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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. Yes, So many stories like that.

Reply to elleng (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 28, 2023, 10:07 PM

Aug 2023

I am not aware of any of my ancestors who died then, but it's possible some did, and I just never learned about it.

My own mother was born in 1916, my father in 1913, and their collective parents all lived a decent long time, well after 1918.

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Not Over Yet: Late-Summer Covid Wave Brings Warning of More to Come [View all] elleng Aug 2023 OP

Sorry about your daughter's distress. John1956PA Aug 2023 #1

Thanks. elleng Aug 2023 #2

This long drawn out Covid thing has me thinking. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2023 #3

My grandmother, whom I didn't meet, died as aa result of the 1918 flu epidemic, elleng Aug 2023 #4

Yes, So many stories like that. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2023 #5