Cause of Death: Myocardial Infarction
Research notes - Deborah Sweet:
Portlandville is in Otsego Co. Pine Grove Cemetery is there.
Grandpa Sweet's line is descended from the Alt family, in the US since
abt. 1740, and the Sweetand Keast families of St. Neot, Cornwall,
England, since abt. 1540, in the US since 1888. If not included in this
packet, this line may be furnished uponrequest of the interested
researcher.
NYS Dept of Health Cert. of Death, State file #00000053803; datestamp
11/30/1979
Recorded District: 3827, Register Number: 1
Error: 1)on first name. Should read Stephen, not Steven.
2)on dob. Should read 3/16/1900 - per birth record.
DECEDENT: Steven Gilbert Sweet, male, dod 3/7/1979 at 6:00 pm. Age 78,
born March 17, 1900. Veteran? No. Social Sec.# 079 05 1036. County of
Death: Otsego. Locality: Town of Otego (annoted by hand, starred with
note reading: *ah(?) I think this means death occurred at home, which it
did]. Hospital or other Institution/address: Flax IslandRd. State of
Birth: Iowa. Country: USA. Divorced, white, non-spanish origin.
Education: 8th grade
Occupation: Contractor, Kind of business/industry: Building,
Self-Employed.
RESIDENCE: New York, Otsego Co., Town of Otego, FlaxIsland Rd., Otego,
NY; Name of Father: Stephen Sweet; Name of Mother, MinnieAlt; Name of
Informant: William G. Sweet, 34 Van Houten Fields, West Nyack,NY 10994
DISPOSITION: Burial, 3/12/1979, Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, NY.;
Bookhout Funeral Home, Inc., 30 River St., Otego, NY.; Registration
#03186; Name of Funeral Director, Ronald R. Redden; Registration #04593;
Signed byhim, 3/10/1979; Burial/Removal Permit Issued, 3/10/1979 by Mary
?
CERTIFIER: James L. Hurley, Coroner, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta, NY 13820.
Attending Physician: Hans Wilk, M.D.; Pronounced dead: 3/8/1979, 7:40 pm;
Date signed 3/10/1979
CAUSE: Immediate: Myocardial Infarction; Approx. interval between onset
and death: Immediate [no secondary causes are given]. No autopsy. Case
was referred to coroner. Specify if accident, etc.: Natural; Date of
injury: 3/7/1979; Hour of injury: 6:00 pm; Describe how injury occurred:
Collapsed in Kitchen at Home, Flax Island Rd., Otego, NY

Custom Field:<_FA#> Abt. 1935New York State
_MENDDivorce
Research and notes -Deborah Sweet:
From: NYS Dept of Health, Albany -
1) Affadavit for License to Marry, filed 7/30/1924, Otsego Co.
Clerk's Office, Registered #190
Rec'd by NYS Dept.of Statistics, 10/16/1924, #19186.
County of Otego, Town of Milford, Town Clerk E.B. Monroe
Stephen Gilbert Sweet; color: white; Residence: Portlandville,
Milford, NY; Age 24
Occupation: Clerk; Place of Birth: Iowa; Father: Stephen
K. Sweet, country of birth: England
Mother: Minnie Alt, countryof birth: USA; Number of
Marriage: 1st; Is applicant divorced: No
Helen Southworth Wright; color: white; Residence: Oneonta, RD 1,
Milford, NY; Age 19
Occupation: Housework; Place of Birth: Oneonta, NY;
Father: William G. Wright,country of
birth: USA; Mother: Madeline Southworth, country of birth:
USA;Number of Marriage: 1st; Is
applicant divorced: No
Future Address (after marriage): Street address:
Portlandville, Town: Milford, State: NY
2) NYS Deptof Health, Div. of Vital Statistics, Marriage License,
filed 7/30/1924, Otsego Co. Clerk's
Office, Registered #190
Rec'd by NYS Dept. of Statistics, ibid
Error: Place of Registry, State of New York (upper left corner)
- has town/county reversed - should
read: County of - Otsego, Town or City of - Milford
.... Stephen Gilbert Sweet of Milford in the county of Otsego...
and Helen Southworth Wright of Milford in the county of
Otsego...the seal of said Town or City at Portlandville, 13th June 1924,
E.B. Monroe, Portlandville, NY Town Clerk. [The body of the
document contains the same infor-
mation as given in #1 above, the Affadavit.]
3] Marriage Certificate - [filled out and filed by the Clergy or
Magistrate]
Recorded, July 31, 1924, Otsego Co. Clerk's Office, No. 5840
I, William E. Elwood, a Minister of the Gospel, residing at Main
St., in the village of Unadilla in the
county of Otsego....dohereby certify that I did on this 18 day
of June 1924 at Unadilla, in the county
of Otsego....solemnize the rites of matrimony between Stephen
GilbertSweet of Milford in the county of Otsego....and
Helen Southworth Wright of Milford....in the presence of Reka de Bloom
and
Harold Sweet as witness... [Harold was Stephen's brother. I do
not know who the Minister was, ie., what denomination (poss.
Methodist or Presbyterian) or if they married in a church or in the
Minister's 'parlor'(likely), as the certificate is not that
specific. I do not know who Reka de Bloomwas, but she must
have been one of Grandma's friends whom she brought asher
witness/bridesmaid. I wonder if she could be in any of those
photos from Grandma's girlhood, or if it would be possible to
track the de Bloom family down to see if they have any photos to
compare.I also wonder if Grandma's parents approved of her
marriage. - d. sweet]

1. William Gilbert SWEET b. 8 Apr 1925, Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York; d. 27 Sep 1990, J.F.K.Airport/Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica, Queens Co., New York; bur. 1 Oct 1990, Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, Rockland Co., Ny.