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From: "espencer" <>
Subject: Re: [IoW] medical question
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:50:39 -0400
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Hi Diana

I'm not sure this will help but I would order 1 or 2 of their
death certs and have a look. Here are also a few URL's
and I think one of them gives dates when certain illnesses
were more predominate. Hope it helps.
Lorraine Ottawa, Canada

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nceurich/index.html
Medical - Epidemics
http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/personal/cm1djw/lochist/epidems.htm#1800
Medical - Epidemics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/medicine/index.shtml
Medical - Old Diseases

----- Original Message -----
From: "diana harding" <>
To: <>
Sent: 26 April, 2003 12:20
Subject: [IoW] medical question


> I have a family on a peripheral line of my tree where 5 out of 6 children
> died in their twenties - as none of them had married I wonder if they had
> a condition that was obvious. Or whether there was an environmentally
> caused condition - the father was a baker. TB obviously springs to mind
> but is anyone aware of any genetic conditions which might have exhibited
> this pattern in the mid 1800's? - presumably we now have medical
> treatments which would extend life beyond this age. Would diabetes,
> cystic fibrosis etc be candidates?
>
> William Snow b 1838 d 1859
> George Snow b 1840 d 1867
> Charles Snow b 1843 d 1865
> Henry Snow b 1846 (married and living in London 1881)
> Ann Snow b 1849 d 1870
> Alfred Snow b1854 d 1876
>
> Thanks for any thoughts - I'm just curious
>
> Di
>

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