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| Hudson children's headstone, Oxbridge Lane cemetery, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England (© Judy Webster, 2005) In just two weeks (22 Jan - 3 Feb 1881) George and Mary HUDSON lost three young sons: Joseph Ernest (age 6), Bertie (2) and Charles Edwin (8). Joseph's death certificate says he died from 'measles and laryngitis'.
George, Mary and all but one of their surviving children emigrated to the Helidon area in Queensland, Australia, in search of a healthier climate. Their doctor doubted whether my grandmother Florence (aged five at the time) would survive the voyage. She delighted in telling this story, because she lived to be 99! ('Tombstone Tuesday' is a theme used by genealogy bloggers. See also my other posts about HUDSON.) |
6 July 2010
Hudson children, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England
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