Grand Traverse County Coroner's Records, 1897-1909

Grand Traverse County Coroner's Records, 1897-1909

Death -- Causes.

Collection of Grand Traverse County Coroner's Records, 1897-1965. Attached to this record are the reports and index to the volume, created by volunteers of the Grand Traverse Area Historical Society. The records were created by the Coroner's Office as part of the process of investigating a particular cause of death; therefore, they can often provide information beyond what is recorded on the death certificate. The coroner's necrology and pathology reports may include details on the health of the individual and the exact manner of death. Inquest testimony may point to family relationships, as friends and family often provided sworn statements. Police statements and jury testimony and verdicts may also be available, leading to research in court records or penitentiary or prison records. The coroner for Grand Traverse County from 1897 – 1900 was William E. Moon, MD. The sheriff, who called the witnesses, was Oscar Stimson. Beginning in 1901, Oscar E. Chase, MD was the coroner and David Chandler was sheriff. In 1905, Dr. Frank Holdsworth took over as coroner and Charles Johnson became sheriff. Dr. Earnest B. Minor was coroner and the Sheriff was F. Shuter beginning in 1909. The names of these individuals are found in most of the records throughout their times of their service.

Grand Traverse County. Office of the Medical Examiner.

Original volumes held at the Traverse Area District Library.

Grand Traverse County. Office of the Medical Examiner.

1897-1909

Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society.

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Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States.

Coroners Records
Volume I Index
Adsley – 4,20
Albright – 8
Aldridge – 20
Alexander - 270
Allen – 274
Allyn – 8,36,112
Alward – 52
Amidon – 190
Ance – 124,381
Anderson – 40,58,72,88,170
Andrews - 24
Andrus - 82
Anthony – 28
Antoine – 230
Arms – 224
Armstrong – 40
Arnold – 208
Ashton – 224
Auer - 50
Austin - 54
Avery – 184
Ayers – 212
Bacon – 184,396
Baderschneider – 32
Bailey - 274
Baker – 74,148
Baldwin – 2,102,361
Ball - 140
Bambaugh – 12,34,48,258
Barber – 40
Barnes - 42
Barrett – 296
Bates – 92,100
Baumbaugh – 148
Beatan - 272
Bechtol – 10
Beitner - 42
Benton - 18
Benware – 222
Berket - 178
Berry – 186
Berkman – 208
Beugnot – 38
Bickles - 124
Binsley - 10
Birdsall – 6
Bishop - 104

Blacken - 180
Blacksmith – 230
Blakeslee – 6,64
Bliss - 144
Blood - 174
Bloodgett – 184
Bonar – 8
Boon - 128
Bova – 54,170
Bowden - 86
Bowen - 176
Bowes – 278,280
Boyd – 110,220
Boyle - 194
Bradford – 262
Brakel – 40
Brawise – 134,384
Brege – 164
Brewer – 102,210
Brezina - 20
Brice - 54
Briel - 74
Briggs – 188
Brigham - 26
Brodrick – 262
Brookmeyer – 148
Brosch - 20
Brower -220
Brown – 20,60,82,110,184
230
Budler – 228
Bunnell – 104
Burden - 16
Burton – 18,394
Burnham - 88
Burns – 30,72,278
Burr – 208
Burtch - 240
Burton – 176
Bush – 26, 116, 274, 380
Bushee – 122
Butler – 38,46
Caldwell – 10
Callan – 92,375
Campbell – 48,174,180,184
188
Campion - 166
Canfield – 50
Canover - 166
Carland – 288

Carlson - 28
Carlyle - 2
Carns - 180
Carolis – 138,385
Carpenter – 74
Carson - 130
Carsons – 78,372,383
Carter – 88
Cartier – 104
Casler – 180
Cederson - 104
Chahoc – 162,390
Champney - 60
Chandler – 82,88
Chapman - 136
Chase – 40
Childs – 100
Cizek - 192
Clapp - 206
Coats – 208,224
Colbyson - 46
Cole – 46, 268
Compton - 10
Conley - 220
Cook – 2,26,178,206
Cooper – 20,32,136,170,384
Copeland – 278
Courtade - 108
Covey - 280
Cox – 292
Crager – 10
Crain – 70
Cram - 188
Cramer – 144
Crandall - 56
Cross - 180,395
Cuetler - 42
Currey – 286,398
Curtis – 46,52,60
Dago – 6
Daly – 8
Darrow – 144, 224
Davis – 26, 48, 100, 146,
148,166,178,188
Dean - 86
Defer – 54, 84
Deronin – 72,370
Despres – 34
DeTour - 250
Devendorff – 292

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Devine - 82
Dewitt - 58
DeZoete – 16,364
Dill – 44,48,52,136,164,228
Dillinger – 220
Dobson – 232
Dohm – 60,367
Doler – 54
Dolph - 20
Donner - 20
Dougherty – 128
Douglass - 90
Downer - 110
Doyle – 194
Drake – 220
Drue – 36
Duncan – 16
Dunn – 280
Durga – 18
Dwyer - 110
Dye – 26
Dyer – 38,54,104
Earl - 262
Easterday – 14,136
Easton – 52
Ebert – 70,369
Echtinary - 188
Eckler – 136
Edwards - 188
Egbert - 66
Eggli – 42
Eilers – 20
Ellis – 36,146,208,266
Elred – 292
Elslager – 40
Elstner - 76
Elvin – 100
Essler - 206
Evans – 178,180
Everett – 266
Fairchind – 60,124
Fasel - 262
Ferguson – 278
Feidlenbiner – 196
Fertau - 206
Field – 14, 364
Fifarek – 234
Fincher – 110
Fintisen - 42

Finton – 164
Fisher – 146,274
Fisk – 2
Flanigan - 40
Fleming – 1,176,184
Fletcher – 12
Forrest – 8, 362
Foster – 58,288
Franklin – 8,122
Fulgham – 136
Fuller – 46,92,146,278,292,
387,397
Furtsch – 16,52,140
Gagne – 34
Gaines - 112
Gardner – 156,158,389
Garey – 246
Garland – 6
Garner – 6,24,88,122,174,
292
Garnett – 274
Garvin - 12
Gee – 188
Germaine - 136
Gibbs – 36,262
Gibson – 20,82
Gilbert - 28
Gillispie – 176
Gilmore – 108,377
Gingrich – 32
Globinesky – 88
Godfrey – 48
Goffar - 42
Goin – 94,376
Gokey – 108
Golden – 26
Goldman - 10
Gonser – 142,386
Goodrivh – 28
Grafmiller - 50
Graham – 46,396
Grant - 72
Grawn – 14
Gray – 56,262
Grayson – 36,50,234
Green – 102,242,376
Greenhoe – 182,395
Greer - 90
Greilick - 76
Griffith - 124

Groesser – 28
Grundy – 146,166
Guthrie – 136
Haines – 44,178,288
Hale – 40,292
Hall – 176,262
Hallested -280
Halstead – 72,371
Hammang - 230
Hank – 34
Hanson – 114,378
Happy - 379
Hardy – 2,8,28,92,400
Hargraves – 76,371
Harkins – 104
Harrington – 108
Harris - 204
Harrison – 28
Hartwick - 4
Harvey – 178
Haskel - 44
Havery – 184
Hayden - 54
Haynes – 90
Headland – 62
Heck - 90
Hedland – 188
Helm – 30,122,124
Heman – 272
Hencer – 274
Hennrick - 20
Henry – 14, 56,230
Herkner – 16
Hess - 26
Hewilt – 110
Hibbard – 88,128,148
Hill – 32,50
Hines - 238
Hinshaw – 44
Hobbs – 234
Hoffman – 56,80,230,372
Hoffmaster – 6,362
Holdsworth – 138
Holliday – 70
Hollister – 108
Hoofman – 290,399
Hoolihan - 30
Hopkins – 46,112
Hormith - 288
Horn – 166,391

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Howard – 34
Howe – 252
Hoxie - 102
Hoxsie – 24
Hubbell - 220
Huebel – 208
Huelmantel – 188,278
Hulet – 46
Hulton - 128
Hungerford – 6
Hunt - 200
Huntsman - 32
Hutchinson – 14
Iles – 140,385
Ingersall – 292
Ingleright – 272
Ingram – 170
Isgrig – 8
Jackson – 266
Jahraus – 12
Jameson – 8,20
Jeffery – 86
Jennings – 180
John - 92
Johnsen – 36
Johnson – 20,88,140,184,
220,278
Johnston – 82
Jones – 4,194
Karan – 178
Kauer – 234
Kaur – 8
Kealy – 98
Keefe - 10
Keller – 284,397
Kelley – 12,264
Kelly – 72,90
Kennedy - 102
Kenney – 148,164
Kent – 72
Kenyn – 8,52
Kerry – 283
Kilbride – 154,389
Kilder – 262,266
Kimball - 4
King – 10,126
Kinney – 82,387
Klaasen – 22,366

Klabuski - 178
Klanke – 194
Klassen - 30
Kling – 224
Kluzak - 178
Knaggs - 74
Knapp – 118,194,380
Kneeland – 22
Knopp – 40
Knowles - 112
Knowlton – 8
Kohler - 180
Koks – 70
Kratochvil – 116,274,292
Kroll - 224
Kroupa – 88,374
Krumm – 64,102
Kuhl – 46
LaFranier - 224
Lahym – 88
Lake - 76
Lamson - 272
Lane – 174
Langerbaugh - 208
Langworthy – 220
Lardie – 8,34,44,140,156,
158,194,280
Larkins – 164,391
Lather – 278
Lauerman – 84,373
Lautner – 10,126,363
Lavelley - 34
Lawrence – 128
Lawton – 88,122,228
Lee – 198
Lewis – 10,126,363
Lillie – 16,124
Litney – 110
Livingston - 34
Lutes – 104
Luttman - 20
Lyons – 136,280,398
Mackey – 6
Mahan – 24
Makin – 62,368
Maleska – 10
Mallory – 38
Markham – 122,381
Marsh – 184,272

Martin – 8,10,50,228
Martineau – 124
Martinek – 156,158
Marvin – 266,292
Mater - 108
Mathews – 44
Maynard – 44,46
Mayo – 104
McColl - 224
McDonald - 10
McGarry – 4,36,116
McGill – 36
McIntosh – 64
McKinnon - 288
McLachlan – 174,393
McManus – 2,44
McMichael – 122, 124
McNeil - 124
McRae - 46
Meads – 144,184,228
Melter – 20,365
Mercer – 224
Mertes – 188
Meuller – 68,86
Meusin - 82
Meyer – 180
Meyers – 12
Michael – 208
Middaugh – 262
Miller – 2,8,86,188,280,288
Minor – 88,128,382
Mix - 118
Moblo – 2,4,34,36,266
Moffatt - 256
Monroe – 26,86,144,150,170,
174,374,388
Moody - 86
Moon – 60,174
Moore – 58,88,367
Morford – 206
Morris – 110,176
Morse - 42
Moulton – 36,72,144
Mullen – 36,266
Munson – 14,68,278,280,288
Murchie - 50
Murray – 140
Nelson – 2
Newberry – 12
Newhouse – 224,228

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Newman – 278
Nichols – 36
Nicholson – 2,60
Nickerson – 108
Norton – 206
Novotny – 104
Oleson – 170
Oliver - 106
Olmstead – 288,399
Oneal – 194
Ormsby – 6
Ott – 30
Oviatt – 58
Page – 102
Paige – 174,208
Palmer – 206,272,274
Parish - 266
Parks – 72
Payn – 58,110
Payne – 92
Peart – 40,74
Pennington – 146,166
Perdunn – 278,280
Perket - 4
Perrine – 90
Peterson – 48,102,276
Petertyl - 16
Pettlicow – 140
Philbeon – 8
Philboam - 42
Phillips – 40,108
Pickett – 82,373
Pierce – 234,288
Piett – 126,382
Place – 18,365
Platter - 86
Plufley – 136
Pohoral – 288
Pomazal – 22
Porter – 88
Pospisil – 76
Pound – 60
Pratt - 88
Price – 44,224
Probert – 52,148
Pulcipher – 18
Pulver – 86
Purdy - 262
Putman – 278

Quantrell – 76
Rainy – 44
Ralsont – 294,400
Ramis - 18
Ransum – 8
Raphael - 50
Rayworth – 102
Redner - 38
Reed - 180
Relaford – 188
Rennie – 50,62,156
Ress – 178,394
Revoldt - 44
Reynolds – 76
Rice – 50
Rich – 180,228,234
Richards – 22,34
Richardson - 166
Richmond – 68,369
Ritchie – 62,368
Roach - 224
Robbins – 64
Roberts -280,292
Robertson – 156,158,180
Roscoe – 30,156,158
Rose – 14,96
Rosser - 148
Rounds – 224
Rowe - 90
Rowley – 164,288
Ruff – 30
Rusch - 124
Ryan – 54
Ryant – 142,386
Rykert – 188
Sampson – 24
Satterlee – 280,288,292
Sawyer - 102
Saxton – 92,274,280
Saylor - 170
Schimmerhorn – 28
Schleger – 228
Schmidt -202
Schoendorf – 230
Scott – 90,375
Secor - 128
Sedman – 86
Segmiller - 86
Seipp – 6

Shamer – 48
Sharkey - 74
Shattuck – 92
Shaw - 56
Sheldon – 152-388
Sheapard - 292
Sheppard - 262
Sheridan – 104
Shelner - 32
Sherman – 136,156,158,184
Shilson – 88,110,144,148,
174,194,228
Shores - 12
Shorter – 164
Shugart - 92
Shutter – 140
Sienist – 266
Silsby – 16,36
Silver - 18
Simms – 82
Sipes – 52
Sladek - 22
Slarrow – 140
Slater - 174
Sleder – 70,76,208
Sleeper – 88
Sleiter – 108
Smith – 18,60,64,70,72,92,
188,216,230,234,266
Smurthwaite -112
Smushase – 174
Snow – 92,379
Snyder – 24,174
Somers - 4
Soule – 292
Southard - 48
Sovern – 4
Sperachek – 178
Sprague - 14
Squires – 34,52,144,174,234
Stables – 92
Stanton - 144
Steadman – 18,172,393
Stearns – 82
Steinberg – 2, 176,361
Stepanek - 234
Stephenson – 132,383
Stevens – 60,76,280,282,396
Stevenson – 164
Steward - 40
Stewart – 112,379

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Stites – 24,180
Stowe – 32,220
Strahm - 230
Straub – 108
Sullivan – 166, 274
Swanton – 156,158
Talman – 52
Taylor – 34,164
Tennant - 228
Terpstra – 90
Thacker – 14, 82
Theobald - 88
Thiel – 2
Thomas – 2,28
Thompson – 30,48,226
Tillapaugh – 38,220
Tillie - 236
Tooley – 32
Topinka - 76
Town – 38
Townsen – 102
Trainer – 254
Trimble - 248
Trombly – 160,390
Troutwine – 88,122,260
Trude - 164
Tuller – 46
Tuttle – 90,176

Weathers – 24
Weber – 168,392
Wedtherton - 104
Weigand - 58
Wells – 54,296
Welt - 112
Wheelock - 114
White – 166
Wilcox – 188
Wildman - 110
Wilhelm – 6,40,48,180,292
Wilkins – 122,124
Willette – 38
Williams – 30,278
Wilson – 30,60
Winnie – 44,140,164,278,292
Winters – 128
Wise - 32
Witheral - 34
Wood – 30
Wright – 110,378
Yennish – 28
Youker – 44,228
Young – 54
Zak – 272
Zimmerman – 60
Zitka – 70,370
Zofantsy - 274

Udell – 220
Umlor – 28,74,210
Vader – 156,158
Valleau – 218,262
VanBrocklin – 28
Vanderblock – 52
Vanderlip – 28,184
VanFleet – 48
VanHouton – 30
VanValkenburg – 12, 363
VanVrankin – 90
Verly – 88
Vezina – 22,34,36
Walsh – 244
Warner – 22
Wart – 274
Waterbury – 14
Waters - 112
Watkins – 2,128

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