Cholera deaths
Posted by Susan Murfin on 28/8/2020, 11:43 am
I am puzzled have been looking at the 3 death certificates for a mother and two daughters who died of Cholera in 1849. I presume a doctor would have certified these deaths as it says the length of time certified. So would the dr have given a certificate of death so the deaths could be registered. I know there was an epidemic sorry not sure of spelling, and it would have spread quickly, so maybe families split up to get away from infection, but the two girls died the same day, one says 7 hours the other 9 hours. 5 days later their mother died and it says 5 days so did the mother catch it from her daughters but didnt get it until the day they died. Also and I am sorry I keep bringing this up. The two girls died at different addresses but the informant to the Registrar was the same lady. Not the mother or the father. The mother's informant was her mother who was probably looking after her daughter but luckily never got the disease. As this happened between census of 1841 and 1851 it is so hard to find out who would have been looking after the eldest girl and where were the father and son who never got it and are on the 1851 census but not at any of the addresses on the death certificates. How can I find out more this is so frustrating. Are there any records of people who died and where not the GRO that only says when. Am I being silly and should just give up. Has anyone else had this in their research. Thank you. Sue
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