CHIEF:  Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock

Mortality Schedules are probably one of the most overlooked resources available to genealogists. Yet, they are also one of the most interesting. Though they document less than 1/10th of the deaths which occurred,  they provide a historically significant snapshot during this time period. While today we consider heart disease and cancer as the major threats to modern life;  dysentery, small pox, cholera and consumption were the words that made life precarious at times for our ancestors. 

Mortality Schedules were to include the taking of names of all persons who died one year prior to 01 June 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885.  There are some exceptions and like the regular census, the mortality schedules are not complete. It is estimated that census takers missed at least 20 percent of the deaths they should have recorded. They were to record the state, county, the name of the person, age, sex, month died, birth place, marital status, cause of death and occupation. The enumerators were very inconsistant. Some records are very complete and some records leave much to be desired....but they are always worth checking when trying to locate an ancestor who can not be found on the regular census or when a death record can not be found. In many states where vital records were not kept it provides a nation-wide death register.

Remember that an index entry is only a reference to more detailed information found in census records themselves.  It is important that researchers consult the actual census records to which these indexes refer. Some of the mortality schedules are available on microfilm through the National Archives.  Most of the mortality schedules are available on microfilm through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and its associated Family History Centers and thru most major libraries.   All statewide mortality schedules are indexed from 1850 to 1880.  For 1885 only South Dakota has been indexed. 

Mortality

Information

1850 Mortality - 1860 Mortality - 1870 Mortality - 1880 Mortality

 

