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Alberta Vital Statistics Deaths Index Entry for Marjorie Eleanor Ponceby, 1932

Alberta handwritten vital statistics deaths index entry for Marjorie Eleanor Ponceby, recording a 1932 death at Edmonton, Alberta, with index number 875. This entry has not been confirmed as a family member; a lead record tracks the hypothesis.

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indexed name: PONCEBY MARJORIE ELEANOR
event date: 1932
event type: death
event place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
source collection: Alberta Vital Statistics Deaths Index
index identifier: 875
principal name as indexed: PONCEBY MARJORIE ELEANOR
name reading note: Initial manual reading treated the surname as possibly "Poncely"; visual recheck of the handwritten PDF page on 23 April 2026 supports PONCEBY as the preferred reading. The separate typed Alberta deaths index source source-alberta-death-index-typed-marjorie-eleanor-ponceby-1932 confirms the name as PONCEBY MARJORIE ELEANOR and gives the fuller record identity. The underlying death registration is still needed to identify parents.
year of death: 1932
place of death: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
index number: 875

Indexed name: PONCEBY MARJORIE ELEANOR
Event Date: 1932
Event Type: death
Event Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Collection: Alberta Vital Statistics Deaths Index
Index Identifier: 875
Principal Name As Indexed: PONCEBY MARJORIE ELEANOR
Name Reading Note: Initial manual reading treated the surname as possibly "Poncely"; visual recheck of the handwritten PDF page on 23 April 2026 supports PONCEBY as the preferred reading. The separate typed Alberta deaths index source source-alberta-death-index-typed-marjorie-eleanor-ponceby-1932 confirms the name as PONCEBY MARJORIE ELEANOR and gives the fuller record identity. The underlying death registration is still needed to identify parents.
Year Of Death: 1932
Place Of Death: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Index Number: 875

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Rechecked against the Alberta Provincial Archives PDF on 22 April 2026 and saved as a raw artifact.
The saved raw text companion preserves the first-pass reading as "Poncely or possible Ponceby"; a fresh visual review on 23 April 2026 makes Ponceby the preferred reading.
This handwritten page records place, number, and year only. The exact death date and fuller record identity are recorded in source-alberta-death-index-typed-marjorie-eleanor-ponceby-1932, a separate typed index PDF source.
The underlying death registration (record 102-875, 1932, Edmonton) should be located before any connection to the family tree is accepted because the index does not name parents.
This page of the deaths index covers entries in the 1932 and 1933 columns; the Marjorie entry is in the 1932 column.

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Source: Alberta Provincial Archives Vital Statistics Deaths Index, Deaths Po, 1919-1936
URL: https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2018-11/deaths-po-1919-1936.pdf
Repository file: 05_raw/pdfs/alberta-death-index-deaths-po-1919-1936.pdf
PDF page: 14
Accessed: 22 April 2026

Manual transcription:
Poncely or possible Ponceby, Marjorie | Edmonton | No. 875 | 1932

Notes:
The top surname reading after rechecking the downloadable PDF is Poncely. Ponceby remains a hypothesis because the Donald E. groom index has a similar Poncely/Ponceby handwriting ambiguity. The underlying death registration should be reviewed before linking this person to the Ponceby family.

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place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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archive title: Alberta Vital Statistics Deaths Index
record series: Deaths Po, 1919-1936
source url: https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2018-11/deaths-po-1919-1936.pdf
pdf page number: 14
record number: 875
year: 1932
place of death: Edmonton
accessed: 22 April 2026

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Source remains proposed; the handwritten index now supports the Ponceby surname, but the relationship to Donald Edwin Ponceby, Catherine Mackie Horne, or Gordon Francis Ponceby remains unproven.
A lead record has been created at 07_leads/lead-marjorie-ponceby-1932.md.
The underlying death registration is the next gate because it may name parents, residence, age, birthplace, or an informant.

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