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That's fascinating as I have a high number of deaths in Riseley 1847- 1850.
In fact I have noted that as perhaps one of the reasons (along with employment) for a major exodus of the clan to Northants and Derbyshire.
My William married in Hunts in 1816 and his brother married 1824 and moved to Yelden. William lost one teenage daughter from a brood of 8 - the rest lasted until their 80s with the exception of Jane, 97 at death in 1919. The Hunts clan didn't appear to have the infant mortality nor the deaths of women soon after marriage - perhaps childbirth.
The Yelden family had deaths in the 1840s/50s which is why I was suspicious of an epidemic because they were recorded on censii visiting/staying with Riseley family.
Tomorrow I'll count up the family deaths in the time frame!
Thanks for that info - more grist to the mill!
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Marlene
HUNTS: Fairy, Ding, Scotney, Swinton, Burgess, Brace
BEDS: Farey, Fairy, Young, Rootham, Gell, Wildman, Cooper. Deighton, Flavel.
NORTHANTS: Hills, Mobbs, Twelftrees,
DERBY: Fairey,
LONDON: Fairey, Fairy, Burgess, Williams, Tanser, Picknell, Vinall, Plampin, Mullins, Day, Folwell, Bamfield, Brown
WATFORD HERTS; Burgess, Williams
WARKS: Fairy, Ward, Stephens, Reeves, Hodgkiss, Byrne, Hunt, Edgeworth, Harper, Dudley,
WORCS: Callow, Lowe