1850	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Name:	County:	State:	Age:	Sex:	Mo.Died:	Bplace:	Cause of Death:	Occup:
BOYD,Abigale	Chester	PA	63 y	F	Aug	PA	Consumption	------
BOYD, Adaline A.	Rutherford	TN	24 y	F	Mar	TN	Typhoid Fever	------
BOYD, Alice	Tipton	TN	01 y	F	Oct	TN	Croup	------
BOYD, Allen	Hamilton	OH	48 y	M	Dec	MD	Smallpox	Inspector
BOYD, Alvin	Windsor	VT	10 m	M	Nov	VT	unknown	------
BOYD, Amanda M.	Meriwether	GA	16 y	F	Feb	AL	unknown	------
BOYD, Amelia A.	York Dist.	SC	15 y	F	Aug	SC	Typhoid Fever	------
BOYD, Andrew	Allegheny	PA	72 y	M	Apr	PA	Asthma	Farmer
BOYD, Andrew	Hudson	NJ	51 y	M	Oct	NY	Diarrhea	Wheelwright
BOYD, Andrew	Wythe	VA	44 y	M	Feb	VA	unknown	Laborer
BOYD, Bridget	Orleans Par.	LA	30 y	F	Dec	IR	Cholera	Laborer
BOYD, Calvin	Crawford	IL	34 y	M	Feb	IN	Erysipelas	Farmer
BOYD, Catharine	St Clair	IL	06 m	F	Aug	IL	Dysenter	------
BOYD, Charles	Williamson	TN	13 y	M	Jun	TN	Typhoid Fever	------
BOYD, Christina	St Clair	IL	02 m	F	Jan	IL	unknown	------
BOYD, Daniel	Clarion	PA	06 m	M	Jul	PA	Measles	------
BOYD, David	Clinton	IA	01 y	M	Sep	IA	Liver complications	------
BOYD, Edmund H.	Carter	TN	20 m	M	Jul	TN	Chills	------
BOYD, Edward T.	Sacramento	CA	25 y	M	Nov	NY	Cholera	------
BOYD, Eleanor	Williamsburgh Dist	SC	74 y	F	Aug	IR	Dropsy	------
BOYD, Eliza J.	Warren	OH	11 y	F	Jul	OH	Cholera	------
BOYD, Elizabeth	Granville	NC	70 y	F	Nov	NC	Cancer	------
BOYD, Elizabeth	Smyth	VA	80 y	F	Mar	VA	Chronic ?	------
BOYD, Ella	Muscatine	IA	05 m	F	Oct	IO	unknown	------
BOYD, Frances P.	Montgomery	AL	01 y	F	Mar	AL	Brain Fever	------
BOYD, Francis M.	San Augustine	TX	29 y	M	Oct	TN	Pleurisy	Farmer
BOYD, Francis W.	Mecklenburg	VA	35 y	M	Mar	VA	Pneumonia	------
BOYD, Franklin	Bledsoe	TN	06 y	M	Mar	TN	Horse kick	------
BOYD, George J.	Columbia	PA	10 m	M	Apr	PA	Scarlet Fever	------
BOYD, George	Cheshire	NH	02 y	M	Sep	NY	Cholera	------
BOYD, George	Waukesha	WI	02 y	M	Dec	WI	Ship Fever	------
BOYD, Gordon D.	Attala	MS	49 y	M	Mar	KY	Cholera	------
BOYD, Hamilton	Fayette	PA	02 m	M	Aug	PA	Cholera	------
BOYD, Hannah	Knox	TN	26 y	F	Jul	TN	Lung Afliction	------
BOYD, Harriet	Brown	WI	65 y	F	Dec	FR	Dropsy	------
BOYD, Harriet J.	Brown	WI	02 y	F	Dec	WI	Lung Disease	------
BOYD, Henry	Rockingham	NH	22 y	M	Jul	NH	Dropsy	Laborer
BOYD, Hugh	Allegheny	PA	35 y	M	Mar	IR	Consumption	------
BOYD, Hugh	Franklin	PA	71 y	M	Apr	PA	Dropsy	------
BOYD, Hugh	Lawrence	PA	04 y	M	Mar	PA	Catarrh	------
BOYD, Infant of John	Chambers	AL	01 m	F	Jan	AL	Whooping Cough	------
BOYD, Infant	Macon	NC	---	F	Jan	NC	unknown	------
BOYD, Infant	Rockingham	NH	05 m	M	Dec	NH	Scarlet Fever	------
BOYD, Isabella M.	Dauphin	PA	16 y	F	Feb	PA	Inflamation	Student
BOYD, Isabella	Philadelphia	PA	03 m	F	Aug	PA	Remitting Fever	------
BOYD, Isabella	Philadelphia	PA	04 y	F	Aug	PA	Inflammation bowel	------
BOYD, Issabella	Hamilton	OH	05 y	F	Aug	OH	Flux	------
BOYD, James	Sacramento	CA	64 y	M	Oct	VA	Cholera	------
BOYD, James	Waukesha	WI	02 y	M	Dec	WI	Ship Fever	------
BOYD, James W.	Fayette	AL	06 m	M	Mar	AL	Croup	------
BOYD, Jane	Jackson	TN	01 m	F	Aug	TN	Croup	------
BOYD, Jane	Litchfield	CT	23 y	F	Oct	IR	Consumption	------
BOYD, Jennet	Allegheny	PA	06 m	F	May	PA	unknown	------
BOYD, Jennet	Waukesha	WI	02 y	M	Dec	WI	Ship Fever	------
BOYD, John	Alexandria	VA	46 y	M	Dec	VA	Consumption	Fisherman
BOYD, John	Madison	AR	01 y	M	Jul	AR	Dirrehea	------
BOYD, John	Passiac	NJ	01 y	M	Aug	NJ	Dysentery	------
BOYD, John	Philadelphia	PA	35 y	M	Jul	PA	Cholera	------
BOYD, John	Philadelphia	PA	39 y	M	Aug	PA	Brain Fever	------
BOYD, John	Randolph	IL	05 m	M	Jul	IL	unknown	------
BOYD, John	Rockingham	NH	63 y	M	Oct	NH	Consumption	Farmer
BOYD, John	Sangamon	IL	03 y	M	May	IL	Whooping Cough	------
BOYD, John	Trigg	KY	42 y	M	Jun	VA	Fever	Farmer
BOYD, John A.	Abbeville Dist.	SC	08 y	M	Feb	SC	Typhoid Fever	------
BOYD, John A.	Jennings	IN	01 y	M	Nov	IA	Head Disease	------
BOYD, John A.	Rusk	TX	22 y	M	Jan	SC	Cholera	Farmer
BOYD, John C.	Montour	PA	56 y	M	Aug	PA	Dysentery	Farmer
BOYD, John C.	Randolph	AR	07 y	M	Apr	AR	Palsy	------
BOYD, John L.	Chester	PA	40 y	M	Aug	PA	Brain Inflammation	Merchant
BOYD, John R.	Dupage	IL	35 y	M	Apr	NY	Consumption	Saloon Keeper
BOYD, Joseph	Holmes	MS	53 y	M	May	SC	Lungs	------
BOYD, Josephine	Allegheny	PA	01 m	F	Apr	PA	unknown	------
BOYD, Lucinda	Van Wert	OH	19 y	F	Feb	OH	unknown	------
BOYD, Margaret	Phillips	AR	09 m	F	May	AR	Teething	------
BOYD, Margaret	Hamilton	OH	01 y	F	Aug	OH	Lung Disease	------
BOYD, Marshall	Hamilton	OH	46 y	M	Jul	IR	Cholera	Laborer
BOYD, Martha	Westmoreland	PA	25 y	F	Jun	PA	Consumptiion	------
BOYD, Martha	Westmoreland	PA	80 y	F	Jul	NJ	unknown	------
BOYD, Mary	Fayette	PA	38 y	F	Jun	PA	Typhoid Fever	------
BOYD, Mary	Jefferson	OH	66 y	F	Sep	IR	Flux	------
BOYD, Mary	Lycoming	PA	71 y	F	Jan	PA	Old Age	------
BOYD, Mary	Philadelphia	PA	30 y	F	Sep	IR	Phthisis	------
BOYD, Mary	Washington	PA	05 y	F	Feb	OH	Croop	------
BOYD, Mary Ann	Williamsburgh Dist	SC	36 y	F	Aug	SC	Fever	------
BOYD, Mary J.	Augusta	VA	20 y	F	Dec	VA	Pneumonia	------
BOYD, Meshack	Giles	TN	69 y	M	Sep	DE	Unknown	Farmer
BOYD, Nancy	Fulton	IL	01 y	F	Mar	IL	Unknown	------
BOYD, Nancy M.	Carroll	TN	23 y	F	Nov	TN	Childbirth	------
BOYD, Parthena	Trigg	KY	44 y	F	Aug	VA	Consumption	------
BOYD, Philetus G.V.	Crawford	PA	05 y	M	May	PA	Brain Inflamation	------
BOYD, Rachel	York Dist	SC	30 y	F	Sep	SC	Fever	------
BOYD, Robert	Davidson	TN	80 y	M	Aug	IR	Horse Threw	Farmer
BOYD, Robert	Davidson	TN	80 y	M	Aug	IR	Sudden	Painter
BOYD, Robert	Delaware	PA	66 y	M	Jun	IR	Fever	Manufacturer
BOYD, Robert's child	Buncombe	NC	000	F	Jun	NC	Stillborn	------
BOYD, Rutha	Wythe	VA	01 m	F	Aug	VA	Unknown	------
BOYD, Sarah	Allegheny	PA	01 w	F	Dec	PA	Unknown	------
BOYD, Sarah	Allegheny	PA	21 y	F	Feb	PA	Unknown	------
BOYD, Sarah	Fayette	PA	30 y	F	Jun	PA	Bowel Inflamation	------
BOYD, Sarah	Philadelphia	PA	23 y	F	Jun	IR	Phthisis	------
BOYD, Sarah J.	Caldwell Par	LA	05 m	F	Oct	LA	unknown	------
BOYD, Sarah T.	Williamsburgh Dist	SC	45 y	F	Nov	SC	Pneumonia	------
BOYD, Sophia	Philadelphia	PA	04 y	F	May	PA	Consumption	------
BOYD, Stephen	Knox	TN	35 y	M	Jun	TN	Pneumonia	------
BOYD, Story	Ashley	AR	09 m	M	Nov	AR	Whooping Cough	------
BOYD, Susan	Randolph	AR	30 y	F	May	TN	Unknown	------
BOYD, Theodore	Morgan	OH	01 y	M	Dec	OH	Flux	------
BOYD, Thomas	Fountain	IN	22 y	M	Nov	IN	Cong Fever	Farmer
BOYD, Thomas	Hamilton	OH	03 y	M	Aug	OH	Flux	------
BOYD, Thomas H.	Philadelphia	PA	21 y	M	Apr	PA	Lockjaw	Stone Cutter
BOYD, William	Hamilton	OH	24 y	M	Jun	OH	Cholera	Printer
BOYD, William A.	Philadelphia	PA	19 y	M	Jul	MA	Cholera	Bank Clerk
BOYD, William H.	Genesee	MI	11 y	M	Oct	MI	Diarrhea	------
BOYD, William W.	Louisa	VA	01 y	M	Jan	VA	Dysentery	------
****	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
BOID, Daniel	Macoupin	IL	06 y	M	Apr	IL	Fever	------
*	*	*	*	*	*	*	**	*
BOYT, Permelia	Gates	NC	11 y	M	Mar	NC	Black Tongue	------
BOYT, William	Gates	NC	45 y	M	Nov	VA	Pneumonia	------
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 Mortality Information

