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Mrs. Caroline Palmer, aged 87 years, was found dead in bed this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Braun, in the Gay Hill community. She had retired about 9:00 o'clock last night in her usual health. Death was due to extreme old age. The funeral will be held tomorrow (Friday) morning at about ten o'clock, interment at the Gay Hill burying ground. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. [45], No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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From her Texas certificate of death
Name: Mrs Joe Palmer Sr [sic]
[i.e., Mrs. Paul Palmer]
Death Date: 23 Jan 1918
Death Place: Rockdale, Milam, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 87 years 22 days
Birth Date: 02 Jan 1831
Birthplace: Germany
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Occupation: House Wife
Cemetery: Hickory Grove [sic]
Burial Date: 24 Jan 1918
Undertaker: Henne & Meyer Co.
Informant: Joe Brown, Rockdale
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From 170 Years of Cemetery Records . . . there are two separate listings in the Holder books for Palmer women who died in 1918 and were buried in this cemetery . . . one for Mrs. Joe Palmer who died in 1918 . . . and one for Caroline [Mrs. Paul] Palmer nee Bader who died in 1918 . . .
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Mrs. Caroline Palmer, aged 87 years, was found dead in bed this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Braun, in the Gay Hill community. She had retired about 9:00 o'clock last night in her usual health. Death was due to extreme old age. The funeral will be held tomorrow (Friday) morning at about ten o'clock, interment at the Gay Hill burying ground. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. [45], No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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From her Texas certificate of death
Name: Mrs Joe Palmer Sr [sic]
[i.e., Mrs. Paul Palmer]
Death Date: 23 Jan 1918
Death Place: Rockdale, Milam, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 87 years 22 days
Birth Date: 02 Jan 1831
Birthplace: Germany
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Occupation: House Wife
Cemetery: Hickory Grove [sic]
Burial Date: 24 Jan 1918
Undertaker: Henne & Meyer Co.
Informant: Joe Brown, Rockdale
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From 170 Years of Cemetery Records . . . there are two separate listings in the Holder books for Palmer women who died in 1918 and were buried in this cemetery . . . one for Mrs. Joe Palmer who died in 1918 . . . and one for Caroline [Mrs. Paul] Palmer nee Bader who died in 1918 . . .
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