Hello: Had never heard of this famine either but knew the Canadian troops were very welcomed when they entered Holland. To this day, the Dutch have a special place in their hearts for the Canadians. Think they may have given them some of their food? When reading old death registrations, one often sees under cause of death marasmus and Phthisis. It appears that lots of people died from marasmus which is a disease from poor diet or lack of nourishing food. Think I posted this before, but here is a list of old medical terms: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgwkidz/oldmedterm.htm Will spend some time reading up on the hunger winter. Lauraine > > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Date: 2009/09/24 Thu AM 07:09:52 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] "The Netherlands" and the "Hunger Winter" (O-T?) > > Hello, > > I was awake around 11 pm last night long enough to watch parts of 2 shows on > a PBS station. One was about "How STRESS - kills !" Part of what I > saw on the show was a discussion about the "Hunger Winter" which occurred in > The Netherlands" in 1944. It is also referred to as "the Dutch Famine of > 1944." > > The Dutch famine of 1944 (known as hongerwinter ("Hunger winter") in Dutch) > was a famine that took place in the occupied nothern part of the Netherlands > during the winter of 1944-1945, near the end of World War II. A total > of 18,000 people died during the famine. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944 > > Many researchers have heard about the famine in Ireland, but I don't > remember hearing about this other famine. > > Oh, I just went to Google for the "Irish famine" and found this Google/Book > which might interest some. The title reminds me that the "Potato Famine" > happened 100 years before the "Dutch famine." > > http://books.google.com/books?id=LK08EdwvCIcC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=%22Potato+Famine+Ireland%22&source=bl&ots=aL9tOPwkVe&sig=Lrrsv4pphKgR_Hx_3u9Ec3ZqC4Q&hl=en&ei=lFu7So3GA8KylAfiuvG8DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=%22Potato%20Famine%20Ireland%22&f=false > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland) > > One reminder here is that my KERR and HENDERSON ancestors left Ireland in > 1823 - some 20 years before the Potato Famine. And, my HANNAH / RITCHIE > couple left in 1857. They were born in Ireland but married in Scotland and > left from there. > > Just "food for thought" this morning -- which the people in the U.K. for > hundreds of years did not have ! > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >