Head of the Household Philipp Major, age 49 in 1850, to Rosenberg in 1852
Child #1 Heinrich Major, age 17 in 1850, to Rosenberg in 1852
Child #2 Philipp Major, age not reported, to Rosenberg in 1852
Child #3 Alexander Major, age 3 in 1850, to Rosenberg in 1852
Brother #1 Michael Major, age 53
Wife of Brother#1 Katharina Elisabeth Major, age 51
Child #3 Michael Major, age 30
Wife of Child #3 Eva Katharina Major, age 27
Grandchild #1 Alexander Major, age 2 in 1850, deceased 1851
Grandchild #2 Michael Major (#1 in immediate family), age unreported in 1850, deceased 1852
Grandchild #3 Louisa Major, age 5
Grandchild #4 Michael Major (#2 in immediate family), age 2
Grandchild #5 Eva Katharina Major, age 6 weeks
Child #4 Georg Jakob Major, age 27
Wife of Child #4 Maria Katharina Major, age 25
Grandchild #6 Amalia Major, age 3
Grandchild #7 Charlotta Major, age 1
Child #5 Johann Peter Major, age 25
Wife of Child #5 Katharina Major, age 23
Grandchild #7 Katharina Major, age 1
Child #6 Katharina Margaretha Major, age 18
Child #7 Alexander Major, age 15
Child #8 Katharina Elisabeth Major, age 13
Child #9 Christina Major, age 8
Brother #2 Christian Jakob Major, age 30 in 1850, deceased 1854
Child #10 Friedrich Major, age 4 in 1850, deceased 1855
Child #11 Johann Jakob Major, age 2 in 1850, deceased 1856
Brother #3 David Major, age 34
Wife of Brother #3 Louisa Katharina Major, age 32
Child #12 Amalia Major, age 2
Because of the timing of his death, there is a chance he succumbed to cholera. The third cholera pandemic swept across Russia from 1846 to 1860, killing more than 1 million Russians.
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Sources
↑1857 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 5 November 1857; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2005; page 78, family #210, Philipp Major family.
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J. N. Hays (2005). Epidemics and pandemics: their impacts on human history. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-658-9. Retrieved 29 March 2011. Via Wikipedia List of epidemics, Russia, 1850-1860, third cholera pandemic, 1,000,000 deaths. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics.
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