Individual Details

The death return (certificate) gives the baby's first name as William. However, it is written in different handwriting than the surname is written in. The certificate was completed by two people. According to Barbara (Broschard) Veley, it was a practice to enter the first name of the mother or father as the infant's first name when the infant's first name was not known. The infant was probably never given a first name. Additionally, these parents had a child named William that was born in 1913.

Birth	10 Apr 1915	2020 North Howard Street, Philadelphia City (West Kensington area), Philadelphia Co., PA
Death	11 May 1915	premature birth - 2020 North Howard Street, Philadelphia City (West Kensington area), Philadelphia Co., PA
Burial	13 May 1915	Hanover Street Burial Grounds (defunct, now Hetzell Playground, bordered by East Columbia Avenue (formerly Hanover Street), East Thompson and Earl Streets), Philadelphia City (Fishtown area), Philadelphia Co., PA

Father	William Herman Francis Gratz Jr. (1880 - )
Mother	Mary Jane Harman (1887 - )
Sibling	Dorothy Gratz (1910 - 1916)
Sibling	Mary J. Gratz (1912 - )
Sibling	William Francis Gratz (1913 - 1980)