I have been trying to find a death.... happened between 1851 and 1859 in Scotland (keeping fingers crossed it was after 1855)
I found one (not the one I want) in 1855.
Female, aged 17yrs 6mths died of Scarlatina, at 8.45pm.
Her Father was the informant.
I then noticed the same surname in the registration above and discovered
Male, aged 5yrs 11mths, died of Scarlatina at 12.05 (Noon) on the same day and his father was the informant.
They were brother and sister!
Now I know this is common back then and I have come across many deaths (in my own line) just like this. Ancestors who lost 3 of their under fives within the space of 30 hours and such like and all cases are tragic.
It's just that this one saddened me even more so because the daughter was 17 and half. I wonder if parents felt slightly safer when children reached a certain age??
To lose a little one and then, hours later, one who has made it through childhood must have been awful. Maybe they took comfort in the fact that Little Thomas wasn't going to be alone. Big sister Margaret went to look after him.
I found one (not the one I want) in 1855.
Female, aged 17yrs 6mths died of Scarlatina, at 8.45pm.
Her Father was the informant.
I then noticed the same surname in the registration above and discovered
Male, aged 5yrs 11mths, died of Scarlatina at 12.05 (Noon) on the same day and his father was the informant.
They were brother and sister!
Now I know this is common back then and I have come across many deaths (in my own line) just like this. Ancestors who lost 3 of their under fives within the space of 30 hours and such like and all cases are tragic.
It's just that this one saddened me even more so because the daughter was 17 and half. I wonder if parents felt slightly safer when children reached a certain age??
To lose a little one and then, hours later, one who has made it through childhood must have been awful. Maybe they took comfort in the fact that Little Thomas wasn't going to be alone. Big sister Margaret went to look after him.
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