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WSPenwell wrote: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 was a Cholera epidemic in around the 1840's - 1850's in that part of England. My question or inquiry was Cholera a killer to newly born children or could there be another reason why they didn't survive infancy? If anyone can help me out it would be much appreciated. My mother says she died here in Saskatchewan, Canada in the 1920's so she was too young to remember her but my aunt once said she was not a very nice person. What my research shows is that she must have had a hard life as being the only surviving sibling and her mother died when she was only 6 years old. Then she married at a fairly young age and she went on to having 11 children of her own. She had a tough life and maybe had a reason for his disposition later in life. Any information would be helpful.
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