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From: Goldie & Lido Doratti <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] 1831 epidemic?
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:05:13 -0700
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My book, Scotland, History of a Nation, says the same think as the message
below, with this added--
"Cholera strikes for the first time, with deaths estimated at
10,000"............. 1832 "Continuing outbreaks of cholera cause at least
10,000 deaths" hope this helps, Goldie
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Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] 1831 epidemic?


> The Cholera epidemic hit Scotland in November of 1831
>
> On Sat, April 14, 2007 2:40 pm, ann belanger wrote:
>> Can someone tell me if there was some sort of epidemic in the
>> Aberdeenshire area of Scotland in 1831? I have families where a number of
>> folks died that year and wondered what had happened. There were both
>> Cholera and diphtheria in Canada that year in immigrant ports and I
>> wondered if there was a connection?
>>
>> ANN
>>
>>
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