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Deaths

The following death records are available FREE online:

1769-1850 Early California Population Project - California Mission Vital Records
Pre-1905 California Death Index - by the Pre-CADI Phoenix Project
1940-1997 California Death Index - hosted by Rootsweb
1962-current Social Security Death Index - hosted by Rootsweb

To obtain a copy of an official Death Certificate:

Monterey County Recorder's Office - 1905-current
Monterey County Genealogy Society - to locate and obtain official death records

Family History Library microfilm resources:

1887-1927 Death records - records from the Monterey County Recorder
1851 death records of Monterey County - Sherman Lee Pompey
1916-1920 King City death records - records from the Monterey County Recorder
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Death Notices

To submit a death notice for a Monterey County resident, Email Me and include the subject "Death Notice."

Pre-1940 deaths in Monterey Co. - submitted by fellow researchers.

Deceased's Name	Spouse	Date of Death	Place of Death	Parents	Submitted by:
ARMSTRONG, Christina	John G.	1922-03-02	Salinas	Robert Smith & Christina McFarland	Amy Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Edwin Alexander	Lottie	1905-01-30	Salinas	John G. Armstrong & Christina Smith	Amy Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, John Graham	Christina	1904-03-05	Salinas	John Armstrong & Isabella Coulter	Amy Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Susan M.	John A	1939-06-25	Salinas	Samuel Irvine & Mary M. McCalla	Amy Armstrong
ARMSTRONG, Tina Bella	--	1869-11-11	Salinas	John G. Armstrong & Christina Smith	Amy Armstrong
BEDOLLA, Charles	Carmela	1918-12-12	near Salinas	James Bedolla	Amy Armstrong
COBB, Mary	Vernan Babin	1916-10-12	Monterey	--	Amy Armstrong
COULTER, William S.	Elizabeth	1883-11-17	Salinas	Walter Coulter & Margaret Storie	Amy Armstrong
IRVINE, John	--	1933	Salinas	William J. Irvine & Emma F. Mead	Amy Armstrong
IRVINE, Mary M.	Samuel	1908-06-04	Santa Rita	William McCalla & Susan Maitland	Amy Armstrong
IRVINE, Robert	--	1902-04-06	Salinas	William J. Irvine & Emma F. Mead	Amy Armstrong
IRVINE, Ruth	--	1896-04-07	Salinas	William J. Irvine & Emma F. Mead	Amy Armstrong
IRVINE, William James	Emma	1924	Salinas	Samuel Irvine & Mary M. McCalla	Amy Armstrong

Newspaper Death Notices

A compiled listing of Newspaper Death Notices - submitted by fellow researchers.

Deceased's Name	Age	City	Publication Date	Newspaper	Submitted by:
ARMSTRONG, Max	78	Salinas	1974-12-23	Salinas Californian	Amy Armstrong
BORGES, Joseph A.	83	Salinas	1974-12-23	Salinas Californian	Amy Armstrong
CHURCHILL, Robert E.	76	Salinas	1986-06-02	Salinas Californian	Amy Armstrong
GABRIEL, Simeon P.	45	Salinas	1955-07-14	Salinas Californian	Amy Armstrong
MURIEL, Esther L.	36	Salinas	1974-12-23	Salinas Californian	Amy Armstrong
WRIGHT, Eli	85	Salinas	1974-12-23	Salinas Californian	Amy Armstrong

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Photo of Historical Landmark COLTON HALL

Monterey County Historical Landmark

NO. 126 COLTON HALL - In this building met the convention that drafted the Constitution under which California was admitted to statehood on September 9, 1850. Robert Semple was chairman and William G. March secretary. The 48 delegates met from September 1 to October 15, 1849 on the upper floor, which ran the length of the main building. The stairway leading to the convention hall was in the rear of the building. Rev. Walter Colton, first American alcalde in Monterey, erected this building as a public hall and schoolhouse, he and Robert Semple established California's first American newspaper in Monterey on August 15, 1846.

Location: Civic Center, Pacific Street between Jefferson and Madison, Monterey

This page was last updated 27 Apr 2007

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