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Thanks for the information. Again it is a mystery as to what could have decimated a whole family like that. Unfortunately the micro films of the Bishops transcripts I seen do not list cause of death. It looked like that my ancestors were not the only family in that area to suffer that fate. Looking ...

Cholera is cause by poor sanitary conditions. The article you posted refers to the Irish coming to North America but nothing referring to a migration to the south western counties of England. Was there a migration from Ireland to that part of England?

I have read a bit about this area of Dudley, England. My great grandmother (family name was Speake) was born at Gospel End, not too far away from Paradise Street according to Google Maps. It seems like she was the only child out of 6 that survived infancy. As far as my research I have found there wa...

Hi, I read a bit about these area of Dudley. My great grandmother was born at Gospel End, not too far away from Paradise Street according to Google Maps. Seems like she was the only child out of 6 that survived infancy. As far as my research I have found there was a Cholera epidemic in around the 18...