Allegheny County Veterans And Widows Burial And Death Records

Download or read book Allegheny County Veterans and Widows Burial and Death Records written by Allegheny County and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allegheny County Veterans and Widows Burial and Death Records consist of 114 bound volumes. Honorably discharged veteran burial applications (1885-1895, boxes 1-100) are arranged by year of burial and include information about military service, place of death and burial, signed affidavits from funeral directors verifying arrangements, expenses paid and burial voucher information. Veteran’s widow’s applications (1916-1979, boxes 101-106) are arranged by year of burial and include name, place of death and burial and husband’s military enlistment and death information along with signed affidavits verifying undertaker expenses, burial expenses paid and witness information. Records of deceased soldiers (1966-1975, boxes 107-113) include the soldier’s name, address, date and location of death, war service, nearest living relative information, place of burial and undertaker. Catholic Charities burial records (1992-1995, box 114) consist of a single record book organized by date of burial and includes name, date of death, home address, file and service number and place of burial.