The three Boynes were the only burials in that period so I guess it was something in just that family Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet MacDonald" <glaschujan@yahoo.co.uk> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Epidemics In the same vein, does anyone know if there was anything 'doing the rounds' in the Marlesford area in 1800? I have three children dying within the period 22nd November - 1st December 1800, thanks, Janet ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Something else to keep in mind. Infant mortality rates were often highest in the coldest winter months. ________________________________ From: k.finch <k.finch@ntlworld.com> To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, November 6, 2010 11:08:08 AM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Epidemics The three Boynes were the only burials in that period so I guess it was something in just that family Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet MacDonald" <glaschujan@yahoo.co.uk> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Epidemics In the same vein, does anyone know if there was anything 'doing the rounds' in the Marlesford area in 1800? I have three children dying within the period 22nd November - 1st December 1800, thanks, Janet ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I often see the same sort of enquiry re what epidemics struck in certain time frames However it should perhaps be kept in mind that just because people died in the same period as an epidemic happened it does not automatically mean they died of the same Mortality rates were far higher then Where epidemics struck the Vicar often made notes against the burials so perhaps worth checking that but the reality is they could have died of just about anything in the middle of a plague Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > In the same vein, does anyone know if there was anything 'doing the > rounds' > in the Marlesford area in 1800? I have three children dying within the > period 22nd November - 1st December 1800, > > thanks, > Janet

I haven't recorded any specific epidemics in 1800, though a couple of 'nasties' had been doing the rounds in the years preceding. You might check the parish registers as the vicar would sometimes describe a particularly tragic death. 1793 Diphtheria UK See: http://www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk/diseases_through_history.htm 1795 Bad winter followed by floods UK In Northumberland there was a "long inclemency of the weather, the snow lying on the ground for 12 weeks" Ref: A2A Northumberland RO Ulgham PR EP/19/24 2 months of frost and snow, then a quick thaw resulted in great run-offs along the River Stour at Suffolk & Essex Ref: Essex RO SEAX ref T/A 200/1 1796 Smallpox UK See: http://www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk/diseases_through_history.htm 1799 Generally very cold year UK The CET record showed 1799 to be one of the 'top-20' of coldest years since 1659. Best of luck in your researches. Colin Fenn London >----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet MacDonald" ><glaschujan@yahoo.co.uk> >Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 4:27 PM >Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Epidemics >In the same vein, does anyone know if there was anything 'doing the >rounds' in the Marlesford area in 1800? I have three children dying >within the period 22nd November - 1st December 1800, >thanks, >Janet

Checked on my system and found this not sure if it will help but may give a hint to someone. Ingrid Billings. Diseases through History YEAR AILMENT PLACE 1350* Bubonic Plague World wide 1499 Bubonic Plague London (UK) 1507* "Fever" UK (lasted from 1507 - 1550) 1551 Influenza UK 1555 Famine UK (rains bought famine and weakness) 1556* Bubonic Plague UK (this was an extreme event and lasted until 1563) 1578 Bubonic Plague UK 1586 Bubonic Plague Chesterfield UK (all Harvests failed) 1591 Acute Distress UK (as a result of above) 1593 Bubonic Plague UK 1596* Famine UK (harvests failed and epidemics began) 1603 Bubonic Plague UK 1612 Bubonic Plague UK 1617* Smallpox US (amongst the Native Indians) 1623 Bad Harvest UK (lasted 2 years) 1625* Bubonic Plague UK 1630 Plague at worst UK (many thousands died) 1631 Bubonic Plague UK 1633 Smallpox US (Native Indians) 1636* Bubonic Plague UK 1647 Yellow Fever West Indies 1648 Smallpox US 1648 Whooping Cough US 1654 Bubonic Plague UK 1657 Measles Boston, US 1662 Smallpox New York, US 1665* Bubonic Plague UK (extreme) 1668 Yellow Fever New York, US 1677* Smallpox Boston, US 1687 Measles Boston, US 1690 Yellow Fever NY US 1699 Yellow Fever SC US 1702* Yellow Fever NY US 1702 Scarlet Fever Boston US 1706 Yellow Fever SC US 1713 Measles Boston US 1721 Smallpox US 1723 Influenza World wide 1723* Famine UK (lasted seven years - poor harvests and resultant epidemics) 1728 Yellow Fever SC US 1729 Measles Boston US 1732 Yellow Fever SC US 1732 Influenza SC US 1735* Diphtheria US 1735* Scarlet Fever New England US (4 years) 1738 Smallpox Carolina US 1739* Measles Boston US 1743* Yellow Fever NY US 1747 Measles CT, NY, PA, SC, US 1759 Measles North America 1761 Influenza US and West Indies 1763* Smallpox Boston, US 1772 Measles US 1775* Influenza World Wide 1783 Bilious Disorder US ( this was fatal and thought to be similar to Dysentery) 1788 Measles PA, NY, US 1789 Influenza US 1792* Yellow Fever US (lasted 7 years) 1793 Unknown Fever PA, US 1793 Influenza Vermont, Virginia, US 1802 Smallpox Nebraska, US 1803 Yellow Fever NY US 1820* Fever US 1826* Cholera World Wide (this lasted until 1837) 1826* Dengue Fever US and West Indies 1829* Malaria US 1831* Cholera UK ( began world wide in 1826) 1831* Cholera US 1832 Influenza US 1833 Cholera Ohio US 1834 Cholera NY US 1837 Typhus PA US 1837 Smallpox US (Native Indians) 1841 Yellow Fever NO US 1847 Measles US (Native Indians) 1847 Yellow Fever NO US 1848* Cholera World Wide 1850 Yellow Fever US 1850* Dengue Fever US 1851 Cholera IL US 1852 Yellow Fever NO US 1853 Cholera UK (began in Birmingham) 1855 Yellow Fever US 1857* Influenza World Wide 1860 Smallpox Pennsylvania US 1861 Epidemics US (Civil War - numerous infectious diseases) 1865 Smallpox US 1865 Cholera US 1865 Typhus US 1868* Smallpox US ( lasted 7 years) 1873 Cholera US 1878 Yellow Fever FL US 1885 Typhoid PA US 1886 Yellow Fever FL US 1889* Influenza World Wide 1893 Polio US (first known outbreak) 1900* Plague US 1901* Smallpox US 1907* Polio US (lasted 9 years) 1917 Spanish Influenza World Wide (worst ever outbreak) 1931 Polio US 1942* Polio US (lasted 11 years) 1947* Smallpox UK (lasted 2 years) 1950 Polio World Wide.