I am supplying the following information in hopes of gathering more information on the following families I am connected to: OLMSTED , LAYTON, PECKHAM, SEARLES.


FROM THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF
MARTHA WASHINGTON (LAYTON) OLMSTED

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bureau of Vital Statistics
County: (unclear handwriting: Bethlehem?)
Borough: (unclear handwriting: Bethlehem?)
Registration District No.: 749
Primary Registration District No.: 1416
File No.: 77191
Regitstered No.: 165

MARTHA LAYTON OLMSTED

Personal and Statistical Particulars -
Sex: Female
Color: White
Date of Birth: 30, 1883
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 8 days
(Handwriting unclear: Married or Divorced)
Birthplace: New York
Name of Father: John Henry Leighton
Birthplace of Father: L.I. (Long Island, NY)
Maiden name of Mother: Alexina Peckham
Birthplace of Mother: Mass (MA)
The above stated personal particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief: (signed, Arthur Olmsted)
Address: (handwriting unclear: Bethlehem?)
Filed: Sept 5, 1910

Medical Certificate of Death -
Date of death: Aug. 8, 1910
Time of Death: 11:15 PM
Cause of Death (Handwriting is difficult to read, but the following is clear): From the effects of taking cyanide of potassium with suicidal intent having had (???) bottle partly emptied which was previously full
Signed: (handwriting unclear); August 10, 1910; Address: (handwring unclear: Landsdowne?)
Place of Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
Date of Burial: August 12, 1910
Undertaker: (handwriting unclear: L.L. Brecht of Bethlehem?)

MYSTERIES TO UNRAVEL:
1. Considering Martha Washington (Layton) Olmsted was married in 1904, why is she living with her mother and brother-in-law's family in Stamford, CT, as shown in the 1910 census results below?

This family is of my descendancy:
Living at 66 Main street, Stamford, CT
My Paternal G-Grandfather: Fred Searles, 36 yrs. born abt. 1874, shoe cutter, in a factory (likely, Lounsbury & Soule, Stamford, CT)
My Paternal G-Grandmother: Alice (Layton) Searles, age 33, born 1877
My G-Uncle: Layton Searles, age 11, born abt. 1899
My Grandfather: Harold Adelbrecht Searles, age 8, born abt. 1901
My G-Uncle: Gilbert Henderson Searles, age 4, born abt. 1906
Martha Olmsted (OUR SUBJECT), age 27, born 1883, (married 5 years, having had 2 children, 1 living)
Nancy (Alexina, nee Peckham) Layton, age 61, born abt. 1849

2. Apparently, Martha commits suicide. Why does she do this? What is she doing in PA a few months after being recorded in the 1910 census in CT?

3. Where is her husband, Arthur Olmsted in 1910? Where did he go after her death?

4. What became of her child, not shown living with her in 1910?

Any information, connecting lines, stories, or theories are welcome!
Thank you!