13y 6m; Died by being swung around by the heels by a Circus clown.
Funeral was from N Gray and Company, San Francisco
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Moved to Cypress Lawn Cemetery in San Matero, original burial in Yerba Buena Cemetery (Defunct)
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∼FATAL PLAY - There was a small Spanish theatrical presentation last evening, in Stockton street, where a Mexican, named Manuel Reys, supposed to be somewhat affected mentally, took up Wm. Bernard, a candy and peanut peddling boy, by the feet, and swung him round several times. The blood rushed to the head of the boy, a blood vessel burst internally, the blood rushed from his mouth, and he died a short time after being taken to the Hospital. Reys was arrested.
Daily Alta California, Volume 5, Number 11, 11 January 1854
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Name: William Snyder
Age: 13 1/2
Birthplace: Ohio
Death Date: 11 Jan 1854
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Burial Date: Jan 1854
Funeral Home: N. Gray & Co.
Disease: killed by being swung by the heels
California, San Francisco Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 San Francisco (San Francisco) 1850-1854 N. Gray & Co. Index
Funeral was from N Gray and Company, San Francisco
*************************
Moved to Cypress Lawn Cemetery in San Matero, original burial in Yerba Buena Cemetery (Defunct)
***************************
∼FATAL PLAY - There was a small Spanish theatrical presentation last evening, in Stockton street, where a Mexican, named Manuel Reys, supposed to be somewhat affected mentally, took up Wm. Bernard, a candy and peanut peddling boy, by the feet, and swung him round several times. The blood rushed to the head of the boy, a blood vessel burst internally, the blood rushed from his mouth, and he died a short time after being taken to the Hospital. Reys was arrested.
Daily Alta California, Volume 5, Number 11, 11 January 1854
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Name: William Snyder
Age: 13 1/2
Birthplace: Ohio
Death Date: 11 Jan 1854
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Burial Date: Jan 1854
Funeral Home: N. Gray & Co.
Disease: killed by being swung by the heels
California, San Francisco Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 San Francisco (San Francisco) 1850-1854 N. Gray & Co. Index
13y 6m; Died by being swung around by the heels by a Circus clown.
Funeral was from N Gray and Company, San Francisco
*************************
Moved to Cypress Lawn Cemetery in San Matero, original burial in Yerba Buena Cemetery (Defunct)
***************************
∼FATAL PLAY - There was a small Spanish theatrical presentation last evening, in Stockton street, where a Mexican, named Manuel Reys, supposed to be somewhat affected mentally, took up Wm. Bernard, a candy and peanut peddling boy, by the feet, and swung him round several times. The blood rushed to the head of the boy, a blood vessel burst internally, the blood rushed from his mouth, and he died a short time after being taken to the Hospital. Reys was arrested.
Daily Alta California, Volume 5, Number 11, 11 January 1854
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Name: William Snyder
Age: 13 1/2
Birthplace: Ohio
Death Date: 11 Jan 1854
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Burial Date: Jan 1854
Funeral Home: N. Gray & Co.
Disease: killed by being swung by the heels
California, San Francisco Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 San Francisco (San Francisco) 1850-1854 N. Gray & Co. Index
Funeral was from N Gray and Company, San Francisco
*************************
Moved to Cypress Lawn Cemetery in San Matero, original burial in Yerba Buena Cemetery (Defunct)
***************************
∼FATAL PLAY - There was a small Spanish theatrical presentation last evening, in Stockton street, where a Mexican, named Manuel Reys, supposed to be somewhat affected mentally, took up Wm. Bernard, a candy and peanut peddling boy, by the feet, and swung him round several times. The blood rushed to the head of the boy, a blood vessel burst internally, the blood rushed from his mouth, and he died a short time after being taken to the Hospital. Reys was arrested.
Daily Alta California, Volume 5, Number 11, 11 January 1854
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Name: William Snyder
Age: 13 1/2
Birthplace: Ohio
Death Date: 11 Jan 1854
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Burial Date: Jan 1854
Funeral Home: N. Gray & Co.
Disease: killed by being swung by the heels
California, San Francisco Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 San Francisco (San Francisco) 1850-1854 N. Gray & Co. Index
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