Death Certificates From the Past – Seth Stephen Hayes

Seth Stephen Hayes was my 1^st cousin 3 times removed and also my 2^nd cousin 3 times removed, the son of Seth Whipple and Polly Bond (Stillwell) Hayes. I wrote about him on 27 May 2017 as an early Oregon cousin of my gt-grandfather, John Howard Bond.

I wondered who the informant was for this death certificate, since I can't quite decipher the handwriting. But since it appeared the last name might be Hayes, I checked the city directories on line at Ancestry.com and discovered that the 1943 Portland city directory shows a Dean Hayes living at 7638 S.E. 27^th Ave., so apparently he was the informant. One of Seth's sons was named Dean Hayes.