Blizzard of 1888...... ----- Original Message ----- From: ElizHgene@aol.com To: MEYORK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [MEYORK] Re: MEYORK-D Digest V03 #97 In a message dated 5/24/03 2:36:11 AM !!!First Boot!!!, casmero@crocker.com writes: > had not heard about 1880 as a starvation year, but earlier, in 1816, was > a year that sent many New Englanders migrating westward. > My brain is trying to remember but wasn't there a great East Coast blizzard in 1884? And while trying to find mention of it I found great Blizzards on the prairies in 1886. the 1880-90s were hard winters as I remember reading. Eliz ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
Hi Folks, I just did a search on Google and came up with a year of 1816, in which snow and ice occurred over most of the country, during the summer months. The conclusion is, that this was caused by a volcano in the south Pacific. Probably this is the origin of the phrase, "eighteen hundred and froze to death." There were probably other weather aberrations that caused colder than normal conditions, in the past, but this I think, was the most devastating. It caused widespread crop failures, with the accompanying lack of food. Some folks had it pretty desperate. Regards, Ginny ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Abbotts" <Bunnydust@attbi.com> To: <MEYORK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 2:17 PM Subject: [MEYORK] "starving"time > Blizzard of 1888...... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ElizHgene@aol.com > To: MEYORK-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 7:35 AM > Subject: Re: [MEYORK] Re: MEYORK-D Digest V03 #97 > > > In a message dated 5/24/03 2:36:11 AM !!!First Boot!!!, casmero@crocker.com > writes: > > > had not heard about 1880 as a starvation year, but earlier, in 1816, was > > a year that sent many New Englanders migrating westward. > > > > My brain is trying to remember but wasn't there a great East Coast blizzard > in 1884? And while trying to find mention of it I found great Blizzards on the > prairies in 1886. the 1880-90s were hard winters as I remember reading. > Eliz > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >