Emily J. Ambrose

Full Name: Emily J. Ambrose
Certificate Number: 95299
Date of Death: October 7, 1886
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Marital Status: Married
Age at Death: 17Y
Place of Birth: Virginia
Place of Death: Howard, S, 1007
Primary Cause of Death: Pistol shot to the left side
Occupation: servant
Date of Burial: 10/8/1886
Undertaker: Hercules Ross, 95 Conway Street
Death Record Series ID: CM1132-030.xlsx
Notes: “Fatal Result – A Woman Dies from a Pistol in the Hands of Her Husband” Baltimore Sun, Oct 8 1886, page 6; “Coroner Flannery declined to hold an inquest in the case of Emily Ambrose, colored, who died of an accidental pistol shot” – Baltimore Sun, 09 Oct 1886, page 4, Brief Locals