Childhood deaths in early 1866 (General)

by eddy ayres, Saturday, April 25, 2009, 12:46 (5784 days ago) @ rookancestrybest

There were a lot of deaths during this time. Mostly from pneumonia and chickenpox.
My grandmother had fourteen children and four died: one from pneumonia and two from chickenpox. The day the third one was buried, my grandparents came home to find that the four year old had had her head shut in a gate and had died. We don't know how lucky we are today.

Eddy Ayres