In a message dated 10/1/01 9:27:19 PM Central Daylight Time, nymets11@pacbell.net writes: I am wondering if anyone would know what death by "decline" would mean? The man died in 1885. Sharon
This web site might be helpful to look up some causes of death.. http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/medterm.htm For a while I was stumped by the cause of death of my gr gr grandfather at the Andersonville prison in GA - scorbutus, or scurvey. Ann A. amadori@netzero.net --------------------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Only $9.95 per month! Sign up in September to win one of 30 Hawaiian Vacations for 2! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97
I'm interested in these classifications of death we are discussing. Does anyone know of a book or journal that would categorize these? Possibly dating from the 1800s? Michelle SharHenke@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/1/01 9:27:19 PM Central Daylight Time, > nymets11@pacbell.net writes: > > I am wondering if anyone would know what death by "decline" would mean? The > man died in 1885. > > Sharon > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ > GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer > 1880 Fed Census: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > To unsubscribe http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NY/rensselaer.html
Decline usually means just fading away from old age and poor health generally. Cheers Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia What's your story? Wordweavers Weaving your memories Weaving your stories http://www.wordweavers.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <SharHenke@aol.com> To: <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] 1865 census comments about deaths > In a message dated 10/1/01 9:27:19 PM Central Daylight Time, > nymets11@pacbell.net writes: