Hi all - Found this page that may be of interest: Includes the names of Monessen residents that died in 1918 from the Spanish Flu epidemic - and lists 226 victims. http://users.telerama.com/~cass/influenza.html -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode

Thanks, Mike, for passing along the link. Very interesting reading. My father, Charles Jenkins, born in 1908, use to speak of the influenza of 1918. Everyone in his family were too ill to care for themselves. The task of caring for his parents and siblings rested on the small shoulders of my then 10 year old father. For some reason dad did not get the flu even though he was considered to be a fragile child. He was laid aside by the doctor at birth because the doctor considered him to be dead. It was only though the heroic efforts of a nurse that he was forced to breathe. Dad had several life threatening illnesses and events in his life; but, his determination and will to live kept him going until 1990 when he died at nearly 82. I believe that we should cherish and learn from our elder generation as they have had to face many hardships and have learned how to survive. Marilyn, Lake Co., IL ---- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Donaldson" <mdonald4@bentcom.net> To: <PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:10 PM Subject: [PAMONVAL] Monessen - 1918 Influenza epidemic : Hi all - : : Found this page that may be of interest: Includes the names of Monessen : residents that died in 1918 from the Spanish Flu epidemic - and lists : 226 victims. : http://users.telerama.com/~cass/influenza.html : : -- : Thanks : Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ : : Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: : http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ : : My family gedcom: : http://www.my-ged.com/donldson : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Listowner of: : Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: : PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode : PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode : : Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list : Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode : Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode : : : : ==== PAMONVAL Mailing List ==== : Please include only text in your messages. Graphics , hyperlinks, and : file attachments are not supported. Send these to others only in : Private e-mails. :