Does anyone know if there was a flood, disease or other natural event that would account for two family members dieing same year, with spiuse to follow next year--cholera, etc. One was a doctor. Thanks for any historical perspective. I am new to the list and am research McGREW, CHURCH, and CASH families. Sarah

This information is a list of all national epidemics, and found by typing in "national epidemic" into a multi-search engine.....I used Google. These search engines are invaluable resources, and will find most anything! As you can see, there was a cholera epidemic in the time frame you asked about. Sandra 1657 | Boston | Measles 1687 | Boston | Measles 1690 | New York | Yellow Fever 1713 | Boston | Measles 1729 | Boston | Measles 1732-33 | Worldwide | Influenza 1738 | South Carolina | Smallpox 1739-40 | Boston | Measles 1747 | Conn, N.Y., Penn., S.C. | Measles 1759 | N. America [areas inhabited by white people] | Measles 1761 | N. Amererica and West Indies | Influenza 1772 | N. America | Measles 1775 | N. America [especially hard in the N.E.] | Epidemic Unknown 1775-76 | Worldwide | [one of the worst epidemics] Influenza 1783 | Dover, Delaware | [extremely fatal] Bilious Disorder 1788 | Philadelphia and New York | Measles 1793 | Vermont | [a "putrid" fever] and Influenza 1793 | Virginia [killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks] | Influenza 1793 | Philadelphia [one of the worst epidemics] | Yellow Fever 1793 | Harrisburg, PA [many unexplained deaths] | Unknown 1793 | Middletown, PA [many unexplained deaths] | Unknown 1794 | Philadelphia, PA | Yellow Fever 1796-97 | Philadelphia, PA | Yellow Fever 1798 | Philadelphia, PA [one of the worst epidemics] | Yellow Fever 1803 | New York | Yellow Fever 1820-23 | Nationwide [starts at Schuylkill River and spreads] | "Fever" 1831-32 | Nationwide [brought by English emigrants] | Asiatic Cholera 1832 | New York City and other major cities | Cholera 1833 | Columbus, OH | Cholera 1834 | New York City | Cholera 1837 | Philadelphia | Typhus 1841 | Nationwide [especially severe in the south] | Yellow Fever 1847 | New Orleans | Yellow Fever 1847-48 | Worldwide | Influenza 1848-49 | North America | Cholera 1849 | New York | Cholera 1850 | Nationwide | Yellow Fever 1850-51 | North America | Influenza 1851 | Coles Co., Illinois, The Great Plains, and Missouri | Cholera 1852 | Nationwide [New Orleans - 8,000 die in one summer] | Yellow Fever 1855 | Nationwide [many parts] | Yellow Fever 1857-59 | Worldwide [one of the greatest epidemics] | Influenza 1860-61 | Pennsylvania | Smallpox 1865-73 | Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans | Smallpox """"""""""" | Baltimore, Memphis, Washington D.C. | Cholera """"""""""" | A series of recurring epidemics of: Typhus - Typhoid - Scarlet Fever - Yellow Fever 1873-75 | N. America and Europe | Influenza 1878 | New Orleans [last great epidemic] | Yellow Fever 1885 | Plymouth, PA | Typhoid 1886 | Jacksonville, FL | Yellow Fever 1918 | Worldwide, more people were hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than from wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps | Influenza > Does anyone know if there was a flood, disease or other natural event that > would account for two family members dieing same year, with spiuse to follow > next year--cholera, etc. One was a doctor. Thanks for any historical > perspective.