This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JRB.2ACE/915.2 Message Board Post: My grandmother, Mary Michel Sedler's Uncle Henry William Michel's wife, Magdalena Michel and 14 year old son, William died. Magdalena drowned and William swam to shore but died of exhaustion because of the tragedy. His son, George survived. There was a sister who couldn't go because she was to stay home and do laundry, so she was spared, but got married on the day of his mother and brother's death, so she would always remember the date. The family lived around Ave. A, NYC.