My sister died in 1953 at age eleven. Children were ignored at this time when it came to grief. My bother and I put this death out of our heads. The first time my brother and I talked about our sister's death was when we were in our 50's.
So I was thinking recently as to what date my sister's death occurred. I thought this would be an easy find. I checked the stone on her grave. The only thing there was February 1953 and age eleven. Then I thought the local history book would have the date but it wasn't there either. I checked a genealogy sight and there was no date there either. So I emailed my brother and thought for sure that he would have the date. He didn't have the date.
So it's surprising that the date of death is missing and hard to find.
So I have emailed vital statistics and hope that they have her date of death.
Then I also thought, "What about Mom?" What was her date of death? Mom died in a November and there was no date of death. I looked in all the usual places for info and it was not there.
This has got me curious as to why the dates of death are missing.
For one thing I'm looking for this information far too late.
I know I'll find these dates.
Has this happened to other families?
