New Bern Obituary Index

The New Bern Obituary Index helps users find obituaries or death notices located in the newspapers of New Bern. The dates given in the index are the dates of the obituary or death notice, not the actual dates of death.

The Obituary Index includes obituaries and death notices from 1751 through the current year.

Also included are several obituary "hoaxes" or death notices of people who were actually still living. Two such cases are the "obituaries" of Jimmie Lillian Roll in 1968 and John Koonce in 1888. For the trivia buff, the shortest name in our database is Ben, a slave, whose death was reported on April 25 and 26, 1848. The longest name in our database is Byron Hiram Ariom Long Myram William John Adrian Livingston Corbett, whose death is reported in the Tribune of August 17, 1935.

Copies of the obituaries or death notices listed in the index can be obtained by sending a check or money order for $2.00 for each notice to:

Kellenberger Room
New Bern-Craven County Public Library
400 Johnson Street
New Bern, NC 28560

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Order by: ID A-Z ID Z-A Published A-Z Published Z-A Last Name A-Z Last Name Z-A First Name A-Z First Name Z-A Middle/Maiden Name A-Z Middle/Maiden Name Z-A Year Min-Max Year Max-Min

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Year	Search	Clear

Records Found: 185612

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
[ Gattis ]	[ James ]	[ R. ]	4	30	1896	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
[ Gray? ]	[ Belva? ]	[ Lee? ]	11	19	1907	NBWJ	4	6	newspapers#nbwj
[ illegible ]	Mary	B.	2	8	1883	NBWJ	3	2	newspapers#nbwj
[ illegible ]	Thomas		3	20	1813	CFR	3	3	newspapers#cfr
[ illegible ]	Willi[ ]		2	24	1882	Cart Telephone	2	4	newspapers#telephone
	Baby	Jacob [infant]	11	10	1998	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
	"Aunt Annie"	["Jasper's oldest colored resident" - age 90]	7	15	1925	MNB	3	4	newspapers#mnb
	"Crazy Jane"	(African-American female)	10	14	1873	NBDT	1	2	newspapers#nbdt
	"Old Billy"	(African-American male)	12	29	1871	NBDT	1	1	newspapers#nbdt
	[ crew of British steamer Olympia]		2	22	1894	NBWJ	1	6	newspapers#nbwj
	[ crew of the ship "Cressie Wright"]		1	14	1886	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
	[ crew of USCG supply schooner Lincoln]		12	19	1926	MNB	1	1-7	newspapers#mnb
	[ crew of USCG supply schooner Lincoln]		12	21	1926	MNB	1	1-6	newspapers#mnb
	[ crew of USCG supply schooner Lincoln]		12	22	1926	MNB	1	1	newspapers#mnb
	[ crew of USCG supply schooner Lincoln]		12	29	1926	MNB	1	6	newspapers#mnb
	[ Very aged colored woman, claimed to be 110]	[ Lived at Mr. Lafayette Dillahunts, Jones Co.]	3	18	1886	NBWJ	3	7	newspapers#nbwj
		[ aged black woman - victim of Great Fire of 1922]	12	2	1922	MNB	1	2,3	newspapers#mnb
		[ aged black woman - victim of Great Fire of 1922]	12	10	1922	MNB	B6	2	newspapers#mnb
		[ aged black woman - victim of Great Fire of 1922]	12	10	1922	MNB	C1	4	newspapers#mnb
		[the cook of ship Richard A. Spofford]	1	10	1895	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
	Austrian aboard Sch. James W. Haige]	[died 1873]	1	9	1917	SJ	5	5	newspapers#sj
		[victims of 1899 hurricane]	8	30	1899	NBDJ	4	2	newspapers#nbdj
	Adam	(slave - property of John Blackwell)	6	25	1853	WN	2	4	newspapers#wn
	Alfred	(slave - property of Fanny Benners)	7	4	1855	NBJ	2	1	newspapers#nbj
		[mate of Schooner Annie E. Pierce]	2	25	1892	NBDJ	1	2	newspapers#nbdj