Margaret Lewis a short tough life

[Nell]

Born abt 1847 in Llanrhidian, Gower, Glamorgan.
Parents Thomas & Mary.

1851
Llanrhidian
Thomas Lewis 39 collier
Mary 38
Ann15
Mary 10
Catherine 5
>Margaret 4
James 2


1861
Penclawdd, Glamorgan
Thomas Lewis 49
Mary 48
Mary 22
Catherine 17
>Margaret age 14, cockle gatherer
James 12
Elizabeth 10
Jane 8

1868 married Philip Thomas Apr-Jun q

1871
Coleman Row, Penclawdd, Glam
Phillip Thomas head 32 collier
>Margaret Thomas wife 25
Henry Thomas son 2
Jane daur 1

Apr-Jun q of 1874 death of daughter Jane

30 Jul 1874 birth of Margaret & Philip's son, John at Coleman's Row, Penclawdd

15 Sep 1878 death of husband Philip from pulmonary phthisis

1881
4 Victoria Road, Llanrhidian Higher, Glam.
>Margt. Thomas head widow 35 fishwoman (hawker)
Henry Thomas son 12 scholar
John Thomas son 6 scholar

Possible deaths 1883 Mar Gower
1884 Mar Gower

Link to x gt grandfather: http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ead.php?t=5418

[ElizabethHerts]

Oh, Nell, I can see this has affected you.

I had a black moment too this afternoon looking at the burial registers for St Blazey, Cornwall with whooping cough and measles sweeping through the children. Also inflammation of the bowels. Poor precious mites.

[Nell]

Elizabeth - I've just gone through some Padstow burial registers. In the early 1840s there were pages of children's deaths through scarlet fever, followed by an outbreak of measles in the summer. Makes us realise how lucky we are!