Infant mortality rate was 150 in one 1000 in 1874. RC families lived in relative poverty in the Cities. This, coupled with the fact they had large Families + dissentry among other diseases was rife. Poor housing was a factor, there was one toilet/restroom in the backyard of tenement houses used by an average of 100 people. Both my Granmothers + ggmothers buried at least one child. Maggie On 24 Jul 2012, at 01:45, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: Last time I got events like this it turn out that Yellow Fever was endemic in Memphis Tennessee. My other events like this were cholera. Eliz On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:07 PM, <pjsalis@hal-pc.org> wrote: Hello kin-sleuths, What do you think? Are these 1874 events in three generations of Gardiner Curtises coincidences or not? Or was there some dangerous event in 1874 Dublin history? Gardiner Curtis, patriarch: Death registered 1874, age 58, North Dublin Reg. Dist.; Vol. 12, Pg. 362 (https://familysearch.org) Gardiner Curtis, partiarch's son: Death registered 1874, age 28, North Dublin Reg. Dist.; Vol. 7, Pg. 452 (https://familysearch.org) Gardiner Curtis, patriarch's grandson: Born 1874 Sep 12, address 21 Coles Lane (North Dublin); Baptised 1874 Sep 21, St. Mary Pro, (North Dublin); , no Vol. or Pg. numbers (http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/) Thanks for any thoughts. PJ, Texas ****************************** Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ****************************** Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message