cemetery in Lawrence where so many children were buried with tombstones. Recently, I obtained his certificate of death so that will have to do.
Unfortunately, my grandmother's name was incorrectly recorded. Her name was not Odellie Derouin. It was Odille Doiron. This death certificate is an excellent reason that I often tell new researchers that these certificates may not be the most reliable source for information.
Ten months later, my grandmother Odille passed away at the age of 44.
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