Thursday, October 8, 2015

Wrong Death Certificate

As I stated on my September 27th, 2015 blog that I was working on trying to find out more information on my 3rd great uncle Frank M. DEVLIN that died on 25 Apr 1943.  According to the news article that I found he had suffered a fatal heart attack on a downtown Buffalo Bus:


I pretty sure that this is my Frank DEVLIN as he lived at 77 East Tupper St.  I think that perhaps the Courier-Express mixed his name all up and that the Maher is the M. that I see in all his other documents as Frank M. DEVLIN.  

The documentation I have that shows my Frank M. DEVLIN living at 77 East Tupper is from him being listed on as a witness on my great grandpa Albert PARKIN's delayed birth record.: 


In case you are curious, click here is a link to google maps for 77 E Tupper.  The address is no longer a residential address, from what I can tell there is now a parking lot across from the City Mission on Route 33.

So in an effort to try to learn more about Frank DEVLIN, I ordered a genealogical copy of his death certificate from the city of Buffalo.  I excitedly opened my results a week later only to find that they had sent me a copy of another person's death certificate with a similar name.  It took me almost a week to get an answer from them as to what to do.  I've sent back the wrong death certificate and now am awaiting the correct one.

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