The net is closing in on Thomas's death. If the family (his daughter and her husband) were in Washington by March 1906 but in Fayette in 1900 when Thomas was 72 and living with them and you cannot find a death in Washington then this indicates that he may have died between June 1900 and March 1906 in Allegheny.
Thomas Musgrave must have died shortly after the 1900 census, or at least a couple of years. Maybe 1902 or 1903.
Ben
Hi Ben: You're welcome for the pix. There are still a number of possibilities concerning the death of Thomas.
1. Though it's unlikely, he might have died in Washington County before 1906 without his death being recorded by the County. If that were to be the case, it would be very difficult to find his death date.
2. Likewise, he might have died in Allegheny County before 1906, with the death
NOT being recorded by the Allegheny County Register of Wills. If that were to be the case, it would be very difficult to find his death date.
3.
Note that death records in Allegheny County only cover the period July 1874-1903, according the Allegheny County website. He might have died in Allegheny County before 1904, with the death recorded by the Allegheny County Register of Wills. If that were to be the case, then the registers that were given by Allegheny to the Carnegie Library would contain a record of his death.
4. He might have died in Washington or Allegheny counties after 1906, with the death recorded by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vital Statistics (or whatever it was called in 1906). If that were to be the case, you could order a death certificate from the state.
5. There is a two-year gap, 1904-1905, in the death records of Allegheny County.
That could be an insurmountable problem. I will send you a PM with the e-mail address of the person who is posting obituaries from the newspaper in McDonald online.
I will probably have to go out to Washington County at the end of September, so if you want to wait that long, I'll visit both the Allegheny County Courthouse and the Carnegie Library.
John
