Hi All, I just picked this up off another list that I'm on and thought I should pass it along... it may help in understanding the large death rates in certain years of our families histories... I hope it is of interest... Sincerely, Deborah ----- Original Message ----- From: <MMEBM@aol.com> To: <CORNISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 5:00 AM Subject: Epidemics (no, not another virus scare, the real ones) > Hello everyone! > I received this from another list and I thought it might explain some > clusters of deaths that we sometimes run across. Enjoy! (Well, you know what > I mean) > Elizabeth Marcheschi > California > Epidemics > > Year Ailment Place Extra info > 1350 Bubonic plague WW* > 1499 Bubonic plague UK London > 1507 "Fever" UK* 1507-51 > 1551 Influenza UK > 1555 Famine UK Rains brought famine & weakness > 1556 Bubonic plague UK *1556-63 Extreme > 1578 Bubonic plague UK > 1586 Bubonic plague UK*Chesterfield. Harvest failed > 1591 Acute distress UK > 1593 Bubonic plague UK > 1596 Famine UK* Harvests failed & epidemics > 1603 Bubonic plague UK > 1612 Bubonic plague UK > 1617 Smallpox US *Native Indians > 1623 Bad years UK 2 years > 1625 Bubonic plague UK > 1626 Bubonic plague UK > 1630 Very bad year UK Many died > 1631 Bubonic plague UK > 1633 Smallpox US *Native Indians > 1636 Bubonic plague UK > 1637 Bubonic plague UK > 1647 Yellow FeverWest Indies > 1648 Smallpox US > 1648 Whooping coughUS > 1654 Bubonic plague UK > 1657 Measles US Boston > 1662 Smallpox US NY > 1665 Bubonic plague UK Extreme > 1666 Bubonic plague UK Eyam > 1668 Yellow Fever US NY > 1677 Smallpox US *Boston > 1687 Measles US Boston > 1690 Yellow Fever US NY > 1699 Yellow Fever US SC > 1702 Yellow Fever US *NY > 1702 Scarlet Fever US Boston > 1706 Yellow Fever US SC > 1713 Measles US Boston > 1721 Smallpox US Boston > 1723 Influenza WW > 1723 Famine UK *7 years poor harvests & epidemics > 1728 Yellow Fever US SC > 1729 Measles US Boston > 1732 Yellow Fever US SC > 1732 Influenza WW* > 1735 Diphtheria/scarlet feverUS *4 yrs -New England > 1738 Smallpox US S.Carolina > 1739 Measles US *Boston > 1743 Yellow Fever US *NY > 1747 Measles US CT, NY, PA, SC > 1759 Measles US North America > 1761 Influenza US& West Indies > 1763 Smallpox US*Boston > 1772 Measles US > 1775 Influenza WW* > 1783 Bilious disorder US Fatal > 1788 Measles US PA, NY > 1789 Influenza US > 1792 Yellow Fever US *7 yrs > 1793 Unknown US PA > 1793 Influenza US Vermont, Virginia > 1802 Smallpox US Nebraska > 1803 Yellow Fever US NY > 1820 "Fever" US* > 1826 Cholera WW *1826-37 > 1826 Dengue Fever US* and West Indies > 1829 Malaria US* > 1831 Cholera UK Started WW 1826 > 1831 Cholera US* > 1832 Influenza US > 1833 Cholera US Ohio > 1834 Cholera US NY > 1837 Typhus US PA > 1837 Smallpox US Indians > 1841 Yellow Fever US > 1847 Measles US Indians > 1847 Yellow Fever US NO > 1847 Influenza WW* > 1848 Cholera WW* > 1850 Yellow Fever US > 1850 Influenza US* > 1850 Dengue Fever US* > 1851 Cholera US IL > 1852 Yellow Fever US NO > 1853 Cholera Birmingham?This came from a UK report with the > ? > 1855 Yellow Fever US > 1857 Influenza WW* > 1860 Smallpox US* Pennsylvania > 1861 Epidemics US* Civil war numerous infectious diseases > 1865 Smallpox US* > 1865 Cholera US > 1865 Typhus US* > 1868 Smallpox US* 7 yrs > 1873 Influenza UK* N. America & Europe > 1873 Cholera US > 1878 Yellow Fever US NO > 1885 Typhoid US PA > 1886 Yellow Fever US FL > 1889 Influenza WW* > 1893 Polio US 1st known outbreak > 1900 Plague US* > 1901 Smallpox US* > 1907 Polio US *9 yrs. > 1917 Influenza WW* Worst ever > 1931 Polio US > 1942 Polio US 11 yrs > > * - means the epidemic is spread over more than one year. > WW means world wide >