What was the saddest death in your Tree ?

[Comosus]

GGG Grandparents had 9 children.  The husband's grandfather died in 1838, followed by his grandmother in 1840.  The first child died aged 15 days in 1841.  The fifth child died in 1852 aged 3.  Then the husband's mother died in 1858, followed by his father in 1860.  The second child died in 1861 aged 19.  The ninth child died aged 9 in 1868.  The fourth child died aged 27 in 1874.  Then children 6 and 7 left for New Zealand.  Then the wife died in 1882.

Andrew

[ambers]

I re-quested a look-up from RC as I couldn't find my family in 1901, bit shocked and sad to read:

Three of the children died Dec qtr 1891 page 842 (1yr)and 843,( 3 & 4yrs),  the father then died 1894 and still another two un-accounted for

What a ten years that lady had had but she was re-married with another baby in 1901.

Ambers

[Verna Mac]

Mine was John Derritt and wife Sara who had a son in England who died and then a daughter Isabella. They set off with their beautiful baby girl for a brand new life in Australia in the 1840's.

During the voyage, the baby got scarlet fever and died, followed by the mother dying shortly after. Poor John, all the dreams for the future shattered.....he arrived with nothing and no one.

[warwickshirelass]

The saddest death in my tree has to be Annie Johnson (nee Anfield) my GG Grandmother
Shortly before Christmas in1882, pregnant with her 4th child, and having just buried her 3 year old son Frank (who died from horrific burns sustained when he fell into a vat of boiling water left unattended in the family bakery) she fell down the stairs, suffered a miscarriage and bled to death. She was just 30.
She left 2 small daughters (including my Greatgrandma) who were brought up by various aunts. My Greatgrandma said she never forgot that Christmas.

How sad is that?

[Sarndra]

I think one of mine was my G G G uncle Robert LEES who fell into a vat of boiling water at Dunragit Creamery in Wigtownshire, Scotland and was severely scalded..languishing for nearly 2 weeks in front of his family  before dying 2 days before Christmas 1894. 

"he was employed as pigfeeder. It seems that in the course of his vocation he had lifted the lid off a boiler, and, on returning to the house in which the boiler was situated, he found it full of steam. While taking measures to shut off the steam he unthinkingly stepped back into a boiler, which contained boiling water to the depth of about three feet, and was severely scalded. He was conveyed home, and medical aid was summoned"

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Cheers
Sarndra

[Matt R]

I think the saddest death in my tree is that of my g uncles in 1940. They were Michael born 1938 and Francis born 1940. They were brothers and both died within 6 months of each other. Michael fell down the stairs trying to get into an air raid shelter, and Francis died of pneumonia as a result of constantly living in the shelters. Francis died 9 days before Chritmas. My g granny who was their mother, mustve been devastated, losing two children in 6 months  Then of course she lost her mother 3 months after that.
We can se the phots but we really have no idea how easy we have it

[cavegirl]

My Great Great Uncle William Grime died in 1909 aged only 17 from TB and exhaustion, he was a cotton piecer at Kirkpatrick's Mill (I think) in Hindley.  Less than two weeks later, his sister and my GG Aunt Emily also died of TB aged 25.  They were from a family of 10 children and are buried together in the cemetery in Hindley with their mother and father Elizabeth and James Dalton Grime.  Judging by the the size of the house the whole family lived in I'm surprised any of them lived at all...

[Beth86]

Most of the deaths in my tree have saddened me.  Mainly because they aren't here!

My paternal grandmother died when my Father was just 9 years old, Leaving 6 children, 3 boys, 24, 11 and 9 and 3 girls, 5 and twins 3.  She died from Breast Cancer and my grandfather had to stop working because he had no one else to look after the children.  My Dad often says about how they rarely had 2 pennies to rub together. 

A ggggrandmother was buried 8 days before her child was christened.  and I've had many babies being buried a few days after being christened (so I'm assuming still-birth) 

And my 3xgreat grandparents had 14 children, 7 of which didn't make it to 10!

[Bill749]

I've had many babies being buried a few days after being christened (so I'm assuming still-birth) 

I think these are more likely to be infant deaths rather than still-births - a still-born child would not have been baptised.

Regards, Bill