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Old 04-09-20, 22:18
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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
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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"?
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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....
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Ah got it now. You will have to wait whilst my two fingered typing does it's stuff!
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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.
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Might the transcription be of 'pistol shot'?
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Not a natural death at all!
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