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Title: cause of death for gggran
Post by: kazzza on Friday 06 January 12 12:30 GMT (UK)
can someone look at attached (hopefully)please.



Thanks in advance
Karen
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: karenlee on Friday 06 January 12 12:32 GMT (UK)

Phithisis maybe?
Title: COMPLETED (solved)cause of death for gggran
Post by: kazzza on Friday 06 January 12 12:35 GMT (UK)
thought so karenlee... just needed it confirmed..
   "phthisis is advanced or chronic tuberculosis of the lungs"

Thanks
Karen
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: charlotteCH on Friday 06 January 12 19:55 GMT (UK)
Agree with Karenlee :)

was he/she a mill worker?

charlotte
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: kazzza on Saturday 07 January 12 23:41 GMT (UK)
Hi Charlotte,
My GGG Gran died 1841, before census so i'm not too sure how can go about finding out if she worked in the mills !!  Open to suggestions.
regards
Karen
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: Billyblue on Sunday 08 January 12 13:53 GMT (UK)
Phthisis (usually pulmonalis) or TB was a very common cause of death in those days.

Infectious disease.

Dawn M
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: charlotteCH on Sunday 08 January 12 19:15 GMT (UK)
Wasn't it known as " the white death"?

charlotte
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: kazzza on Monday 09 January 12 10:06 GMT (UK)
Interesting... just looked on web.... www.
.. "The victims of tuberculosis (usually known as consumption) included not only Keats, The Bront's, Chopin and Chekhov, but members of almost every family. It was a killer on a huge scale."
From The White Death written by Thomas Dormandy..
Also interesting, when my mother was dying over 10 years ago it was thought she had TB, because of some of the symptoms she was having... all immediate family was tested... no one was positive.

Thanks all
Karen
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: charlotteCH on Monday 09 January 12 12:27 GMT (UK)
It would have spread very easily with so many people packed into small living spaces.

charlotte
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: kazzza on Monday 09 January 12 12:45 GMT (UK)
Thanks Charlotte for your reply... have just found another relo died of the same .. ggg uncle aged 34.. so sad.

Bye for now.
take care
Karen
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: LizzieW on Monday 09 January 12 12:51 GMT (UK)
I've lots of ancestors who died of this, including my maternal grandfather and maternal g.aunt, aged 24 and engaged to be married.  I have photos of her and she looked so beautiful.

Lizzie
Title: Re: cause of death for gggran
Post by: Devaney1886 on Monday 09 January 12 21:20 GMT (UK)
The majority of my relatives died of Tb if D.O.D was prior to 1920sih and they died before they were middle aged.

Obviously just a very consumptive family  :(