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From: Marshall Lake <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] 1834?
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 21:16:30 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <20020805.104546.-1236315.0.msouders2@juno.com>

> Aside from its being incredibly sad that the parents - William and
> Charity (Painter) SOUDERS - lost 4 children in less than a month between
> Aug 22-Sep 17, 1834, I was wondering if anyone on the list knew what
> might have caused these deaths?
> Smallpox? Diphtheria? something as simple but deadly as Measles? Or, an
> accident, a fire, say?

While looking at a list of Epidemics I see that there was a cholera
epidemic in NYC in 1834. Could it have made its way to Hunterdon Co to
infect this family?

In fact, looking further at the list I see that cholera seemed to be
spread across the nation around this time period.

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