1850 Mortality - 1860 Mortality - 1870 Mortality - 1880 Mortality

BRAIN FEVER =  Meningitis. 
CATARRH FEVER =  Inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the air passages of the head and throat. 
CHILLS =  When given as a cause of death, malaria or pneumonia. 
CHRONIC =  Describes any illness that is long standing. 
COLIC =  Appendicitis. 
CONSUMPTION =  A wasting away of the body, especially from pulmonary tuberculosis. 
CROUP =  Hoarse croaking cough associated with inflammation of the larynx,trachea and bronchi in infants.Occurs in epidemics usually in autumn. 
DROPSY =  Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease. 
DYSPEPSIA =  Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms. 
DYSENTER =   A number of disorders marked by inflammation of the intestines. 
ERYSIPELAS =  Contagious skin disease, due to streptococcal infection in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. A serious illness that may often be fatal. 
FLUX =  dysentery. 
GRAVEL =  Passage of small stones formed in the kidney. 
LUNG INFLAMATION =  Pneumonia or Tuberculosis. 
PALSY =  Paralysis or difficulty with muscle control. 
PERRICARDE =  Inflammation of heart. 
PLEURISY =  Any pain in the chest area with each breath. 
REMITTING FEVER =  Malaria. 
SHIP FEVER =  Typhus. 
SCARLATINA =  Scarlet fever. 
TEETHING =  Often reported as a cause of death in infants. Could be an infection that was missed (? From contaminated weaning foods) or could be cot death (sudden infant death syndrome is the correct term for this). 

NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.

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