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From: ".... valentine53179" <>
Subject: Re: [micalhou] Epidemic 1904-1910?
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:56:48 -0500
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michigan +disease +1909..1911
or
michigan +mortality +1909..1911

On 8/28/05, .... valentine53179 <> wrote:
> go to google with
> influenza 1894..1898
> or
> influenza 1894..1900
>
> yes TWO, not three, dots between the numbers.....
> a great trick for looking for passenger lists within a period of time....
>
>
> On 8/28/05, <> wrote:
> >
> > This is very interesting ... my grandparents, several great uncles, and
> > great grandparents all died as a result of the epidemic in March, 1919 in Calhoun
> > County and Albion. I didn't realize there was one before it though. Is
> > there anything written about the earlier epidemic? I'm very curious and even
> > though this was all long before my time I still feel some sort of connection to
> > it.
> >
> > Sheryl Parker
> >
> > In a message dated 8/28/2005 9:43:42 AM Central Standard Time,
> > writes:
> >
> > influenza came in two stages... the one later was the one every one speaks
> > about as it was more nation wide and not midwestern.... and that one affected
> > the fighting men in WWI....
> > as early as 1894 flu was in chicago and many if they could left the city,
> > many to michigan to be with other family....
> > my own suspicions are that it moved as the populace moved to get away from
> > it in THE CITY.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <mailto:>
> > To: <mailto:>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 12:44 AM
> > Subject: [micalhou] Epidemic 1904-1910?
> >
> >
> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
> >
> > Surnames: DEMPSEY
> > Classification: Query
> >
> > Message Board URL:
> >
> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1984<http://boards.ancestry.
> > com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1984>
> >
> > Message Board Post:
> >
> > I find that in the 1910 census there are thousands of children who are Wards
> > of the state, including one I am researching. He was born in 1904 in Calhoun
> > county.
> >
> > Was there some epidemic that wiped out large numbers of people between 1904
> > and 1910?
> >
> >
> >
> >

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