I'm believing that 40s and 50s were the life expectancy of people in that decade, if any one can show this to be wrong, then so be it. John in Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bud Engelhardt" <budengelhardt@msn.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 2:27 PM Subject: [WIGRANT] 1885 Grant Co. Epidemic ? > In 1885 did Grant County have an epidemic of some kind? My great > grandfather, Francis Willard died 24 Nov 1885 at the age of 43. And his > son, Willie Willard died 22 Sep 1885 at age of ten. Both lived at > Wyalusing at the time of their death and are buried in the Brodtville > Cemetery. With them both dying within two months of each other, and being > so young I thought perhaps an epidemic of some kind could have been the > cause of their death. > Bud Engelhardt > budengelhardt@msn.com > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me > Mari, WIGRANT List Admin at WIGRANT-admin@rootsweb.com > *--*--*--*--*--*--*Happy Hunting!!*--*--*--*--*--*--* > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >
Major epidemics in the USA http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001460.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <john.dvorak@sbcglobal.net> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] 1885 Grant Co. Epidemic ? > I'm believing that 40s and 50s were the life expectancy of people in that > decade, if any one can show this to be wrong, then so be it. > John in Michigan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bud Engelhardt" <budengelhardt@msn.com> > To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 2:27 PM > Subject: [WIGRANT] 1885 Grant Co. Epidemic ? > > >> In 1885 did Grant County have an epidemic of some kind? My great >> grandfather, Francis Willard died 24 Nov 1885 at the age of 43. And his >> son, Willie Willard died 22 Sep 1885 at age of ten. Both lived at >> Wyalusing at the time of their death and are buried in the Brodtville >> Cemetery. With them both dying within two months of each other, and >> being so young I thought perhaps an epidemic of some kind could have been >> the cause of their death. >> Bud Engelhardt >> budengelhardt@msn.com >> >> >> ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== >> If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me >> Mari, WIGRANT List Admin at WIGRANT-admin@rootsweb.com >> *--*--*--*--*--*--*Happy Hunting!!*--*--*--*--*--*--* >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== WIGRANT Mailing List ==== > If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me > Mari, WIGRANT List Admin at WIGRANT-admin@rootsweb.com > *--*--*--*--*--*--*Happy Hunting!!*--*--*--*--*--*--* > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >