Question

Can anyone determine the cause of death for Caroline Leighton Cyr?

Comments

Is there an accessible image of the death record?  For those of us who don't have paid-for ancestry accounts.

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Maine didn't start detailed death records until 1892

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Thanks, Eddie.   That would make it rather difficult to determine cause of death, then.

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In 1878, there was a major diphtheria epidemic in the northern states, a catastrophic yellow fever epidemic in the southern states and scattered pockets of cholera and smallpox.

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Ancestry has 15,269 deaths in Maine in 1878 -  95 of them last name CYR and 34 were LEIGHTON - mostly involving young adults ages 20ish to 50 ish.

Perhaps a call to the University of Maine library to ask about epidemics that year ?

Answer 1

Caroline had two young sons die of cholera 18 June 1877. Lester David Cyr was three years old and Frank T Cyr was 18 months old.