Hi Listers ! Further to this information I append an answer which was sent to the Norfolk List in May 2009 - Nothing specific to Suffolk in 1835, but you may want to keep it on file ? Best Wishes ! Roger. -------------------- On 5 Nov 2010, at 11:56, Colin Fenn wrote: > David <d.bill@ntlworld.com> writes >> Can anybody tell me which epidemic was threatening Suffolk >> villages in 1835? >> Was it perhaps cholera?? I have whole families dying at the same >> time! >> Valerie Bill > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- Some while ago, I found this somewhere on the 'net. Regards, Mike Fry, Johannesburg. Plagues, diseases and disasters throughout History Dates and locations of natural disasters throughout modern history If your ancestor died young, or lost several children, compare the date of death with this table, perhaps you may be able to deduce a likely cause of death. Remember, that would just be a logical deduction, and does not constitute a proof of event. I'll gladly add any other information you let me know about. Data kindly submitted by Jeanagh Punter From To Ailment Location Notes 1348 1350 Bubonic Plague UK & World Wide Further outbreaks occurred during most of the 14th & 15th centuries. 1499 Bubonic Plague London UK 1507 1550 "Fever" UK 1551 Influenza UK 1555 Famine UK Rains brought famine and weakness 1556 1563 Bubonic Plague UK This was an extreme event 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 & epidemics began 1603 Bubonic Plague UK 1612 Bubonic Plague UK 1617 Smallpox USA Amongst the Native Indians 1623 1625 Bad Harvest UK 1625 Bubonic Plague UK 1630 Plague UK At worst, many thousands died 1631 Bubonic Plague UK 1633 Smallpox USA Native Indians 1633 1634 Smallpox UK 1636 Bubonic Plague UK 1647 Yellow fever West Indies 1648 Smallpox USA 1648 Whooping Cough USA 1654 Bubonic Plague UK 1657 Measles Boston USA 1662 Smallpox New York USA 1665 Bubonic Plague UK Extreme 1668 Yellow Fever New York USA 1677 Smallpox Boston USA 1687 Measles Boston USA 1690 Yellow Fever New York USA 1699 Yellow Fever South Carolina USA 1702 Yellow Fever New York USA 1702 Scarlet Fever Boston USA 1706 Yellow Fever South Carolina USA 1713 Measles Boston USA 1721 Smallpox USA 1723 Influenza Worldwide 1723 1730 Famine UK Poor harvests & resultant epidemics 1728 Yellow Fever South Caroline USA 1729 Measles Boston USA 1732 Yellow Fever South Carolina USA 1732 Influenza South Carolina USA 1732 1733 Influenza UK 1735 Diptheria USA 1735 1739 Scarlet Fever New England USA 1738 Smallpox South Carolina USA 1739 Measles Boston USA 1743 Influenza UK 1743 Yellow Fever New York USA 1747 Measles CT NY PA SC USA 1751 1753 Smallpox UK 1759 Measles North America 1761 Influenza USA & West Indies 1762 Influenza UK 1763 Smallpox Boston USA 1767 Influenza UK 1772 Measles USA 1775 1776 Influenza Worldwide 1782 Influenza UK 1783 Bilious Disorder USA This was fatal & thought to be similar to Dysentery 1785 Influenza UK 1788 Measles PA NY USA 1788 1789 Influenza UK 1789 Influenza USA 1792 1799 Yellow Fever USA 1793 Unknown Fever PA USA 1793 Diphtheria UK 1793 Influenza Vermont Virginia USA 1796 Smallpox UK 1802 Smallpox Nebraska USA 1803 Yellow Fever New York USA 1816 1819 Typhus & Smallpox UK 1820 Fever USA 1825 1826 Smallpox UK 1826 1837 Cholera World Wide 1826 Dengue Fever USA & West Indies 1829 Malaria USA 1830 Influenza & Cholera UK 1831 Cholera UK Began world wide independent 1826. Killed 31,000 in UK alone. 1831 Cholera USA 1832 Influenza USA 1833 Cholera Ohio USA 1834 Cholera New York USA 1836 1837 Influenza UK 1837 Typhus PA USA 1837 Smallpox USA Native Indians 1837 1841 Typhus UK Killed on average 16,000 people per year. 1838 1840 Measles & Whooping Cough UK Killed about 50,000 1840 Scarlet Fever UK Killed 20,000 1841 Yellow Fever NO USA 1846 1847 Typhoid UK Killed 30,000. Caused by a hot dry summer. 1846 1847 Influenza UK Killed 13,000 1847 Typhus & Influenza UK 1847 Measles USA Native Indians 1847 Yellow Fever NO USA 1848 Cholera World Wide 1849 Cholera UK in Bromsgrove 25 people died between July and October. Not limited to Bromsgrove ! 1850 Yellow Fever USA 1850 Dengue Fever USA 1851 Cholera IL USA 1852 Yellow Fever NO USA 1853 Cholera UK Began in Birmingham 1855 Cholera UK 1855 Yellow Fever USA 1857 Influenza World Wide 1857 1859 Smallpox UK Killed over 14,000 1860 Smallpox Pennsylvania USA 1861 Epidemics USA Civil War _ numerous infectious diseases 1863 Smallpox UK Killed over 20,000 1865 Smallpox USA 1865 Typhus USA 1865 Cholera UK 1865 Cholera USA 1868 1875 Smallpox USA 1870 1872 Smallpox UK Killed 44,800, 7,706 in Birmingham alone 1873 Cholera USA 1878 Yellow Fever Florida USA 1885 Typhoid PA USA 1886 Yellow Fever Florida USA 1889 Influenza World Wide 1889 1890 Influeneza UK 1889 1902 British Typhoid Boer War 1893 Polio USA First known outbreak 1900 Plague USA 1901 Smallpox UK 1901 Smallpox USA 1907 1916 Polio USA 1917 Spanish Influenza World Wide 1918 Influenza UK 1931 Polio USA 1942 1953 Polio USA 1947 1949 Smallpox UK 1950 Polio World Wide 1957 Asian Flu UK 1968 Hong Kong Flu UK