Dates: 1917-1938
Collection Number: MS 690
Physical Location: Archive Room File Cabinet
Extent: 2 folders.
Creators/Collectors: Currier, William
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
User Restrictions: No restrictions.
Preferred Citation: VA Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth and Death Records - Rivanna District, MS 690, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va
Acquisition Information: Gift of Jeannette May.
Biographical/Historical Information: The VA Bureau of Vital Statistics required records of births and deaths for the Virginia State Board of Health. This collection is mostly versions of Form Vs. No. 18 and has some of No. 12. The Magisterial District of Rivanna was District Number 11A and encompassed part of northeast Albemarle County.
Scope and Content:
Five birth record books for Albemarle County from 1917 to 1938, including information of child, father, mother, and attending physician or midwife.
Five death record books for Albemarle County from 1918 to 1936, including place of death, personal and statistical particulars, medical certificate of death, burial/cremation information, and the undertaker. Cases of interest include Spanish Influenza Pandemic, dying from old age at 102, homicide, suicide, railroad accidents, and deaths ruled of natural causes by jurors.
Arrangement:
Chronological.
Folder 1- Records of Births
Folder 2- Records of Deaths
Persons:
- Baptist, H.L.
- Bocher, Nettie
- Boore, Lawson
- Branham, Sigourney
- Brown, Miria
- Carr, Mildred
- Caulter, J.C.
- Coles, Laurel
- Dabney, Cecil
- Daniel, T.H.
- Davis, E.D.
- Drisins, Bettie Ann
- Earley, J.E.
- Faucett, Mary Alice
- Haney, M.D.
- Haney, J.R.
- Hundon, Ann
- Johnson, George F.
- Kyger, W.A.
- Long, Edgar A. Jr
- Macon, N.W.
- Madison, Docia A.
- McCue, F.C.
- Morris, Lucy Paine
- Mundy, J.O.
- Rea, MS
- Sims, T.W.
- Smith, J.W.R.
- Smith, Jane
- Thomas, Ethel
- Tomson, Elija
- Truehart, Blanche
- Trueheart, Jane
- Wavis, E.H.
- Williams, Cornelia Frances
Subjects: Albemarle County (Va.)--Statistics, Vital
Geographical Names:
- Proffit, Va.
- Earlysville, Va.
- Eastham, Va.
Record Types: Legal Instruments.
