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'Trish'
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1846 Newbury Epidemic?
« on: Friday 16 February 07 13:31 UTC (UK) »
I have been researching the name of Watts in Newbury & wondered if anyone could answer a question for me?  Several of my ancestors died in 1846, could anyone tell me if there was a Epidemic which hit this Newbury area of Berkshire in 1846.  I have Five ancestors, one being mother & son who died in this year.
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Fear, Puddy, Bunn, Hemsbury - Wedmore Somerset.  Watts - Romsey Hants, Frome Somerset, Warminster Wilts & Wokingham Berkshire.  Roberts - Newport, Stone Glos, Austin - Blaina Monmouth.
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Re: 1846 Newbury Epidemic?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 16 February 07 13:50 UTC (UK) »
Several of my relatives died of typhoid in the autumn of 1846 (in London, rather than Newbury) - apparently it was caused by a long hot summer causing hygiene problems.

The death certificates should tell you what they died of.

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Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)
newburychap
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Re: 1846 Newbury Epidemic?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 16 February 07 15:54 UTC (UK) »
There may well have been a small epidemic in Newbury in 1846, burials did peak that year. The graph shows the number of burials for each year from 1820-50. 1846 is by no means the worst year.

As Pauline says - the death certificates will tell the story. You could also check the local newspaper (Reading Mercury) to see if there are any reports.

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