Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919, New London County I just received a Death Certificate for my great-grandfather, who died April 20, 1919, in Old Lyme. The primary cause of death was pneumonia, of 9 days duration; secondary cause was influenza, of 10 days duration. My guess would be this was toward the end of the horrible Influenza Epidemic, and I'm interested to know if many deaths occurred in the county around that time. And/or if anyone knows how I might be able to research this on-line, I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thank you - Karlynn [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > CTNEWLON-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 90 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CTNEWLON-L] NAVAL PRESENCE [[email protected]] > #2 [CTNEWLON-L] Re: Obituary 1958 for [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from CTNEWLON-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CTNEWLON-L] NAVAL PRESENCE > Date: 23 Apr 2002 11:09:55 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XZ.2ADE/1395 > > Message Board Post: > > Rearching the Naval/Marine Presence along the Thames River. Original station on the New London Side of River. Also visits of Civil War ships, USS Hartford, to Naval Station. > I am Civil War Marine Re-enactor Serving Aboard the USS Hartford. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CTNEWLON-L] Re: Obituary 1958 for W Tompkins > Date: 23 Apr 2002 22:34:01 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XZ.2ADE/1391.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Dear Kelly, > > Try contacting the local newspaper: http://www.theday.com/ > > Also see the New London County and New London City for more research ideas. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon/index.htm > > Among other CT links, they are book-marked on the CT Studies History Links page.: > http://www.easternct.edu/depts/ctstudies/Links.html > > Deb T. > Center For Connecticut Studies > http://www.easternct.edu/depts/ctstudies/

Karlynn, The time frame you are speaking of is correct for the epidemic. My grandmother was left to die with it while in childbirth with her first child in 1918. She made it through with the aid of an old country veternarian and described it to my mom years later. At theheight of the epidemic the doctors would determine "how far gone"one was with the flu and not waste time with those they figured would not survive (as in the case of my grandmother). she also recalled the deaths were so prevelant that bodies were carted off in wagons. I saw a nice article about in The Day paper years ago and they should be able to provide plenty of info. If I recall correctly it was called swine flu, but I think it was identified as another strain. Info on the subject would be a nice post. Good luck, Robin [email protected] wrote: > Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919, New London County > I just received a Death Certificate for my great-grandfather, who died April 20, 1919, in Old Lyme. The primary cause of death was pneumonia, of 9 days duration; secondary > cause was influenza, of 10 days duration. My guess would be this was toward the end of the horrible Influenza Epidemic, and I'm interested to know if many deaths occurred in > the county around that time. And/or if anyone knows how I might be able to research this on-line, I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thank you - Karlynn > > > ==== CTNEWLON Mailing List ==== > New London Co GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon/ > Archived List Messages: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CTNEWLON-L/ > Create yourself a user name and password, and search!