According to The Past As a Prelude: New Orleans 1718-1968 . On July 21, 1905  the Board of Health announced that yellow fever was loose in the city. The news led to a general exodus and almost precipated a financial panic. With the new methods to eradicate the mosquitoes, the city was free of the fever during the month of September. 452 residents of New Orleans died during this outbreak, which was the last in New Orleans. Penny T     'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.' ........ Thomas Jefferson ----- Original Message ---- From: Jan Strickland <jans884@bellsouth.net> To: LAORLEAN <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:45:53 AM Subject: [LAORLEAN] History lesson Hi all, I guess that I might need a history lesson about New Orleans.  Here is my problem.  My GGGrandmother (the lovely & mysterious) Seraphina/Sarahfina Hepp Baumgartner and her unmarried daughter, Eleonore/Eleanor Baumgartner are both found in the 1900 census record along with my grandfather, Albert, his siblings & his parents, William & Amelia, in Dist 32, Ward 3, New Orleans records.  And then they just disappear after that.  My GGGrandfather, Rudolphe Baumgartner, died in Aug of 1900 in New Orleans and the next record I can find, on any of the group that were living together at 2213 Banks Street in 1900, is in the 1903 Jacksonville, FL city directory where I find my Great grandparents, William & Amelia, with William listed as a boilermaker.  (That seemed to be a common job through out this family) I assume (but don't know the reason) that the family moved to Florida sometime between Aug, 1900 & 1903.  My question is this, is there some storm or disease that hit NO after 1900 that would have caused the death of the mother, Seraphina and daughter, Eleonore?  I understand that Seraphina probably died (haven't yet found a death record, but that just adds to her "mysterious" self - LOL) because she was born (according to 1900 census) Oct, 1827 in Cuba and she and Rudolphe were married in Sep 1848.  But the daughter, Eleonore/Eleanor, was born in 1860 and would have only been 40 in 1900.  All records show her as a seamstress/dressmaker.  Any ideas anyone? Or do you know of some disaster that might have caused their deaths.  I know about the Galveston Hurricane in Sept 1900 and wonder if maybe this caused damage and death in NO.  I passed by fairly close to NO   I did see where there was a yellow fever outbreak in NO during 1906, but think that may be too late.  Just trying to find out why they both just seemed to have disappeared.  (I did find Miss Eleanor in the NO City directory for 1890, 1895, 1897 & Seraphina listed in the 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899 NO city directories) Thanks up front, Jan S - Orlando, FL ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message