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| Author: | Gill [ Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | James and Mary Burrows |
If OPC is to be believed, two of my ancestors husband and wife James and Mary Burrows died on the same day 9 9 1801 and were buried in St Barts Colne on 11 11 1801. They were both in their late seventies. Does anyone know if there was a particularly nasty epidemic about that time. She was listed as the wife of James which suggests he was alive when she died. Pity death certificates weren't issued then. |
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| Author: | portia [ Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James and Mary Burrows |
I'm not aware of any epidemics around then but can you tell whether the numbers of burials around then seem particularly high? I'm a bit intrigued by the dates. Would they really have left a dead body lying around for 2 months before burial? Doesn't bear thinking about. |
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| Author: | Gill [ Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James and Mary Burrows |
The burial should read 11.9.1801. I did note that a younger Burrows died of smallpox on 10.9.1801 but that doesn't make an epidemic and I would have thought living to be late seventies they would have built up some immunity to that type of didease. |
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