Hannah Maria Taylor

Last time I shared some findings on the Taylor family. Continuing that theme, I thought I better get to know Pearl's parents, William and Ada Rose Taylor.

From their tombstone, we learn that Ada Rose died the same day as her baby Hannah. So, the search began in trying to find their death certificates. I couldn't find one for Hannah, and then I thought... since it appears that she died the day she was born, with only the one date on the tombstone, maybe she didn't have one. So I looked for a birth certificate instead.

Source: Weber County, Utah, Birth Certificates, cn 485, 1909; Weber, Sep 1-15, image 17, Hanna Maria Taylor birth certificate, 9 September 1909; digital images, Utah Office of Vital Records, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 10 January 2012).

Interesting items:

• While her name is listed as "Hanna Maria" on the birth certificate, the tombstone lists "Hannah" which I think is more correct since I found out later that was the spelling of Ada's mother's name.
• Hannah is the ninth child, but only seven are living, so I know I have to look for 8 more children, 7 since I already know about Pearl.
• Hannah was not born prematurely but she was Stillborn.
• The doctor who filled this out crossed out Ada's last name "Taylor" thinking it wasn't her maiden name. But it was...they both had the last name Taylor.
• I'm fascinated by the date, 9/9/09 and that Hannah was the 9th child.

Birth Certificate - William Archibald Ranson

Yesterday I posted Archie's obituary. Today, lets take a look at his birth certificate.

Source: Rich County, Utah, Birth Certificates, 1909; Rich, Jan-Jun, Box 21, Folder 29, image 19, William Archibald Ranson, 21 March 1909; digital images, Utah Office of Vital Records, Utah State Archives (archives.utah.gov : downloaded 9 June 2011).

Archie's Birth Certificate also includes a Supplemental Report of Birth. According to the Utah State Archives website:

Included are Supplemental Report of Birth forms, which are used to certify that a name has been given to a child who was unnamed at the time the original birth certificate was filed, and Affidavit to Amend a Record forms, which are used to correct erroneous information or provide information missing from the original record. In some cases, these documents may be supplemented by correspondence or a copy of church records.

I wish I had the date when the Supplement was filed. It would be nice to know how long it took Joseph and Valate to name him.

Transcript:

State Board of Health File No.	18
Place of Birth County of Precinct of Town of Village of City of	Rich Randolph
FULL NAME OF CHILD	William Archibald Ranson
Sex of Child	Male
Twins, Triplet, or Other?     and Number in order of birth	One ---
Legitimate?	Yes
Date of Birth	March 21, 1909
FATHER Full Name Residences Color Age at Last Birthday Birthplace Occupation	Joseph Ranson Randolph White 23 Utah Lineman
MOTHER Full Maiden Name Residence Color Age at last Birthday Birthplace Occupation	Valate Corless Randolph White 26 Utah ---
Number of Child of this Mother	3
Number of children of this Mother now living	3
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR MIDWIFE I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child, and that it occurred on March 21, 1909 at 5 a.m. Premature NO or Still Birth NO Signature A. Ewing (or A.E. King) MD Date March 21, 1909 – Physician Address of Physician or Midwife – Randolph
Filed	March 24, 1909
Registrar	(signed) MS Reay
Registered No.	8

Supplemental Report of Birth, State of Utah

Place of birth	Randolph
Registered No.	8
Sex of Child	Male
Twins, Triplet, or Other?     and Number in order of birth	--- ---
Date of Birth	March 21, 1909
Father Full Name	Joseph Ranson
Mother Full Maiden Name	Valate Corless
I hereby certify that the child described herein has been named:	William Archibald Ranson
(Signature)	MS Reay, MD (Phys)