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Topic: 1832 Leeds Cholera Epidemic (Read 318 times)
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JillJ
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Does anyone know the actual dates of this epidemic? I have spent the afternoon trawling the web without success.
Having found a couple of 'suspected' ancestors on the NBI last week I contacted Leeds Library. They kindly searched the parish registers for me and today I received photocopies of the actual burial registers showing Benjamin Jowitt, who died in 1823, and his son (another Benjamin) who died in 1833, age 17. The entry above son Benjamin's was for a Joseph Jowitt, which immediately rang bells with me - I think he was brother/uncle to the two Benjamins.
The Burial Register photocopy is of a complete page and contains eight entries between 3rd & 13th March, 1833; rather a lot of burials for a Methodist Chapel in 10 days I thought! I knew there had been a couple of cholera outbreaks in Leeds in the 1800's and I now find one of them was in 1832, but nowhere does it say 1832/33! What all reports do say, is that the epidemic was at its worst in the Bank area of Leeds, which is where my family lived, and that it lasted for six months.
Any suggestions as to how I should go about trying to find out if Benjamin junior and his uncle Joseph died of cholera?
Jill
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Jowett, Broadbent & Ellis in Leeds. Perry, Hartshorn/e & Wilkes in Birmingham & Dudley. Walker and Dabill in Sheffield & Notts. Farrar in Darlington. Kidd & Taylor in Hartlepool & Teesside Census information is crown copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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KathyM
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The book I have says that the first case of Cholera in Leeds was on the 26th May 1832 - a two year old Irish boy called DOCK fell ill at 5 am in the morning, at Blue Bell Fold, in the Bank area and he died at 3pm the same afternoon. There were 1,817 cases of which 702 people died. It doesn't give a date for the end.... but generally the outbreaks seem to have been fairly short lived.
Cholera broke out again in 1847 and it says, returned in 1848/9
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~~~~~~~~ Census transcriptions Crown Copyright, www.NationalArchives.gov.ukArdill, Bourke/Burke, Bellwood, Bridge, Cain, Church, Cragg, Dennell, Dunning, Gough, Haslam, Holmes, Jessop, Kidson/Kitson, Knowles, Markwick, Martin, Munden, Nickerson, Robinson, Seddon, Whittle, Varley & Walpole. Areas: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Marylebone & Tipperary |
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KathyM
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I don't have much of an idea about these things.....but I suppose they petered out, with less and less cases notified...then by March perhaps there were no new cases.
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~~~~~~~~ Census transcriptions Crown Copyright, www.NationalArchives.gov.ukArdill, Bourke/Burke, Bellwood, Bridge, Cain, Church, Cragg, Dennell, Dunning, Gough, Haslam, Holmes, Jessop, Kidson/Kitson, Knowles, Markwick, Martin, Munden, Nickerson, Robinson, Seddon, Whittle, Varley & Walpole. Areas: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Marylebone & Tipperary |
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I have a book about living in Victorian Leeds and there were outbreaks of cholera in Leeds in 1832, in the late 1840's .
Becket Street Cemetery has quite a few cholera burials.
I know its not your area but the burials have been transcribed, but not sure who holds the details.
Carol
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KathyM
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Hi Jill
I have found this link for you
www.dsellers.demon.co.uk/sewers/sew_ch1.htm
this says that the first case was in May 1832 (as above) - and that 700 people died within a six month period.....
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~~~~~~~~ Census transcriptions Crown Copyright, www.NationalArchives.gov.ukArdill, Bourke/Burke, Bellwood, Bridge, Cain, Church, Cragg, Dennell, Dunning, Gough, Haslam, Holmes, Jessop, Kidson/Kitson, Knowles, Markwick, Martin, Munden, Nickerson, Robinson, Seddon, Whittle, Varley & Walpole. Areas: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Marylebone & Tipperary |
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KathyM
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I really don't know Jill - it's a shame they didn't put the cause of death on the register ........ I will have a look today if I can, for burials in Leeds around the same time and see if there are any which give cause - it might give an indication of what was happening.
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~~~~~~~~ Census transcriptions Crown Copyright, www.NationalArchives.gov.ukArdill, Bourke/Burke, Bellwood, Bridge, Cain, Church, Cragg, Dennell, Dunning, Gough, Haslam, Holmes, Jessop, Kidson/Kitson, Knowles, Markwick, Martin, Munden, Nickerson, Robinson, Seddon, Whittle, Varley & Walpole. Areas: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Marylebone & Tipperary |
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You could try getting hold of the book by Sylvia Barnard - To prove I'm not forgot, Living and Dying in a Victorian City. I use it as a reference book but there may be a reference to the person who said 'this has been an empidemic .... and it is now over.....'
Sylvia was one of the main forces behind the transcribing of the burials at Beckett Street and her book is a gripping insight into live in Victorian cities. Compelling but you don't really want to live through it.
Sylvia used to take walks through Becket Street Cemetery and her enthusiasm was definitely contagious.
Carol
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