Shock Following Pestcohot Of Head
 

Stumped!

Anyone???

Jacob Debus in the New York, New York, Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948

Name: Jacob Debus
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Widowed
Age: 63
Birth Date: abt 1842
Birth Place: Germany
Years in US: 13 Years
Death Date: 16 Jun 1905
Death Street Address: 386 So 3rd Str
Death Place: New York City, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Cause of Death: Shock Following Pestcohot Of Head
Burial Date: 19 Jun 1905
Burial Place: Linden Hill
Occupation: Engineer
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Certificate Number: 11317

Janet, I can't access the page in the link as my subscription doesn't allow it.

Does the image actually say that or is it a mistranscription?

I'm looking at Ancestry's transcription, Elizabeth. I've highlighted the line in bold now in my original post. I suspect a mistranscription, as I'm sure do you! Thanks for looking.

Have found original scans on Ancestry of the admin dated 21 June 1905, wherein it stated that "said deceased died a natural death"; so I remain clueless. Thanks again, Elizabeth.

I have no idea what the original could have said, but I have another question. What do they mean by "This collection consists of robust indexes to deaths"?

New York Times 18 June 1905

Jacob Debus,, an engineer, sixfy-three vears old, of 38« South Third; Street, Williamsburg, was found dead


That's the excerpt, but I can't yet find the rest on the page image!! Still looking....

Ah got it now. You will have to wait whilst my two fingered typing does it's stuff!

New York Times 18 June 1905

Jacob Debus, an engineer, sixty-three years old, of 386 South Third Street, Williamsburg, was found dead early yesterday morning at his home. He had shot himself in the head with a revolver.

Debus was a widower, and a married son and daughter-in-law kept house for him. He always sat in an old armchair that belonged to his wife.

On Friday night the son and daughter-in-law went out, leaving Debus alone. He was cheerful when they went away. On their return at midnight they found him dead.

Might the transcription be of 'pistol shot'?

Not a natural death at all!