What was the saddest death in your Tree ?

[halfkiwi]

The saddest death that I know of - with personal regret - is that of my maternal grandmother.  She died in Feb. 1919 in Liverpool (presumably as a result of the 'flu epidemic).  She had pneumonia for 5 days, had been in childbirth for 2 days, and died just after my mother was born.  
My grandfather's mother then travelled from Belfast, collected the wee scrap of a baby, took her back to Ireland and raised her with the help of one of her daughters.  My grandfather, a marine engineer, went back to sea and I'm still trying to trace his history from then on....with no success to date.  The aunt who raised my mother was the equivalent of a grandmother to me, and I love her dearly.
Hilary.

[dee-jay]

Oh Gadget
You only need to revive the tradition for 'In Memoriam' cards.  I only have one in my possession, from 1901, but I'm hoping soon to see copies of those amongst the memorabilia of my Great-grandparents [both born 1840] that have been preserved by the descendants of their youngest daughter.

[SooCatt]

My 5XGt Grandparents had 9 children between 1771 and 1789  -  all but 1 (my 4X Gt Grandmother) died in infancy.

Can't imagine how hard times were

Susan

[Gadget]

I've just been going through bits from the Family Bible on my Parry-Jones line. I mentioned my Margaret Ellis death a few pages ago - which was really sad.

My grandmother, her mother and her mother all died fairly young of flu or bronchitis followed by pneumonia - they would have survived today.
These little writings make me really sad though. The first is written by Martha Parry (nee Jones - b. 1845) after her mother and father died and the second two are written by her  daughter Sarah Parry (b. 1873) when Martha died. Sarah died in 1928. There is just a cutting from the Church magazine and a funeral bill for her. When I inherited the bible, I continued the tradition. It's very consoling when one is in grief.

Gadget

[Gadget]

Here's the third:

[kerryb]

What a lovely but sad poem Gadget.

Kerry

[Gadget]

It's very sad Kerry., but if you saw it in one of those cards, you'd say yuck! or I would anyway.
It's very strange how something written  116 years ago by an ancestor, obviously in grief, makes it all seem different. I chose John Milton's At a Solemn Music for my Mum. She was very religious and had a beautiful singing voice.

Gadget

[kerryb]

The difference is it was written by your ancestor for her mother, makes it a whole lot less yucky!!!

Kerry

[moh]

My gt. gt. Uncle Charles Hurley worked for the Great Western railway as a truck manager and was run over and killed by one of his trucks - he was only 21 years old.