Capturing in this missive, the sparing prose of Rambaud, <f2.1cab392f.2a320cb0@aol.com> and displaying the suave and sophisticated disposition of Archibald Leach, Tparkie@aol.com sgrìobh, >My ancestors, Hector and Matilda GRAY, died of cholera within a day of each >other circa January 1854. I have been unable to find records of their deaths >and have exhausted any sources that I can think of. I am thinking that they >were buried in a Lyme pit. The one thing that I have not tried is a >newspaper account of their deaths. Is there a newspaper from this time >period (Jan 1854) that I might be able to find in a library in Dunoon? I >don't want to give up on this line. > >Thanks for any help that you can give. >Best wishes, >Janet in New York Janet, the wee paper, www.dunoon-observer.co.uk -- Lachie Macquarie, "Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotsman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!"

Hello Janet, I read your message regarding your ancestors dying due to cholera in Jan.1854. Like you, I have found cholera was the reason several people died around this time. We found a husband and wife who died of cholera , within a day of each other, in Sep. 1854 in Montrose, Angus. This information came from the Montrose Parish Register. Regards, Keith (New Zealand)