Harriett (Fadden) Gibson died less than two years after the death of her husband, Arnold R. Gibson . An unusual aspect of her death is that she died, not in Vermont where she lived all her life . She died in Albany, New York, and her body was removed to Worcester, Vermont to be buried next to her husband.
The Burial Permit for Harriett Gibson
SOURCE: New York State Department of Health. Official Burial (or Removal) Permit. 1930. Harriett Gibson. FHL US/CAN Film 2022665, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Burial Permit for Harriett Gibson 1930 . The permit states:
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Harriett Gibson died on 2 Jan 1930 in Albany, Albany County, New York;
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Harriett was a white woman, who was 63 years old at the time of her death;
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On 03 Jan 1930, Florence M. Griffith, Deputy Local Registrar, granted a burial permit to [illegible] A. Simmons of Albany, New York to inter the body;
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Harriett was buried on 04 Jan 1930 in Worcester, Vermont;
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Two numbers appear on the permit: 38 1/2 in the upper right and 101 in the upper left.
Tomorrow: Why was Harriett Gibson in Albany, New York when she died?
Copyright © 2007 by Stephen J. Danko
