This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jhh.2ACIB/4686 Message Board Post: i see so many of the of the children died so young between 1849 and 1868 and it was mostly the Female Children, does anyone know what happened or why so many died so young. Thank you Shannon Duncan [email protected]