It is certainly possible. She died in 1905 when she was 38. Too early for a death certificate and there was nothing in the paper. Michele From: cmproctor1@frontier.com [mailto:cmproctor1@frontier.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:10 PM To: Michele Lewis; TGF Mailing List Subject: Re: [TGF] Why kids died Michele, Was the mother a diabetic? I had the same question concerning why a particular couple had 6 children and only one grew to adulthood. While looking for something else, I came across the answer for my question about the babies dying. They all died of problems related to diabetes. The mother died in her twenties of diabetes, also. Just a thought. Cheryl Proctor Southern Indiana From: Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com> To: TGF Mailing List <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:14 AM Subject: [TGF] Why kids died I have a couple in the last 1800s that had several of their children die. They lost one at 4 months, one at 5 months, one at 2 years, one at 1 year, one at 1 year 5 months, and one at age 15. They also lost one at age 26 [died with kidney failure after an appendectomy]. They had 2 that lived to adulthood. There are 2 more that I can't trace. When you see a bunch of babies/children die in the same family (but not at the same time like an illness wiping out several at once) what do you think? Coincidental deaths? All died of the same thing? Something wrong with the children genetically or hereditarily? I doubt that I will ever know since there were no death certificate (except for the one that made it to age 26). It just makes we wonder. This woman would lose a baby every couple of years. I can't even imagine. Michele The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Michele, I would suggest working on her collateral lines.  Someone somewhere may have just what you are looking for.   Anything is possible. Cheryl Proctor Southern Indiana ________________________________ From: Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com> To: cmproctor1@frontier.com; 'TGF Mailing List' <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:49 AM Subject: RE: [TGF] Why kids died It is certainly possible.  She died in 1905 when she was 38.  Too early for a death certificate and there was nothing in the paper.   Michele     From:cmproctor1@frontier.com [mailto:cmproctor1@frontier.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:10 PM To: Michele Lewis; TGF Mailing List Subject: Re: [TGF] Why kids died   Michele, Was the mother a diabetic?  I had the same question concerning why a particular couple had 6 children and only one grew to adulthood.  While looking for something else, I came across the answer for my question about the babies dying.  They all died of problems related to diabetes.  The mother died in her twenties of diabetes, also. Just a thought.   Cheryl Proctor Southern Indiana   From:Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com> To: TGF Mailing List <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:14 AM Subject: [TGF] Why kids died I have a couple in the last 1800s that had several of their children die. They lost one at 4 months, one at 5 months, one at 2 years, one at 1 year, one at 1 year 5 months, and one at age 15.  They also lost one at age 26 [died with kidney failure after an appendectomy].  They had 2 that lived to adulthood.  There are 2 more that I can't trace. When you see a bunch of babies/children die in the same family (but not at the same time like an illness wiping out several at once) what do you think? Coincidental deaths?  All died of the same thing?  Something wrong with the children genetically or hereditarily?    I doubt that I will ever know since there were no death certificate (except for the one that made it to age 26). It just makes we wonder.  This woman would lose a baby every couple of years.  I can't even imagine. Michele The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message