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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Yorkshire (East Riding & York) => Topic started by: Pezza69 on Monday 22 October 12 08:33 BST (UK)
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Good Morning,
Would anybody know where I would get the records of those that fell victim to Cholera epidemic of 1849? I believe it possible that I lost 3 of my relatives in Sept of 1849.
Many thanks,
Perry
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Hi Perry,
I can only suggest that you try the archives in Hull to see what they have on the subject. Certainly from the evidence I have just been looking at the number of persons who fell victim to the cholera just in the week 31st August to 6th September 1849 was 491 dead, 379 from cholera & 35 from diarrhoea.
The chances of him/her suffering from cholera may well have been determined on where him/her was living.
These are the totals for each district of the borough of Hull during that week.
Districts Deaths Cholera Diarrhoea
Myton 215 182 12
Humber 79 64 4
St Mary's 42 29 4
East Sculcoates 56 38 6
West Sculcoates 46 31 5
Sutton w/in Boro 39 27 4
Drypool 14 8 0
Total 491 379 35
Tom
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Hi Tom,
Thank you very much for your response. My Relative lived in the Parish of Holy Trinity (Halfpenny Hatch Lane / Staniforth Place) which I believe is part of Sculcoates.
Ann Lister (nee Bevvit) died age 41 on 07/09/1849
Her son Andrew died age 5 on 09/09/49
Her newborn daughter Alice died at just 3mths old on 13/09.
We believe that the epidemic was the cause and will try the archieves in Hull to get confirmation.
Many thanks again
Regards,
Perry
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Hi,
The three months of cholera in Hull stated in August 1849 and resulted in 1860 deaths, 507 in the second week of September. 700 were buried in a mass grave on Spring Bank Cemetery.
Carol
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My great, great grandfather died on 2 September 1849 from Asiatic Cholera, aged 25 years. He lived at 29 Temple Street, St Georges Road, Southwark. This was very sad because his third child was born on 2nd August.
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Perry, I would suggest that it is very doubtful that there would be a list of names of those who died from this epidemic. You would need to purchase the aprropriate death certificates to discover causes of death.
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I have been researching the numerous Cholera epidemics in Hull for some years and used the following resources for my soon to be released book:
The Hull Packet: This featured numerous stories, reports, and victim names, as well as local health updates. It proved a very valuable tool in naming victims.
The Hull Times: Another great source of information.
The Hull Daily Mail: From 1900 to 1950 they featured numerous retrospective views on the cholera outbreak and mentioned some of the victims.
The Chief Medical Officer for Health's Annual Reports: Held at the Hull History Centre they give a year by year account of the victims, but do not name names. I used these to cross reference cases.
Recollections of Hull During Half a Century, James Sibree, Brown and Sons, Hull: A book that gives first hand accounts of what was happening during the Cholera epidemic. James Sibree was present at the Hull General Cemetery (Spring Bank) and was witness to several deaths and burials.
Living and Dying – A Picture of Hull in the 19th Century, Bernard Foster: A great book with lots of information about the various outbreaks in Hull. Again used as a cross reference tool.
A Plague on You Sir, George Patrick: Covers numerous outbreaks and diseases in Hull through the years. Another great tool for cross referencing.
The Hull General Cemetery Registers: Held at the Hull History Centre, I was able to trace the first victim in Hull on the registers which provided a starting point for research into him and his family. These registers are free to look at and have cause of death listed.
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Many thanks for all those very helpful resources, Mike :)
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Hi. According to Hull General Cemetery Burial records: -
Ann Lister died 08.08.49 aged 40 from Cholera address given as 40 Lewis Place Upper Union Street
on the same day Thomas Lister died also from Cholera he was 3 years old address Upper Union Street. They have the same compartment/grave numbers (96/17651)
On the 13.09.49 Alice Lister died aged 3 months from Convulsion Fits her address was also Upper Union Street - Alice's grave/Compartment is 96/16051.
Check out The Friends of Hull General Cemetery on F/B who are a volunteer group that work in and research the cemetery. They maybe able to assist you more - No fees involved!
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hello
I was notified about the latest reply to this thread I subscribed to some years ago, but I can no longer find the original conversations here except one to thank you for all your replies. I can only find my responses in my profile stats ('show all posts'). Where would I find all those conversations?
Thank you
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Bub,
I think your previous reply on this thread may possibly have been posted in error. Did you intend to reply on a different thread?
You were thanking someone for some links, but no one had posted any links on this particular thread. Because you posted on this thread, you are now receiving notifications of replies.
If you go into your profile can you see the thread you wanted to thank people for their help with?
If you want to see all of your replies and return to or reply on a specific one then go to Profile on bar at top of page.
Select summary from the drop down menu. You will then see your profile.
On the left under your name, you will see “show posts”.
Select that to see all the posts you have made on various threads. They are numbered.
Beside the number you will see, written in blue, the name of the board that the post is on, as well as the subject title of the thread. For example, you might see The Common Room / Help tracing family
You can just click on any of the subject titles which will take you to that thread.
Alternatively, if you know the title of the thread, or some of the words in the title of the thread, and maybe who started or contributed to that thread, you can go to Search in the bar at the top of the page, and enter some search terms to locate a particular thread.
That was a bit of a long winded reply but I hope it helps. ;)
Added: you can turn off notifications of replies if you wish. The “unnotify” button is on the right below each reply box, beside the “reply” button.
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Hi Ruskie
How strange.
If I look at 'my posts' the thread has the same name and I just clicked on and found my way to my previous replies which aren't in this thread. I'm thinking now that the person I'm thanking in this thread (Mike) must have directed me here at the time from my other one.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=692405.msg5345282#msg5345282
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Yes there seem to be 2 threads with the same name as I just got notified of Bub's response and wondering if I want to unnotify but I haven't messaged on this thread! I have messaged on the other one though so definitely something confusing going on.
Pheno