Childhood deaths in early 1866 (General)

by fredb , Saturday, April 25, 2009, 04:44 (5764 days ago) @ Lyn Elgood

The summer of 1865 saw several family members dying in Weston under Penyard, but there were adults too. I'm wondering if this in some way led to several family members emmigrating to the US. My great-grandmothers sister had seen two sons and her son in law die in a very short space of time, maybe in another age they looked to God and a new religion, they became Mormons and sailed to America in the summer of 1866. Maybe the illnesses were blamed on modern living, and that the new faith would keep them safe.

I'm waiting to have my gall bladder removed, troublesome stones, and it left me wondering just how easy it was to die not so very long ago. Without health you have nothing. Fred