My grandfather and a young uncle died about 5 days apart during the Soanish flu epidemic in 1920. This was in Saginaw Co., Michigan. Pam S. in Michigan > [Original Message] > From: Nancy Keith <keithnancy@t-one.net> > To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/18/2005 7:59:09 PM > Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] MARVIN > > That flu epidemic killed people all over the nation - probably outside > the U S, too. My dad described people actually dropping dead in the > streets, and that was in Tennessee. I think that you can go into any U > S cemetery and find whole families dying in 1917-18. It was really > scary and so very sad. There was nothing that they could do about it. > > Nancy > in cooooooooooold northern lower Michigan > > > > MMoodygma@aol.com wrote: > > >Patricia, > > > > About the timing of the flu epidemic in Michigan--I'm wondering if it was > >around the same time as the flu that killed many people in Iowa, which I > >believe was around 1918. > > > >Marlene > > > > > >==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > >MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions > >Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >. > > > > > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions > Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx