liverpud wrote: > What sad cases. Perhaps one was crippled at birth. and the other two > were in an accident, or had rickets. Doesn't seem reasonable that these > were all heredity. > > Very strange. It is strange, that's why I wondered if there was an hereditary cause. I haven't ruled out the possibility of accidents or dietary factors. The brothers also had a much younger sister (b1861) who died age 67 but who wasn't crippled. Nor were any of her children. I suspect she had a different father. All four children were illegitimate. Their mother died in 1867, age 54, leaving the eldest two brothers to bring up their little sister. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

Do you have death certificates giving Cause of death? Margaret -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charani Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 1:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&D] Medical question liverpud wrote: > What sad cases. Perhaps one was crippled at birth. and the other two > were in an accident, or had rickets. Doesn't seem reasonable that these > were all heredity. > > Very strange. It is strange, that's why I wondered if there was an hereditary cause. I haven't ruled out the possibility of accidents or dietary factors. The brothers also had a much younger sister (b1861) who died age 67 but who wasn't crippled. Nor were any of her children. I suspect she had a different father. All four children were illegitimate. Their mother died in 1867, age 54, leaving the eldest two brothers to bring up their little sister. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 5669 (20101203) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com