I think it would be worth checking out local records for serious diseases that we fortunately dont suffer nowadays such as cholera, typhoid fever, smallpox. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Brander" <george.brander@gmail.com> William In answer to your question, the information on the Innes family of James Innes and Barbara Stewart who farmed at Muire Glenlivet was obtained from the memorial inscription on stone no 73 at Kirkmichael. The dates of birth where given are estimates from the date of death on the stone and the age at death. Apart from William who died 19 October 1852 in North America, the rest of the family died very young. John died 12 June 1825 age 1 year 6 months,Alexander died 10 May 1829 age 21, Elspet died 1 Dec 1829 age 13, Helen died 4 Dec 1829 age 15, Elizabeth died 5 April 1839 age 23, Thomas died 30 April 1839 age 21. There is something very sad about these clusters of death dates in one family and is worthy of being followed up. There may have been genetic disposition to a particular disease! The father James Innes himself died on 29 April 1839, the family suffering three bereavements in the same month. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Clusters of deaths were usually the result of contagious diseases/infections or poor sanitation. Unfortunately, in the days before civil registration it was rare for any cause of death to be recorded. Very occasionally a reference might be found in the Statistical Accounts to epidemics which had occurred. The earliest known report into public health in Banffshire dates from 1892 - and it makes a fascinating read, but is is not widely accessible. Alison On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Janet <cilurnum@googlemail.com> wrote: > I think it would be worth checking out local records for serious diseases > that > we fortunately dont suffer nowadays such as cholera, typhoid fever, > smallpox. > > Janet > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Brander" <george.brander@gmail.com> > > > William > In answer to your question, the information on the Innes family of James > Innes and Barbara Stewart who farmed at Muire Glenlivet was obtained from > the memorial inscription on stone no 73 at Kirkmichael. > > The dates of birth where given are estimates from the date of death on the > stone and the age at death. > > Apart from William who died 19 October 1852 in North America, the rest of > the family died very young. John died 12 June 1825 age 1 year 6 > months,Alexander died 10 May 1829 age 21, Elspet died 1 Dec 1829 age 13, > Helen died 4 Dec 1829 age 15, Elizabeth died 5 April 1839 age 23, Thomas > died 30 April 1839 age 21. > > There is something very sad about these clusters of death dates in one > family and is worthy of being followed up. There may have been genetic > disposition to a particular disease! > > The father James Innes himself died on 29 April 1839, the family suffering > three bereavements in the same month. > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >