Manuscript Group 1148, Howard Crosby (1879 – 1949) Physician, Vorhees, Record Of Births, 1907 – 1943

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Voorhees, Howard Crosby (1879-1949),
physician.

Record of Births, 1907-1943. 1 vol.

 
A record book of births (1907-1943) attended by Dr. Howard C.
Voorhees (1879-1949), a New Brunswick (Middlesex County) native
and Princeton University graduate (1902).  As a practicing
physician and surgeon in New Brunswick, Dr. Voorhee’s
register of 880 births provides the following data: child’s
name, sex, ethnicity, street address or hospital of birth,
father’s name and mother’s maiden name, their ages,
places of birth, occupations, total number of children by the
marriage, number still living, date reported to city clerk, and
an anecdotal account of the kind of labor (breech, caesarean
section, forceps, tedious labor).

Gift of Mrs. H. Burr Kelsey, 1981.

1148.
VOORHEES, DR. HOWARD CROSBY (1879-1949), physician.
Record of Births, 1907-1943. 1 vol.

 
A record book containing names and information about children
delivered by New Brunswick, New Jersey native and Princeton
University graduate (Class of 1902) Dr. Howard Crosby Voorhees.
The register provides the following data:  child’s name,
sex, color, street address or hospital of birth, name of father,
father’s age, country of father’s birth, father’s occupation,
mother’s maiden name, mother’s country of birth, age of mother,
mother’s occupation, total number of children by the marriage,
and number of children still living.
Gift of Mrs. H. Burr Kelsey, 1981.

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