Death Just Keeps Coming in early 19th Century Hamilton
In Reverend John Miller parish records, notes that on Feb 13th, 1831, he preached at funeral of Andrew Land (1820-1831), aged 11. Andrew was the son of Abel and Louisa Land. The Land family was one of the original pioneer settler families in Hamilton. Unfortunately, I cannot located the cause of death.
A few years later (1834), Robert Allan, only son of Allan MacNab died in a hunting accident, also at the age of 11.
So, even if you survived the first few years of life, death could still catch up to you. As Rev. Miller noted in his parish records:
Jan 15th, 1832 – Mary Anne, daughter of Robert and Helen Berrie died at the age of 8.
July 15th, 1832 – Caroline Hill died at the age of 9.
Oct 18th, 1832 – son of Joseph Blew died at the age 10.
Unfortunately, in most cases we don’t know the cause of death. Whether it was an accident or an illness.
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