Return of Deaths in the County of Wayne for the Year ending December 31st A.D. 1883.
No.: 1532
Date of Death: Sept. 31 [sic, assumed to be 30] 1883
Name: Charles T. Paine
Sex: Male
Color: White
Condition: Single
Age: 8 m. 6 d. [sic, see attached analysis]
Place of Death: Detroit
Cause: Convulsions
Place of Birth: Michigan
Occupation: None
Parents: Charles G. Paine / Lucy [sic] Paine
Birthplaces of Parents: Massachusetts / Massachusetts
[Note: the birthplaces of the parents is convincing evidence this applies to this person despite the error in the mother's name. The age at death appears to have be shifted in the wrong columns, 8 m. 6 d. intended, but the shift giving 8 y. 6 m. No son Charles is found in the 1880 census so a birth in 1875 seems unlikely. It seems unlikely this data would be a year off, such reports being submitted yearly, which suggests the Whitney data above is one year off. But ultimately, that is a guess since the source of the Whitney data is unknown so cannot be properly assessed for reliability, and no birth record is found.]