Jean, and List, I have no additional info on "sugar poisoning," but I am wondering if anyone else out there has heard of the following cause of death - "Visitation from God." Does it simply mean died of natural causes? This one kills me. Lisa Z

Lisa and List- It would be both informative and interesting if list members would share phrases used as causes of death for their NB ancestors. While "sugar poisoning" referred to a specific event, most others would have reflected the descriptive language of the time used for specific causes of death. For example, two of my ancestors, of roughly the same time frame who died in their 80s in the Southern U.S. states, were listed as, "old age worn out." I've always assumed that the phrase was used to indicate that the individual simply died of old age. I wonder if this phrase was ever used in reporting NB deaths-or was some other phrase used for the death of an elderly person with no evident other cause of death, instead? How old was the individual who died as a result of "Visitation from God?" Jean ___________________________________________ Lisa Zajkowski wrote: >Jean, and List, > >I have no additional info on "sugar poisoning," but I am wondering if anyone >else out there has > >heard of the following cause of death - "Visitation from God." Does it >simply mean died of natural causes? > >This one kills me. > >Lisa Z > > >